#wise

It is our choices, Harry, that show us who we truly are, far more than our abilities. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#philosophical #wise-words #inspirational

Now the reason the enlightened prince and the wise general conquer the enemy whenever they move and their achievements surpass those of ordinary men is foreknowledge. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#conquer #enemy #enlightened #foreknowledge #general

It is only the enlightened ruler and the wise general who will use the highest intelligence of the army for the purposes of spying, and thereby they achieve great results. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#army #enlightened #general #great #great results

Poverty makes you wise but it's a curse. ↗

— Bertolt Brecht

#makes #poverty #wise #you

That's the wise thrush; he sings each song twice over, lest you should think he never could recapture the first fine careless rapture! ↗

— Robert Browning

#could #each #fine #first #lest

And we'd drink huge amounts of scotch and coke, which is a ghastly sweet drink... And now people don't drink nearly as much, for good reason. We're all a little wiser. ↗

— Bill Bruford

#drink #ghastly #good #good reason #huge

States should have the right to enact laws... particularly to end the inhumane practice of ending a life that otherwise could live. ↗

— George W. Bush

#enact #end #ending #inhumane #laws

Every man hath a general desire of his own happiness; and likewise a variety of particular affections, passions, and appetites to particular external objects. ↗

— Joseph Butler

#appetites #desire #every #every man #external

Mr. Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of, but he wisely refrains from saying whether they are good or bad things. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#dreams #good #more #mr #prayer

Yes. Otherwise I could have done a lot of Hollywood movies. After Crouching Tiger I got a lot of offers, but I turned them down because they were all victim roles - poor girls sold to America to be a wife or whatever. I know I have the ability to go deeper, to take on more original roles than that. ↗

— Zhang Ziyi

#after #america #because #could #deeper