It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see. Votes: 4
Winston ChurchillOne must always maintain one's connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it. Votes: 4
Gaston BachelardA wise woman wishes to be no one's enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone's victim. Votes: 4
Maya AngelouTo die is poignantly bitter, but the idea of having to die without having lived is unbearable. Votes: 4
Erich FrommThe more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it. Votes: 4
Niccolo MachiavelliA wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer. Votes: 4
Bruce LeeBe as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart. Votes: 4
Alan AldaSelf-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world. Votes: 4
Helen KellerLet us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God. Votes: 4
George WashingtonA fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool. Votes: 0
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonA wise man will keep his suspicions muzzled, but he will keep them awake.
Sir George Savile, 8th BaronetA wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.
Francois de La RochefoucauldGet real. Life is heavy. It's difficult. It's complex...even for the wise.
Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount CherwellAnimals feed themselves; men eat; but only wise men know the art of eating
Jean Anthelme Brillat-SavarinThe follies of the wise man are known to himself, but hidden from the world.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheNumberless arts appear foolish whose secret motives are most wise and weighty.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThe constancy of the wise is only the art of keeping disquietude to one's self.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThe wise only possess ideas; the greater part of mankind are possessed by them.
Samuel Taylor ColeridgeBehind many acts that are thought ridiculous there lie wise and weighty motives.
Francois de La RochefoucauldA man is wise with the wisdom of his time only, and ignorant with its ignorance.
Henry David ThoreauThe Foole doth thinke he is wise, but the wiseman knowes himselfe to be a Foole.
William ShakespeareWe may admire people for being wise, but we like them best when they are foolish.
Mary Russell MitfordThe wise man will always reflect concerning the quality not the quantity of life.
Seneca the YoungerIt is better to listen to a wise enemy than to seek counsel from a foolish friend.
Ali ibn Abi TalibIf it be true that a man is rich who wants nothing, a wise man is a very rich man.
Jean de la BruyereA wise man neither suffers himself to be governed, nor attempts to govern others.
Jean de la BruyereThere is no mortal truly wise and restless at once; wisdom is the repose of minds.
Johann Kaspar LavaterA wise man who was always helpful to me: Mr (Enzo) Ferrari. He always supported me.
Bernie EcclestoneThat conduct often seems ridiculous the secret reasons of which are wise and solid.
Francois de La RochefoucauldI do this so you cannot help but hear. A wise man views a moonless night with fear.
Patrick RothfussDo the wise thing and the kind thing too, and make the best of us and not the worst.
Charles DickensEvery evil is some good spelt backwards, and in it the wise know how to read Wisdom.
Coventry PatmoreSilence is the adornment of the wise, and for the foolish the only dignity possible.
Hazrat Inayat KhanThe wise are known by their actions; fame and immortality are ever their attendants.
Johann Gaudenz von Salis-SeewisThere isn't much that tastes better than praise from those who are wise and capable.
Selma LagerlöfTo the believers it is true. To the wise it is false. To the leaders it is useful.
Seneca the YoungerIt takes pride to be anxious – I am not wise enough to know how my life should go.
Timothy KellerBut if you'll prosper, mark what I advise, Whom age, and long experience render wise.
Alexander PopeA wise physician, skill'd our wounds to heal, is more than armies to the public weal.
Alexander PopeAnger may glance into the breast of a wise man, but rests only in the bosom of fools.
David C. StarkA Christian must always be kind, gracious, and wise in order to conquer evil by good.
John of KronstadtWhen a people, having become free, establish wise laws, their revolution is complete.
Louis Antoine de Saint-JustA person is wise if he listens to millions of advice and doesn't implement any of it.
Michael BasseyEducation makes the wise slightly wiser, but it makes the fool vastly more dangerous.
Nassim Nicholas TalebA cultivated man, wise to know and bold to perform, is the end to which nature works.
Ralph Waldo EmersonFear not the anger of the wise to raise; Those best can bear reproof who merit praise.
Alexander PopeAny one can give advice, such as it is, but only a wise man knows how to profit by it.
Charles Caleb ColtonThe best decision I ever made was to invest in myself, both financially and time-wise.
Cynthia Addai-RobinsonThe necessary and wise subordination of the military to civil power must be sustained.
