Quotes about Being Wise

Be happy. It's one way of being wise. Votes: 7

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. Votes: 7

Nine tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time. Votes: 5

The next best thing to being wise oneself is to live in a circle of those who are. Votes: 5

These days people don't search for the Truth. People study simply in order to find knowledge necessary to make a living, raise families and look after themselves, that's all. To them, being smart is more important than being wise! Votes: 5

Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time. Votes: 4

He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise. Votes: 4

Be happy. It's one way of being wise Votes: 3

Being, be bold and venture to be wise. Votes: 3

Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise. Votes: 3

It's better to be wise than to be smart. Votes: 3

The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook. Votes: 3

It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves. Votes: 3

Let fools the studious despise, There's nothing lost by being wise. Votes: 3

He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise -begin! Votes: 3

Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own. Votes: 3

Why did the wise guys always accuse other people of being wise guys? Votes: 3

You can't be wise without being intelligent, but you certainly can be intelligent without being wise. Votes: 3

Those who are wise won't be busy, and those who are too busy can't be wise. Votes: 3

We may admire people for being wise, but we like them best when they are foolish. Votes: 3

We can be knowledgeable with other men's knowledge, but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom. Votes: 3

Yoda is interesting because, in addition to being wise, he is two feet tall, and a Yoda. Votes: 3

A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool. Votes: 3

It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and say the opposite. Votes: 3

Do you not know...that a child badly taught is farther from being wise than one not taught at all? Votes: 3

Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart. Votes: 3

A man cannot be wise enough to be a great artist without being wise enough to wish to be a philosopher. Votes: 3

Since you have to do the things you have to do, be wise enough to do some of the things you want to do. Votes: 3

There's a big difference on being wise and being crafty. The former is the attribute of God, and the latter is that of Satan. Votes: 3

A sense of our own folly is a great step towards being wise, when it leads us to rely on the wisdom of the Lord. Votes: 3

We spend precious hours fearing the inevitable. It would be wise to use that time adoring our families, cherishing our friends and living our lives. Votes: 3

There are three marks of a superior man: being virtuous, he is free from anxiety; being wise, he is free from perplexity; being brave, he is free from fear. Votes: 3

You become a superpower by being strong but also by being wise and by being farsighted. But no state is strong or wise enough to create a world order alone. Votes: 3

As the art of reading (after a certain stage in one's education) isthe art of skipping, so the art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. Votes: 3

In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body; then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self. Votes: 3

Difficulties are just God's errands. If we are sent upon them, it is an evidence of His confidence. Therefore, let us be glad, be happy, for it is a way of being wise. Votes: 3

You can get stuck in being wise. You can get stuck in having a developed will. It is very hard to get stuck in being happy. It is too lucid a state of mind. Votes: 3

There are some persons in this world, who, unable to give better proof of being wise, take a strange delight in showing what they think they have sagaciously read in mankind by uncharitable suspicions of them. Votes: 3

I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness and the willingness to remain vulnerable. Votes: 3

None of the modes by which a magistrate is appointed, popular election, the accident of the lot, or the accident of birth, affords, as far as we can perceive, much security for his being wiser than any of his neighbours. Votes: 3

For if the mystery concealed of old is made manifest to the Apostles through the prophetic writings, and if the prophets, being wise men, understood what proceeded from their own mouths, then the prophets knew what was made manifest to the Apostles. Votes: 3

Heaven is in everything: follow the light, hide in the cloudiness and begin in what is. Do this and your understanding will be like not understanding and your wisdom will be like not being wise. By not being wise you will become wise later. Votes: 3

My great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh, as being wiser than the intellect. We can go wrong in our minds. But what our blood feels and believes and says, is always true. The intellect is only a bit and a bridle. Votes: 3

But with respect to future debt; would it not be wise and just for that nation to declare in the constitution they are forming that neither the legislature, nor the nation itself can validly contract more debt, than they may pay within their own age, or within the term of 19 years. Votes: 3

The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored. Votes: 2

They're mutually incompatible I feel; being a wise thief and a wise father. Votes: 2

As human beings we do change, grow, adapt, perhaps even learn and become wiser. Votes: 2

It's bad taste to be wise all the time, like being at a perpetual funeral. Votes: 2

The world is neither wise nor just, but it makes up for all its folly and injustice by being damnably sentimental. Votes: 2

I'm still finding my legs, performance-wise, being up there by myself. I think I have a bit of proving myself ahead of me. Votes: 2

Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution. Votes: 2

Events will take their course, it is no good of being angry at them; he is happiest who wisely turns them to the best account. Votes: 2

