Shrewd Quotes

In the long run most short cuts are flawed - especially on journeys to 'so-called' success

Without a doubt, the most ingenious plan I could ever hope to devise would be to trade my plans for God’s.

The shrewd, like chameleons, embrace change by using it to their advantage.

We could never agree about Boogie and I didn't share Miriam's reverence for professors. In fact, just in case I haven't mentioned it before, the pride of my office wall is my framed high-school graduation certificate, lit from above. Miriam has reproached me for it. "Take it down, darling," she once pleaded. But it still hangs there.

The shrewd marry for money, the scheming marry for status, the calculating marry for power, but the wise marry for love.

The smartest fish are still in the sea.

When a wolf is hungry it befriends sheep.

Intelligence and wisdom are certainly compatible, however they are rarely seen in each other’s company.

If you feed a bird, you don't have to force it to come to you.

A cat may have nine lives, but a wise person has a hundred.

The strong overcome their opponents, the mighty crush them, the shrewd outwit them, the cowardly hide from them, but the enlightened transcend them.

Depend upon it, he who wishes to win the prize must come on the principle that two and two make four.

Be happy when you work, thankful when you earn, cautious when you spend, shrewd when you save, and charitable when you give.

Advantages never comes free. You have to create it the way you want it!

A wise bird does not lend even the smallest of its feathers to a hunter.