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Wise Quotes (page 16)

The practice of thrift is not outdated. We must discipline ourselves to live within our incomes even if it means going without or making do. The wise person can distinguish...between basic needs and extravagant wants. Some find budgeting extremely painful, but I promise you, it is never fatal. Marvin J. Ashton
J. K. Rowling quote: "Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw, if you've a ready mind, Where..."
Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw, if you've a ready mind, Where those of wit and learning, Will always find their kind. J. K. Rowling
The main problem with this great obsession for saving time is very simple: you can't save time. You can only spend it. But you can spend it wisely or foolishly. Benjamin Hoff
Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "He who lives without folly is not as wise as he may think."
He who lives without folly is not as wise as he may think. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Neil Gaiman quote: "Talk is free but the wise man chooses when to spend his words."
Talk is free but the wise man chooses when to spend his words. Neil Gaiman
Plato quote: "He was a wise man who invented God."
He was a wise man who invented God. Plato
Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives - choice, not chance, determines your destiny. Aristotle
Oprah Winfrey quote: "I trust that everything happens for a reason, even if we are..."
I trust that everything happens for a reason, even if we are not wise enough to see it. Oprah Winfrey
William Shakespeare quote: "Go wisely and slowly. Those who rush stumble and fall."
Go wisely and slowly. Those who rush stumble and fall. William Shakespeare
We imagine that a little anxiety and worry is an indication of how wise we really are; it may be an indication of how wicked we really are. Oswald Chambers
At my age an hour's reading before bedtime is essential, and I wisely brought Pamela with me. If any of you has trouble sleeping, I will read aloud to you. I never yet knew anyone who could not fall asleep with Richardson being read aloud to him. Shirley Jackson
Bill Cosby quote: "A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that..."
A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need advice Bill Cosby
At times she's so basic, at others so wise it frightens me that I got so far in this world without the benefit of such knowledge. Diane Keaton
it were as wise to cast a violet into a crucible that you might discover the formal principle of its color and odor, as seek to transfuse from one language into another the creations of a poet Percy Bysshe Shelley
Even if all the things that people prayed for happened - which they do not - this would not prove what Christians mean by the efficacy of prayer. For prayer is request. The essence of request, as distinct from compulsion, is that it may or may not be granted. And if an infinitely wise Being listens to the requests of finite and foolish creatures, of course He will sometimes grant and sometimes refuse them. Invariable "success" in prayer would not prove the Christian doctrine at all. It would... C. S. Lewis

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