Wise Quotes
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I think some of my favorite Australian films were shot by people that are not Australian. And I think when Dean Semler did 'Dances with Wolves,' for instance, that's a very different-looking Western than what you've seen much of before. It's very rich, color-wise. But we've got our own very proud thing going on.
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We've accomplished what we've wanted to accomplish, record-wise. But we're nowhere near where we should be or where we ought to be.
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A traveler of taste will notice that the wise are polite all over the world, but the fool only at home.
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The lips of the wise are as the doors of a cabinet; no sooner are they opened, but treasures are poured out before thee.
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The wise win before they fight, while the ignorant fight to win.
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All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful, The Lord God made them all.
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And however dark the skies may appear, And however souls may blunder, I tell you it all will work out clear, For good lies over and under.
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The wise are unaffected either by death or life. These are but faces of the same coin.
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I don't think a wise thing at this moment is for Israel to launch a military attack on Iran.
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It was so rare to find someone who was both so young and so wise, both so fresh and so jaded.
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A company that cannot self-correct cannot thrive.
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Every morning, read seriously and reverently a portion of the Holy Scriptures, and acquaint yourselves with the history and doctrine thereof. It is a book full of light and wisdom, will make you wise to eternal life, and furnish you with directions and principles to guide and order your life safely and prudently.
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Not by vows nor by womanish prayers is the help of the gods obtained; success comes through vigilance, energy, wise counsel.
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What should a wise person do when given a blow? Same as Cato when he was attacked; not fire up or revenge the insult., or even return the blow, but simply ignore it.
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Attentive listening to others is important regardless of their stations and positions. Wise people consider the deep meaning and true values of all suggestions. Learning and teaching are exchanged joyfully through deep listening and mutual appreciation.
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Politics are not an instrument for effecting social change; they are the art of making the inevitable appear to be a matter of wise human choice.
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Some wisdom you must learn from one who's wise.
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The conqueror is regarded with awe; the wise man commands our respect; but it is only the benevolent man that wins our affection.
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The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.
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I don't think there's any harm at all in allowing a kid to fantasize. In fact, I think to stop people from fantasizing is a very destructive thing indeed.
