Wise Quotes - Page 112

When we are foolish, we want to conquer the world. When we are wise, we want to conquer ourselves. That begins when we do what we should no matter how we feel about it.

It is in the half fools and the half wise that the greatest danger lies.

If you wish a wise answer, you must put a rational question.

It is possible that a wise and good man may be prevailed on to game; but it is impossi∣ble that a professed gamester should be a wise and good man.

The conscience is more wise than science.

Say oh wise man how you have come to such knowledge? Because I was never ashamed to confess my ignorance and ask others.

The fool strikes. The wise man smiles, and watches, and learns. Then strikes.

Performance-wise, you really need to be down in the trenches; you need to do the hard work, for a lot of reasons: To build yourself as a performer, to get a sense of the audience, to work hard and to wonder, 'Do I really want to do this?'

Genealogists live in the past lane.

Life is accumulative - Either our errors accumulate to what we don't get, or our wise decisions accumulate into what we do get.

No time like the present

A fool and his money are quickly parted.

Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more. [Fr., Rien n'est si dangereux qu'un ignorant ami; Mieux vaudrait un sage ennemi.]

A wise man is not governed by others, nor does he try to govern them; he prefers that reason alone prevail.

Especially females and the younger ones like to be with somebody who is wise.

She hoped to be wise and reasonable in time; but alas! Alas! She must confess to herself that she was not wise yet.

A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn't make sense.

A wise skepticism is the first attribute of a good critic.

As we encounter new experiences with a mindful and wise attention, we discover that one of three things will happen to our new experience: it will go away, it will stay the same, or it will get more intense. whatever happens does not really matter.

Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends. I have not much hope that Gollum can be cured before he dies, but there is a chance of it. And he is bound up with the fate of the Ring. My heart tells me that he has some part to play yet, for good or ill, before the end; and when that comes, the pity of Bilbo may rule the fate of many - yours not least.

I would be a liar if I said I don't care [about my appearance]; yes, I care. I found it very difficult, when I first became well known, to read criticism about how I look, how messy my hair was, and how generally unkempt I look. The nastiest thing ever written was written by a man, and I do remember that. I wasn't looking for it either, it was just simply in the newspaper I was reading.

If it's a good book, anyone will read it. I'm totally unashamed about still reading things I loved in my childhood.

To go into temptation to find how strong you are, is as wise as to go before a mirror, with closed eyes, to find how you look when asleep.

To prevent and suppress rising resentment is wise and glorious, is manly and divine.

Solitude is an ocean with wonderful places hidden in its depths.