Wisdom Quotes

Yesterday I Was Clever, So I Wanted To Change The World. Today I Am Wise, So I Am Changing Myself.

Your attitude, not your aptitude, determines your altitude.

There Are Many Goals But One Path - The Path Of Compassion.

He Who Knows All The Answers Has Not Been Asked All The Questions.

The man who has no imagination has no wings.

The More You Seek Security, The Less Of It You Have. But The More You Seek

Hide Not Your Talents, They For Use Were Made

The Beginning Of Wisdom Is The Definition Of Terms.

Better Dope Than Dilettante.

True Genius Never Says He Know What He Is Doing

Life Moves Very Fast. It Rushes From Heaven To Hell In A Matter Of Seconds.

We Tend To Live Up To Our Expectations.

Take time to be kind and to say thank you.

A Logical Method Is Madness To One Who Isn't Taught To Understand It.

Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be.

Quietly Endure, Silently Suffer And Patiently Wait.

The Knowing Ones Must Have Pity On The Ignorant.

If You're Burying A Hatchet, I Hope It's Not A Bloody One.

You Need Power Only To Do Something Harmful.otherwise Love Is Enough, Compassion Is Enough.

Success is dependent upon the glands – sweat glands.

No One Can Make You Feel Inferior Without Your Consent.

Night Is Certainly More Novel And Less Profane Than Day.

Not Life, But Good Life, Is To Be Chiefly Valued.

Good Judgment Comes From Experience, And A Lot Of That Comes From Bad Judgment.

Watch The World With A Dream Eye.

Not Everything That Is Faced Can Be Changed, But Nothing Can Be Changed Until It Is Faced.

The Unexamined Life Is Not Worth Living.

Sometimes We Have To Be Wrong Before We Can Be Right.

You Never Know When A Moment And A Few Sincere Words Can Have An Impact On A Life.

Suffering Is A Gift. In It Is Hidden Mercy.

If you are not willing to learn no one can help you. If you are determined to learn no one can stop you.

Listen. Pay Attention. Treasure Every Moment.

Angry People Are Not Always Wise.

Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.

Just As A Candle Cannot Burn Without Fire, Men Cannot Live Without A Spiritual Life.

Only The Wisest And Stupidest Of Men Never Change.

Either Get Busy Living Or Get Busy Dying

A Spoon Does Not Know The Taste Of Soup, Nor A Learned Fool The Taste Of Wisdom.

The Greatest Weapon Against Stress Is Our Ability To Choose One Thought Over Another.

Don't Waste Your Time With Explanations, People Only Hear What They Want To Hear.

Looking At Beauty In The World, Is The First Step Of Purifying The Mind.

When You Make A Choice, You Change The Future.

Being Smart Is Simply Having Knowledge. Being Wise Is Knowing How To Use It.

An Ounce Of Prevention Is Worth A Pound Of Cure.

Trees Are Poems The Earth Writes Upon The Sky, We Fell Them Down And Turn Them Into Paper

As I Grow Older, I Pay Less Attention To What Men Say. I Just Watch What They Do.

You Cannot Control What Happens To You, But You Can Control Your Attitude

It Does Not Matter How Long You Live, But How Well You Do It.

I’m Not In This World To Live Up To Your Expectations And You’re Not In This World To Live Up To Mine.

Wisdom Is Not An Exclusive Possession Of The Intellectual Parts Of Society.

Being Famous Is Not The Same As Being Right.

As A Well Spent Day Brings Happy Sleep, So Life Well Used Brings Happy Death.

An Impossibility In The Milieu Is As Unlikely As White In A Tail Fire.

Knowing Others Is Intelligence;

They Must Often Change Who Would Be Constant In Happiness Or Wisdom.

It Is Better To Travel Well Than To Arrive.

Turn Your Wounds Into Wisdom.

To Believe Yourself Brave Is To Be Brave; It Is The One Only Essential Thing.

The Purpose In Life Is To Develop A Strong Character.

It Is Not A Daily Increase, But A Daily Decrease. Hack Away At The Inessentials.

It Is The Mark Of An Educated Mind To Be Able To Entertain A Thought Without Accepting It.

All Pain Is The Same.

Successful People Are Always Looking For Opportunities To Help Others.

Talk Is Free But The Wise Man Chooses When To Spend His Words.

So Wise So Young, They Say, Do Never Live Long.

Your Pain Is The Breaking Of The Shell That Encloses Your Understanding.

Love Doesn’t Need Reason. It Speaks From The Irrational Wisdom Of The Heart.

Then We Shan’t Regard Anyone As A Lover Of Knowledge Or Wisdom Who Is Fussy About What He Studie.

Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.

Don’t Follow Someone Else’s Map. You Should Glean Teachings From All Directions, Keeping True To Those That Bring Progress Yet Remaining Open To Changes In Yourself.

Ideas are the source of all things.

If The Wind Drops You'll Be Left In A Fall.

Obscurity And A Competence, That Is The Life That Is Best Worth Living.

