Quotes about Wise People

Wise people learn when they can; fools learn when they must. Votes: 6

Wise people listen to wise instruction, especially instruction from the Word of God. Votes: 6

Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. Votes: 6

Wise people have an inward sense of what is beautiful, and the highest wisdom is to trust this intuition and be guided by it. Votes: 6

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. Votes: 6

Life is like any other contact sport. You may encounter hardships of one sort or another. Wise people find happiness not in the absence of such hardships, but in their ability to understand them when they occur. Votes: 6

Wise people are able to give themselves gracefully to seemingly contradictory experiences, because they know that they belong to different seasons of life, all of which are necessary to the whole. Spring and winter, growth and decay, creativity and fallowness, health and sickness, power and impotence, and life and death all belong within the economy of being. Votes: 6

Impatience can cause wise people to do foolish things. Votes: 4

By associating with wise people you will become wise yourself. Votes: 4

Being popular is important. Otherwise people might not like you. Votes: 4

simple things are the most valuable and only wise people appreciate them". Votes: 4

The key to success in life is using the good thoughts of wise people. Votes: 4

It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life. Votes: 4

Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom. Votes: 4

Well-makers lead the water (wherever they like) ; fletchers bend the arrow ; carpenters bend a log of wood ; wise people fashion themselves. Votes: 4

The wise people are in New York because the foolish went there first, that's the way the wise men make a living. Votes: 4

My mother went to university, my father didn't. But they are very educated, very wise people. My father went to the military, so he's worldly. Votes: 4

To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent. Votes: 4

If you're famous, you have to [be overly generous], otherwise people say, "Eric Idle came in and only left me $4." I always tip more than people expect. Votes: 4

The US government should be the champion for the internet, not a threat. They need to be much more transparent about what they're doing, or otherwise people will believe the worst. Votes: 4

I don't believe the war is simply the work of politicians and capitalists. Oh no, the common man is every bit as guilty; otherwise, people and nations would have rebelled long ago!. Votes: 4

Hollywood is great for entertaining people, it's a wonderful business but it's make-believe, you must remember that. That's one of the most important things to remember and the distinction in your own life, otherwise people get lost in their own fame, and it makes them unhappy. Votes: 4

The very cheapness of literature is making even wise people forget that if a book is worth reading, it is worth buying. No book is worth anything which is not worth much; nor is it serviceable, until it has been read, and re-read, and loved, and loved again; and marked, so that you can refer to the passages you want in it. Votes: 4

Wise people say nothing in dangerous times. Votes: 3

Wise people know that all their money belongs to God. Votes: 3

Wise people are never less alone than when they are alone. Votes: 3

Wise people are foolish if they cannot adapt to foolish people. Votes: 3

Wise people may say what they will, but one passion is never cured by another. Votes: 3

Wise people prefer to benefit from constructive criticism rather than be ruined by false praise Votes: 3

Most people are grateful because they are happy. Wise people are happy because they're grateful. Votes: 3

Wise people understand the need to consult experts; only fools are confident they know everything. Votes: 3

Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around. Votes: 3

Impossible is the word found only in a fool's dictionary. Wise people create opportunities for themselves and make everything possible... Votes: 3

Wise people say it is folly to think anybody perfect; and as to likes and dislikes, we should be friendly to all, and worship none Votes: 3

Wise people are in want of nothing, and yet need many things. On the other hand, nothing is needed by fools, for they do not understand how to use anything, but are in want of everything. Votes: 3

~Do you like him much? ~I told you I like him a little. Where is the use of caring for him so very much? He is full of faults. ~Is he? ~All boys are. ~More than girls? ~Very likely. Wise people say it is folly to think anyboy perfect, and as to likes and diskiles, we should be friendly to all, and worship none. Votes: 3

The wise man does not grow old, but ripens. Votes: 1

As an older and wiser man, I don't believe in luck. I believe in hard work and talent and determination. Votes: 1

We may simply not be wise enough to do some of the kinds of engineering things that people are talking about doing. Votes: 1

My function as a writer is to provide an atmosphere in which people can think wisely about what we're doing on this planet. Votes: 1

One should proceed with caution. We may simply not be wise enough to do some of the kinds of engineering things that people are talking about doing. Votes: 1

