Top 100 A Wise Person Quotes
#1. But as a wise and great teacher once explained so patiently, all good stories - stories that touch your soul, stories that change your nature, stories that cause you to become a better person from their telling-these stories always contain truth.
Camron Wright
#2. A person can be educated and still be stupid, and a wise man can have no education at all.
Jennifer A. Nielsen
#3. An intelligent person does not take part in the sources of misery which are due to contact with the material senses. O son of Kunti, such pleasures have a beginning and an end, and so the wise man does not delight in them.
Anonymous
#5. I never dreamed that the little ditties I wrote about annoying customers or bagel recipes would turn into a full-length musical comedy. But a very wise person told me to 'write what you know'. So I did.
Rob McClure
#6. A wise person will be slow to show their anger ...
But very quick and diligent to show love and kindness to all.
Timothy Pina
#7. My parents inspire me every day. They are both incredible people that I love and look up to every day. Industry wise, I love what Justin Timberlake has done with his career. He's truly an idol to me, not only as a performer, but as a person as well.
Max Schneider
#8. A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future.
Oliver Goldsmith
#9. They seek the edges, because it is the edges that ultimately lead us. A wise person does not fear the edges and fringes, but studies them. Indeed, he or she is often in them, working to make change happen.
Laurie Beth Jones
#10. By three things the wise person may be known. What three? He sees a shortcoming as it is. When he sees it, he tries to correct it. And when another acknowledges a shortcoming, the wise one forgives it as he should.
Gautama Buddha
#11. The seeds of good deeds become a tree of life; a wise person wins friends. - Proverbs 11:30
Gary Chapman
#12. A wise person laughs and smiles through the eyes ... The smile and laughter through the eyes influence people tremendously. No energy leaks if you smile through the eyes.
Sivananda
#13. A wise person is able to bring down a thousand armies with a single insight; with wisdom he successfully engages ten thousand armies with just one.
Matshona Dhliwayo
#14. But in Marriage do thou be wise; prefer the Person before Money; Vertue before Beauty, the Mind before the Body: Then thou hast a Wife, a Friend, a Companion, a Second Self; one that bears an equal Share with thee in all thy Toyls and Troubles.
Various
#15. The wise and honorable and Christian thing to do is to treat each black man and each white man (or any person) on his merits as a man, giving him no more and no less than he is worthy to have.
Theodore Roosevelt
#16. You can mock a wise person,
but you'll remember him when you're in trouble.
If you mock God, remember,
you'll need Him when you're in trouble.
Matshona Dhliwayo
#17. A person is both wise and wealthy when you master the art of appreciating what you already have.
Zelig Pliskin
#18. Most of the people share quotes and wordings not because they follow them or absorb for life but they knows by share it i can be notice as a wise person.
Mohammed Zaki Ansari
#19. The latter part of a wise person's life is occupied with curing the follies, prejudices and false opinions they contracted earlier.
Jonathan Swift
#20. Johannes had once said that violence and cruelty were just a stupid person's way of making himself felt, because it was easer to use your hands to strike a blow than to use your brain to find a logical and just solution to the problem.
Anne Holm
#21. Most often we call a person intelligent when they learn to conform to the societal norm. Are they wise?
Debasish Mridha
#22. The wise do not buy into other people's perceptions of who they are and what they are capable of. Instead, they bypass a person's public persona and see who they are in their highest expression. When you see actions taken with integrity, instead of words only, you will then know a soul's worth.
Shannon L. Alder
#23. A wise person is like a smoothly polished rock: it takes time to become either.
Vera Nazarian
#24. A foolish man enjoys the company of prostitutes;
a wise man enjoys the company of his wife.
The mother of a prudent son will rejoice;
the father of a mindless son will groan.
Matshona Dhliwayo
#25. A wise man once said that we can't make anyone feel or do anything. We can throw things into the wind, but it's up to each person to decide how they want to react, where they want to stand when things fall.
Jonathan Maberry
#26. Unveil a person's thoughts,
and you are shrewd.
Unveil a person's desires,
and you are wise.
Matshona Dhliwayo
#28. A wise man will cultivate a servant's spirit, for that particular attribute attracts people like no other. As I humbly serve others, their wisdom will be freely shared with me. Often, the person who develops a servant's spirit becomes wealthy beyond measure.
Andy Andrews
#29. Once you become very powerful and advanced, you must be willing to go back to school and start over, and go to a wise person who will show you the way. Very few people are willing to do that.
Frederick Lenz
#30. The wise words of a friend and guide rang in my head. 'How would you distinguish a true servant of God from a traitor? ... You should take especial notice of how a person speaks, not of other things, but of God.
Harry Blamires
#31. I regard a human being as simply a human being, whether he is from this world or another, or whether he is a beggar, or God in person, and whether he is ignorant or wise, they are all of equal right. No one has more right than any other, and nobody is more than any other.
