'Wise' Quotes

Wise quotes have been a source of inspiration and guidance for individuals and society for centuries. These succinct and profound statements encapsulate the wisdom and experiences of great minds, offering valuable insights and lessons for life. From ancient philosophers like Aristotle and Confucius to modern thinkers like Maya Angelou and Nelson Mandela, wise quotes have shaped the way we think and act. They have been used to motivate, encourage, and challenge individuals to reach their full potential. These quotes have also played a significant role in shaping historical events and influencing famous figures. Today, wise quotes continue to inspire and guide people, reminding us of the timeless wisdom and universal truths that transcend time and culture.Read Less

1245 Exceptional 'Wise' Quotations and Sayings

The constancy of the wise is only the art of keeping disquietude to one’s self. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024, François de La Rochefoucauld, Art, Self, Wise, 0

- François de La Rochefoucauld

Writer

· France

Numberless arts appear foolish whose secret motives are most wise and weighty. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024, François de La Rochefoucauld, Art, Secret, Wise, 0

- François de La Rochefoucauld

Writer

· France

A wise man neither suffers himself to be governed, nor attempts to govern others. Feraz Zeid, January 18, 2024, Jean de la Bruyere, Government, Wise, 0

- Jean de la Bruyere

Writer

· France

Art is neither a profession nor a hobby. Art is a way of being. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024, Frederick Franck, Art, Hobbies, Wise, 0

- Frederick Franck

Artist

· Netherlands

If it be true that a man is rich who wants nothing, a wise man is a very rich man. Feraz Zeid, January 18, 2024, Jean de la Bruyere, Wisdom, Wise, 0

- Jean de la Bruyere

Writer

· France

Wisdom
Wise

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself. Feraz Zeid, January 18, 2024, Jean de la Bruyere, Wise, 0

- Jean de la Bruyere

Writer

· France

Wise

The past is a work of art, free of irrelevancies and loose ends. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024, Max Beerbohm, Art, Wise, Work, 0

- Max Beerbohm

Satirist and caricaturist

· England

Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go. Feraz Zeid, January 18, 2024, Jean de La Fontaine, Death, Wise, 0

- Jean de La Fontaine

Poet

· France

Death
Wise

Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise. Feraz Zeid, January 18, 2024, Jean de La Fontaine, Fool, Knowledge, Wise, 0

- Jean de La Fontaine

Poet

· France

Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred. Feraz Zeid, January 18, 2024, Jean de La Fontaine, Friendship, Wise, 0

- Jean de La Fontaine

Poet

· France

It is not strength, but art, obtains the prize, And to be swift is less than to be wise. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024, Homer, Art, Cleverness, Wise, 0

- Homer

Poet

· Greece

Do you not know…that a child badly taught is farther from being wise than one not taught at all? Feraz Zeid, January 18, 2024, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Children, Wise, 0

- Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Philosopher

· Switzerland

God’s designs regarding you, and His methods of bringing about these designs, are infinitely wise. Feraz Zeid, January 18, 2024, Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon, Design, God, Wise, 0

- Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon

Mystic and writer

· France

A smart man only believes half of what he hears, a wise man knows which half. Feraz Zeid, January 18, 2024, Jeff Cooper, Wisdom, Wise, 0

- Jeff Cooper

Firearms instructor and author

Wisdom
Wise

There are only 24 hours in a day. We need to quit trying to be awesome and instead be wise. Feraz Zeid, January 18, 2024, Jen Hatmaker, Wise, 0

- Jen Hatmaker

Author

· USA

Wise

It is a wise man who knows where courage ends and stupidity begins. Feraz Zeid, January 18, 2024, Jerome Cady, Stupid, Wise, 0

- Jerome Cady

Stupid
Wise

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024, William James, Wisdom, Wise, 0

- William James

Philosopher and psychologist

· USA

Wisdom
Wise

To neglect the wise sayings of great thinkers is to deny ourselves the truest education. Explain Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024, William James, Deny, Neglect, Wise, 0

- William James

Philosopher and psychologist

· USA

At bottom, the whole concern of religion is with the manner of our acceptance of the universe. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024, William James, Acceptance, Wisdom, Wise, 0

- William James

Philosopher and psychologist

· USA

If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024, William Makepeace Thackeray, Fool, Wise, 0

- William Makepeace Thackeray

Author

· India

Fool
Wise

Choose a good disagreeable friend, if you be wise–a surly, steady, economical, rigid fellow. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024, William Makepeace Thackeray, Friendship, Wise, 0

- William Makepeace Thackeray

Author

· India

Generally a wise actor will be very careful about the person to whom he gives that power. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024, William Mapother, Actors, Giving, Wise, 0

- William Mapother

Look wise, say nothing, and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024, William Osler, Science, Wise, 0

- William Osler

Physician

· Canada

Science
Wise

A man is sane morally at thirty, rich mentally at forty, wise spiritually at fifty-or never! Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024, William Osler, Wise, 0

- William Osler

Physician

· Canada

Wise

Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment the treasurer, of a wise man. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024, William Penn, Knowledge, Treasure, Wise, 0

- William Penn

Founder of the Province of Pennsylvania

· England

O Lord, help me not to despise or oppose what I do not understand. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024, William Penn, Wisdom, Wise, 0

- William Penn

Founder of the Province of Pennsylvania

· England

Wisdom
Wise

It is wise not to seek a secret, and honest not to reveal one. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024, William Penn, Secret, Wisdom, Wise, 0

- William Penn

Founder of the Province of Pennsylvania

· England

A wise neuter joins with neither, but uses both as his honest interest leads him. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024, William Penn, Neutrality, Wise, 0

