W Quotes
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“Wise men never grow up; indeed, they grow younger, for they lose the appalling worldly wisdom of youth.”
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“Wise men never sit and wail their loss, but cheerily seek how to redress their harms.”
“Wise men perish,
senseless men perish.
Death, the great equalizer
comes for both, takes both,
as eternity draws close,
and Christ comes forth.”
“Wise men profit more by fools than fools by wise men.”
“Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate the successes of the wise.”
“Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances.”
“Wise men read books about history. Strong men write them.”
Source: Golden Son
“Wise men read very sharply all of your private history in your look and gait and behavior.”
Source: Culture, Behavior, Beauty
“Wise men say, 'Forgiveness is divine, but never pay full price for late pizza.”
“Wise men say nothing in dangerous times”
Source: Aesop's fables
“Wise men say only fools rush in. But I can't help falling in love with you.”
“Wise men say, and not without reason, that whosoever wished to foresee the future might consult the past.”
“Wise men say, only fools rush in. Wise men are so slow.”
“Wise men speak because they have something to say”
“Wise men still seek Him today.”
“Wise men store up knowledge.”
Source: THE HONEYMOON: A SACRED AND UNFORGETTABLE SAVOUR OF A BLISSFUL MARITAL JOURNEY
“Wise men talk because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something.”
“Wise men will apply their remedies to vices, not to names; to the causes of evil which are permanent, not to the occasional organs by which they act, and the transitory modes in which they appear. Otherwise you will be wise historically, a fool in practice.”
Source: Reflections on the Revolution in France
“Wise men will apply their remedies to vices, not to names; to the causes of evil which are permanent, not the occasional organs by which they act, and the transitory modes in which they appear.”
Source: The works and correspondence of...Edmund Burke
“Wise men wrote the Constitution, but clever judges have been destroying it, bit by bit, turning it into an instrument of arbitrary judicial power, instead of a limitation on all government power.”
“Wise men, like wine, are best when old; pretty women, like bread, are best when young.”
“Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent.”
Source: Mindset StackingTM Inspirational Journal VolumeSS01
“Wise Mind: It is not something you do actively; it is passive, like falling asleep. It involves trusting the process- trusting that there’s no hurry, trusting that there’s no need for action, trusting when there is uncertainty, and trusting me, the wise part of you.”
“Wise or unwise, who doubts for a moment that contentment is the cause of happiness? Yet the inverse is true: we are contented because we are happy, and not happy because we are contented. Well-regulated minds may be satisfied with a small portion of happiness; none can be happy with a small portion of content.”
Source: The works of Walter Savage Landor [ed. by J. Forster].
“Wise parents know that fighting a teenager, like fighting a riptide, is inviting doom.”
“Wise parents offer criticism only when asked, and then minimally.”
“Wise people advice from experience. Wiser people, from experience, do not advice.”
Source: Wealth of Words
“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.”
“Wise people are foolish if they cannot adapt to foolish people.”
“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.”
“Wise people are just wise by themselves when they rely on other people they make them stupid.”
“Wise people are never less alone than when they are alone.”
“Wise people are those who help others to become better than they are.”
“Wise people behave according to the opposite.”
“Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.”
“Wise people choose battles carefully, the way a rat nibbles around a trap. What doesn't kill you doesn't always make you stronger. Sometimes, they leave you maimed, scarred and lacklustre.”
Source: I Laugh At These Skinny Girls: Poetry For People Who Hate Poetry II
“Wise people choose silence. Kind people choose to answer.”
“Wise people do not fly budget airlines!”
“Wise people do what they can do to enjoy their life, and choosing to believe the best is something we can do that will help us live joyfully, peacefully, and with a sense of purpose.”
Source: Loving People Who Are Hard to Love: Transforming Your World by Learning to Love Unconditionally
“Wise people get touched by the world, cause not everyone understands their visions.”
“Wise people have always taken a passionate interest in how they spend their time.
What’s an essential skill now, for Seeking Enlightenment in the Age of Awakening? Do 20 Daily Minutes of Technique Time, neither more nor less.”
Source: Seeking Enlightenment in the Age of Awakening: Your Complete Program for Spiritual Awakening and More, In Just 20 Minutes a Day
“Wise people have an inward sense of what is beautiful, and the highest wisdom is to trust this intuition and be guided by it.”
Source: The Aristotle Collection [50 Books]
“Wise people heed the voice of reason;
the wisest heed the voice of God.”
“Wise people help you come up with a different way of looking at yourself, your past, and the world around you. Very often they focus your attention on your relationships, the in-between spaces that are so easy to overlook. How can this friendship or this marriage be nourished and improved? The wise person sees your gifts and potential, even the ones you do not see. Being seen in this way has a tendency to turn down the pressure, offering you some distance from your immediate situation, offering hope.”
Source: How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
“Wise people know that all their money belongs to God.”
Source: Brothers, We Are Not Professionals: A Plea to Pastors for Radical Ministry, Updated and Expanded Edition
“Wise people learn when they can; fools learn when they must.”
“Wise people listen to wise instruction, especially instruction from the Word of God.”
“Wise people make trails and paths, clever walk on them - stupid people can't decide.”
“Wise people may say what they will, but one passion is never cured by another.”
“Wise people prefer to benefit from constructive criticism rather than be ruined by false praise”