Wisely Quotes

Be wisely worldly, but not worldly wise.

To act wisely when the time for action comes, to wait patiently when it is time for repose, put man in accord with the tides. Ignorance of this law results in periods of unreasoning enthusiasm on the one hand, and depression on the other.

History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.

A wisely chosen illustration is almost essential to fasten the truth upon the ordinary mind, and no teacher can afford to neglect this part of his preparation.

Men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all the other alternatives.

Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.

It is a sad commentary that today we face a choice between having schools that are a monument to our past - or schools that will be the lifeblood of our future. But since that is our choice, let us resolve to choose wisely.

Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.

It behoves thee to love God wisely; and that may thou not do but if thou be wise.

No country can act wisely simultaneously in every part of the globe at every moment of time.

One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.

What makes Superman a hero is not that he has power, but that he has the wisdom and the maturity to use the power wisely. From an acting point of view, that's how I approached the part.

Mr. Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of, but he wisely refrains from saying whether they are good or bad things.

A good father believes that he does wisely to encourage enterprise, productive skill, prudent self-denial, and judicious expenditure on the part of his son.

If, on occasion, the knowledge brought by science leads to an unhappy end, this is not to the discredit of science but is rather an indication of an imperfect ability to use wisely the gifts placed within our hands.

Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.

I think the main reason my marriages failed is that I always loved too well but never wisely.

Our language has wisely sensed the two sides of being alone. It has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word solitude to express the glory of being alone.

All of us should have free choice when it comes to patriotic displays... a government wisely acting within its bounds will earn loyalty and respect from its citizens. A government dare not demand the same.

Like the average American that I hang out with, and like my father before me, I raised all my children to respect tools and use them wisely and safely.

I have not always loved wisely, but I was young.

Neither praise or blame is the object of true criticism. Justly to discriminate, firmly to establish, wisely to prescribe, and honestly to award. These are the true aims and duties of criticism.

We can chart our future clearly and wisely only when we know the path which has led to the present.

Some of the analysts were saying, Now you're a cash cow, there's no growth at all, pay it all out in dividends, give me it all, you can't invest wisely.

This is a business. Be smart. Choose wisely.

If we bring not the good courage of minds covetous of truth, and truth only, prepared to hear all things, and decide upon all things, according to evidence, we should do more wisely to sit down contented in ignorance, than to bestir ourselves only to reap disappointment.

We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.

As musicians, and as people who sell material for people to hear and absorb, it's important that we use that voice wisely.

At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.

Wisely used history can give pleasure and provide us with a useful tool; but we should not become its slaves.