Top Wise Quotes & Sayings

Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.

Plato

#Men #Wise #Speak #Communication

A smart man makes a mistake, learns from it, and never makes that mistake again. But a wise man finds a smart man and learns from him how to avoid the mistake altogether.

Roy H. Williams

#Wise #Smart #Mistake #Intelligence #Altogether #Wise Man

Be happy. It's one way of being wise.

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

#Happy #Wise #Wisdom #Happiness #Be Happy #Being Happy #The One

From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.

Publilius Syrus

#Corrects #Errors #Wise #Wisdom #Others #Wise Man

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

William James

#Art #Knowing #Wise #Wisdom #Teaching #Taking Action #Overlook

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.

Buddha

#Life #Wise #Road #Death #Wise People #Diligent

The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.

Thomas Szasz

#Naive #Wise #Stupid #Forgiveness

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

Alan Alda

#Wise #Smart #Remember #Intelligence

Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come to you if you gamble on its truth and it proves false? If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation, that He exists.

Blaise Pascal

#Truth #Wise #Belief #Faith #Harm #False #False Beliefs #Gamble

Tell me I'm clever, Tell me I'm kind, Tell me I'm talented, Tell me I'm cute, Tell me I'm sensitive, Graceful and wise, Tell me I'm perfect - But tell me the truth.

Shel Silverstein

#Clever #Wise #Cute #Truth #Perfect #Sensitive #Graceful

If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree.

Jim Rohn

#Change #Tree #Things #Wise

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

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#Wise #True #False #Religion #People #Common #False Religions #Wise People #True Religion #Rulers

Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise.

H. G. Wells

#Affliction #Wise #Sorry #Sad

It is a wise father that knows his own child.

William Shakespeare

#Father #Wise #Child #Father's Day

The Supreme Court has ruled that they cannot have a nativity scene in Washington, D.C. This wasn't for any religious reasons. They couldn't find three wise men and a virgin.

Jay Leno

#Men #Wise #Three #Christmas #Funny #Washington #Reasons #Court #Supreme #Virgins #Ruled

Christmas in Bethlehem. The ancient dream: a cold, clear night made brilliant by a glorious star, the smell of incense, shepherds and wise men falling to their knees in adoration of the sweet baby, the incarnation of perfect love.

Lucinda Franks

#Love #Men #Wise #Christmas #Perfect #Dreams #Star #Cold #Clear #Ancient #Knees #Incense #Incarnation

Don't follow any advice, no matter how good, until you feel as deeply in your spirit as you think in your mind that the counsel is wise.

Joan Rivers

#Good #Wise #Advice #Wisdom #Good Advice #River #Deeply #Feel Good

It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see.

Winston Churchill

#Wise #Ahead #Difficult #Future #Planning

A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.

Jonathan Swift

#Wise #Heart #Head #Money #Wise Man

Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace.

Victor Hugo

#Life #Patience #Peace #Courage #Words #Wise #Sorrows #Wise Words