Wise Quotes - Page 23

All truly wise thoughts have been thought already thousands of times; but to make them truly ours, we must think them over again honestly, until they take root in our personal experience.

First to become capable of love, then to learn that body and spirit are one.

Know well what holds you back, and what moves you forward

It is said that heaven does not create one man above or below another man. Any existing distinction between the wise and the stupid, between the rich and the poor, comes down to a matter of education.

If what you are doing is not moving you towards your goals, then it's moving you away from your goals.

The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.

Public opinion is no more than this: what people think that other people think.

Abuse no one and no thing, for abuse turns the wise ones to fools and robs the spirit of its vision.

One of the most powerful forces in the world is the will of men and women who believe in themselves, who dare to hope and aim high, who go confidently after the things they want from life.

The simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful then a thousand heads bowing in prayer.

A Christian must always be kind, gracious, and wise in order to conquer evil by good.

'How do you know so much about everything?' was asked of a very wise and intelligent man; and the answer was 'By never being afraid or ashamed to ask questions as to anything of which I was ignorant.'

Rivers and the inhabitants of the watery element were made for wise men to contemplate, and fools to pass by without consideration.

The wise man knows the only fitting price for his soul is a place in Paradise.

No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.

These are the signs of a wise man: to reprove nobody, to praise nobody, to blame nobody, nor even to speak of himself or his own merits.

But the "wise" person understands something else— that we are all connected and, therefore, his or her own happiness must include the happiness of others.

What can I give Him, Poor as I am? If I were a shepherd I would bring a lamb. If I were a Wise Man I would do my part. Yet what can I give Him? I give Him my heart.

He that winneth souls is wise (Proverbs 11:30) - Those are the best educated ministers, who win the most souls.

Good character is that quality which makes one dependable whether being watched or not, which makes one truthful when it is to one's advantage to be a little less than truthful, which makes one courageous when faced with great obstacles and which endows one with the firmness of' wise self-discipline.

It is easier to look wise than to talk wisely.

Those who gave thee a body, furnished it with weakness; but He who gave thee Soul, armed thee with resolution. Employ it, and thou art wise; be wise and thou art happy.

Advertising in the final analysis should be news. If it is not news it is worthless.

Men by their constitutions are naturally divided into two parties: 1. Those who fear and distrust the people, and wish to draw all powers from them into the hands of the higher classes. 2. Those who identify themselves with the people, have confidence in them, cherish and consider them as the most honest and safe, although not the most wise depositary of the public interests. In every country these two parties exist, and in every one where they are free to think, speak, and write, they will declare themselves.

Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.