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“As a father, I believe that involving children in sports at a young age is generally, a wise proposition. I believe that healthy competition is... well... healthy; that sporting events foster a spirit of teamwork that far surpasses the events themselves; and that active participation keeps children moving and is good for their self-esteem.”

“I don't try to approach things any differently, songwriting-wise, regardless of what I'm doing. I try to write whatever the best thing is that I'm doing that day. If I'm working on a pop song, I'm working on a pop song to the best of my ability. If I'm working on a bluegrass song, it's the same thing. They're not really different parts of the brain.”

Ifs Writing Trying Different Song Ability Brain Wise Approach Pops Best Things Songwriting Pop Song Bluegrass

Author:Chris Stapleton

“I'm really close to my family, and we talk through things. My parents are so amazing, they're brilliant. We try to take one step at a time and be wise about the decisions we make and keep our values and the things that are important.”

Trying Important Values Parent Decision Steps Wise My Family Brilliant Being Wise One Step At A Time Decisions We Make

Author:Naomi Scott

“It was during this [as a kid] time that I came out of my shell vocally and performance wise, I learned how to really and truly sing in a different way.... my way. It was an amazing experience because I also realized my lifelong dream - to sing my own songs...I have something to say and it was a great release for me to share that part of myself with others.”

Way Different Dream Kids Song My Own Wise Share Performances Release My Way Different Ways Shells Lifelong Amazing Experiences

Author:Tessanne Chin

“Alone among all creatures, the species that styles itself wise, Homo sapiens, has an abiding interest in its distant origins, knows that its allotted time is short, worries about the future and wonders about the past.”

Knows Past Interest Wonder Worry Wise Style Creatures Species Abiding Homo Sapiens

Author:John Noble Wilford

“'God himself cannot exist without wise men' - Luther said, and was right. But 'God can exist even less without unwise men' - that good old Luther did not say.”

Men Said Wise Luther Unwise

Book:Basic Writings of Nietzsche

Source: Basic Writings of Nietzsche

“Wise and purposeful letting alone is the best part of education.”

Wise

Book:School Education

Source: School Education

“Though we may be learned by another's knowledge, we can never be wise but by our own experience.”

May Wise Being Wise

Book:The Essays of Michael de Montaigne

Source: The Essays of Michael de Montaigne

“There is a limit to the work that can be got out of a human body or a human brain, and he is a wise man who wastes no energy on pursuits for which he is not fitted; and he is still wiser who, from among the things that he can do well, chooses and resolut”

Men Humans Wells Stills Body Energy Can Do Brain Wise Limits Waste Pursuit Wiser Human Body Human Brain No Energy

Author:William E. Gladstone

“It is better to be nothing than a follower of other painters. The wise man has said when one follows another one is always behind.”

Men Said Behinds Wise Painter Followers

Author:Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot

“To be wise means to be a teacher, means to be a soul winner. That's our business - That's our only business!”

Mean Soul Teacher Wise Winner Being Wise

Author:J. Frank Norris

“It is the fool who is haunted by fears, dread of dangers, oppression of mind, not the wise man.”

Men Mind Wise Danger Fool Oppression Dread

Author:Gautama Buddha

“Do not be wise in words - be wise in deeds.”

Wise Jew Deeds Being Wise

Author:Marcus Aurelius

“When a man is going to try and borrow money, it is wise to look prosperous”

Men Trying Looks Wise Prosperous

Author:Benjamin Disraeli

“If you have been wise and successful I congratulate you. Unless you are unable to forget how successful you have been, then I pity you.”

Ifs Has Beens Forget Successful Wise Pity

Book:The Law of Success: The Master Wealth-Builder's Complete and Original Lesson Plan forAchieving Your Dreams

Source: The Law of Success: The Master Wealth-Builder's Complete and Original Lesson Plan forAchieving Your Dreams

“The gravest error a thinking person can make is to believe that one particular version of history is absolute fact. History is recorded by a series of observers, none of whom is impartial. The facts are distorted by sheer passage of time and thousands of years of humanity's dark ages, deliberate misrepresentations by religious sects, and the inevitable corruption that comes from an accumulation of careless mistakes. The wise person, then, views history as a set of lessons to be learned, choices and ramifications to be considered and discussed, and mistakes that should never again be made.”

“As a bee gathering nectar does not harm or disturb the color & fragrance of the flower; so do the wise move through the world.”

