Top Shrewd Quotes

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

Learn from acquaintances, and you are clever; from friends, and you are intelligent; from enemies, and you are shrewd; but learn from all, and you are wise.

Shrewd Definition

(superl.) Inclining to shrew; disposing to curse or scold; hence, vicious; malicious; evil; wicked; mischievous; vexatious; rough; unfair; shrewish.

(superl.) Artful; wily; cunning; arch.

(superl.) Able or clever in practical affairs; sharp in business; astute; sharp-witted; sagacious; keen; as, a shrewd observer; a shrewd design; a shrewd reply.

The most holy cannibalism you can perform is to eat the flesh and blood of sagacity, and by sharing it with other wisdom thirsty cannibals.

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.

Knowing what to say is sense, when to say it is intelligence, how to say it is wisdom, why and how to say it is enlightenment.

A shrewd enemy will teach you more than a foolish friend.

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

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

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

Water is soft, but can maneuver any obstacle; be shrewd, and be gentle, and you too will be able to do likewise.

Be wise enough to learn from the past, shrewd enough to capitalize on the present, and clever enough to prepare for the future.

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

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

An ounce of wisdom is worth more than a pound of knowledge.

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

When a wolf is hungry it befriends sheep.

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

The smartest fish are still in the sea.

Stand alone when it is to your benefit, with others when it is to your advantage, and with everyone when it is to your empowerment.