I've always said that at the end of the day, on a legal issue, I think a wise old woman and a wise old man are going to reach the same conclusion. Votes: 1

You know, the man of my dreams might walk round the corner tomorrow. I'm older and wiser and I think I'd make a great girlfriend. I live in the realm of romantic possibility. Votes: 1

I had grown up in a humanist atmosphere, and war to me was never anything but horror, mutilation and senseless destruction, and I knew that many great and wise people felt the same way about it. Votes: 1

We're now seeing email that people thought they had deleted showing up as evidence in court. You can't erase email. As that becomes more commonly realized, people will be a little wiser about what they type. Votes: 1

When I wrote 'Runaways,' I was a naive kid who thought that all parents were evil. Now that I'm a wise old man with children of my own, I am certain that all parents are evil. Votes: 1

We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers, people able to put together the right information at the right time, think critically about it, and make important choices wisely. Votes: 1

With trials, you become wiser. You learn more about yourself and the people surrounding you. Me personally, I've never been the type of person to judge anyone over wrongdoing, no matter what it is. I'm just not a judgmental person. Votes: 1

I'm moving into that eldership age, you know? I'm at the 'wise woman' age where it's not about learning, but utilizing the information that I have in a way that serves other people. That's a high calling and it's a great responsibility. Votes: 1

The people who are competing business-wise out there want what other successful labels and artists have. I don't want what they have; I want my own path, my own sound, my own identity. Record labels care nothing about identity or artistic freedom, they want good business. Votes: 1

People don't understand that all presidents, the minute they become president, get a knock at the door. And there's a man there saying, 'Let's talk about your funeral.' At the time I thought, God, that's a terrible thing. Later on, I thought it was pretty wise. Votes: 1

One of the pitfalls of writing about illness is that it is very easy to imagine people with cancer as either these wise, beyond-their-years creatures or else these sad-eyed, tragic people. And the truth is people living with cancer are very much like people who are not living with cancer. Votes: 1

But I think I have done right to save the vision in this way, even though I may die sooner because I did it; for I know the meaning of the vision is wise and beautiful and good; and you can see that I am only a pitiful old man after all. Votes: 1

The police can't protect consumers. People need to be more aware and educated about identity theft. You need to be a little bit wiser, a little bit smarter and there's nothing wrong with being skeptical. We live in a time when if you make it easy for someone to steal from you, someone will. Votes: 1

Older men are wiser and that is much cooler to me. I've never been one for going out clubbing or getting off my head, so I always gravitated to men who were similar. They just tended to be older. I think you have more of an adventure with an older man. And a happier journey. Votes: 1

Too often, people get elected to a body, to any office, and the first thing they do is talk about how this year, it's going to be different. Votes: 1

Father had notions about manhood suffrage, public schools, the education and the elevation of the masses, and the gradual emancipation of the slaves, that did not suit the uncompromising views of people in places like Richmond. Votes: 1

For people of color - especially African Americans - the idea that racist cops might frame members of their community is no abstract notion, let alone an exercise in irrational conspiracy theorizing. Rather, it speaks to a social reality about which blacks are acutely aware. Votes: 1

Angry people are not always wise. Votes: 0

Some people are more nice than wise. Votes: 0

Choose wise and Godly people to advise you. Votes: 0

Some People Are Wise, And Some Are Otherwise. Votes: 0

We are all wise for other people, none for himself. Votes: 0

Laughing is just another way of showing people your wise Votes: 0

The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves. Votes: 0

It's catastrophies which turn wise and strong people into philosophers. Votes: 0

Coffee renders many foolish people temporarily capable of wise actions Votes: 0

I think people are wise to keep love and work separate. Votes: 0

I was born wise. Street-wise, people-wise, self-wise. This wisdom was my birthright. Votes: 0

Clever people master life; the wise illuminate it and create fresh difficulties. Votes: 0

To avoid discord, never put two wise people in the same room. Votes: 0

Think as wise men do, but speak as the common people do. Votes: 0

Why did the wise guys always accuse other people of being wise guys? Votes: 0

It's other people who make us wise, and I haven't known nearly enough. Votes: 0

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people. Votes: 0

Think as the wise men think, but talk like the simple people do. Votes: 0

When a people, having become free, establish wise laws, their revolution is complete. Votes: 0