World Doe Moving Wise Color Flower Harm Bees Gathering Fragrance Nectar

Author:Gautama Buddha

“Now that we are, as you say, 'in the same boat,' would it not be wise for us to have another conference ... and the sooner the better.”

Wise Boat Conferences Being Wise

Book:The Churchill War Papers: The Ever-Widening War 1941

Source: The Churchill War Papers: The Ever-Widening War 1941

“The fool tells me his reason; the wise man persuades me with my own.”

Men Reason My Own Wise Fool

Author:Aristotle

“A wise man's heart directs him toward the right, but a foolish man's heart directs him toward the left.”

Men Heart Left Wise Foolish Foolish Man Foolish Heart

Author:Solomon

“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.”

People Men President Wise Doors Minutes Terrible Funeral Terrible Things

Author:Nancy Reagan

“We all suffer. If a man's wise, he learns from it.”

Ifs Men Suffering Wise

Author:Alex Haley

“The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.”

“I shall take my present leave - but not without resorting once more to the benign Parent of the Human Race in humble supplication [prayer] that since he has been pleased to favour the American people, with opportunities for deliberating in perfect tranquility, and dispositions for deciding with unparellelled unanimity on a form of Government, for the security of their Union, and the advancement of their happiness; so his divine blessing may be equally conspicuous in the enlarged views, the temperate consultations, and the wise measures on which the success of this Government must depend.”

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Author:George Washington

“I do not agree that the dog in a manger has the final right to the manger even though he may have lain there for a very long time. I do not admit that right. I do not admit for instance, that a great wrong has been done to the Red Indians of America or the black people of Australia. I do not admit that a wrong has been done to these people by the fact that a stronger race, a higher-grade race, a more worldly wise race to put it that way, has come in and taken their place.”

People Way May Long Has Beens Done Facts America Black Race Taken Wise Dog Higher Long Time Red Stronger Agree Finals Instance Grades Australia Black People Worldly

Author:Winston Churchill

“The Feminine force of life is often too wise for the Masculine's need to know: The mysterious energy of the evolving cosmos is always superior to our temporary scientific notions about it. . .”

Knows Needs Life Is Energy Force Wise Notion Superiors Mysterious Evolve Cosmos Feminine Temporary Masculine

Author:David Deida

“... I know for sure, that the universe is wise and compassionate. The question then becomes: How can there be such brutality and pain and such suffering in the world if the universe is compassionate and wise. The reason is we put it there. We create it. And it is up to us to stop creating it.”

Ifs Knows World Reason Pain Suffering Universe Wise Creating Compassionate Brutality

Author:Gary Zukav

“Down is an incredibly important band to me. And there's one other project that may be a little tough for people to understand - it's not sonically heavy, but subject-wise it's absolutely heavy. It's a band that I've been in for many, many yearsm and I've just been waiting for the right itme, and boy, it sure is the right time. So, yeah, you will hear music from Philip Anselmo again, and it ain't gonna be nothing nice.”

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Author:Phil Anselmo

“The foolish took their lamps, but took no oil (pursued ministry as their priority over getting oil). The wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps (pursued oil as their priority before ministry). At the dark midnight hour of history, the Spirit will raise up forerunners who cry out that Jesus is coming as a Bridegroom God and that we must go out to meet Him (make the necessary effort to encounter Him). They all slept which speaks of living in context to the natural processes of life.”

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Author:Mike Bickle

“For the newborn and wise, everything begins small.”

Wise Newborn

Author:Suzy Kassem

“As human beings in general ... I don't think we've grown that much. Technology wise, we are getting too intelligent for our own good.”

Thinking Humans Human Beings Technology Wise Intelligent

Author:Butterfly Boucher

“The poet is like the wise fool or like a version of the stand-up, because we're standing, we're doing stand-up. That's exactly what we're doing.”

Wise Poet Fool Standing Versions

Author:Eileen Myles

“You have never seen greatness in a Presidency; I have. It was a rich kid who you would think had every reason to be a horse's ass - Franklin Roosevelt. He was humane and wise and resourceful. He was called a traitor to his class.”

Thinking Reason Kids Class Rich Wise Greatness Horse Ass Presidency Humane Traitor Franklin Resourceful Rich Kids

Author:Kurt Vonnegut

“I tried to take some of the same records that were important to me on my album Full Speed that my fans really vibed with content-wise and just made sure that the production and actual sound was put together differently and wasn't rushed as much.”

