The Wise Quotes

Wine has been to me a firm friend and a wise counselor.

Enough experience will make you wise.

The wise man sayth, store is no sore.

May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof.

The goal of a passionate artist is to try and make a masterpiece each and every time, yet be wise enough to know you will fall short.

Bets at first were fool-traps, where the wise like spiders lay in ambush for the flies.

Who are a little wise the best fools be.

The things that make us happy make us wise.

I Pray Heaven to bestow the best of blessing on this house, and on ALL that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof!

The whole Earth is at the hand of the wise man, since the fatherland of an elevated soul is the Universe.

It is one of my favorite thoughts that God manifests Himself to men in all the wise, good, humble, generous, great, and magnanimous men.

The fact is that not only do people get more wise and more conservative as they get older, they get more kind and more generous, too.

Let us prepare for that blessed day when He will come again. Let us be as wise as those ancients who watched for His coming.

The pulse of a strong relationship involves a rhythmic movement between giving and taking, talking and listening, valuing the other person and feeling commensurately valued in return.

Keep it up, wise guy. I'm always going to be taller than you once you're lying unconscious on the ground.

The government that is wise will consider what is best for all its people.

I am trying to work out what my taste is, comedy-wise. I look up to stand up comedians who appear to be telling the truth, but I don't mind if they are lying.

Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more. [Fr., Rien n'est si dangereux qu'un ignorant ami; Mieux vaudrait un sage ennemi.]

With children use force; with men reason; such is the natural order of things. The wise man requires no law.

He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise.

A wise man's goal shouldn't be to say something profound, but to say something useful.

Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.

He was a wise man who originated the idea of God.

The constancy of the wise is only the art of keeping disquietude to one's self.

Obviously it's difficult not to compare one record success-wise, or sales-wise, or whatever, but I think you're always going to have moments - whatever record you've got - of insecurity.

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.

The wise way to benefit humanity is to attend to your own affairs, and thus give other people an opportunity to look after theirs.

When trouble comes, wise men take to their work; weak men take to the woods.

Be you wise and never sad, You will get your lovely lad. Never serious be, nor true, And your wish will come to you-- And if that makes you happy, kid, You'll be the first it ever did.

May the Almighty grant that the cause of truth, justice, and humanity, shall in no wise suffer at my hands.

A wise man does not try to hurry history. Many wars have been avoided by patience, and many have been precipitated by reckless haste.

The mind of man has no defense To equal plain, old common sense. This homely virtue don't despise, If you would be happy as well as wise.

The printing presses of the state treasuries cranked out reams of paper currency- showing wise kinds and blissful martyrs- while bankers wept and peasants starved.

If we seek a positive outcome, we must begin with a positive attitude.

Passion is a young man's game. Young people can be passionate. Older people gotta be more wise.

In any case, the most lively young people become the best old people, not those who pretend to be as wise as grandfathers while they are still at school.

Do the wise thing and the kind thing too, and make the best of us and not the worst.

You look wise, pray correct that error.

Make the most of prayer. ... Prayer is the master-weapon. We should be wise if we used it more, and did so with a more specific purpose.

Read critically, write consciously; speak clearly; tell your truth!

I think health-wise, pro-wrestling is probably ten times worse for you than MMA.

If you are wise, live as you can; if you cannot, live as you would.

A man is judged by his friends, for the wise and the foolish have never agreed.

Wise men appreciate all men, for they see the good in each and know how hard it is to make anything good.

A wise man in his house should find a wife gentle and courteous, or no wife at all.

Those who are held Wise among men and who search the reasons of things, are those who bring the most sorrow on themselves.

Cynicism cripples our imagination and limits our ability to see faint possibilities amidst glaring problems.

Not a single creature on earth has more or less right to be here.

If a man is wise, he gets rich an' if he gets rich, he gets foolish, or his wife does. That's what keeps the money movin' around.

Nothing wise was ever printed upon an apron.