It's a wise man who understands that every day is a new beginning, because boy, how many mistakes do you make in a day? I don't know about you, but I make plenty. You can't turn the clock back, so you have to look ahead.
It is wise for us to forget our troubles, there are always new ones to replace them.
Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.
We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already.
During the 2008 election, I made clear to the Obama campaign that I don't think it's wise for me to force my personal political agenda on anyone.
All parents hope and pray that their children will make wise decisions. Children who are obedient and responsible bring to their parents unending pride and satisfaction.
It's not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them.
I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise.
I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool, but be wise.
True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not; he knoweth all things but his own ignorance.
It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music to be the legitimate offspring of respectable parents.
Though lust do masque in ne'er so strange disguise she's oft found witty, but is never wise.
I've always said that at the end of the day, on a legal issue, I think a wise old woman and a wise old man are going to reach the same conclusion.
When we looked at the life cycle in our 40s, we looked to old people for wisdom. At 80, though, we look at other 80-year-olds to see who got wise and who not. Lots of old people don't get wise, but you don't get wise unless you age.
When I first started, as long as you were a bit brown, you could play any kind of ethnic anything. Now it's much more localised and specific. I feel like a wise old woman looking back on the evolution of how much more sophisticated audiences are.
'Swan,' by Mary Oliver. Poems and prose. Reading from this book is as if visiting a very wise friend. There is wisdom and welcoming kindness on every page.
He was a wise man who originated the idea of God.
A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell!
If you've been associated and successful with a particular kind of acting for so many years, then it's wise to continue in the same direction.
Pastors can lead the way in motivating the faithful to wise stewardship of their citizenship responsibilities. Without a healthy culture and civil society, limited government and ordered liberty will be impossible.
