Quotes about wise
wise men hands
History shows that great economic and social forces flow like a tide over communities only half conscious of that which is befalling them. Wise statesmen foresee what time is thus bringing, and try to shape institutions and mold men's thoughts and purposes in accordance with the change that is silently coming on. The unwise are those who bring nothing constructive to the process, and who greatly imperil the future of mankind by leaving great questions to be fought out between ignorant change on one hand and ignorant opposition to change on the other. John Stuart Mill
wise character men
the only way in which a human being can make some approach to knowing the whole of a subject, is by hearing what can be said about it by persons of every variety of opinion, and studying all modes in which it can be looked at by every character of mind. No wise man ever acquired his wisdom in any mode but this; nor is it in the nature of human intellect to become wise in any other manner.
wise men world
A wise man should never resolve upon anything, at least, never let the world know his resolution, for if he cannot reach that he is ashamed. John Selden
wise people danger
Wise people say nothing in dangerous times.
wise men wind
The wind in a man's face makes him wise. John Ray
wise adversity men
Adversity makes men wise but not rich.
wise adversity men
Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.
wise education fool
Learning makes the wise wiser and the fool more foolish.
wise wisdom foe
He is wise that can make a friend of a foe.
wise wisdom criticism
Wise skepticism is the first attribute of a good critic. James Russell Lowell
wise character heart
A nature wise With finding in itself the types of all, With watching from the dim verge of the time What things to be are visible in the gleams Thrown forward on them from the luminous past, Wise with the history of its own frail heart, With reverence and sorrow, and with love, Broad as the world, for freedom and for man.
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.
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