The Wise Quotes
What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul I suppose this depends somewhat upon the size of the soul. I think there are cases where the trade would do.
I'd want to collaborate with Eminem, of all people. Maybe even Lauryn Hill. But career-wise, I'd say I'd want to have something most like Madonna.
Job-wise I did have a moment of panic that I should have been a doctor a few years ago but I hate when people vomit.
Health-wise there is nothing to worry about. Though I had gone through a surgery sometime ago, it was nothing serious.
For the wise old man was universally beloved, and ministered so beautifully to his flock that many of them thanked him all their lives for the help given to both hearts and souls.
The wise man understands his weakness and seeks to find a lesson from it. The fool lets it control and destroy him.
There would not be so much harm in the giddy following the fashions, if somehow the wise could always set them.
Steve Burton, I adore. He's got the overall picture. He's wise beyond his years. He's not overwhelmed, and he's not in awe. He's a gentleman. And a hunk.
What audiences end up with word-wise is a hackneyed, completely derivative copy of old Hollywood romances, a movie that reeks of phoniness and lacks even minimal originality.
I'm not trying to sound like I turned into some kind of wise man, but it's nice to realize that your little pocket of the world isn't the whole world.
My dad is such a good man. You know how when you are a child you think your dad is invincible? Well, I still think that - he is so wise and everything I do I ask my dad's advice about first.
A book is like a single tree in a forest, in that it exists in conjunction with and because of a great many others around it.
I've found it wise to enjoy any time of truce, while recognizing it for what it is. A truce.
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.
I did learn a great deal about my husband but I also learned something about myself: I made a wise choice. I think he's a good man.
As my wise friend Didi has more than once observed about life's passages, every departure entails an arrival elsewhere, every arrival implies a departure from afar.
The ideas of the wise have been tested by centuries. Everything medium is lost and only original, deep and useful things are left.
Good advice is a wise man's friend, of course; but sometimes it just flies on past, and all you can do is wave.
There are a lot of women out there who are doing crazy things behind closed doors sexual-wise and are afraid to admit it.
I'm not afraid to go out on a limb, style-wise or with lyrics. I don't ever want to be afraid to cut those types of songs because radio might not play it.
I'm a leader. I'm the leader of this team, and they look for me at any point in the game, and that's not just scoring-wise, I do other things.
The only part of Christian teachings which will be truly accepted by the Chinese people is Christ's injunction to be "harmless as doves" but "wise as serpents.
It is always wise to make too much potato salad. Even if you are cooking for two, make enough for five. Potato salad improves with age - that is, if you are lucky enough to have any left over.
Much knowledge will corrupt the heart,/When partly understood,/And so the people grow too smart,/But neither wise nor good.
One of my great mistakes coming up, since I was a kid from wrong side of the tracks, and fearful that I might be seen as wanting leadership-wise, was to be someone I was not.
Do proper homage to thine idol's eyes; But no too humbly, or she will despise Thee and thy suit, though told in moving tropes: Disguise even tenderness if thou art wise.
The wise man looks back into the past, and does not grieve over what is far off, nor rejoice over what is near; for he knows that time is without end.
Being satisfied with little, you can gain much. Seeking much you will go astray. The wise heeds this precept. If it could be so with all people!
I feel like if I do my homework practice-wise, by the time I get to the studio I can put everything exactly where I want it to be right away.
A wise man sees the path all must walk and embraces the free will of humankind, even if to watch it unfold causes him pain.
The boy gathers materials for a temple, and then when he is thirty, concludes to build a woodshed
Never give up on a dream because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.
