Quotes about wise
wise people way
Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around. John Ortberg
wise leaving lazy
I don't have a problem with delegation. I love to delegate. I am either lazy enough, or busy enough, or trusting enough, or congenial enough, that the notion leaving tasks in someone else's lap doesn't just sound wise to me, it sounds attractive.
wise law liberty
Seeing God hath thus set us at liberty, what rashness it is for worms of the earth to make new laws; as though God had not been wise enough. John Calvin
wise men simplicity
Whensoever God's truth is defaced or when any man turns away from the pure simplicity of the Gospel, we must not in any wise spare him, but although the whole world should set itself against us, yet must we maintain the case with invincible constancy, without bending for any creature.
wise running writing
Josh [Friedman] and I have been friends for years, and he said, "Hey, if you ever want to do a TV show, I can take it over and run it," and I was like, "Yes!" He's always been so busy that I never dared to ask that, but it just worked out, time wise, that this was the season where we could probably do it, so I jumped at it. So, even though I'm busy with other stuff, I'm excited to be writing this. John August
wise art men
The wise man regulates his conduct by the theories both of religion and science. But he regards these theories not as statements of ultimate fact but as art-forms. John B. S. Haldane
wise mean thinking
Marriage isn't a contest to see who is most often right. Marriage requires being what the Japanese call 'the wise bamboo,' which means you bend so you don't break. Treat your spouse with the flexibility and respect you would give to a top client. Think how we treat clients; We smile, we are polite, we listen to their ideas. Never forget that your spouse is your most important client. Joan Rivers
wise wisdom thinking
Don't follow any advice, no matter how good, until you feel as deeply in your spirit as you think in your mind that the counsel is wise.
wise song silence
We are really in a rut with the three-minute song. You know where it's going to go. If you're trying to get your message across sometimes it's wise to say, Why don't we stop here and have a moment of silence, then go in a completely different direction? Jimmy Webb
wise answers enough
There are questions I'm still not wise enough to answer, just wise enough to no longer ask. George Jones
wise should-have land
True conservation provides for wise use by the general public. The American people do not want our resources preserved for the exclusive use of the wealthy. These land and water resources belong to the people, and people of all income levels should have easy access to them. George Aiken
wise ignorance bliss
Where ignorance is not bliss, get wise! George Ade
wise jobs lying
The socially redeeming aspect of golf lies in the vast number of lawyers and bankers and managers who play it, and when you think of the damage they would do if they were at the job instead, you can see why golf courses are a wise investment for any municipality. Garrison Keillor
wise running men
The wise man knows how to run his life so that contemplation is possible. Gabriel Marcel
wise morning acting
I needed to put something together that would continually get me up at 4:30 in the morning, get me to work and get me excited to throw on those costumes - which clearly continue to excite me, if you are a viewer of the show - and circumstances that continue to surprise me and ask me to go places acting-wise that I haven't explored before. Gabriel Mann
wise time two
God, who is liberal in all his other gifts, shows us, by the wise economy of His providence, how circumspect we ought to be in the management of our time, for He never gives us two moments together. Francois Fenelon
wise witty truth
The truth is more important than the facts. Frank Lloyd Wright
wise mean men
The United States must not adopt the tactics of the enemy. Means are important, as ends. Crisis makes it tempting to ignore the wise restraints that make men free. But each time we do so, each time the means we use are wrong, our inner strength, the strength which makes us free, is lessened. Frank Church
wise kings selfish
This, books can do-nor this alone; they give New views to life, and teach us how to live; They soothe the grieved, the stubborn they chastise; Fools they admonish, and confirm the wise. Their aid they yield to all: they never shun The man of sorrow, nor the wretch undone; Unlike the hard, the selfish, and the proud, They fly not sullen from the suppliant crowd; Nor tell to various people various things, But show to subjects, what they show to kings. George Crabbe
wise long television
Improv is not something I had a lot of experience with, because for a long time, my only experience in front of a camera was all television, which is pretty rigid script-wise, except for the occasional scene where you toss in an ad-lib just to elongate something. Gary Cole
wise fall color
Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure. Edward Thorndike
wise distribution-of-power trials
Trial by jury is a wise distribution of power which exceeds all other modes of trial. Edward Coke
wise horse writing
Though man is the only beast that can write, he has small reason to be proud of it. When he utters something that is wise it is nothing that the river horse does not know, and most of his creations are the result of accident. Edward Dahlberg
wise heart men
Moderately wise each one should be, Not overwise, for a wise man's heart Is seldom glad (Norse Wisdom) Edith Hamilton
wise loneliness men
Loneliness is the way by which destiny endeavors to lead man to himself. Hermann Hesse
wise squares games
Here and there in the ancient literature we encounter legends of wise and mysterious games that were conceived and played by scholars, monks, or the courtiers of cultured princes. These might take the form of chess games in which the pieces and squares had secret meanings in addition to their usual functions.
wise school people
In any case, the most lively young people become the best old people, not those who pretend to be as wise as grandfathers while they are still at school.
wise mother mean
Man is not by any means of fixed and enduring form (this, in spite of suspicions to the contrary on the part of their wise men, was the ideal of the ancients). He is nothing else than the narrow and perilous bridge between nature and spirit. His innermost destiny drives him on to the spirit and to God. His innermost longing draws him back to nature, the mother. Between the two forces his life hangs tremulous and irresolute.
wise wisdom men
Wisdom is not communicable. The wisdom which a wise man tries to communicate always sounds foolish.
wise time passion
The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas, as those of a fool are by his passions. The time of the one is long, because he does not know what to do with it; so is that of the other, because he distinguishes every moment of it with useful or amusing thoughts--or, in other words, because the one is always wishing it away, and the other always enjoying it. Joseph Addison
wise men contentment
The wise man contents himself with what he has, until such time as he invents something better. Jose Saramago
wise times-like-these politics
During times like these, the wise are influential. Joni Mitchell
wise people solitude
Wise people are never less alone than when they are alone. Jonathan Swift