The more work I do and the more I put myself out there publicity-wise, it's gonna be less and less chances of me being able to just walk around without being noticed. Votes: 2

An order of government, established by such an all-wise, powerful being, must be good and perfect, and must be calculated to promote the permanent peace, happiness, and well-being of all his subjects. Votes: 2

Our language has wisely sensed the two sides of being alone. It has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word solitude to express the glory of being alone. Votes: 2

As early as the autumn of 1862, I was made very happy by being sent to school. Votes: 2

I've always been proud of being a Hoosier. When I talk to people, I tell them that. Votes: 2

I've always been a Dracula/vampire aficionado, being half-Romanian myself. Dracula has always been close to my heart - in fact, I have a first edition of Bram Stoker's book. I read it over and over again as a young kid. Votes: 2

Here's the reality. The image of a white Jesus has been used to justify enslavement, conquest, colonialism, the genocide of indigenous peoples. There are literally millions of human beings whose lives have been snuffed out by people who conquered under the banner of a white god. Votes: 2

Being asked to describe what 'post-racial' means is a bit like being asked to describe a leprechaun, cold fusion or unicorns: we know what is meant, but, if we are willing to be honest, we also know that none of the four describe something real, something tangible, something true. Votes: 2

Be lowly wise: Think only what concerns thee and thy being. Votes: 0

The wise man thinks of fame just enough to avoid being despised. Votes: 0

Develop the wise art of being radically truthful and remaining considerate, thoughtful, and safe. Votes: 0

Whatever you do in your life, try to become a kind, and wise human being. Votes: 0

Being wise doth either make men our friends or discourage them from being our enemies. Votes: 0

Inner Knowledge -- You want to become wise in one lesson: First become a real human being. Votes: 0

You never stop being a parent, Adam, no matter how old or wise your child becomes you'll see. Votes: 0

Being a senior doesn't automatically make one wise but the wise & foolish alike have things to teach us. Votes: 0

When the human being sings he lends expression to the great wise ways in which the world was made. Votes: 0

There's no greater sign of being a poor philosopher and wise man than wanting all of life to be wise and philosophical. Votes: 0

Either a wise man will not go into bunkers, or, being in, he will endure such things as befall him with patience. Votes: 0

The world I believe is far too serious, and being far too serious ... it has need of a wise and merry philosophy. Votes: 0

Being in humaneness is good. If we select other goodness and thus are far apart from humaneness, how can we be the wise? Votes: 0

I don't have any dreams or aspirations or goals I want to meet music-wise, so there's nothing to keep me from being level-headed. Votes: 0

The person who has a firm trust in the Supreme Being is powerful in his power, wise by his wisdom, happy by his happiness. Votes: 0

I feel more comfortable confidence-wise. You get to the NHL, and you're nervous about trying things. With experience, you're not as afraid of being creative. Votes: 0

What's crucial about being an executive producer is that you stay in the loop, information-wise. They have to share all their major decisions with you. Votes: 0

Should we grieve over a little misplaced charity, when an all knowing, all wise Being showers down every day his benefits on the unthankful and undeserving? Votes: 0

Spiritual healing occurs as we begin to consciously reconnect with our essential being - the wise, loving, powerful, creative entity that we are at our core. Votes: 0

Thus, statesmanlike, I'll saucily impose, And safe from action, valiantly advise; Sheltered in impotence, urge you to blows, And being good for nothing else, be wise. Votes: 0

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't being said. The art of reading between the lines is a life long quest of the wise. 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

Fame means being respected by everybody, or having some quality that is desired by all men, or by most, or by the good, or by the wise. Votes: 0

A wise man once said that any human being is capable of infinite achievement, so long as it’s not the work they’re supposed to be doing. Votes: 0

If, presume not to God to scan; The proper study of Mankind is Man. Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state, a being darkly wise, and rudely great. Votes: 0

We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression; the heart of a wise man should resemble a mirror, which reflects every object without being sullied by any Votes: 0

She thought that after what she had been through during the invasion she would stop being petty and grow up, grow wise and strong, but she had overestimated herself" Votes: 0

It is not wise, or even possible, to divorce private behavior from public leadership.... By its very nature, true leadership carries with it the burden of being an example. Votes: 0

Being Wise & Being Smart are two different things anyone can be smart but those who master the art of knowing what to overlook in this journey called life deserves to be called Wise Votes: 0

It is safe to look within. As I move through the layers of other people's opinions and beliefs, I see within myself a magnificent being, wise and beautiful. I love what I see in me. Votes: 0