Dwight D. EisenhowerBeing wise doth either make men our friends or discourage them from being our enemies.
George Savile, 1st Marquess of HalifaxWe love things that are dangerous yet sexy. We love things that are powerful and wise.
Ian SomerhalderThe wise are unaffected either by death or life. These are but faces of the same coin.
Mahatma GandhiA wise man once told me that only by leaving someone good can you meet someone better.
Pittacus LoreMen have been wise in many different modes; but they have always laughed the same way.
Samuel JohnsonIf happiness in self-content is placed, The wise are wretched, and fools only blessed.
William CongreveThe mind that is wise mourns less for what age takes away; than what it leaves behind.
William WordsworthMark what unvary'd laws preserve each state, Laws wise as Nature, and as fixed as Fate.
Alexander PopeOne fool will deny more truth in half an hour than a wise man can prove in seven years.
Coventry PatmoreEvery fool knows you can't touch the stars, but it doesn't stop a wise man from trying.
Harry AndersonFools take criticism and dish it back. The wise take it and turn it to their advantage.
Michael HyattThe truly wise man is he who always believes the Bible against the opinions of any man.
R. A. TorreyWhen a king speaks, the armies move. But when a wise man speaks, only the beard shakes.
Vinoba BhaveWho can be wise, amazed, temperate and furious, Loyal and neutral, in a moment? No man.
William ShakespeareI have always found that Angels have the vanity to speak of themselves as the only wise.
Aldous HuxleyThe wise expect nothing, hope for nothing, thus avoiding all disappointment and anxiety.
Alexandra David-NeelI have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool, but be wise.
Baron de MontesquieuThe wise person understands that his own happiness must include the happiness of others.
Dennis WeaverWell, yes: people write poems when they are in love, but a wise man will not print them.
Hans Christian AndersenAdvice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.
J. R. R. TolkienNever try to sell at the top. It isn't wise. Sell after a reaction if there is no rally.
Jesse Lauriston LivermoreWho knows whence he comes, where he is, and whither he tends, he, and he alone, is wise.
Johann Kaspar LavaterSweet songs of youth, the wise, the meeting of all wisdom To believe in the good in man.
Jon AndersonHistories are as perfect as the Historian is wise, and is gifted with an eye and a soul.
Thomas CarlyleThe wise use of leisure, it must be conceded, is a product of civilization and education.
Bertrand RussellWe are not joining the coalition of the idiots. We are joining the coalition of the wise.
Carolyn Parrishmay I be I is the only prayer--not may I be great or good or beautiful or wise or strong.
e. e. cummingsThe constancy of the wise is only the talent of concealing the agitation of their hearts.
Francois de La RochefoucauldIt is not wise [for Chinese] to do things to artificially disrupt relations with the U.S.
Jiang ZeminLicense they mean when they cry Liberty; For who loves that, must first be wise and good.
John MiltonIn an unfamiliar culture, it is wise to offer no innovations, no suggestions, or lessons.
Maya AngelouThe wise know that foolish legislation is a rope of sand, which perishes in the twisting.
Ralph Waldo EmersonDeign on the passing world to turn thine eyes, And pause awhile from letters, to be wise.
Samuel JohnsonIf the melodies are strong, it's much easier to see which way I can take them sound-wise.
TrentemøllerGenerally a wise actor will be very careful about the person to whom he gives that power.
William MapotherOnly a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.
Otto von BismarckI love it when the Bible gives Emily Post-like tips that are both wise and easy to follow.
A. J. JacobsA wise man who stands firm is a statesman, a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe.
Adlai Stevenson IThe problem with the wise is they are so filled with doubts while the dull are so certain.
Bertrand RussellThe question of dying becomes a wise reminder. It cures us of our innocence of the future.
Don DeLilloNothing would more contribute to make a man wise than to have always an enemy in his view.
E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of HalifaxWhen a wise man chooses a sane basis for his arguments, it is no great task to speak well.
EuripidesThe only difference between a wise man and a fool is that the wise man knows he's playing.
Frederick Salomon PerlsAs solid rock remains unmoved by the wind, so the wise remain unmoved by blame and praise.
Gautama BuddhaI feel I want to be wise with white hair in a tall library in a deep chair by a fireplace.
Gregory CorsoThe Lord hath created medicines out of the earth, and he that is wise will not abhor them.
