Wise Men Quotes

I don't fancy colors of the face, I'm always attracted to colors of the brain.

~ Michael Bassey Johnson

One true king knew when to step aside and give up the reins of power—to remove his crown and relinquish his kingdom—all for the sake of glimpsing, just once in a lifetime, the face of a holy child.He was the Fourth to follow the Star.His gift was a secret.The rest of his journey is unknown.

~ Vera Nazarian

They say that wisdom is a dying flower, and I disagree. In a world covered in mud, the lotus still continues to grow. Even after mankind washes itself away from the surface of the earth, knowledge will still remain. Look no further than the bosom of Nature. It offers all the solutions needed to cure and unite humanity. Wise men only exist as interpreters and transmitters of Truth. Their time on earth is limited, but Nature's existence is eternal. Open books shall always exist for those with an opened eye and pure heart; for Truth can only be seen by those with truth in them.

~ Suzy Kassem

People think that whatever comes out of the mouth of a wise man is the choicest gem, sometime it's utter stupidity and rubbish

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

True freedom is in not having a master, but in making the master your slave

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

If you think you can't, you're wrong and right

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

We are looking for value, guidance, advice, inspiration; for someone to show us the way. When we find him, he is our hero

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

True understanding lies beyond the desert

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

Keeping hatred against someone is like helping him to torture you

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

You are what you believe

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

Experience is hard to acquire. Only the wise acquire it

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

A good man can be destroyed by the association with men of evil character. A wise man can learn from them

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

If there is no reward, there is no reason to run

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

Know the laws before you break them

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

Please others and you please yourself

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

Calm is the best revenge

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

Some people have the license to sin: Soldiers, to kill; politicians, writers, priests, businessmen, married man and women, to lie; and married couples to have sex

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

You can have some, but not all. Wanting to have it all is a sure recipe for disaster

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

If you want an abscess to cure you must press it hard

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

It's always easy to conquer the hungry with a piece of bread. Only the wise can conquer the strong

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

It's not what we can do that makes us great, but what we can do but don't which make us great

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

Even if you are not evil, pretend to be. It will put off some abuse

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

The hardest thing is a man to truly know himself

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

Life is a sweet sour adventure. When you want to go it becomes sweet, when you remain, it becomes sour

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

The problem with satisfaction is it's a bottomless pit

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

Forget about the great astounding victory. Focus on winning small victories every day, the final victory will come by itself

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

You cannot skip the beginning and hope to reach the end. You will fall as soon as you get there

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

The greatest wisdom is to be happy

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

Our toil must be in silence, and our efforts all in secret; for this enlightened age, when men believe not even what they see, the doubting of wise men would be his greatest strength.

~ Bram Stoker

Our hearts and prayers will always be with you.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Develop what you have. Project it to the world. God will put a star up there on you. Then the wise men will look for you as they looked for Christ. They are going to bring the gold, the frankinsence and the myrrh. Even if you are hiding in the sheep's pen, they will find you once the star directs them!

~ Israelmore Ayivor

They wonder much to hear that gold which in itself is so useless a thing, should be everywhere so much esteemed, that even men for whom it was made, and by whom it has value, should yet be thought of less value than this metal. That a man of lead, who has no more sense than a log of wood, and is as bad as he is foolish, should have many wise and good men to serve him, only because he has a great heap of that metal...

~ Thomas More

The strength of a man is in his character. A strong man is a great man of wisdom who understands, his top priority is to his family.

~ Ellen J. Barrier

Only wise men can differentiate between what is a matter of pride and what is a principle of dignity.

~ Sameh Elsayed

Wise men come to seea child of greater wisdomand honor divine.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Rare and precious gifts,gold and myrrh and frankincense,to offer a king.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Or, as Sextus, the ancient Pythagorian philosopher, said, The wise man is always similar to himself. -

~ Elizabeth Gilbert

This conflict between right and fact has endured since the origins of society. To bring the duel to an end, to consolidate the pure ideal with the human reality, to make the right peacefully interpenetrate the fact, and the fact the right, this is the work of the wise.

~ Victor Hugo

They listened more than they talked, but that was the way of wise men and women.

~ Lee Goff