Quotes about wise
wise knowing bored
I'm considered wise, and sometimes I see myself as knowing. Most of the time, I see myself as wanting to know. And I see myself as a very interested person. I've never been bored in my life. Maya Angelou
wise doe enough
Each of us has that right, that possibility, to invent ourselves daily. If a person does not invent herself, she will be invented. So, to be bodacious enough to invent ourselves is wise.
wise law liberty
Wise laws and just restraints are to a noble nation not chains, but chains of mail, -- strength and defense, though something of an incumbrance. John Ruskin
wise heart littles
A little group of wise hearts is better than a wilderness full of fools.
wise book reading
The very cheapness of literature is making even wise people forget that if a book is worth reading, it is worth buying. No book is worth anything which is not worth much; nor is it serviceable, until it has been read, and re-read, and loved, and loved again; and marked, so that you can refer to the passages you want in it.
wise government doubt
If there have been those who doubted whether a confederated representative democracy were a government competent to the wise and orderly management of the common concerns of a mighty nation, those doubts have been dispelled. John Quincy Adams
wise men sharks
There are three points of doctrine the belief of which forms the foundation of all morality. The first is the existence of God; the second is the immortality of the human soul; and the third is a future state of rewards and punishments. Suppose it possible for a man to disbelieve either of these three articles of faith and that man will have no conscience, he will have no other law than that of the tiger or the shark. The laws of man may bind him in chains or may put him to death, but they never can make him wise, virtuous, or happy.
wise men law
The laws of man may bind him in chains or may put him to death, but they never can make him wise, virtuous, or happy.
wise powerful self
Because he is; that is, because he is an infinitely glorious, good, wise, holy, powerful, righteous, self-subsisting , self-sufficient , and all-sufficient being; the fountain and author of all being and good; the first cause, last end, and sovereign Lord of all; therefore, he is to be worshipped: therefore, are we to admire, adore, and love him; to praise, to trust and to fear him. John Owen
wise angel men
O why did God, Creator wise, that peopled highest heav'n With Spirits masculine, create at last This novelty on earth, this fair defect Of nature, and not fill the world at once With men as angels without feminine, Or find some other way to generate Mankind? John Milton
wise dream thinking
Heaven is for thee too high To know what passes there; be lowly wise. Think only what concerns thee and thy being; Dream not of other worlds, what creatures there Live, in what state, condition, or degree, Contented that thus far hath been revealed.
wise men liberty
When complaints are freely heard, deeply considered and speedily reformed, then is the utmost bound of civil liberty attained that wise men look for.
wise men giving
None But such as are good men can give good things, And that which is not good, is not delicious To a well-govern'd and wise appetite.
wise cheerful care
For other things mild Heav'n a time ordains, And disapproves that care, though wise in show, That with superfluous burden loads the day, And when God sends a cheerful hour, refrains.
wise thinking thee
Be lowly wise: Think only what concerns thee and thy being.
wise heart perfect
My heart contains of good, wise, just, the perfect shape.
wise truth heart
Thy actions to thy words accord; thy words To thy large heart give utterance due; thy heart; Contains of good, wise, just, the perfect shape.
wise men may
Extol not riches then, the toil of fools, The wise man's cumbrance, if not snare, more apt To slacken virtue, and abate her edge, Than prompt her to do aught may merit praise.
wise lying men
It takes a wise man to handle a lie, a fool had better remain honest. Norman Douglas
wise people finals
How do people choose their final words? Do they realize their gravity? Are they fated to be wise? Mitch Albom
wise children men
The truth is, part of me is every age. I’m a three-year-old, I’m a five-year-old, I’m a thirty-seven-year-old, I’m a fifty-year-old. I’ve been through all of them, and I know what it’s like. I delight in being a child when it’s appropriate to be a child. I delight in being a wise old man when it’s appropriate to be a wise old man. Think of all I can be! I am every age, up to my own.
wise men eggs
A wise man does not trust all his eggs to one basket. Miguel de Cervantes
wise running anxiety
To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action, when there's more reason to fear than to hope.
wise kings sleep
Now, blessings light on him that first invented sleep!Ê It covers a man all over, thoughts and all, like a cloak; it is meat for the hungry, drink for the thirsty, heat for the cold, and cold for the hot.Ê It is the current coin that purchases all the pleasures of the world cheap, and the balance that sets the king and the shepherd, the fool and the wise man, even.
wise enough wise-words
Good wits jump; a word to the wise is enough.
wise madmen miscellaneous
For if he like a madman lived; At least he like a wise one died.
wise hands tongue
The wise hand does not all the tongue dictates.
wise wisdom men
It is the part of a wise man to keep himself today for tomorrow, and not to venture all his eggs in one basket.
wise saws wealth
The foolish sayings of the rich pass for wise saws in society.
wise truth lying
Man seems to be an animal whose capacity for lies is only equalled by his credulity; it does no good to let battalions of cats outof bags, to produce whole harems of naked facts, people eat the same three meals daily deception, and are always ready to turn with fury upon the purveyors of bagless cats and facts undraped. Probably their instinct is wise. Who knows? John Dos Passos
wise fool littles
Who are a little wise the best fools be. John Donne
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.