Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him.
Hurray for criticism, if it means that an artist's voice is heard. Let the wise artist invite criticism and survive it when it comes.
A foolish man tells a woman to stop talking, but a wise man tells her that her mouth is extremely beautiful when her lips are closed.
The future lies with those wise political leaders who realize that the great public is interested more in government than in politics.
As irrigators lead water where they want, as archers make their arrows straight, as carpenters carve wood, the wise shape their minds.
Of the demonstrably wise there are but two: those who commit suicide, & those who keep their reasoning faculties atrophied with drink.
He Who Knows And Knows That He Knows Is A Wise Man - Follow Him; He Who Knows Not And Knows Not That He Knows Not Is A Fool - Shun Him
Our wise men flattered us into the adoption of the banking system under the idea that boundless wealth would result from the adoption.
A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise.
Being a good person begins with being a wise person. Then, when you follow your conscience, will you be headed in the right direction.
The wise are not wise because they make no mistakes. They are wise because they correct their mistakes as soon as they recognize them.
My goal every time I make a record is just to make the funkiest, the best music I could possibly make, both lyrically, and music-wise.
As a blind man has no idea of colors, so we have no idea of the manner by which the all-wise God perceives and understands all things.
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.
None But such as are good men can give good things, And that which is not good, is not delicious To a well-govern'd and wise appetite.
At the gates of the forest, the surprised man of the world is forced to leave his city estimates of great and small, wise and foolish.
Five minutes of today are worth as much to me, as five minutes in the next millennium. Let us be poised, and wise, and our own, today.
Now that we are, as you say, 'in the same boat,' would it not be wise for us to have another conference ... and the sooner the better.
If you are the boss it's wise to remember that there are lots of things you don't know and lots of people who hope you won't find out.
That's the wise thrush; he sings each song twice over, lest you should think he never could recapture the first fine careless rapture!
Frederick Buechner is one of my favorite writers. The Eyes of the Heart is beautiful and wise, full of insight, charm, and tenderness.
There is no one who can give you wiser advice than you can give yourself: you will never make a slip, if you listen to your own heart.
Again and again I find that my own inner counselor, my secret dreaming self, is not only wise and helpful but usually amusing as well.
Four things support the world: the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the good, and the valor of the brave
Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own: [I hate a sage who is not wise for himself]
Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life.
I'm not strong-willed enough or unkind enough... or maybe simply not wise enough to tell a journalist that a subject is out of bounds.
That is ever the difference between the wise and the unwise: the latter wonders at what is unusual; the wise man wonders at the usual.
The peace for which every soul strives and which is the true nature of God and the utmost goal of a man is but the outcome of harmony.
To grow wiser means to learn to know better and better the faults to which this instrument with which we feel and judge can be subject.
Every man is wise when attacked by a mad dog; fewer when pursued by a mad woman; only the wisest survive when attacked by a mad notion.
He that will write well in any tongue must follow this counsel of Aristotle: to speak as the common people do, to think as wise men do.
If you have been wise and successful I congratulate you. Unless you are unable to forget how successful you have been, then I pity you.
I do believe that every person has an equal opportunity to be a good and wise judge regardless of their background or life experiences.
Can imagination act Perpendicular to fact? Can it be a kite that flies Till the Earth , umbrella-wise, Folds and drops away from sight?
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.
A wise man distrusts his neighbor. A wiser man distrusts both his neighbor and himself. The wisest man of all distrusts his government.
Have you ever observed that we pay much more attention to a wise passage when it is quoted than when we read it in the original author?
We are wise women, we are giggling girls. We both carry a smile to show when we're pleased, we both carry a switchblade in our sleeves.
As a vessel is known by the sound, whether it be cracked or not; so men are proved, by their speeches, whether they be wise or foolish.
Impossible is the word found only in a fool's dictionary. Wise people create opportunities for themselves and make everything possible.
Through all of our various Christmas traditions, I hope that we are focused first upon the Lord Jesus Christ. Wise men still adore Him.
A wise person does not fear the edges and fringes, but studies them. Indeed, he or she is often in them, working to make change happen.
Society is a more level surface than we imagine. Wise men or absolute fools are hard to be met with, as there are few giants or dwarfs.
Note that venerable proverb: Children and fools always speak the truth. The deduction is plain: adults and wise persons never speak it.
Tis well to be merry and wise, 'Tis well to be honest and true; It is best to be off with the old love, Before you are on with the new.
Water is the softest thing, yet it can penetrate mountains and earth. This shows clearly the principle of softness overcoming hardness.
But work a year and sleep an hour, and sleep a night and sing a day, And take a little wine and love, and when you feel religious—pray.
A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
Have you ever observed that we pay much more attention to a wise passage when it is quoted, than when we read it in the original author?