Wise Quotes - Page 27

• I suggest...that you develop early in life the habit of retiring and arising early. You remember the advice of Ben Franklin: "Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

  Sterling W Sill

  Men, Advice, Healthy

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• Without making a fetish of goal setting, and without letting "lists" of tasks we desire to do dominate us, some recording of goals is wise not only for the self-reminder these constitute, but also for the satisfaction of crossing things off.

  Neal A. Maxwell

  Self, Generosity, Goal

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• You can't be old and wise, if you were never young and crazy.

  Chris Brown

  Crazy, Young, Ifs

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• There never was a tonic that would cure more social ailments than a healthy, happy home. There never was a greater source of social stability than an affectionate and understanding family. There never was a better way of helping children to happiness than the close confidence of wise and loving and responsible parents.

  Richard L. Evans

  Children, Home, Parent

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• In the old legend the wise men finally boiled down the history of mortal affairs into a single phrase: 'This too will pass.'

  Benjamin Graham

  Men, Phrases, Investing

  Benjamin Graham (1959). “The Intelligent Investor: A Book of Practical Counsel”

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• If we turn to the divine Conductor and follow the wise and loving baton that is His will, His Word, then the music of our life will be a symphony.

  Peter Kreeft

  God, Symphony, Divine

  Peter Kreeft (2009). “The God Who Loves You: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling”, p.14, Ignatius Press

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• Music-wise, I listen to everything. Leonard Cohen, Randy Newman, I guess I like a lot of 70's music.

  Bret McKenzie

  Newman, Randy

  "Bret McKenzie Talks THE MUPPETS, THE HOBBIT, FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS, and More". Interview with Matt Goldberg, collider.com. January 6, 2012.

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• Only you know your circumstances, your energy level, the needs of your children, and the emotional demands of your other obligations. Be wise during intensive seasons of your life. Cherish your agency, and don’t give it away casually. Don’t compare yourself to others — nearly always this will make you despondent. Don’t accept somebody else’s interpretation of how you should be spending your time. Make the best decision you can and then evaluate it to see how it works.

  Chieko N. Okazaki

  Children, Emotional, Agency

  Chieko N. Okazaki (1993). “Lighten Up!”, Deseret Book Company

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• People can do all kinds of things that maybe aren't wise in hindsight because of jealousy.

  Kristin Bauer van Straten

  People, Kind, Hindsight

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• Wise words are like seeds. The more you scatter them, the more they will grow into infinite gardens of knowledge.

  Suzy Kassem

  Garden, Infinite, Grows

  "Rise Up and Salute the Sun". Book by Suzy Kassem, 2010.

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• If man could write his own fate, he would have designed his journey to be without obstacles. Yet all obstacles come with valuable lessons designed just for you and only you. Suffering is imposed on us time and again so that one day we would become brave wise masters. That is, a strong being who is confidently aware of their intended direction in life, and fearlessly adding value to the world and their future.

  Suzy Kassem

  Strong, Writing, Fate

  "Rise Up and Salute the Sun". Book by Suzy Kassem, 2010.

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• Let us prepare for that blessed day when He will come again. Let us be as wise as those ancients who watched for His coming.

  Dieter F. Uchtdorf

  Blessed

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• Curse away! And let me tell thee, Beausant, a wise proverb The Arabs have,-"Curses are like young chickens, And still come home to roost."

  Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

  Home, Like You, Chickens

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• They are wise to the ways of Wall Street - and...getting their fair share of the loot.(:)...from who will be the head of NIH, to which honorary degree will go to whom, which congressman gets the campaign funds from AMPAC (the political arm of the AMA), and whether Medicare fees can be hiked a bit for the suffering specialist. ...(or) to nominate their favorite for a Nobel Laureate.

  Edgar Berman

  Wall, Dark, Political

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• We do not need an atomic bomb. The Iranian nation is wise. It won't build two atomic bombs while you have 20,000 warheads.

  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

  Two, Needs, Bombs

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• O Lord Most-wise, strengthen us by Your power that we not fear the non-believing world neither when they lash us with whips nor when they insult us with words for Your sake.

  Nikolaj Velimirovic

  Believe, World, Sake

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• Our Heavenly Father is far too wise and loves us far too much to give us everything we ask for.

  Mark Batterson

  Father, Giving, And Love

  Mark Batterson (2012). “The Circle Maker Student Edition: Dream Big. Pray Hard. Think Long.”, p.106, Zonderkidz

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• Use your imagination lovingly on behalf of another.

  Neville Goddard

  Positive, Wisdom, Clever

  Neville Goddard (2014). “Awakened Imagination: Includes The Search”, p.8, Courier Corporation

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• Where knowledge ends... feeling and imagination begin.

  Neville Goddard

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Clever

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• Happiness doesn't come and go, what comes and goes is your attunement to happiness.

  Robert Holden

  Happiness, Wisdom, Clever

  Robert Holden (2011). “Happiness Now!: Timeless Wisdom for Feeling Good Fast”, p.54, Hay House, Inc

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• To have time for what is valuable, you have to stop giving time to what isn't.

  Robert Holden

  Wisdom, Clever, Attitude

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• Look at people in your life as “practice.” The way you react to them allows you to see what you have to work on within yourself.

  Susan Jeffers

  Positive, Wisdom, Clever

  "Feel The Fear And Do It Anyway".

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• The world is as you are.

  David Lynch

  Wisdom, Clever, Attitude

  David Lynch (2007). “Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity: 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.21, Penguin

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• The only thing certain is nothing is certain.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Positive, Wisdom, Clever

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• Our forefathers found the evils of free thinking more to be endured than the evils of inquest or suppression. This is because thoughtful, bold and independent minds are essential to the wise and considered self-government.

  Robert H. Jackson

  Independent, Thoughtful, Thinking

  Quoted by Z. Chafee Jr. in Atlantic Monthly, January 1955.

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