To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.
Buddha

The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve.
Buddha

A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government.
Thomas Jefferson

Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.
Albert Einstein

When you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to be right and wise.
Winston Churchill

It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see.
Winston Churchill

Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent.
Napoleon Hill

The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.
Kahlil Gibran

Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.
Benjamin Franklin

Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.
Benjamin Franklin

Life's Tragedy is that we get old to soon and wise too late.
Benjamin Franklin

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

Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.
Theodore Roosevelt

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.
Helen Keller

No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels that happiness is his indisputable right.
Helen Keller

Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God.
George Washington

A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.
William Shakespeare

It is a wise father that knows his own child.
William Shakespeare

Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.
William Shakespeare

Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.
William Shakespeare