Wise Quotes - Page 4

A wise girl knows her limits, a smart girl knows that she has none.

Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.

It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that they are incapable of exercising the sovereignty. Usurpation is then an easy attainment, and a usurper soon found. The people themselves become the willing instruments of their own debasement and ruin. Let us, then, look to the great cause, and endeavor to preserve it in full force. Let us by all wise and constitutional measures promote intelligence among the people as the best means of preserving our liberties.

The happiness of those who want to be popular depends on others; the happiness of those who seek pleasure fluctuates with moods outside their control; but the happiness of the wise grows out of their own free acts.

Invisible threads are the strongest ties.

Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly.

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

Test scores and measures of achievement tell you where a student is, but they don't tell you where a student could end up.

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

Wise girls kiss but never love, Listen but never believe, And leave befor they are left.

This most beautiful system of the sun, planets and comets could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being. And if the fixed stars are the centres of other like systems, these, being formed by the like wise counsel, must be all subject to the dominion of One; especially since the light of the fixed stars is of the same nature with the light of the sun.

Four things support the world: the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the good, and the valor of the brave

A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.

The stupid speak of the past, the wise of the present, and fools of the future.

I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on the frivolous youth of today, for certainly all youth are reckless beyond words. When I was a boy, we were taught to be discrete and respectful of elders, but the present youth are exceedingly wise and impatient of restraint.

Foolish, selfish people are always thinking of themselves and the result is always negative. Wise persons think of others, helping them as much as they can, and the result is happiness. Love and compassion are beneficial both for you and others. Through your kindness to others, your mind and heart will open to peace.

No amount of reading or memorizing will make you successful in life. It is the understanding and application of wise thought which counts.

Strawberries that in gardens grow Are plump and juicy fine, But sweeter far as wise men know Spring from the woodland vine. No need for bowl or silver spoon, Sugar or spice or cream, Has the wild berry plucked in June Beside the trickling stream. One such to melt at the tongue's root, Confounding taste with scent, Beats a full peck of garden fruit: Which points my argument.

A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.

Stay wise and the mind is untouchable.

A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.

There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.

The wise stand out because they see themselves as part of the Whole. They shine because they don't want to impress. They achieve great things because they don't look for recognition. Their wisdom is contained in what they are, not their opinions. They refuse to argue, so no-one argues with them.

No matter what you've done for yourself or for humanity, if you can't look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished?

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.