- William Penn

Founder of the Province of Pennsylvania

· England

The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024, William Ralph Inge, Common Sense, Wisdom, Wise, 0

- William Ralph Inge

Theologian and Anglican priest

· England

A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024, François de La Rochefoucauld, Winning, Wise, 0

- François de La Rochefoucauld

Writer

· France

Winning
Wise

It is easy to be wise on behalf of others than to be so for ourselves. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024, François de La Rochefoucauld, Intelligence, Wisdom, Wise, 0

- François de La Rochefoucauld

Writer

· France

No accidents are so unlucky [bad] but that the wise may draw some advantage [good] from them. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024, François de La Rochefoucauld, Gratitude, Wise, 0

- François de La Rochefoucauld

Writer

· France

It is the habit of mediocre minds to condemn all that is beyond their grasp. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024, François de La Rochefoucauld, Habit, Mind, Wise, 0

- François de La Rochefoucauld

Writer

· France

The constancy of the wise is only the talent of concealing the agitation of their hearts. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024, François de La Rochefoucauld, Consistency, Heart, Wise, 0

- François de La Rochefoucauld

Writer

· France

That conduct often seems ridiculous the secret reasons of which are wise and solid. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024, François de La Rochefoucauld, Ridiculous, Secret, Wise, 0

- François de La Rochefoucauld

Writer

· France

Were we faultless, we would not derive such satisfaction from remarking the faults of others. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024, François de La Rochefoucauld, Faults, Satisfaction, Wise, 0

- François de La Rochefoucauld

Writer

· France

Behind many acts that are thought ridiculous there lie wise and weighty motives. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024, François de La Rochefoucauld, Lying, Ridiculous, Wise, 0

- François de La Rochefoucauld

Writer

· France

Few are sufficiently wise to prefer censure which is useful to praise which is treacherous. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024, François de La Rochefoucauld, Praise, Wise, 0

- François de La Rochefoucauld

Writer

· France

Praise
Wise

I’ve often heard it said, as the common proverb goes, that a fool can teach a wise man well. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024, François Rabelais, Wisdom, Wise, 0

- François Rabelais

Author

· France

Wisdom
Wise

If you foolishly ignore beauty, then you will soon find yourself without it. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024, Frank Lloyd Wright, Finding yourself, Wisdom, Wise, 0

- Frank Lloyd Wright

Architect

· USA

Be wise enough not to be reckless, but brave enough to take great risks. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024, Frank Warren, Brave, Risk, Wise, 0

- Frank Warren

Promoter

A wise man once said, never discuss philosophy or politics in a disco environment. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024, Frank Zappa, Philosophy, Wise, 0

- Frank Zappa

Musician

· USA

Since love is folly, a foolish woman is more dangerous than a wise one. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024, Franz Grillparzer, Love, Wise, Women, 0

- Franz Grillparzer

Writer

· Austria

A wise man can and should stand above his times, not so the poet, but he should be their apex. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024, Franz Grillparzer, Wisdom, Wise, 0

- Franz Grillparzer

Writer

· Austria

Wisdom
Wise

When the eye wakes up to see again, it suddenly stops taking anything for granted. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024, Frederick Franck, Eye, Gratitude, Wise, 0

- Frederick Franck

Artist

· Netherlands

One day after many, many lifetimes, we get wise. We decide that the fun in life is to give. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024, Frederick Lenz, Fun, Karma, Wise, 0

- Frederick Lenz

Philosopher

· USA

The only loser who walks away from a wise man is the one who walks away. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024, Frederick Lenz, Buddhism, Wisdom, Wise, 0

- Frederick Lenz

Philosopher

· USA

Get real. Life is heavy. It’s difficult. It’s complex…even for the wise. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024, Frederick Lenz, Wise, 0

- Frederick Lenz

Philosopher

· USA

Wise

The only difference between a wise man and a fool is that the wise man knows he’s playing. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024, Frederick Salomon Perls, Difference, Wise, 0

- Frederick Salomon Perls

Psychotherapist

· Germany

It is often wise to reveal that which cannot be concealed for long. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024, Friedrich Schiller, Advice, Wise, 0

- Friedrich Schiller

Playwright

· Germany

Advice
Wise

'Wise' Quotes

1245 Exceptional 'Wise' Quotations and Sayings

The first and last task of aleader is to keep hope alive.

There is no gesture more devastating than the back turning away.

Television has always been something you watch; now, increasingly, it is also something you do.

Whatever is going to happen will happen, whether we worry or not.

Despair is the greatest of our errors.

If justice takes place, there may be hope, even in the face of a seemingly capricious divinity.

They turned a distracted gaze on the world, wide-eyed, somehow, and questioning.

The modern pantheist not only sees the god in everything, he takes photographs of it.

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible’!

Abuse of words is the foundation of ideology.

I can’t stand by and allow tens of thousands of innocent people to be slaughtered for lies.

How wrong it is for those who love, not to express their love.

Doubt is poison. It leads to a loss of faith in yourself, and in all that’s good and true.

Healing is the result of clear thinking.

I feel fortunate that I was able to step away from it when I wasn’t interested.

If your team does not truly believe that you care about them, they will not follow you.

Music is nothing else but wild sounds civilised into time and tune.

The audience loves it when you pay attention to details.

When will I learn? The answers to life’s problems aren’t at the bottom of a bottle. They’re on TV!

All business proceeds on beliefs, or judgments of probabilities, and not on certainties.

'Wise' Quotes

1245 Exceptional 'Wise' Quotations and Sayings

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