Wise Quotes
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I am wise enough to know that there are some perils from which a man must flee.
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If thy words are wise, they will not seem so to the foolish: if they are deep the shallow will not appreciate them. Think not highly of thyself, then, when thou art praised by many.
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We are only here below as in an inn on a journey. Let us, then have the feelings of travelers. We should think a man very strange who attached himself much to his inn. The wise Christian will not do this.
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A traveler's chief aim should be to make men wiser and better, and to improve their minds by the bad-as well as good example of what they deliver concerning foreign places.
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In any future great national trial, compared with the men of this, we shall have as weak, and as strong; as silly and as wise; asbad and good.
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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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He is wise who knows the sources of knowledge - where it is written and where it is to be found.
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She hoped to be wise and reasonable in time; but alas! Alas! She must confess to herself that she was not wise yet.
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Design-wise, I look at everything. If I don't personally design it, I'll review it. I'm kind of creative director of the firm.
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Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
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Angry people are not always wise.
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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 had now-not for the first time, nor the thousandth-trampled upon an old and wise and stern maxim of mine, to wit: 'Supposing is good, but finding out is better.'
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Each of us is born with an internal navigational system. The thinking of the world has a way of switching the system off, but we can always turn it on again through prayer, meditation and forgiveness. Doing this puts us back on track in our lives, making us wise, convicted and powerful.
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Some folks are wise and some are otherwise.
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Those who are held Wise among men and who search the reasons of things, are those who bring the most sorrow on themselves.
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'Tis better to be fortunate than wise.
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And if you find her poor, Ithaca has not deceived you. Wise as you have become, with so much experience, you must already have understood what these Ithacas mean.
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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.
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Performance-wise, you really need to be down in the trenches; you need to do the hard work, for a lot of reasons: To build yourself as a performer, to get a sense of the audience, to work hard and to wonder, 'Do I really want to do this?'
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Work-wise, I try not to repeat myself too often. And I have to love whatever I'm doing.
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Collecting shoes is my biggest hobby. I've got a couple hundred pairs of Nikes and Jordans. I got a lot of hats, too. I like to play basketball, but nothing competition wise.
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It's a wise person, I guess, who knows he's dumb, and an honest person who knows he's a liar. And it's a dumb person, I guess, whose convinced he's wise...-Bob Slocum
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Such a man, truly wise, creams off Nature leaving the sour and the dregs for philosophy and reason to lap up.