The only people who cannot change are the most wise and the most stupid. Votes: 0

People are never so near playing the fool as when they think themselves wise. Votes: 0

The American people may not be the best-educated, but they're very wise at heart. Votes: 0

A wealthy and wise man doesn't shake hands with people, he gives an helping hand. Votes: 0

Associating with the wise and the knowledgeable people adds to the prestige of a person. Votes: 0

To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man. Votes: 0

People who are wise, good, smart, skillful, or hardworking don't need politics, they have jobs. Votes: 0

If there's one thing I can't bear, it's people who are wise during the event. Votes: 0

A wealthy and wise man doesn't shake hands with people, he gives an helping hand. Votes: 0

Lots of old people don't become wise, but you don't get wise unless you age. Votes: 0

If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one. Votes: 0

To speak as the common people do, to think as wise men do is style. Votes: 0

We may admire people for being wise, but we like them best when they are foolish. Votes: 0

I was wise enough to never grow up while fooling most people into believing I had. Votes: 0

People can do all kinds of things that maybe aren't wise in hindsight because of jealousy. Votes: 0

Passion is a young man's game. Young people can be passionate. Older people gotta be more wise. Votes: 0

A popular writer writes about what people think. A wise writer offers them something to think about. Votes: 0

I once read that people who study others are wise but those who study themselves are enlightened. Votes: 0

How do people choose their final words? Do they realize their gravity? Are they fated to be wise? Votes: 0

For intelligent people, action often means escape from thought, but it is a reasonable and a wise escape. Votes: 0

Well, yes: people write poems when they are in love, but a wise man will not print them. Votes: 0

It is wise to persuade people to do things and make them think it was their own idea. Votes: 0

Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful. Votes: 0

In my whole life, I have known no wise people who didn't read all the time - none ... ZERO. Votes: 0

It is for the wise people who delight in humanity, praise justice, despise their flatterers, and respect the truth. Votes: 0

A wise man told me don't argue with fools. Cause people from a distance can't tell who is who. Votes: 0

Anyone starting to garden... would be wise to look around carefully and see what grows well in other people's yards. Votes: 0

Hope is a dangerous thing, Raisa thought. Once kindled, it's hard to put out. It makes wise people into fools. Votes: 0

Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful. Votes: 0

There are essentially two things that will make you wise -- the books you read and the people you meet. Votes: 0

Big heart, wide as a watermelon, but wise as birth, there is so much abundance in the people I have.... Votes: 0

It is a maxim of wise government to treat people not as they should be but as they actually are. Votes: 0

Let us by wise and constitutional measures promote intelligence among the people as the best means of preserving our liberties. Votes: 0

Will people ever be wise enough to refuse to follow bad leaders or to take away the freedom of other people? Votes: 0

It's so funny that people specify that year because in a way it was the biggest battle for me health wise. Votes: 0

It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people; to focus your energies on answers - not excuses. Votes: 0

It is wise to direct your anger towards problems -- not people; to focus your energies on answers -- not excuses. Votes: 0

You must not judge people by their country. In South America, it is always wise to judge people by their altitude. Votes: 0

Much knowledge will corrupt the heart,/When partly understood,/And so the people grow too smart,/But neither wise nor good. Votes: 0

While people judge others from their own moral standpoint, the wise person looks also at the point of view of another. Votes: 0

As a wise man once said, "April Fools Day is for amateurs. You NEVER need an excuse to mess with people's heads." Votes: 0

It would be a good thing if young people were wise and old people were strong, but God has arranged things better. Votes: 0

A surgeon is surrounded by people who are sick, discouraged, afraid, embittered, dying - but also courageous, loving, wise, compassionate and alive. Votes: 0

Everyone makes mistakes. The wise are not people who never make mistakes, but those who forgive themselves and learn from their mistakes. Votes: 0

Quoting E. B. White is the easiest way I know of to fool people into thinking that I am perceptive, witty, and wise. Votes: 0

I would go out into the desert. The desert was my teacher. I didn't know about gurus and wise people-I wasn't a reader. Votes: 0

I believe in a sound, strong environmental policy that protects the health of our people and a wise stewardship of our nation's natural resources. Votes: 0

There are people in this world who can wear whale masks and people who cannot, and the wise know to which group they belong. Votes: 0

