Quotes about wise
wise men mind
The wise man can change his mind; the stubborn one, never. Immanuel Kant
wise baby race
The human race is just getting started.... The cerebral cortex is only a hundred thousand years old. It's still a baby, sucking teat and eating Cheerios. We might get better, maybe even wise, if we can last another thousand years. Ellen Gilchrist
wise wisdom luxury
Ah, lady! it is hardly what you thought it, This life of luxury and social power; You gave yourself as principal, and bought it, But God extracts the interest hour by hour. Ella Wheeler Wilcox
wise wisdom memories
Then I turned to him commanding That he go the way he came, whence he came. But he answered me in sorrow, "May the Past not seek to borrow From the Present without blame - Just one memory from its store, Ere it goes to come no more, Back the pathway that it came, whence it came?"
wise wisdom wish
Do you wish the world were better? Let me tell you what to do: Set a watch upon your actions, Keep them always straight and true...
wise wisdom fate
Better to wait and yearn, and still to wait, And die at last with unappeased desire, Than live to be the jest of such a fate, For that is my conception of hell-fire.
wise wisdom morning
High in the heavens I saw the moon this morning, Albeit the sun shone bright; Unto my soul it spoke, in voice of warning, "Remember Night!"
wise wisdom looks
Don't look for flaws as you go through life and even when you find them it is wise and kind to be somewhat blind, and look for the virtue behind them.
wise wisdom lying
And however dark the skies may appear, And however souls may blunder, I tell you it all will work out clear, For good lies over and under.
wise wisdom intelligence
It is easy to be wise on behalf of others than to be so for ourselves. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
wise wisdom wish
It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
wise praise
Few are sufficiently wise to prefer censure which is useful to praise which is treacherous.
wise art secret
Numberless arts appear foolish whose secret motives are most wise and weighty.
wise men thinking
A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.
wise wisdom height
It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one.
wise men may
There is no accident so unfortunate but wise men will make some advantage of it, nor any so entirely fortunate but fools may turn it to their own prejudice.
wise heart consistency
The constancy of the wise is only the talent of concealing the agitation of their hearts.
wise mind habit
It is the habit of mediocre minds to condemn all that is beyond their grasp.
wise faults satisfaction
Were we faultless, we would not derive such satisfaction from remarking the faults of others.
wise gratitude may
No accidents are so unlucky [bad] but that the wise may draw some advantage [good] from them...
wise lying ridiculous
Behind many acts that are thought ridiculous there lie wise and weighty motives.
wise mistake errors
Folly pursues us at all periods of our lives. If someone seems wise it is only because his follies are proportionate to his age and fortune.
wise men fool
Few things are needed to make a wise man happy; nothing can make a fool content; that is why most men are miserable.
wise jesus growing-up
Ralph Fiennes was a big hero of mine acting-wise growing up and while I was training. I just find him so watchable. He was playing this very intimidating character when we worked together and it certainly felt like he was in character off set as well! He was very cool. Before a scene, he'd be like, "Come on. Let's improvise. Let's just do stuff." But Jesus Christ. He's Ralph Fiennes! Jeremy Irvine
wise thinking cities
I spend a lot of time in L.A., and I think it would probably be easier if I lived there work wise, but there's no city like London, there is so much going on. I can jump on the Tube and be anywhere in 20 minutes, and all my friends and family are here and I'm not prepared to give that up.
wise mother strong
My mother was a very wise and strong person. Jennifer Hudson
wise men hysteria
We are somewhat amused by the hysteria manifest in the press at the suggestion by Gordon Liddy that if one is menaced by bad guys (particularly the ninja) one is wise to shoot for the head. That statement has got a whole bunch of journalists and commentators bleeding from the nose. One wonders why it should. Where else should you shoot a man if he is probably wearing an armored vest? If you decide to shoot you have made the big decision. Where you place your shot is merely a technical matter. Jeff Cooper
wise wisdom smart
A smart man only believes half of what he hears, a wise man knows which half.
wise memories winter
It is said that God gave us memory so we could have roses in winter. But it is also true that without memory we could not have self in any season. The more memories you have, the more you have. That is why, as Swift said, No wise man ever wished to be younger. George Will
wise kings race
I saw in 'the wandering Jew' the personification of the Jewish people, exiled in the Middle Ages. Nevertheless, they are once again extremely rich, owing to their unfailing rude greediness and their indefatigable activity. With their hard-heartedness that they extend toward people of other faiths and races they are at the point of making themselves kings of the world. This people can thank its obstinacy that France will be Judized within fifty years. Already some wise Jews prophesy this frankly. George Sand
wise exercise men
All your trouble comes from lack of exercise. A man of your strength and constitution ought always to have kept physically active. So don't jibe at the very wise advice that sentences you to one hour's walk a day. You imagine the work of the mind takes place only in the brain; but you're much mistaken. It takes place in the legs as well.
wise wisdom time
No time like the present Jeffrey Archer
wise smart want
Wise is what you want to be. Smart is easy compared to wise. Jerry Seinfeld