Wise Quotes
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Success in science and scientific work come not through the provision of unlimited or big resources, but in the wise and careful selection of problems and objectives. Above all, what is required is hard sustained work and dedication.
Lal Bahadur Shastri
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The wise through excess of wisdom is made a fool.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Sweet songs of youth, the wise, the meeting of all wisdom To believe in the good in man.
John Roy Anderson Yes
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The wise man lives as long as he should, not just as long as he likes.
Seneca the Younger
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We ought to fly away from earth to heaven as quickly as we can; and to fly away is to become like God, as far as this is possible; and to become like him is to become holy, just, and wise.
Plato
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It is one of the most hauntingly beautiful places in the world, the history is fascinating, the men are handsome and the whisky is delicious. But don't eat the macaroni pies.
Joanne Rowling
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Where is he, the champion and the childOf all that's great or little, wise or wild;Whose game was empires, and whose stakes were thrones;Whose table earth - whose dice were human bones?
Lord Byron
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Your dear baby has died innocent and blameless, and has been called away by an all wise and merciful Creator, most probably from a life to misery and misfortune, and most certainly to one of happiness and bliss.
George Mason
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A man though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.
Sophocles
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Thinking well to be wise: planning well, wiser: doing well wisest and best of all.
Malcolm Forbes
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The ant is knowing and wise, but he doesn't know enough to take a vacation.
Clarence Day
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Manmohan Singh is a wise, wonderful man.
Barack Obama
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Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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Those men that in their writings are most wise Own nothing but their blind, stupefied hearts.
William Butler Yeats
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Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.
Diogenes
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Every Christian leader should have this engraved in his subconscious. No matter what you do, never take yourself too seriously God always chooses the foolish things of this world to confound the wise. He shows his might only on the behalf of those who trust in Him. Humility is the place where all christian service begins.
K. P. Yohannan
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Living Life Tomorrow's fate, though thou be wise, Thou canst not tell nor yet surmise; Pass, therefore, not today in vain, For it will never come again.
Omar Khayyam
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The Lord hath created medicines out of the earth, and he that is wise will not abhor them.
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
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I became a Republican when a very wise young lady asked me how I could remain a Democrat when I didn't agree with what they stood for and did agree with what the Republicans supported.
Jesse Helms
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I'm more like my father, personality-wise. But my mom and I get alone really well - obviously, because my mom and my dad get along so well.
Jenna Bush
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Good men and bad men differ radically. Bad men never appreciate kindness shown them, but wise men appreciate and are grateful. Wise men try to express their appreciation and gratitude by some return of kindness, not only to their benefactor, but to everyone else.
Gautama Buddha
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He is good and wise who always speaks the truth, acts on the dictates of virtue, and tries to make others good and happy.
Dayananda Saraswati
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We could almost say that being willing to be a fool is one of the first wisdoms. So acknowledging foolishness is always a very important and powerful experience. The phenomenal world can be perceived and seen properly if we see it from the perspective of being a fool. There is very little distance between being a fool and being wise; they are extremely close. When we are really, truly fools, when we actually acknowledge our foolishness, then we are way ahead. We are not even in the process of becoming wise — we are already wise.
Chogyam Trungpa
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Come with me, ladies and gentlemen who are in any wise weary of London: come with me: and those that tire at all of the world we know: for we have new worlds here.
Lord Dunsany