The Wise Quotes

I think if I did something in the pop world right now, it would be for Rihanna. I'd love to do something production wise for her.

The brash unbridled tongue, the lawless folly of fools, will end in pain. But the life of wise content is blest with quietness, escapes the storm and keeps its house secure.

Shall we ever live to see the following wise prohibition - the audience is forbidden to smoke and the masters are forbidden to 'smoke out' the audience by playing exchanging variations?

Fools have a great advantage over the wise; they are always self-satisfied.

Wise men have but few confidants, and cunning ones none.

If I say that God is good, that is not true. God is not good. I am good, and if I say that God is wise, that is not true. I am wiser than he is.

If not you, then who? If not now, then when?

Be wise. Treat yourself, your mind, sympathetically, with loving kindness. If you are gentle with yourself, you will become gentle with others.

One reason God created time was so that there would be a place to bury the failures of the past.

Do not say things. What you are stands over you the while, and thunders, so that I cannot hear what you say to the contrary.

The poor look for jobs while the rich build networks

The difference between me and you is... that I don't mind what happens.

Make a decision. It doesn't have to be a wise decision or a perfect one. Just make one.

The wise have mastered body, word, and mind. They are the true masters.

Spiritual healing occurs as we begin to consciously reconnect with our essential being - the wise, loving, powerful, creative entity that we are at our core.

Many's the man/ who thought himself wise/ but what he needed/ he did not know.

Associating with the wise and the knowledgeable people adds to the prestige of a person.

Poverty makes you wise but it's a curse.

The fool who persists in his folly will become wise.

It makes no difference how many peaks you reach if there was no pleasure in the climb.

Honestly I think it was gradual from the first time I came. It's been a gradual thing as far as audience and response wise. I feel like I was conditioned for this type of impact.

It is not the reading of many books which is necessary to make a man wise or good; but well reading of a few.

Imagination is the true magic carpet.

Enough is abundance to the wise.

I don't see the future as bright, language-wise. I see it as a glass half empty - and evaporating quickly.

Do not try to seem wise to others.

Wise men hear and see as little children do.

Indeed, I am very sorry to be right in this instance. I would much rather have been merry than wise.

Even the severed branch grows again, and the sunken moon returns: wise men who ponder this are not troubled in adversity.

By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he's too old to go anywhere.

A wise man's question contains half the answer. Unfortunately the other 50% is harder to come by!

An acquaintance merely enjoys your company, a fair-weather companion flatters when all is well, a true friend has your best interests at heart and the pluck to tell you what you need to hear.

I have not been that wise. Health I have taken for granted. Love I have demanded, perhaps too much and too often. As for money, I have only realized its true worth when I didn't have it.

A fool who recognises his own ignorance is thereby in fact a wise man, but a fool who considers himself wise - that is what one really calls a fool.

When clouds are seen wise men put on their cloaks; When great leaves fall then winter is at hand.

Let the wise one control his thoughts, for they are difficult to perceive, often elusive, and they rush about frantically: a mind well controlled achieves peace and happiness.

Wise men say only fools rush in. But I can't help falling in love with you.

Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.

The gate is small because truth guards the entrance. The way is narrow because the Lord protects us with wise boundaries.

We think we don't deserve love, we think if we let it in we'll become too soft. But a wise man named Levine said it right. He said." Love is the only rational act.

A wise son makes a glad father, But a foolish son is the grief of his mother.

I like jewellery because it's forever. Flowers die, chocolates get eaten and lingerie wears out in the wash. Plus, the girl is reminded of you every time she wears it. It's a wise move.

Wise judges are we of each other!

It's a wise man who profits by his own experience, but it's a good deal wiser one who lets the rattlesnake bite the other fellow.

Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.

Being, be bold and venture to be wise.

No man can be wise on an empty stomach.

If you want to be a wise person, you need a Bible.

The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.

Today is the best day to accomplish something.