Jean Anthelme Brillat-SavarinIf you go to a desert, you will hear this mysterious voice: Be wise, protect your forests!
Mehmet Murat ildanWater jokes about the obstacles on its way; wise man jokes about the obstacles on his way!
Mehmet Murat ildanWise man is a lake full with fishes; clever man is a fisherman who often visits this lake!
Mehmet Murat ildanA God wise enough to create me and the world I live in is wise enough to watch out for me.
Philip YanceyGreatness, thou gaudy torment of out souls, The wise man's fetter, and the rage of fools.
Thomas OtwayChildren are very wise intuitively; they know who loves them most, and who only pretends.
Virginia C. AndrewsWe live in an age that reads too much to be wise, and that thinks too much to be beautiful.
Oscar WildeIf you live cautiously, your friends will call you wise. You just won't move many mountains
Bill JohnsonWho is omnipotent or wise enough to decide each new standard of good taste? Or sensitivity?
Cary GrantIn my whole life, I have known no wise people who didn't read all the time - none ... ZERO.
Charlie MungerTo be smart, spend carefully. To be wise, save regularly. To be genius, give extravagantly.
Chip IngramThe child who dwells inside us trusts that there are wise men somewhere who know the truth.
Czeslaw MiloszFew are sufficiently wise to prefer censure which is useful to praise which is treacherous.
Francois de La RochefoucauldOne day after many, many lifetimes, we get wise. We decide that the fun in life is to give.
Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount CherwellThere are only 24 hours in a day. We need to quit trying to be awesome and instead be wise.
Jen HatmakerIn seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.
Lord ChesterfieldThe wise person doesn't ask, "What have I achieved?" but rather, "What have I contributed?"
Marianne WilliamsonThere are more fools than wise men, and even in a wise man there is more folly than wisdom.
Nicolas ChamfortIt's always wise to seek the truth in our opponents' error, and the error in our own truth.
Reinhold NiebuhrWise words are like arrows flung at your forehead. What do you do? Why, you duck of course.
Steven EriksonIf wine tells truth - and so have said the wise, It makes me laugh to think how brandy lies!
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.Yes, God uses the uneducated to confound the wise. But that doesn't make ignorance a virtue.
Andy StanleyThere are rules to luck, not everything is chance for the wise; luck can be helped by skill.
Baltasar GracianIt is a common observation that any fool can get money; but they are not wise that think so.
Charles Caleb ColtonI've found it wise to enjoy any time of truce, while recognizing it for what it is. A truce.
Cinda Williams ChimaI've often heard it said, as the common proverb goes, that a fool can teach a wise man well.
Francois RabelaisRealizing the doctrine of dependent-arising, the wise do not at all partake of extreme views
Gautama BuddhaIf the advice of a fool for once happens to be good, it requires a wise man to carry it out.
Gotthold Ephraim LessingIt is not wise to neglect the present for the future, for who knows what the future will be?
H. Rider HaggardWe cannot expect to be happy always ... by experiencing evil as well as good we become wise.
Hans Christian AndersenTis well to borrow from the good and the great; 'Tis wise to learn: 'tis God-like to create!
John Godfrey SaxeA prudent person profits from personal experience, a wise one from the experience of others.
Joseph CollinsWe must first pray, that God would make us wise; before we can wish, he would make us happy.
Joseph HallWithin us is the soul of the whole, the wise silence, the universal beauty, the eternal One.
Ralph Waldo EmersonI learned a lot, investigative methodology - wise, from litigators - watching their process.
Sarah StillmanIf you can judge a wise man by the color of his skin Then mister you're a better man than I
Steven TylerI don't think a wise thing at this moment is for Israel to launch a military attack on Iran.
William HagueA man is sane morally at thirty, rich mentally at forty, wise spiritually at fifty-or never!
William OslerIt was so rare to find someone who was both so young and so wise, both so fresh and so jaded.
Ally CarterThe wise are always impatient, for he that increases knowledge increases impatience of folly.
Baltasar GracianThe words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
Doris Lessing'T is greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And ask them what report they bore to heaven.
Edward YoungPolitics is like navigation in a sea without charts, and wise men live the lives of pilgrims.
Joyce CaryA person who is wise does nothing against their will, nothing with sighing or under coercion.