Billy Meier
#32. It's a wise person, I guess, who knows he's dumb, and an honest person who knows he's a liar. And it's a dumb person, I guess, whose convinced he's wise ... -Bob Slocum
Joseph Heller
#33. A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
Arthur Ashe
#34. A wise person is like a lighthouse. We are looking for their lights and follow them when we are in danger.
Debasish Mridha
#35. Never does a person feel so wise, so mature and so adult as when she is not.
Pia Juul
#36. Acting is not my primary drive in life, although I'd be a very unhealthy person without it.
Greg Wise
#37. Remember, a wise person moves through his unhappiness alone and whenever he is
happy he shares it with everyone. The fool does the opposite.
Bella Meraki
#38. When Steve Wise told me that he intended to argue in court before a judge that an animal could be a "legal person," it seemed like a novel, possibly far-fetched idea, but the more I thought about it, the more I became intrigued.
Chris Hegedus
#39. You know, it's amazing to me the wounds we carry for eternity. But what has fascinated me most these last few years is how the right person can heal them. I remember a wise man once said to me that everyone deserves to be loved. Even you. (Zarek)
Sherrilyn Kenyon
#40. Scratch the surface in a typical boardroom and we're all just cavemen with briefcases, hungry for a wise person to tell us stories.
Alan Kay
#42. It's a wise person who knows the difference between free speech and cheap talk.
Doug Larson
#43. Though all one's life a fool associates with a wise person,one no more comprehends the Truth than a spoon tastes the flavor of the soup.
Gautama Buddha
#44. A wise person is silent and rarely wants to show his wisdom. A fool is always vocal and uses every opportunity to show his foolishness.
Debasish Mridha
#45. Notice how those who have medicated away their hardships with illegal drugs, alcohol, or sex can seem immature. They may look forty-five, but they have the character of an adolescent. Find a person who has weathered storms rather than avoided them and you will find someone who is wise.
Edward T. Welch
#46. A wise person makes one error,
and learns ten lessons.
He makes two errors,
and learns twenty lessons.
He makes three errors,
and learns thirty lessons.
He makes few errors,
and learns countless lessons.
Matshona Dhliwayo
#47. A wise person explains complex things in simple way. An intelligent person explains simple things in complex way.
Debasish Mridha
#48. You're a wise person if you can easily direct your attention to what ever needs it.
Terence
#49. We think a wise person is someone who solves problems. Truth is, a wise person is someone who avoids problems.
Prem Rawat
#50. I have tried to be a man of letters in love with ideas in order to be a wiser and more loving person, hoping to leave the world just a little better than I found it.
Cornel West
#51. There is a city in which you find everything you desire-handsome people, pleasures, ornaments of every kind-all that the natural person craves. However, you cannot find a single wise person there.
Rumi
#52. Success, cannot be attained alone. Any person's time and power is limited. A wise leader enlists others in working toward organizational goals.
Gichin Funakoshi
#53. I think you must be running away from something pretty enormous if you don't want to see a person more than once or twice. I think relationships don't get interesting for quite a while. When the initial heady rush fades, that's when it gets really exciting.
Greg Wise
#55. A person is wise if he listens to millions of advice and doesn't implement any of it.
Michael Bassey
#56. What is a normal goal to a young person becomes a neurotic hindrance in old age. - CARL JUNG No wise person ever wanted to be younger. - NATIVE AMERICAN APHORISM
Richard Rohr
#57. Generally a wise actor will be very careful about the person to whom he gives that power.
William Mapother
#58. Working on my knowledge and education and learning how to become a more talented and wise person make me feel more sexy.
Natassia Malthe
#59. I'm considered wise, and sometimes I see myself as knowing. Most of the time, I see myself as wanting to know. And I see myself as a very interested person. I've never been bored in my life.
Maya Angelou
#60. A fool is surrounded by blessings, but is chained by folly and thus cannot reach them. A wise person is surrounded by blessings, and has extra-long arms to reach for them.
Matshona Dhliwayo
#61. The person who goes astray from God's wise guidance burdens himself with sorrows and frustrations. In fact, he ends up being a slave to his own desires.
Vern Sheridan Poythress
#62. A wise person will listen and take in more instruction.
Solomon
#63. A person who is wise does nothing against their will, nothing with sighing or under coercion.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
#64. Grant that I may become beautiful in my soul within, and that all my external possessions may be in harmony with my inner self. May I consider the wise to be rich, and may I have such riches as only a person of self-restraint can bear or endure.
Plato
#65. A wise person would make certain their words aren't so sharp.
Jonas Lee
#66. Is it wise to blow the whistle on a person's selfishness when selfishness itself is an important attribute for contentment?
L.D.R.
#67. A wise person can do more with one opportunity than a fool with a thousand.
