The Wise Quotes

The fool tells me his reason; the wise man persuades me with my own.

He that winneth souls is wise (Proverbs 11:30) - Those are the best educated ministers, who win the most souls.

If what you are doing is not moving you towards your goals, then it's moving you away from your goals.

Rivers and the inhabitants of the watery element were made for wise men to contemplate, and fools to pass by without consideration.

What can I give Him, Poor as I am? If I were a shepherd I would bring a lamb. If I were a Wise Man I would do my part. Yet what can I give Him? I give Him my heart.

Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.

It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid enough, in the face of opposition, to stand up for it.

A beautiful woman delights the eye; a wise woman, the understanding; a pure one, the soul.

A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.

Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.

All the money in the world is spent on feeling good.

The sot drinks, and is drunken: the coward drinks not, and shivers: the wise man, brave and free, drinks, and gives glory to the Most High God.

All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.

A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.

A Christian must always be kind, gracious, and wise in order to conquer evil by good.

We must come to the point where we realize the concept of race is a false one. There is only one race, the human race.

Know well what holds you back, and what moves you forward

Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.

The ant is knowing and wise, but he doesn't know enough to take a vacation.

Good things aren't supposed to just fall into your lap. God is very generous, but He expects you to do your part first.

One of the most powerful forces in the world is the will of men and women who believe in themselves, who dare to hope and aim high, who go confidently after the things they want from life.

It is easier to look wise than to talk wisely.

Abuse no one and no thing, for abuse turns the wise ones to fools and robs the spirit of its vision.

Look for the answer inside your question.

There is nobility in the struggle, you don't have to win.

Those who gave thee a body, furnished it with weakness; but He who gave thee Soul, armed thee with resolution. Employ it, and thou art wise; be wise and thou art happy.

To fight against pride, it is wise to surround ourselves with those who know us and love us enough to speak into our lives with words of correction and rebuke.

You don't become what you want, you become what you believe.

Don't look for your dreams to come true; look to become true to your dreams.

Master your words. Master your thoughts. Never allow your body to do harm. Follow these three roads with purity And you will find yourself upon the one way, The way of wisdom.

Clever people master life; the wise illuminate it and create fresh difficulties.

Why should I ask the wise men: Whence is my beginning? I am busy with the thought: Where will be my end?

A wise person is full of questions. A dull person is full of answers.

It's hard not to empathize with the mayor's anger, given the injustices he'd suffered, but righteous anger rarely leads to wise policy.

Wise people are in want of nothing, and yet need many things. On the other hand, nothing is needed by fools, for they do not understand how to use anything, but are in want of everything.

Wise people listen to wise instruction, especially instruction from the Word of God.

All truly wise thoughts have been thought already thousands of times; but to make them truly ours, we must think them over again honestly, until they take root in our personal experience.

Wise men make proverbs, but fools repeat them.

A wise traveller never despises his own country.

There is danger in singing someone else's song.

The old Lakota was wise. He knew that a man's heart away from nature becomes hard.

O be wise, what can I say more?

We need books...because we are all, in the private kingdoms of our hearts, desperate for the company of a wise, true friend.

These are the signs of a wise man: to reprove nobody, to praise nobody, to blame nobody, nor even to speak of himself or his own merits.

The wise man knows the only fitting price for his soul is a place in Paradise.

Instead of looking on discussion as a stumbling block in the way of action, we think it an indispensable preliminary to any wise action at all.

Give a man food, and he can eat for a day. Give a man a job, and he can only eat for 30 minutes on break.

A prudent person profits from personal experience, a wise one from the experience of others.

The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself.

It was wise enough to know itself, and brave enough to be itself, and wild enough to change itself while somehow staying altogether true.