Wise Quotes

God assumed from the beginning that the wise of the world would view Christians as fools...and He has not been disappointed....If I have brought any message today, it is this: Have the courage to have your wisdom regarded as stupidity. Be fools for Christ. And have the courage to suffer the contempt of the sophisticated world.

Wise men change, fools stay the same.

To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.

Always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think and twice as beautiful as you'd ever imagined. Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself

Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives - choice, not chance, determines your destiny.

A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can't play the part of a wise man.

Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.

Fools multiply when wise men are silent.

A very wise quote is a spectacular waterfall! When you see it, you feel its power!

The wise man doesn't give the right answers, he poses the right questions.

A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.

A wise woman puts a grain of sugar into everything she says to a man, and takes a grain of salt with everything he says to her.

Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

It is never too late, no matter how old you get because anytime or any point in your life you can always have a chance to make a difference. You can always make a change for the better no matter what background you derived from. You can always do your best and be all that you can be because you will always be uniquely you. It is why it is always wise to listen to your eternal heart, your eternal instincts, and what it had always strove for and/or to do because really anybody can make a difference not only in their own lives but in the lives of others. It is never too late to shine; never.

A wise man speaks because he has something to say; a fool because he has to say something.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.

Does money upset the hearts of learned men? He answered, "men whose hearts are changed by money are not learned"

Last night I begged the Wise One to tell me the secret of the world. Gently, gently, he whispered, "Be quiet, the secret cannot be spoken, It is wrapped in silence."

A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.This was said by gene wilder ... what does it mean ?

God is too good to be unkind and He is too wise to be mistaken. And when we cannot trace His hand, we must trust His heart. When you are so weak that you cannot do much more than cry, you coin diamonds with both your eyes. The sweetest prayers God ever hears are the groans and sighs of those who have no hope in anything but his love.

In the end, it's not what you do for your children but what you've taught them to do for themselves.

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.

An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight... the truly wise person is colorblind.

To admonish your brother in private is to advise him and improve him. But to admonish him publicly is to disgrace and shame him.