Matshona Dhliwayo
#68. Miracle workers learn to keep their own counsel. Something that's important to know about spiritual wisdom is that, when spoken at the wrong time, in the wrong place, or to the wrong person, the one who speaks sounds more like a fool than a wise one.
Marianne Williamson
#69. A person doesn't demonstrate independence by rebelling. You do it by shouldering responsibilities, making wise, thoughtful decisions.
Janette Oke
#70. Never make a promise you can't keep.
Never look down on a person you can't help.
Never solicit a question you can't answer.
Never judge a person you don't understand.
Never condemn a person you don't know.
Matshona Dhliwayo
#71. By looking at a person's features, clothing, and speech, even Confucius would not be able to say what sort of a person he is. But by testing him in a position and seeing what he he does, even someone with so-so judgment would be able to know if he is wise or not.
Han Fei
#72. A coquette is a young lady of more beauty than sense, more accomplishments than learning, more charms not person than graces of mind, more admirers than friends, mole fools than wise men for attendants.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
#74. A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart.
Jonathan Swift
#75. The greatest event for the world is the arrival of a new and wise person.
Thomas Carlyle
#76. At critical moments the veil between the little-self and the deep self thins and a meaningful self-adjustment becomes possible. If a person does not become paralyzed with fear or frozen in hatred, the wise self hidden within will rise to the occasion.
Michael Meade
#77. An egoist can be won over by being respected, a crazy person can be won over by allowing him to behave in an insane manner and a wise person can be won over by truth.
Chanakya
#78. But if you do not find an intelligent companion, a wise and well-behaved person going the same way as yourself, then go on your way alone, like a king abandoning a conquered kingdom, or like a great elephant in the deep forest.
Gautama Buddha
#79. A fool can read a thousand books and learn nothing.
A wise person can read one and become great. Using books for decoration is what ordinary men do. Using books for knowledge is what intelligent people do.
Matshona Dhliwayo
#80. A fool stumbles when he walks; the wise are not hampered even when they run.
Matshona Dhliwayo
#81. When I was young, I thought I was a very smart and learned person.
But now, the more I read, the more I learn, the more I think, the humbler I become.
Shon Mehta
#82. A wise man once said that a person is known by
the company he keeps, but could then also add that the character of the
company is known by the people it keeps for the longest days, especially
at the strategic decision making level.
Anuj
#83. The person who has a firm trust in the Supreme Being is powerful in his power, wise by his wisdom, happy by his happiness.
Joseph Addison
#84. Who was to know what went on in a person's heart? A wise woman kept her own counsel.
Donna Woolfolk Cross
#85. Associating with the wise and the knowledgeable people adds to the prestige of a person.
Ali Ibn Abi Talib
#86. The news did not trouble her particularly; all news was bad, like wage demands, strikes, or war, and the wise person paid no attention to it. What was important was that it was a bright, sunny day; her first narcissi were in bloom, and the daffodils behind them were already showing flower buds.
Nevil Shute
#87. Keeping one's distance from an ignorant person is equivalent to keeping company with a wise man.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
#88. A truly wise person uses few words; a person with understanding is even-tempered. 28 Even fools are thought wise when they keep silent; with their mouths shut, they seem intelligent.
Anonymous
#89. I'm not a new-agey person, but narrative is ancient and wise and generous.
Jim Crace
#90. The awakened sages call a person wise when all his undertakings are free from anxiety about results; all his selfish desires have been consumed in the fire of knowledge.
Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa
#91. A wise person is able to save a city;
a fool is able to destroy a nation.
Matshona Dhliwayo
#93. A wise person is on firm ground,
a fool is on thin ice,
and an evil person is already drowning.
Matshona Dhliwayo
#94. A person understands other's language only in tune with his attitude with most people all the time, so it's wise to act nice with individuals only in proportion with the truth cherished in their lives.
Anuj
#95. Once I believed that sooner or later I would come across a really wise person; today I couldn't even say what wisdom is.
Fausto Cercignani
#96. Is there really someone who, searching for a group of wise and sensitive persons to regulate him for his own good, would choose that group of people that constitute the membership of both houses of Congress?
Robert Nozick
#97. I have a gold bullion and a 'one additional minute for your life' in my hand; as a gift, if you choose the second one, then I say you are a wise person!
Mehmet Murat Ildan
#98. Online transactions, once relegated to leaps of faith, have evolved into our status quo. We no longer ask ourselves whether or not it's wise to buy online. Instead, we ask whether or not it's wise to deal with a particular person, service provider, or business.
Leah Busque
#99. One opinion can make a fool out of a once wise person
Will Leamon
#100. No professional Wall Street tipster or plausible promoter can turn a sane person into a stock gambler as easily as his next-door neighbor bragging about his winnings. If all men profited by experience, the world would be peopled exclusively by the wise....
Kenneth L. Fisher
