Quotes about wise
wise clever men
If you are clever enough to figure out what men want, you are either too wise to marry them or too intimidating for them to marry you. Oswald Spengler
wise mistake men
Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others. Otto von Bismarck
wise wisdom examination
In examinations the foolish ask questions that the wise cannot answer. Oscar Wilde
wise dies ifs
Love will fly if held too lightly Love will die if held too tightly . . .
wise offending listening
God is speaking to us. But are we listening to Him? When our conscience begins to nudge us for whatever reason, we might have this low-level misery or uneasiness about whatever it is we've done or we're about to do. At times like this, it's wise to prayerfully consider whether we're offending God with our actions. Joyce Meyer
wise acting entertainment
No one in my family had ever done anything acting-wise or entertainment industry-wise. Margot Robbie
wise country america
You must not judge people by their country. In South America, it is always wise to judge people by their altitude. Paul Theroux
wise mother father
My mother went to a school called 'The Club of the Three Wise Monkeys'. And my grandmother, my father's mother, had a gold charm for her made with the speak no, see no, hear no evil monkeys. And I was fascinated by that charm. I'd sit in my mother's lap and play with it all the time. Mackenzie Phillips
wise years evil
I became fascinated with the concept of speak no, see no, hear no evil. And - and the actual depiction of three wise monkeys. And I began collecting it over the years. And I kind of figured that I might be the - the fourth monkey, the feel no evil monkey.
wise struggle iron
Everything in Irenaeus is bathed in a warm and radiant joy, a wise and majestic gentleness. His words of struggle are hard as iron and crystal clear, ... so penetrating that they cannot fail to enlighten the unbiased observer. Hans Urs von Balthasar
wise children writing
Thus, from admiration of one wise and innocent child, and from a misheard remark, the process that not even Aristotle could codify was triggered. Where do you get your ideas? I purposely mishear things. Harlan Ellison
wise would-be speech
By looking at a person's features, clothing, and speech, even Confucius would not be able to say what sort of a person he is. But by testing him in a position and seeing what he he does, even someone with so-so judgment would be able to know if he is wise or not. Han Fei
wise wisdom men
A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. Grantland Rice
wise gun fire
See the judge upon the bench who tries the case as best he can, see the wise and wicked ones who feed upon life's sacred fire, see the soldier with his gun who must be dead to be admired. Gordon Lightfoot
wise men wings
I have myself a poetical enthusiasm for pigs, and the paradise of my fancy is one where pigs have wings. But it is only men, especially wise men, who discuss whether pigs can fly; we have no particular proof that pigs ever discuss it. Gilbert K. Chesterton
wise men elderly
I would not say that old men grow wise, for men never grow wise; and many old men retain a very attractive childishness and cheerful innocence. Elderly people are often much more romantic than younger people, and sometimes even more adventurous, having begun to realize how many things they do not know.
wise essentials aristocracy
There are no wise few. Every aristocracy that has ever existed has behaved, in all essential points, exactly like a small mob.
wise beach ocean
Where does a wise man kick a pebble? On the beach. Where does a wise man hide a leaf? In the forest.
wise silly princess
The wise old fairy tales never were so silly as to say that the prince and the princess lived peacefully ever afterwards. The fairy tales said that the prince and princess lived happily ever afterwards; and so they did. They lived happily, although it is very likely that from time to time they threw the furniture at each other.
wise wisdom men
A man cannot be wise enough to be a great artist without being wise enough to wish to be a philosopher.
wise fitness health
Better to hunt in fields, for health unbought, Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught, The wise, for cure, on exercise depend; God never made his work for man to mend. John Dryden
wise dice fortune
Fortune confounds the wise, And when they least expect it turns the dice.
wise time ignorance
Young men are apt to think themselves wise enough, as drunken men are apt to think themselves sober enough. Lord Chesterfield
wise men thinking
A wise man thinks what is easy is difficult. John Churton Collins
wise growing-up men
Wise men never grow up; indeed, they grow younger, for they lose the appalling worldly wisdom of youth. John Buchan
wise spiritual ideas
But I already saw no great difference between the psyche and spirituality. To amass knowledge without becoming wise is not my idea of progress in therapy. M. Scott Peck
wise spiritual hurt
As Benjamin Franklin said, 'Those things that hurt, instruct.' It is for this reason that wise people learn not to dread but actually to welcome problems and actually to welcome the pain of problems.
wise wisdom science
A wise man in China asked his gardener to plant a shrub. The gardener objected that it only flowered once in a hundred years. "In that case," said the wise man, "plant it immediately." [On the importance of fundamental research.] John Charles Polanyi
wise heart giving
Often God will send us what we need in a package we don't want. Why? To let us know He's God and we cannot second-guess Him. We cannot search for answers merely with our heads; we must seek Him and His provision with our hearts. Scripture cannot be interpreted from our limited human mental understanding. There must be a breath of the Spirit of God. He alone gives wise counsel and correct application. John Bevere
wise prayer perfect-days
Almighty Power, by whose most wise command, helpless, forlorn, uncertain, here I stand, take this faint glimmer of thyself away, or break into my soul with perfect day! John Arbuthnot
wise
What Nature bids is good, is wise, and faultless we obey. John Armstrong
wise design bed
I love what I do and feel really lucky to still love what I do - I want to get out of bed and go to work at least three out of five days a week! My fear is it ends up any less than three days. But design-wise, I've still got an appetite, a lot more I want to say with my work - the story is not nearly complete! Matthew Williamson
wise leisure shelter
What shelter to grow ripe is ours? What leisure to grow wise? Matthew Arnold