Made Important Together Sound Records Wise Fans Albums Productions Speed

Author:Kid Ink

“One must always maintain one's connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it.”

Past Wise Connections Cease Moving Forward Moving On Maintaining Forget The Past Living In The Past

Author:Gaston Bachelard

“A lot of times, our guides are at the same level that we are at spiritually. We are their jobs, and they are growing through our life experiences. People have this illusion that their guides are all-knowing and all-wise, and why would we need God if we have our guides?”

People Ifs Needs Jobs Levels Knowing Wise Our Lives Growing Illusion Guides Life Experience Need God

Author:Echo Bodine

“I am very healthy. Career wise, even old men get to be in movies. So as long as I am healthy, I will continue to make movies.”

Men Long Careers Wise Healthy Old Man

Author:John Travolta

“A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circle of our felicities.”

Book:Jefferson on Freedom: Wisdom, Advice, and Hints on Freedom, Democracy, and the American Way

Source: Jefferson on Freedom: Wisdom, Advice, and Hints on Freedom, Democracy, and the American Way

“Never try to sell at the top. It isn't wise. Sell after a reaction if there is no rally.”

Ifs Trying Wise Sells Reactions

Author:Jesse Lauriston Livermore

“I have a passion for big cats, I like big snakes. There is something about snakes that is so wise, they have this uncanny perfection. I'd like to get inside their reptilian heads.”

Bigs Passion Wise Perfection Cat Snakes Uncanny

Author:Anton Szandor LaVey

“In my library I have profitably and pleasantly dwelt among the shining lights, with which the learned, wise, and holy men of all ages have illuminated the world.”

Men World Light Age Wise Holy Shining Library Holy Man Shining Light

Book:The Dying Thoughts: Of the Reverend Learned and Holy Mr. Richard Baxter; ... Abridged by Benjamin Fawcett

Source: The Dying Thoughts: Of the Reverend Learned and Holy Mr. Richard Baxter; ... Abridged by Benjamin Fawcett

“It is wise to keep in mind that no success or failure is necessarily final. Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.”

Ifs Mind Successful Wise Keys Finals Being Successful Key To Success Doing You Success Or Failure Key To Happiness

Author:Herman Cain

“Is it possible Hanukkah doesn't inspire folksy songs? Plot lines may be a part. The Christmas story has a lot of material to work with. There's Jesus and his birth, the wise men, their gifts and tons of frankincense.”

Men May Stories Song Jesus Lines Wise Inspire Materials Birth Plot Hanukkah Plot Lines Frankincense

Author:Matisyahu

“Be someone who genuinely seeks to understand, and you will be wise. Be someone kind, someone considerate, and you will be admired. Be someone who values truth, and you will be respected. Be someone who takes action, and you will move life forward.”

Kind Action Moving Values Wise Being Wise Considerate Considerate And Caring

Author:Ralph Marston

“The truly wise man is he who believes the Bible against the opinions of any man. If the Bible says one thing, and any body of men says another, the wise man will decide, "This book is the Word of him who cannot lie".”

Ifs Men Believe Book Body Lying Opinion Wise One Thing

Author:R. A. Torrey

“The fool who traveled is better off than the wise man who stayed home.”

Men Home Wise Fool Traveled Better Off

Author:Rashi

“Everyone honors the wise.”

Wise Honor

Book:Gorgias and Rhetoric

Source: Gorgias and Rhetoric

“Whether you are happy or whether you are sad, it is wise to remember you are really in process.”

Remember Process Wise Remember You Remembers You

Author:Maya Angelou

“In living through this great epoch, it is difficult to reconcile oneself to the fact that one belongs to that mad, degenerate species that boasts of its free will. How I wish that somewhere there existed an island for those who are wise and of good will. In such a place even I should be an ardent patriot!”

Should Facts Wish Difficult Wise Mad Species Oneself Islands Free Will Patriot Boast Good Will Reconcile Degenerates Ardent Epoch

Book:The Ultimate Quotable Einstein

Source: The Ultimate Quotable Einstein

“When you know for yourselves, 'These things are wholesome; these things are blameless; these things are praised by the wise; these things, if undertaken and practiced, lead to welfare and happiness,' then you should engage in them.”

Ifs Knows Should Wise Welfare Blameless

Author:Gautama Buddha

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