Wiser Quotes - Page 15

• He went like one that hath been stunn'd, And is of sense forlorn: A sadder and a wiser man He rose the morrow morn.

  Samuel Taylor Coleridge

  Men, Rose, Morrow

  'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' (1798) pt. 7

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• A comfort zone can be a mental state:Belief in God is a lot of peoples's comfort zone. Dont get me wrong, I'm not knocking faith; I just dont think you should have it because it makes you feel safe. I think you should have it because you do. Because somewhere deep inside you, you know beyond equivocating that something greater, wiser and infinitely more loving than we're capable of understanding has a vested interested in the universe, in the way things turn out. Because you can feel that, as much as the forces of darkness might try to gain the upper hand, there is an Upper Hand.

  Karen Marie Moning

  Thinking, Hands, Should Have

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• You should never be ashamed to admit you have been wrong. It only proves you are wiser today than yesterday

  Jonathan Swift

  Writing, Yesterday, Rejection

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• But the most valuable lesson he taught me was this: Every day we get older, and some of us get wiser, but there's no end to our evolution. We are all a mess of contradictions; some of our traits work for us, some against us.

  Lisa Lutz

  Dental Floss, Lessons, Taught

  Lisa Lutz (2011). “The Spellmans Strike Again: Document #4”, p.379, Simon and Schuster

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• It's a very cheery thing to come into London by any of these lines which run high and allow you to look down upon the houses like this." I thought he was joking, for the view was sordid enough, but he soon explained himself. "Look at those big, isolated clumps of buildings rising up above the slates, like brick islands in a lead-coloured sea." "The board-schools." "Light-houses, my boy! Beacons of the future! Capsules with hundreds of bright little seeds in each, out of which will spring the wiser, better England of the future.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Running, Spring, School

  Arthur Conan Doyle, General Press (2016). “The Complete Sherlock Holmes: All 56 Stories & 4 Novels”, p.340, GENERAL PRESS

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• His grandfather had often told him that he tried too hard to move trees when a wiser man would walk around them.

  Patricia Briggs

  Moving, Men, Tree

  Patricia Briggs (2009). “Hunting Ground”, p.17, Penguin

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• Men who watch, and say little, very often are much wiser than the men they serve.

  Susanna Kearsley

  Men, Watches, Littles

  Susanna Kearsley (2011). “Sophia's Secret”, p.100, Allison & Busby

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• One half of her should not be always so much wiser than the other half.

  Jane Austen

  Other Half, Should, One Half

  Jane Austen (2013). “Persuasion In Modern English”, p.325, BookCaps Study Guides

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• A woman is human. She is not better, wiser, stronger, more intelligent, more creative, or more responsible than a man. Likewise, she is never less. Equality is a given. A woman is human.

  Vera Nazarian

  Men, Intelligent, Creative

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• Perhaps a wiser eye than hers would be able to read tomorrow in tonight's stars, but where was the fun in that? It was better not to know. Better to be alive in the Here and the Now--in this bright, laughing moment--and let the Hours to come take care of themselves.

  Clive Barker

  Stars, Fun, Eye

  "Abarat: The First Book of Hours". Book by Clive Barker, 2002.

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• I may be older and wiser, I may have lived another life since then, but I know that when my time eventually comes, the memories of that day will be the final images that float through my mind. I still love her, you see, and I‟ve never removed my ring. In all these years I‟ve never felt the desire to do so.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Memories, Years, Mind

  Nicholas Sparks (2000). “A Walk to Remember”, Random House Large Print Publishing

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• He that reads and grows no wiser seldom suspects his own deficiency, but complains of hard words and obscure sentences, and asks why books are written which cannot be understood.

  Samuel Johnson

  Book, Reading, Complaining

  Samuel Johnson (1977). “Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.261, Univ of California Press

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• They who humble themselves before knowledge of any kind generally end up the wiser and as voices with something meaningful to say.

  Haki R. Madhubuti

  Meaningful, Humble, Voice

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• My paintings are wiser than I am.

  Gerhard Richter

  Painting

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• What we are living with is the result of human choices and it can be changed by making better, wiser choices.

  Robert Redford

  Choices, Recycling, Results

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• Balance is the key to my serenity. I attain balance by listening to my inner wisdom and to the wisdom of others. There is no situation in which I cannot find a point of balance. There is no circumstance in which I cannot find inner harmony. As I ask to be led into equilibrium and clarity, I will find that my answers come to me. I am wiser than I know, more capable of right action and attitudes than I yet believe. In every event, I seek the balance point of God's action through me.

  Julia Cameron

  Attitude, Believe, Keys

  Julia Cameron (1997). “Heart Steps”, p.29, Penguin

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• The charge is often made against the intelligentsia and other members of the anointed that their theories and the policies based on them lack common sense. But the very commonness of common sense makes it unlikely to have any appeal to the anointed. How can they be wiser and nobler than everyone else while agreeing with everyone else?

  Thomas Sowell

  Common Sense, Unlikely, Made

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• Like Odysseus, the President looked wiser when he was seated.

  John Maynard Keynes

  President, Odysseus

  'The Economic Consequences of the Peace' (1919) ch. 3 (on Woodrow Wilson)

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• Providence is wiser than you, and you may be confident it has suited all things better to your eternal good than you could do had you been left to your own option.

  John Flavel

  May, Be Confident, Providence

  John Flavel (2013). “The Mystery of Providence”, p.54, Lulu Press, Inc

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• No man is the wiser for his learning; it may administer matter to work in, or objects to work upon; but wit and wisdom are born with a man.

  John Selden

  Wisdom, Men, May

  John SELDEN, Richard Milward (1786). “Table-Talk: being the Discourses of John Selden, Esq.; or his sence of various matters of weight and high consequence relating especially to Religion and State. Edited by R. Milward”, p.77

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• To pronounce something clever and honest is not such a big deal, lots of them have been said and written. For a statement of truth to be effective and for it to make people wiser, it has to be filtered through the soul of a highest quality, the soul of an artist.

  Alexander Ostrovsky

  Clever, Artist, People

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• We’ve all selected the wrong partners, all gotten hurt, and hopefully all moved on wiser for the experience. But there are those who, even in the face of constant disappointment, continue to believe that the intensity of their desire will be rewarded by an eventual jackpot of affection. And if that’s the slot machine you’re playing, friend, you’d better leave the casino ‘cause that one don’t pay out

  Paul Dini

  Hurt, Disappointment, Believe

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• In spite of discouragement and adversity, those who are happiest seem to have a way of learning from difficult times, becoming stronger, wiser and happier as a result.

  Joseph B. Wirthlin

  Adversity, Stronger, Way

  "Come What May, and Love It". www.lds.org. October 2008.

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• There is a flickering spark in us all which, if struck at just the right age...can light the rest of our lives, elevating our ideals, deepening our tolerance, and sharpening our appetite for knowledge about the rest of the world. Educational and cultural exchanges...provide a perfect opportunity for this precious spark to grow, making us more sensitive and wiser international citizens through our careers.

  Ronald Reagan

  Educational, Opportunity, Careers

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• A man dies daily, only to be reborn in the morning, bigger, better and wiser.

  Emmet Fox

  Morning, Mistake, Men

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