Wise Words Quotes - Page 29

• Do not be someone looking for [insert]. Be [insert] looking for someone. Suggestions for [insert]: —love —friendship —understanding —appreciation —tolerance —a helping hand —a leg up —an answer

  Robert Breault

  Wise, Appreciation, Hands

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• A man must have something to cling to. Without that he is as a pea vine sprawling in search of a trellis.... I was all asprawl, clinging to Beauty, which is a very restless trellis.

  E. B. White

  Wise, Men, Vines

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• Be deeply satisfied and ready for more.

  Esther Hicks

  Wise, Satisfied, Ready

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• This is a confusing and uncertain period, when a thousand wise words can go completely unnoticed, and one thoughtless word can provoke an utterly nonsensical furor.

  Vaclav Havel

  Wise, Confusing, Language

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• Good wits jump; a word to the wise is enough.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Wise, Enough, Wit

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1993). “Don Quixote”, p.564, Wordsworth Editions

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• A word to the wise isn't as good as a word from the wise.

  Grenville Kleiser

  Wise, Wisdom

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• Anything can happen; this is the very rule of this universe! The best defence against this rule is this: Don't panic!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Wise, Panic, Anything Can Happen

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• In the wise words of Mahatma Gandhi: have a sense of humor.

  Drew Chadwick

  Wise, Sense Of Humor

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• Now' is the watchword of the wise.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Wise, Time

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• Good writing must stay open to the questions and not fall prey to the pull of a polemic, otherwise, words simply become predictable, sentimental, and stale.

  Terry Tempest Williams

  Fall, Writing, Sentimental

  Terry Tempest Williams (2006). “A voice in the wilderness: conversations with Terry Tempest Williams”, Utah State Univ Pr

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• Like a beautiful flower, full of colour, but without scent, are wise words when spoken, but fruitless these words are when not carried out by the speaker.

  Gautama Buddha

  Beautiful, Wise, Buddhist

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• A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.

  Bill Cosby

  Funny, Life, Wise

  Twitter post from Oct 30, 2009

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• Many wise words are spoken in jest, but they don't compare with the number of stupid words spoken in earnest.

  Sam Levenson

  Funny, Wise, Stupid

  Sam Levenson (2016). “You Don't Have to Be in Who's Who to Know What's What: The Choice Wit and Wisdom of Sam Levenson”, p.86, Open Road Media

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• Collect as precious pearls the words of the wise and virtuous.

  Abdelkader El Djezairi

  Inspirational, Wise, Learning

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• My word is my pride, the wisdom is weak, and that's word from the wise.

  Lil Wayne

  Wise, Pride, Weak

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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

  Wise, Garden, Infinite

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

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• But work a year and sleep an hour, and sleep a night and sing a day, And take a little wine and love, and when you feel religious—pray.

  Ridgely Torrence

  Wise, Religious, Wine

  Ridgely Torrence (1900). “The House of a Hundred Lights”

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• A word to the wise to all the children of the twentieth century, whether their concern be pediatrics or geriatrics, whether they crawl on hands and knees and wear diapers or walk with a cane and comb their beards. There's a wondrous magic to Christmas, and there's a special power reserved for little people. In short, there's nothing mightier than the meek, and a merry Christmas to each and all.

  Rod Serling

  Wise, Children, Merry Christmas

  "The Twilight Zone: The Night of the Meek". TV Series, www.imdb.com. 1960.

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• All is well that ends well

  Emily Rodda

  Wise, Drama, Italian

  Emily Rodda (2008). “The Key to Rondo”, p.332, Scholastic Inc.

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• When "Why not do it?" barely outweighs "Why do it?" — don't do it.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Wise, Why Not

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.61, BookBaby

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• A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn't make sense.

  James Thurber

  Wise, Wisdom, Make Sense

  James Thurber (1956). “Further fables for our time”

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• We can learn much from wise words, little from wisecracks, and less from wise guys.

  William Arthur Ward

  Wise, Guy, Littles

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• A word to the wise is enough, and many words won't fill a bushel.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Wise, Enough, Poor Richard

  Andrew Carnegie, Benjamin Franklin (2015). “The ABC of Money: Including The Way to Wealth and The Gospel of Wealth”, p.66, Cosimo Classics

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• No armies are needed, no weapons are needed, no nations are needed, no religions are needed. All that is needed is a little meditativeness, a little silence, a little love, a little more humanity... just a little more, and existence will become fragrant with something so totally unique and new that you will have to find a new category for it.

  Rajneesh

  Wise, Army, Unique

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• The more relaxed you are, the better you are at everything.

  Bill Murray

  Wise, Relaxed

  "20 Essential Steps To Mastering The Zen-Like Lifestyle Of Bill Murray" by Dustin Rowles, uproxx.com. January 21, 2014.

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