Marcus Tullius CiceroWhere two discourse, if the anger of one rises, he is the wise man who lets the contest fall.
PlutarchWhoever would be wise should read the Proverbs; whoever would be holy should read the Psalms.
Richard SteeleYou never stop being a parent, Adam, no matter how old or wise your child becomes you'll see.
Robert Charles WilsonTo the wise man, to the wise nation, the mistakes of the past are the torches of the present.
Robert Green IngersollThe stubborn stops when finding a mistake, the wise man will not stop until finding the true.
Samael Aun WeorThe tongue of a fool is the key of his counsel, which, in a wise man, wisdom hath in keeping.
SocratesReligious ideas about good and evil tend to focus on how to achieve well-being in the next life, and this makes them terrible guides to securing it in this one. Of course, there are a few gems to be found in every religious tradition, but insofar as these precepts are wise and useful they are not, in principle, religious. Votes: 1 Sam Harris
We are getting older, and we are getting wiser, and we are getting freer. And when you get the wisdom and the truth, then you get the freedom and you get power, and then look out. Look out. Votes: 3 Melissa Etheridge
Man was designed in a way in which he must eat in order to give him a solid reason to go to work everyday. This helps to keep him out of trouble. God is wise. Votes: 3 Criss Jami
The truth is that you are innately good, wise, and powerful. You were created in and for good. Votes: 2 Deborah
What could be more beautiful than a dear old lady growing wise with age? Every age can be enchanting, provided you live within it. Votes: 4 Brigitte Bardot
I'd hate to see any film I'm involved in fail, especially artistically but also business-wise. Votes: 1 John Malkovich
Really, I'm never much of a goal-setter. Whenever I've tried to make big, solid plans, they don't happen. I'm more into whatever the circumstances are that present themselves, making wise decisions around that. Votes: 3 Rose McIver
I've never really seen other people spend other people's money wisely. Votes: 6 Sandra Lerner
The Lord, before His Incarnation, let mankind experience all the bitterness of sin, all their powerlessness to eradicate it; and when all longed for a Deliverer, then He appeared, the most wise, all-powerful Physician and Helper. When men hungered and thirsted after righteousness, as it grew weaker, then the everlasting righteousness came. Votes: 2 John of Kronstadt
I look forward to growing old and wise and audacious. Votes: 2 Glenda Jackson
I always wish I'd had more mentors, better mentors, wiser mentors, people who were proper professional working musicians to guide me as I was coming up. Votes: 1 Keith Urban
Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish. Votes: 1 Charles Caleb Colton
But I believe the older I get, I'm wiser and I train smarter. Votes: 1 Tyson Gay
The Supreme Court has ruled that they cannot have a nativity scene in Washington, D.C. This wasn't for any religious reasons. They couldn't find three wise men and a virgin. Votes: 5 Jay Leno
I had a very wise mother. She always kept books that were my grade level in our house. Votes: 6 Beverly Cleary
It costs nothing to ask wise advice from a good friend. Votes: 4 George S. Clason
Controversy equalizes fools and wise men in the same way - and the fools know it. Votes: 2 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
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. Votes: 3 Ralph Waldo Emerson
For to be wise and love exceeds man's might. Votes: 3 William Shakespeare
Fishing is a hard job. Fishing at night. Rain. Day, night. You have to be wise and smart. And quick. Votes: 3 Mariano Rivera
Incidentally, the next time some war-mongering wise-ass tries to tell you that one reason we're in the middle east is to enhance the civil rights and social equality of women, remind them that we very enthusiastically destroyed the most secular country over there, where women could dress as they liked, have good jobs, be literate, and vote. Votes: 4 L. Neil Smith
Your fans, they count on you to make wise decisions and wise choices. That's why they're your fan base. If you continually let them down, they're going to go find someone else to be fans of. Votes: 5 Ludacris
Love, who is most beautiful among the immortal gods, the melter of limbs, overwhelms in their hearts the intelligence and wise counsel of all gods and all men. Votes: 4 Hesiod
Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reasons. Votes: 1 Robertson Davies
Your fans, they count on you to make wise decisions and wise choices. That's why they're your fan base. If you continually let them down, they're going to go find someone else to be fans of. Votes: 5 Ludacris
