Wise Person Quotes Quotes & Sayings

A Person spends a whole day, five days a week or more, working hard to make money, but few ever think beyond this fact. They live from pay cheque to pay cheque, drifting through life, and only realize too late that what they have been doing was not wise at all.
As individuals it is now time we take charge of our money and plan for it, otherwise it will plan for you. — Neala Okuromade

A fool is surrounded by blessings, but is chained by folly and thus cannot reach them. A wise person is surrounded by blessings, and has extra-long arms to reach for them. — Matshona Dhliwayo

A wise person is like a lighthouse. We are looking for their lights and follow them when we are in danger. — Debasish Mridha

Most fools think he is the wisest person but the most wise person thinks he is a fool. — Debasish Mridha

Wise people heed the voice of reason;
the wisest heed the voice of God. — Matshona Dhliwayo

The wise see in the dark;
the foolish are blind, even in light. — Matshona Dhliwayo

A fool can read a thousand books and learn nothing.
A wise person can read one and become great. Using books for decoration is what ordinary men do. Using books for knowledge is what intelligent people do. — Matshona Dhliwayo

A wise person has more eyes than the eyes can see. — Matshona Dhliwayo

A wise person strives to reach self-transcendence by engaging in delicate contemplation, while avoiding the snare of self-denigration's negative invocation. An overshadowing sense of a caustic self can be destructive, whereas an encircling sense of a kindhearted self allows a person to express the profundity and elation of a feral creature curiously exploring nature's glorious playground. — Kilroy J. Oldster

A wise person explains complex things in simple way. An intelligent person explains simple things in complex way. — Debasish Mridha

A wise person can never be truly poor;
a foolish person can never be truly rich. — Matshona Dhliwayo

You cannot lose if you have learned one new lesson.
You cannot lose if you have helped one new person.
You cannot lose if you have overcome one new obstacle. — Matshona Dhliwayo

You can mock a wise person,
but you'll remember him when you're in trouble.
If you mock God, remember,
you'll need Him when you're in trouble. — Matshona Dhliwayo

The tongue is a venomous serpent, which is why the wise cage it. — Matshona Dhliwayo

A wise person can do more with one opportunity than a fool with a thousand. — Matshona Dhliwayo

To be ignorant is to be in the dark;
to be wise is to be in the light.
An illiterate person is disabled intellectually;
an unenlightened person is handicapped spiritually. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Accept yourself for the person you are, for all the mistakes you did and also for the transformation you're about to experience in the future. Love your future version from this moment. — Lidiya K.

Never make a promise you can't keep.
Never look down on a person you can't help.
Never solicit a question you can't answer.
Never judge a person you don't understand.
Never condemn a person you don't know. — Matshona Dhliwayo

The foolish experience much,
but learn little.
The wise experience little,
but learn much. — Matshona Dhliwayo

A wise person is able to bring down a thousand armies with a single insight; with wisdom he successfully engages ten thousand armies with just one. — Matshona Dhliwayo

A wise person makes one error,
and learns ten lessons.
He makes two errors,
and learns twenty lessons.
He makes three errors,
and learns thirty lessons.
He makes few errors,
and learns countless lessons. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Just think about this: haven't we been going just to and fro? The whole world rather. Years back, it was good to take vitamin supplements and today they are considered hampering body's natural immune. Sometime back, people were desperate to land up in high paying jobs, today there is a big entrepreneurship fad. Back in years, it was a pride to be settled in the city, now people are giving up all responsibilities to settle at a peaceful country side.
What are we all really doing? We are moving from pillar to post, forward and backward on theories. We are all as confused as the next person. And unfortunately, we are all going to leave this world with barely being able to decipher much. — Jasleen Kaur Gumber

Most of the people share quotes and wordings not because they follow them or absorb for life but they knows by share it i can be notice as a wise person. — Mohammed Zaki Ansari

Some people are farsighted and some people are nearsighted. In the mind and in the heart. A farsighted person forgets your magic the closer that you get to them; the nearsighted person sees your magic more and more, the closer and closer that you become to them. You've got to find the nearsighted people. That's just a rule in life. And you've got to be one, too. — C. JoyBell C.