No Man Is Poor Who Has A Godly Mother.

No Problem Can Be Solved From The Same Level Of Consciousness That Created It.

Knowledge Is Merely Brilliance In Organization Of Ideas And Not Wisdom. The Truly Wise Person Goes Beyond Knowledge.

If You Shake Your Tail At It, You Might Light It On Fire.

Realize That Everything Connects To Everything Else.

He Who Speaks Without An Attentive Ear Is Mute.

Wisdom Is The Daughter Of Experience.

The Only True Wisdom Is In Knowing You Know Nothing.

When Your Heart Is Cleansed Of Everything You

The Art Of Being Wise Is Knowing What To Overlook.

All My Problems Bow Before My Stubbornness.

The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity.

The Pleasures Arising From Thinking And Learning Will Make Us Think And Learn All The More.

No One Cares How Much You Know, Until They Know How Much You Care

We Must Live Together As Brothers Or Perish Together As Fools.

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

By Three Methods We May Learn Wisdom: First, By Reflection, Which Is Noblest; Second, By Imitation, Which Is Easiest; And Third By Experience, Which Is The Bitterest.

Knowing Yourself Is The Beginning Of All Wisdom.

A Great Many People Think They Are Thinking When They Are Merely Rearranging Their Prejudices.

Remember that failure is an event, not a person.

The Future Was One Thing That Could Never Be Broken Because It Had Not Yet Had The Chance To Be Anything.

For This Feeling Of Wonder Shows That You Are A Philosopher, Since Wonder Is The Only Beginning Of Philosophy.

Wise Men Talk Because They Have Something To Say; Fools, Because They Have To Say Something.

Be Wise As A Serpent And Wary As A Dove!

Sell Your Cleverness And Buy Bewilderment.

Healthy Citizens Are The Greatest Asset Any Country Can Have.

Remember That Sometimes Not Getting What You Want Is A Wonderful Stroke Of Luck.

Faith In God Is Optional, But Faith In The Self – In The Spirit Within, Is Imperative.

The Rule Of The Universe Is That Others Can Do For Us What We Cannot Do For Ourselves, And One Can Paddle Every Canoe Except One's Own.

The Desire To Reach For The Stars Is Ambitious. The Desire To Reach Hearts Is Wise.

Don’t Count The Things You Do, Do The Things That Count.

Today The Greatest Single Source Of Wealth Is Between Your Ears.

Love Only Grows By Sharing. You Can Only Have More For Yourself By Giving It Away To Others.

The Best Way To See Faith Is To Shut The Eye Of Reason.

Be Wiser Than Other People If You Can; But Do Not Tell Them So.

Do Not Seek Water, Get Thirst.

Respect Life, Revere Life. There Is Nothing More Holy Than Life, Nothing More Divine Than Life.

You Can Measure The Size Of A Person By What Makes Him Or Her Angry

I Had Given Up Some Youth For Knowledge, But My Gain Was More Valuable Than The Loss

End Of A Matter Is Better Than Its Beginning

As If You Could Kill Time Without Injuring Eternity.

It Is Easy To Hate And It Is Difficult To Love. This Is How The Whole Scheme Of Things Works. All Good Things Are Difficult To Achieve; And Bad Things Are Very Easy To Get.

Real Knowledge Is To Know The Extent Of One’s Ignorance.

Everything Has Beauty, But Not Everyone Sees It.

If You Think In Terms Of A Year, Plant A Seed; If In Terms Of Ten Years, Plant Trees; If In Terms Of 100 Years, Teach The People.

He That Would Perfect His Work Must First Sharpen His Tools.

By Three Methods We May Learn Wisdom: First, By Reflection, Which Is Noblest; Second, By Imitation, Which Is Easiest; And Third By Experience, Which Is The Bitterest.

The Will To Win, The Desire To Succeed, The Urge To Reach Your Full Potential… These Are The Keys That Will Unlock The Door To Personal Excellence.

Better A Diamond With A Flaw Than A Pebble Without.

Wherever You Go, Go With All Your Heart.

When It Is Obvious That The Goals Cannot Be Reached, Don’t Adjust The Goals, Adjust The Action Steps.

If I Am Walking With Two Other Men, Each Of Them Will Serve As My Teacher. I Will Pick Out The Good Points Of The One And Imitate Them, And The Bad Points Of The Other And Correct Them In Myself.

What You Do Not Want Done To Yourself, Do Not Do To Others.

Old Age, Believe Me, Is A Good And Pleasant Thing. It Is True You Are Gently Shouldered Off The Stage, But Then You Are Given Such A Comfortable Front Stall As Spectator.

I Hear And I Forget. I See And I Remember. I Do And I Understand.

They Must Often Change Who Would Be Constant In Happiness Or Wisdom.

Never Impose On Others What You Would Not Choose For Yourself.

People With Virtue Must Speak Out; People Who Speak Are Not All Virtuous.

The Secret Of Getting Ahead Is Getting Started.