Quotes About Wisdom

If I meet a wise person, I think, 'Yes, tell me more about parenting, about marriage, about how to stay in love. Tell me more about how to be a decent person living in a world that's filled with chaos.'

A wise person does not undertake any business with the risk of losing the capital money in search of making a profit.

You're a wise person if you can easily direct your attention to what ever needs it.

One of the great responsibilities that I have is to manage my assets wisely, so that they create value.

I choose the places I go to carefully and wisely. I'll rarely go to a shopping mall anymore.

We can chart our future clearly and wisely only when we know the path which has led to the present.

Time and energy are finite. You only have so many hours in a day and so many days of your life. The solution to using your time wisely isn't about exerting more energy - eventually you'll run out of steam. The key to reaching your greatest potential is about working smarter, not harder.

To act wisely when the time for action comes, to wait patiently when it is time for repose, put man in accord with the tides. Ignorance of this law results in periods of unreasoning enthusiasm on the one hand, and depression on the other.

I'm very conscious that I have to, as Premier of this state, make sure we spend taxpayers' money wisely.

It's not that there are no masters, but that there are many. And the job of the solicitor general is to balance those masters and to accommodate them all, each in their proper places, wisely and well and in so doing to represent the people of the United States.

I've found that when the market's going down and you buy funds wisely, at some point in the future you will be happy.

Every script has things that would draw me away or draw me towards it. But I just try and choose as wisely as possible - when I get to choose.

Throughout my decade on the bench, I have watched my colleagues strive day in and day out to do just as Socrates said we should - to hear courteously, answer wisely, consider soberly, and decide impartially.

If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.

At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.

It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion.

Choose your friends wisely, and also choose friends that you can trust.

Men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all the other alternatives.

Economy does not lie in sparing money, but in spending it wisely.

Choose wisely, then eat in moderation. When I know I'm going to Mom's for dinner, I throw an extra 20 minutes on the cardio machine so I can be ready to eat.

We all have personal brands and most of us have already left a digital footprint, whether we like it or not. Proper social media use highlights your strengths that may not shine through in an interview or application and gives the world a broader view of who you are. Use it wisely.

Authority must be respected and chosen wisely.

People who have money have an obligation. I wouldn't say I'm entitled to tell them what to do with it but to use it wisely.

My function as a writer is to provide an atmosphere in which people can think wisely about what we're doing on this planet.