The wise way to benefit humanity is to attend to your own affairs, and thus give other people an opportunity to look after theirs. Votes: 0

Wounds are the means through which we enter the hearts of other people. They are meant to teach us to become compassionate and wise. Votes: 0

Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young people who pretend to be wise to the ways of the world are mostly cynics. Votes: 0

You have to be able to psychologically help your players, support-wise, be in touch with them, so I think managing people is very important. Votes: 0

Job-wise, I did have a moment of panic that I should have been a doctor a few years ago, but I hate when people vomit. Votes: 0

In a democracy, people always vote for their alike! Pig for the pig, raven for the raven! Dull for the dull, wise for the wise! Votes: 0

Oh, this beast? It's...perspicacious loris. 'Perspicacious' meaning 'wise or canny'." "Get stuffed," Bovril said, then giggled. "And it insults people," Telsa said. "How peculiar. Votes: 0

Wisdom eludes me yet, but foolishness I captured long ago and to this day it is my constant companion, though many people consider me wise. Votes: 0

Americans are good people, and at times we can be wise. But we're often under-informed by media, misinformed by our government and ill-served by both. Votes: 0

The master of superstition, is the people; and in all superstition, wise men follow fools; and arguments are fitted to practice, in a reversed order. Votes: 0

To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent. Votes: 0

People do not naturally become morally excellent or practically wise. They become so, if at all, only as the result of lifelong personal and community effort. Votes: 0

The fact is that not only do people get more wise and more conservative as they get older, they get more kind and more generous, too. Votes: 0

When I am talking to people who I feel don't like me or are mean, I get really shy, and I kind of curl up personality wise. Votes: 0

A green economy begins to replace some of the clunking and chugging of ugly machines with the wise effort of beautiful, skilled people. That means more jobs. Votes: 0

Being satisfied with little, you can gain much. Seeking much you will go astray. The wise heeds this precept. If it could be so with all people! Votes: 0

One sees more and more people who are miserable and demented and you feel it would be both kind and wise to leave them a few pills. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

The only part of Christian teachings which will be truly accepted by the Chinese people is Christ's injunction to be "harmless as doves" but "wise as serpents. Votes: 0

There is nothing selfish about enjoying yourself. In fact, as wise people have long said and psychologists have since discovered, happiness makes people less self-focused and more altruistic. Votes: 0

I definitely take after my dad, looks-wise. But my mum is my greatest inspiration. All the women in my family are amazing. They're hilarious. I love funny people. Votes: 0

People always fancy that we must become old to become wise; but, in truth, as years advance, it is hard to keep ourselves as wise as we were. Votes: 0

The common and continual mischiefs of the spirit of party are sufficient to make it the interest and duty of a wise people to discourage and restrain it. Votes: 0

Any attempts at autobiography before the age of eighty seem pretty self-involved to me. There are a lot of smart middle aged people but not many wise ones. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I'm defining [presidential courage] pretty narrowly. It's not only taking a big political risk but it's also the risk that in the hindsight of history, people think it's wise. Votes: 0

Every wise, just, and mild government, by rendering the condition of its subjects easy and secure, will always abound most in people, as well as in commodities and riches. Votes: 0

There are always choices in life. People are going to pull you in all directions. Where you end up is a direct result of how wise your decisions are. Votes: 0

I have had the opportunity to become acquainted with many wonderful people from many walks of life. I have known rich and poor, famous and modest, wise and otherwise. Votes: 0

There are moments in our lives when we summon the courage to make choices that go against reason, against common sense and the wise counsel of people we trust. Votes: 0

Therefore, do not eat meat which will cause terror among people, because it hinders the truth of emancipation; not to eat meat? this is the mark of the wise. Votes: 0

In any case, the most lively young people become the best old people, not those who pretend to be as wise as grandfathers while they are still at school. Votes: 0

He was wise enough to know that nothing ever happened on this globe, for good, at which some people did not have their fill of laughter in the outset Votes: 0

As Benjamin Franklin said, 'Those things that hurt, instruct.' It is for this reason that wise people learn not to dread but actually to welcome problems and actually to welcome the pain of problems. Votes: 0

Study how water flows in a valley stream, smoothly and freely between the rocks. Also learn from holy books and wise people. Everything - even mountains, rivers, plants and trees - should be your teacher. Votes: 0