Quotes about wise
wise taken cutting
Not a change for the better in our human housekeeping has ever taken place that wise and good men have not opposed it-have not prophesied that the world would wake up to find its throat cut in consequence. James Russell Lowell
wise country war
Certainly it is no shame to a man that he should be as nice about his country as his sweetheart, yet it would not be wise to hold everyone an enemy who could not see her with our own enchanted eyes.
wise wisdom party
Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship.
wise stay-positive who-we-are
The process of discovering who we are and what we are here to do . . . is dependent . . . on our ability to stay positive and to find a silver lining in all events. James Redfield
wise horse men
Solomon'sexcess became an insult upon the privileges of mankind; for by the same plan of luxury, which made it necessary to have forty thousand stalls of horses,--he had unfortunately miscalculated his other wants, and so had seven hundred wives.... Wise--deluded man! Laurence Sterne
wise book reading
The mind should be accustomed to make wise reflections, and draw curious conclusions as it goes along; the habitude of which made Pliny the Younger affirm that he never read book so bad but he drew some profit from it.
wise dedication problem
Success in science and scientific work come not through the provision of unlimited or big resources, but in the wise and careful selection of problems and objectives. Above all, what is required is hard sustained work and dedication. Lal Bahadur Shastri
wise want able
I always have a sense of where I want to end each season, emotionally and relationship wise and with the theme, and I'm always able to hit that. Kurt Sutter
wise thinking views
Oh, I didn't think it wise to hide it. Might not be able to find it again," I say, cheerily. "It's sitting in plain view on your chair in the great hall. I do hope that was the best place for it. Libba Bray
wise thinking law
A general flat minimum-wage law for all industry is permissible, but I do not think that it is a particularly wise method of achieving the end. I know much better methods of providing a minimum for everybody. But once you turn from laying down a general minimum for all industry to decreeing particular and different minimum for different industries, then, of course, you make the price mechanism inoperative, because it is no longer the price mechanism which will guide people between industries and trades. Friedrich August von Hayek
wise lying knowledge
Far must thy researches go Wouldst thou learn the world to know; Thou must tempt the dark abyss Wouldst thou prove what Being is; Naught but firmness gains the prize, Naught but fullness makes us wise, Buried deep truth e'er lies. Friedrich Schiller
wise simplicity mind
A childlike mind in its simplicity practises that science of good to which the wise may be blind.
wise order needs
They would need to be already wise, in order to love wisdom.
wise littles accomplish
He that is overcautious will accomplish little.
wise patient resolve
Wise to resolve, patient to perform.
wise long advice
It is often wise to reveal that which cannot be concealed for long.
wise opinion politician
A wise politician will never grudge a genuflexion or a rapture if it is expected of him by prevalent opinion.
wise spring selfish
A wise Government seeks to provide the opportunity through which the best of individual achievement can be obtained, while at the same time it seeks to remove such obstruction, such unfairness as springs from selfish human motives. Franklin D. Roosevelt
wise thinking land
We think of our land and water and human resources not as static and sterile possessions but as life giving assets to be directed by wise provisions for future days.
wise lying government
The future lies with those wise political leaders who realize that the great public is interested more in government than in politics.
wise godly people
Choose wise and Godly people to advise you. George Foreman
wise real political
A wise nation should cultivate a political spirit that allows opponents to cooperate without fearing an automatic execution from their core supporters. Who knew that the real rogues in American politics would be the ones who dare to get along? Jon Meacham
wise giving silence
In its outward manifestation, meditation appears to involve either stopping, by parking the body in a stillness that suspends activity, or giving oneself over to flowing movement. In either case, it is an embodiment of wise attention, an inward gesture undertaken for the most part in silence, a shift from doing to simply being. It is an act that may at first seem artificial but that we soon discover, if we keep at it, is ultimately one of pure love for the life unfolding within us and around us. Jon Kabat-Zinn
wise thinking attention
You could think of mindfulness as wise and affectionate attention.
wise kindness heart
In Asian languages, the word for 'mind' and the word for 'heart' are same. So if you're not hearing mindfulness in some deep way as heartfulness, you're not really understanding it. Compassion and kindness towards oneself are intrinsically woven into it. You could think of mindfulness as wise and affectionate attention.
wise regret men
I'm learning how much I have to learn, how little I know, how fragile my understanding is. I'm learning to be thankful and patient; today is all that we will ever have in this life. If we spend our time obsessing with the future or regretting the past then we will never live. Tomorrow will always be tomorrow and yesterday cannot be changed. The wise man seeks God in the now and brings both his regrets and fears before Him. The freedom that we are offered is truly amazing: to live, today, free from even our own fallen desires. This is where I want to be. Jon Foreman
wise song sweet
Sweet songs of youth, the wise, the meeting of all wisdom To believe in the good in man. Jon Anderson
wise writing guarantees
I was once told by someone wise that writing is perilous as you cannot always guarantee your words will be read in the spirit in which they were written. Jojo Moyes
wise block said
Health-wise, I couldn't have said what my life expectancy would've been if I'd just carried on doing solid blocks of stand-up. Johnny Vegas
wise silly stupidity
Our greatest stupidities may be very wise. Ludwig Wittgenstein
wise dream character
How to Be an American Housewife is filled with dreams and love-the kinds that come true and those that don't. Margaret Dilloway is wise and ironic. She has created wonderful characters who never, in spite of hardships, stop finding ways to love each other. Luanne Rice
wise hope promise
Hope animates the wise, and lures the presumptuous and indolent who repose inconsiderately on her promises. Luc de Clapiers
wise office generosity
It is not in everyone's power to secure wealth, office, or honors; but everyone may be good, generous, and wise.