#wise

Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go. ↗

— Jean de La Fontaine

#death #go #man #never #ready

Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer. All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer. Science-fiction allowed me to go places that were otherwise inaccessible, which is why I started reading it. I was going to be a lawyer, but I got saved. ↗

— Alan Dean Foster

#being #ever #explorer #gave #go

Mandates are rarely won on election night. They are earned after Inauguration Day by leaders who spend their political capital wisely, taking advantage of events without overreaching. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#after #capital #day #earned #election

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

— Nelson Mandela

#always #forever #must #realize #right

I don't think that fundamentalism has anything to do with Jesus Christ. They call themselves Christians, but if that's Christian, count me out. Fundamentalism is built on fear and greed. They're telling you to give them your money otherwise you're going to hell. ↗

— Matthew Fox

#built #call #christ #christian #christians

I have no choice about whether or not I have Parkinson's. I have nothing but choices about how I react to it. In those choices, there's freedom to do a lot of things in areas that I wouldn't have otherwise found myself in. ↗

— Michael J. Fox

#areas #choice #choices #found #freedom

It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion. ↗

— Anatole France

#act #fashion #human #human nature #nature

If I read a book that impresses me, I have to take myself firmly by the hand, before I mix with other people; otherwise they would think my mind rather queer. ↗

— Anne Frank

#book #firmly #hand #i #impresses

It is a wise man who said that there is no greater inequality than the equal treatment of unequals. ↗

— Felix Frankfurter

#greater #inequality #man #said #than

Life's Tragedy is that we get old to soon and wise too late. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#late #life #old #soon #too