The British economy of the future must be built not on the shifting sands of boom and bust, but on the bedrock of prudent and wise economic management for the long term. It is only these firm foundations that we can raise Britain’s underlying economic performance.
The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages is preserved into perpetuity by a nation’s proverbs, fables, folk sayings and quotations.
It’s not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them.
Without any formal personal finance education or trustworthy resources to tell them otherwise, the majority of people in the 18-to-24-year-old age bracket do not know how to use credit effectively, tackle debt or make wise decisions when it comes to spending.
I have to convince other Democrats and Republicans that it’s wise to invest in the U.S.-Mexico border, not just for security, but also for mobility and trade, and that’s why we should open up the border.
A wise woman wishes to be no one’s enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone’s victim.
He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
I am content with nothing, restless and ambitious… and I despise myself for the vanity, which formed half the stimulus to my exertions. Oh would that I were one of those plodding wise fools who having once set their hand to the plough go on nothing doubting.
We get wise by asking questions, and even if these are not answered, we get wise, for a well-packed question carries its answer on its back as a snail carries its shell.
Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity – I admire wise men. Some of my favorite forms of history are religious history, what the sages say from the top of the mountain and how they view life.
Derek Brunson’s stand up is horrible, I’m sorry. The guy is a good fighter but his stand up is just terrible. He’s an amateur fighter stand up wise.
We lived in a ghetto. I could have pretended I was hard or tough and not a square. I wound up not getting in trouble. I don’t consider myself to be especially wise, but I will say that it’s pretty clear that some people want to get out and some people don’t. I wanted out.
The reason why I wear gold – I wear gold for three reasons. One, when Jesus was born, three wise men came from the east: one brought frankincense, one brought myrrh, the other one brought gold. The second reason I wear gold is I can afford it. The third reason I wear it, it’s symbolic of my African heritage.
The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise.
Just because you have the numbers in Congress, doesn’t mean it’s wise to abuse your power.
We respect our elders. There is wisdom that comes from experience, and I am not going to stop learning from wise counsel.
The Supreme Court has ruled that they cannot have a nativity scene in Washington, D.C. This wasn’t for any religious reasons. They couldn’t find three wise men and a virgin.
Make-up wise Charlotte Tilbury, Estee Lauder, and Bobbi Brown are my favourites.
I’m a situationist when it comes to anything creative, and that stands with the visual part of anything I do as well. I deal with the concrete things I have in front of me, and I think that’s a wise way to be.
Pain makes man think. Thought makes man wise. Wisdom makes life endurable.
If a wise man behaves prudently, how can he be overcome by his enemies? Even a single man, by right action, can overcome a host of foes.
What could be more beautiful than a dear old lady growing wise with age? Every age can be enchanting, provided you live within it.
I talk a lot about the men in my family because my mother died when I was little, and my grandmother died when my aunts were little, so we didn’t have those kinds of heads of household. But all the members of our household who were female were sort of living as equal and as wise as the male figures in our family.
Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a single foolish action.
My daughter loves stories about my childhood, and we both love discussing women’s issues. She’s a wise and mature ten-year-old.
The Dalai Lama. He is a very wise man of great inner peace who believes that happiness is the purpose of our lives. Through his teachings and leadership, he continues to make this world a better place in which to live.
Giving up your core business in search of a phantom audience is not wise.
Wise anger is like fire from a flint: there is great ado to get it out; and when it does come, it is out again immediately.
The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.
We pursued the wrong policies. George Bush is not on the ballot. Bill Clinton is not on the ballot. Mitt Romney is on the ballot, and Barack Obama is on the ballot. And Mitt Romney is proposing tax reform, regulatory reform, a wise budget strategy and trade. The president has proposed tax increases.
The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense.
Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.
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 impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise, just and omnipotent God, but it is quite easy to imagine it run by a board of gods.
Emma Thompson and her husband, Greg Wise, have become citizens of Venice. I’m not sure whether it’s just laziness, or fear of one of life’s most stressful events – moving house – but you won’t budge me from South London.
A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.
Wise choices can put us in control of situations where we might otherwise be tempted to compromise our principles. We cannot control all that happens to us; however, we can choose to be in control of our responses.
God, Nature, the wise, the world, preach man, exhort him both by word and deed to the study of himself.
When you are in a series, there are always people around saying, ‘You should be doing more. You should get more money.’ But I think I did the wise thing staying with ‘the Waltons.’
If I meet a wise person, I think, ‘Yes, tell me more about parenting, about marriage, about how to stay in love. Tell me more about how to be a decent person living in a world that’s filled with chaos.’
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already.
One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.
Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more.
Do not rebuke mockers, or they will hate you; rebuke the wise, and they will love you.
A wise man has to know his limitations. I figured that out pretty quickly.
Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.
A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him.
I myself think that the wise man meddles little or not at all in affairs and does his own things.
The highest point of philosophy is to be both wise and simple; this is the angelic life.
Being a good person begins with being a wise person. Then, when you follow your conscience, will you be headed in the right direction.
Call him wise whose actions, words, and steps are all a clear because to a clear why.
A little too wise, they say, do ne’er live long.
Narrative has been part of human consciousness for a long time. And if it has played a part in all those thousands of years, it will know a trick or two. It will be wise. It will be mischievous. It will be helpful. It will be generous.
The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep.
Let’s get right to it: On page 5 of Paul Murray’s dazzling new novel, ‘Skippy Dies,’… Skippy dies. If killing your protagonist with more than 600 pages to go sounds audacious, it’s nothing compared with the literary feats Murray pulls off in this hilarious, moving and wise book.
The best counsel for us to give young people is that they can arrive back to Heavenly Father only as they are guided and corrected by the Spirit of God. So if we are wise, we will encourage, praise, and exemplify everything which invites the companionship of the Holy Ghost.
I got married because I knew it’s going to be the same with us. I’ve never been told what to do by Fahadh. That because you are married to me, this is how you should be. Nothing has changed career wise or in my personal life.
It’s been very nice. I haven’t gotten out too much because we’ve been working a lot but other wise the people have been very nice and I’ve had a good time.
The cool thing about music is no one can take music away from you, writing wise.
I’m not wise, but the beginning of wisdom is there; it’s like relaxing into – and an acceptance of – things.
My father had a difficult relationship with success, maybe because he never obtained it. But he was very wise about it because he observed how you can become rotten fruit once you get power.