Really, I'm never much of a goal-setter. Whenever I've tried to make big, solid plans, they don't happen. I'm more into whatever the circumstances are that present themselves, making wise decisions around that. Votes: 1 Rose McIver
A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions. Votes: 1 Arthur Ashe
I've been a therapist for more than forty years and certainly there is a place for "wise elders" in the healing process. But most people, most of the time, can heal themselves and those they love, with the help of their family, friends, and community. Votes: 3 Jed Diamond
They're mutually incompatible I feel; being a wise thief and a wise father. Votes: 2 Andre Braugher
I am content with nothing, restless and ambitious... and I despise myself for the vanity, which formed half the stimulus to my exertions. Oh would that I were one of those plodding wise fools who having once set their hand to the plough go on nothing doubting. Votes: 3 Thomas Huxley
Right before the game, she strolled up to me. "Hey, Seaweed Brain." "Will you stop calling me that?" She knows I hate that name, mostly because I never have a good comeback. She's the daughter of Athena, which doesn't give me a lot of ammunition. I mean, "Owl-head" and "Wise Girl" are kind of lame insults. Votes: 6 Rick Riordan
Recently I heard a 'wise guy' story that I had a party at my home for twenty-five men. It's an interesting story, but I don't know twenty-five men I'd want to invite ta a party. Votes: 4 Joan Crawford
We can learn much from wise words, little from wisecracks, and less from wise guys. Votes: 3 William Arthur Ward
In my day job, I worry non-stop about making wise investments for long-term gains. Votes: 3 J. B. Pritzker
Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them. Votes: 4 Diogenes
When the world lacks muscular and wise American leadership, it devolves into total chaos, which, in turn, produces unspeakable evils. Votes: 1 Monica Crowley
When I can look life in the eyes, grown calm and very coldly wise, life will have given me the truth, and taken in exchange - my youth. Votes: 4 Sara Teasdale
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. Votes: 4 Christina Rossetti
There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool. Votes: 2 Diogenes
A wise man once said that a person is known by the company he keeps, but could then also add that the character of the company is known by the people it keeps for the longest days, especially at the strategic decision making level. Votes: 5 Anuj
A wise man speaks because he has something to say; a fool because he has to say something. Votes: 4 Plato
Seamen three! what men be ye? Gotham's three Wise Men we be. Whither in your bowl so free? To rake the moon from out the sea. The bowl goes trim. The moon doth shine, And our ballast is old wine. Votes: 3 Thomas Love Peacock
Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others. Votes: 1 Edward Abbey
What could be more beautiful than a dear old lady growing wise with age? Every age can be enchanting, provided you live within it. Votes: 1 Brigitte Bardot
There is nothing more beautiful in this world than a healthy, wise old man. Votes: 5 Lin Yutang
My upbringing is why I am the person I am today. I have very wise parents. Votes: 3 Keira Knightley
Wise people learn when they can; fools learn when they must. Votes: 6 Duke of Wellington
It's not that there are no masters, but that there are many. And the job of the solicitor general is to balance those masters and to accommodate them all, each in their proper places, wisely and well and in so doing to represent the people of the United States. Votes: 1 Elena Kagan
The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation. Votes: 1 Isaac D'Israeli
Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise. Votes: 1 Samuel Lover
Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it. Votes: 3 George Santayana
To neglect the wise sayings of great thinkers is to deny ourselves the truest education. Votes: 3 William James
Look wise, say nothing, and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought. Votes: 1 William Osler
The less you have to think about how to spend every dollar, the more likely you are to spend wisely. Votes: 1 Suze Orman
A wise teacher learns in the midst of teaching; a wise student teaches in the midst of learning. Votes: 3 Mollie Marti
The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind. Votes: 1 Khalil Gibran
Of writing well the source and fountainhead is wise thinking. Votes: 3 Horace
A man remains ignorant because he loves ignorance, and chooses ignorant thoughts; a man becomes wise because he loves wisdom and chooses wise thoughts. Votes: 3 James Allen
A man remains ignorant because he loves ignorance, and chooses ignorant thoughts; a man becomes wise because he loves wisdom and chooses wise thoughts. Votes: 3 James Allen
A wise woman wishes to be no one's enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone's victim. Votes: 3 Maya Angelou