Wise Man Quotes

The enlightened worry less than others,quarrel less than others,fight less than others,transgress less than others;care more than others,give more than others,and love more than others.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Greater than a sage is the one who taught him; God is the teacher, and the wise are all His students.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Wise man can make people hearmore lessons than words spoken.

Toba Beta

A wise man does not give quick answers to complex questions – he observes, analyzes and contemplates.

Will people ever be wise enough to refuse to follow bad leaders or to take away the freedom of other people?

Eleanor Roosevelt

Sages shine so they can see the world, not so the world can see them.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Wise man is a wing; stupid man is a hole! You meet a wise man, you rise, you meet a stupid man, and you fall!

Mehmet Murat ildan

The wise teacher appears, not for the structure of the student; but for the freedom of the people.

Things are more like they are now...than they have EVER been before!

Uncle Arnie Mamath

Wisdom is to internalise the experiences of other things, of everything! By observing the birds, you internalise the wisdom of the birds; by observing the Moon, you internalise the wisdom of the Moon! Wisdom is a process of adding the experiences of the universe to our minds!

Mehmet Murat ildan

Can you see a serene island in the middle of a stormy ocean? And the wise man is that calm island!

Mehmet Murat ildan

Do not wait for the tide to take you, my boy. Instead, you take on the tide

A wise man's goal shouldn't be to say something profound, but to say something useful.

I will love to be called a foolish man of peace, than to be named a wise man of war. Show me your weapons of war and I will show you my Bible of peace!

Israelmore Ayivor

Happiness & Sadness are two contemporary stages in life. A wise man overcomes sadness with his wisdom, and a foolish man faces it with tears.

The wise man reveals more than words spoken.

Toba Beta

Why a wise man is wise? The answer is simple: Because he has left his own shore!

Mehmet Murat ildan

I think it is a wise person who does not answer the door to uninvited police officers. Who knows what kind of crazy person could be standing there with a loaded gun!

It's always easy to conquer the hungry with a piece of bread. Only the wise can conquer the strong

Bangambiki Habyarimana

It's not what we can do that makes us great, but what we can do but don't which make us great

Bangambiki Habyarimana

Even if you are not evil, pretend to be. It will put off some abuse

Bangambiki Habyarimana

The hardest thing is a man to truly know himself

Bangambiki Habyarimana

Life is a sweet sour adventure. When you want to go it becomes sweet, when you remain, it becomes sour

Bangambiki Habyarimana

The problem with satisfaction is it's a bottomless pit

Bangambiki Habyarimana

Forget about the great astounding victory. Focus on winning small victories every day, the final victory will come by itself

Bangambiki Habyarimana

You cannot skip the beginning and hope to reach the end. You will fall as soon as you get there

Bangambiki Habyarimana

The greatest wisdom is to be happy

Bangambiki Habyarimana

We are looking for value, guidance, advice, inspiration; for someone to show us the way. When we find him, he is our hero

Bangambiki Habyarimana

True understanding lies beyond the desert

Bangambiki Habyarimana

Keeping hatred against someone is like helping him to torture you

Bangambiki Habyarimana

You are what you believe

Bangambiki Habyarimana

Experience is hard to acquire. Only the wise acquire it

Bangambiki Habyarimana

A good man can be destroyed by the association with men of evil character. A wise man can learn from them

Bangambiki Habyarimana

If there is no reward, there is no reason to run

Bangambiki Habyarimana

Know the laws before you break them

Bangambiki Habyarimana

Please others and you please yourself

Bangambiki Habyarimana

Calm is the best revenge

Bangambiki Habyarimana

Some people have the license to sin: Soldiers, to kill; politicians, writers, priests, businessmen, married man and women, to lie; and married couples to have sex

Bangambiki Habyarimana

You can have some, but not all. Wanting to have it all is a sure recipe for disaster

Bangambiki Habyarimana

If you want an abscess to cure you must press it hard

Bangambiki Habyarimana

True freedom is in not having a master, but in making the master your slave

Bangambiki Habyarimana

If you think you can't, you're wrong and right

Bangambiki Habyarimana

A wise man's sorrow is better than a fool's happiness.

Matshona Dhliwayo

A wise man is closer to God than a fool will ever be to himself.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Liars corrupt knowledge,and fools pervert wisdom,but the wise hallow both.Knowledge holds the truth.

Matshona Dhliwayo

What the wise see eyes closed is greater than what the ignorant see both eyes open.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Folly plots a fool's death from the moment they become friends. Wisdom bestows blessings upon a wise man from the moment they wed.

Matshona Dhliwayo

God created sages because He wanted to leave the light on in the universe.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Light poured out multiplies light poured in.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Traveler! If you keep wandering in the path of wisdom you too eventually become a man of wisdom!

Mehmet Murat ildan

When a wolf is hungry it befriends sheep.

Matshona Dhliwayo

A cat may have nine lives, but a wise person has a hundred.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Fall from ignorance, and you will rise to reason.

Matshona Dhliwayo

People think that whatever comes out of the mouth of a wise man is the choicest gem, sometime it's utter stupidity and rubbish

Bangambiki Habyarimana

A few hours spent reading a book is better than a lifetime of ignorance.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Follow the river to reach the sea; follow the sea to reach the ocean. And finally follow the ocean to reach the wisdom! As long as you target beyond of the beyond, you will reach the very beyond!

Mehmet Murat ildan

Wisdom at the mountain-foot sees farther than intelligence at the mountaintop.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Sages see further with their eyes closed than scholars with their eyes open.

Matshona Dhliwayo

To learn how to swim, observe fish; how to hunt, observe lions; how to work, observe bees, and how to live, observe sages.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Every challenge, I have faced, dares me to seek a higher power.

Lailah Gifty Akita

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