Wiser Quotes

I am not the same man I was 35 years ago. And I hope that five years and ten years from now, I'll be a better man, a more mature man, a wiser man, a more humble man and a more spirited man to serve the good of my people and the good of humanity.

Admitting Error clears the Score, And proves you Wiser than before.

Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.

Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.

Be wiser than other people if you can, but do not tell them so.

Getting rid of a delusion makes us wiser than getting hold of a truth.

The only hope I can see for the future depends on a wiser and braver use of the reason, not a panic flight from it.

You know, the man of my dreams might walk round the corner tomorrow. I'm older and wiser and I think I'd make a great girlfriend. I live in the realm of romantic possibility.

I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself.

When you understand what you see, you will no longer be children. You will know that life is pain, that each of us hangs always upon the cross of himself. And when you know that this is true of every man, woman and child on earth, you will be wiser.

Sometimes dreams are wiser than waking.

In those days he was wiser than he is now - he used frequently to take my advice.

He that never changes his opinion never corrects mistakes and will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today.

When you're older and wiser a lot of the ego has gone out of the window.

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before.

In those days he was wiser than he is now; he used to frequently take my advice.

Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard ourselves against it: innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.

In time we grow older, we grow wiser, we grow smarter, and we're better. And I feel like I'm becoming more seasoned, although I don't have my salt-and-pepper hair.

I wish I had been wiser. I wish I had been more effective, I wish I'd been more unifying, I wish I'd been more principled.

As you get older and wiser you realize that when people are given anything without having to earn it (unless they are physically or mentally utterly incapable of earning anything), they become ungrateful and lazy. They also become less happy.

It's a miracle to be an actor and to know that you have a job to go to a year from now is a rare thing, so I think peace of mind and financial stability come with that. Hopefully I'm a little wiser and have a little more perspective in my life than I did then.

One column of truth cannot hold an institution of ideas from falling into ignorance. It is wiser that a person of prudence and purpose save his strength for battles that can be won.

My family truly believes they are better cooks than I am. They see me as Giada, not as a celebrity chef. To them I'm just me - their granddaughter, niece, etc., and they're older and wiser. I like that because it keeps you grounded.

Contrary to popular belief. It's much wiser to take money from the poor than the rich.

Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself.

The Freudian theory is one of the most important foundation stones for an edifice to be built by future generations, the dwelling of a freer and wiser humanity.

The wiser you get, the more experience you have, and the more you see people for who they are as human beings, as opposed to figures you have to fight against.

And I hope that five years and 10 years from now, I'll be a better man, a more mature man, a wiser man, a more humble man and a more spirited man to serve the good of my people and the good of humanity.

Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.