Every wise person I meet I hope to be, for every fool I know is in agony. — Matshona Dhliwayo

A person should be wise enough to come up with their own quotes — John Maher

A wise person has more power over his enemies than they have over themselves. — Matshona Dhliwayo

A wise person is wise because he trusts his own being. — Debasish Mridha

A foolish man enjoys the company of prostitutes;
a wise man enjoys the company of his wife.
The mother of a prudent son will rejoice;
the father of a mindless son will groan. — Matshona Dhliwayo

One who does not believe in the self is an atheist. If you believe in yourself, then you are the most religious person on earth. — Abhijit Naskar

A wise person makes use of one opportunity where as a fool misses a thousand. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Some people center the universe around themselves; while making other people nothing but decorations to their existence. "I will do this and then I will do that and then people will think this about me and then people will think that about me, and then I will add that person to my life when the convenient time arrives, and this person over here would make a very convenient addition as well ... " They build their own thrones for themselves, and add decorations all around their thrones. The problem with that is: it does not bring happiness. A throne must be built for you; it must not be you who builds your own throne. If so, everything that you think you are is only an illusion! And illusions dissolve one day. Poof! — C. JoyBell C.

A wise person is able to save a city;
a fool is able to destroy a nation. — Matshona Dhliwayo

A tough life can be defeated only by the tougher person! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

A wise person is silent and rarely wants to show his wisdom. A fool is always vocal and uses every opportunity to show his foolishness. — Debasish Mridha

Diana, would you marry someone for money?" I asked her out of the blue one afternoon during her lunch break. Without missing a beat, she made a contemplative noise. "It depends.How much money?"
It was right then I knew I'd called the wrong person. I should have dialed Oscar, my slightly younger brother, instead. He'd always been wise beyond his years. Diana...not so much.
I only told her the partial truth. "What if someone bought you a house?"
She "hmmed" and then "hmmed" a little more. "A nice house?"
"It wouldn't be a mansion, you greedy whore, but I'm not talking about a dump or anything either." I figured at least. — Mariana Zapata

A fool thinks he is always right, a wise person always doubts himself. — Debasish Mridha

The wise need the least advice,
but seek it the most.
The foolish need counsel the most,
but seek it the least. — Matshona Dhliwayo

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

You can see a person without using your eyes,
hear a person without using your ears,
carry a person without using your hands,
speak to a person without using your mouth,
and move a person without using your feet. — Matshona Dhliwayo

If you debate the wise,
no matter how poor,
they will hearken to wisdom.
If you debate the foolish,
no matter how rich,
they will mock wisdom. — Matshona Dhliwayo

What the wise acquire easily fools only acquire miraculously. — Matshona Dhliwayo

A wise man learns from his mistakes;
a fool won't even learn from his fatal ones.
There is no such thing as an intentional mistake,
but no man is a fool accidentally. — Matshona Dhliwayo

A fool stumbles when he walks; the wise are not hampered even when they run. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Unveil a person's thoughts,
and you are shrewd.
Unveil a person's desires,
and you are wise. — Matshona Dhliwayo

The wise are in the light,
moving forward;
the foolish are in the dark,
moving backwards. — Matshona Dhliwayo

An intelligent person looks for problems to solve. The wise person looks for solutions. — Debasish Mridha

A fool always finds something to complain about, and a wise person always finds something to appreciate. — Debasish Mridha

Sometimes in life it is most wise to behave like a bridge: Don't judge the person who comes to you; let him come and pass! Behave like a bridge! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

A wise person is on firm ground,
a fool is on thin ice,
and an evil person is already drowning. — Matshona Dhliwayo