Wisdom Quote Quotes - Page 2

How initially 'to get her in the sack' and subsequently to avoid 'her giving you the sack' are not identical dilemmas faced by the male species, but they sure have a bizarre habit of being bedfellows

The greatest profit you make in business is not money, but happiness. The greatest riches you give in life are not possessions, but love. The greatest treasures you acquire in life are not jewels, but joy.

Only when your love of roses is greater than your fear of thorns can you grow a beautiful garden.

Life is temporal.Time is fleeting.God is permanent.Eternity is enduring.

Buffalo Hump knew his son was brave, but that was not enough. If a warrior lacked wisdom, courage alone would not keep him alive for long.

Real Love for ourselves by definition includes every aspect of our lives—the good, the bad, the difficult, the challenging past, the uncertain future, as well as all the shameful, upsetting experiences and encounters we’d just as soon forget.

When music hits you, you dance.

A beautiful gift does not decrease in value because it is wrapped in ugly paper.

arrogance is knowledge minus wisdom

One conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study in a public school.

I shield to one who is pessimistic and shield to one who is optimistic leaving this in a wandering state.

Love is your greatest asset, fear is your greatest liability, and joy is your greatest reward.

Want wisdom? Laugh at yourself.

If you combine the suffering’s great color palette you will find happiness as well.

People who have a religion should be glad, for not everyone has the gift of believing in heavenly things. You don't necessarily even have to be afraid of punishment after death; purgatory, hell, and heaven are things that a lot of people can't accept, but still a religion, it doesn't matter which, keeps a person on the right path. It isn't the fear of God but the upholding of one's own honor and conscience. How noble and good everyone could be if, every evening before falling asleep, they were to recall to their minds the events of the while day and consider exactly what has been good and bad. Then, without realizing it you try to improve yourself at the start of each new day; of course, you achieve quite a lot in the course of time. Anyone can do this, it costs nothing and is certainly very helpful. Whoever doesn't know it must learn and find by experience that: "A quiet conscience mades one strong!

It is better to help an enemy than to harm a friend.

Wisdom doesn’t come only from the experience you have had, but from the experience you have chosen not to have.

Only dead leaves allow the wind to blow them to and fro.

And I am now compelled to wonder if wisdom has ever existed or can ever exist. Might wisdom be as impossible in this particular universe as a perpetual-motion machine?

Your knowledge can stir the world, your intellect can move it, your wisdom can shake it, but only your love can truly change it.

A daisy blooming in a desert is worth more than a rose blossoming in a rainforest.

Be like stars; when darkness tries to stop you from shining, shine all the more.

Embrace all. Help some. Trust few. Harm none.

Brave cubs become fierce lions.

People think that whatever comes out of the mouth of a wise man is the choicest gem, sometime it's utter stupidity and rubbish

Books and school are great for learning but there is no substitute for life and living to provide a real education.

It is in vain to try and kick the wind.

Think before you speak. Question before you judge. Examine before you decide.

Marry the one who laughs when you laugh, and you are clever; marry the one who cries when you cry, and you are intelligent, but marry the one who does both with you, and you are wise.

Contentment comes from wanting what we need, not needing what we want.

The universe offers you three things that money cannot buy: joy, love, and life.

The early bird gets the worm, and the early fox gets the bird.

Yesterday says, “Forget me, but learn from me.” Today says, “Embrace me, yet utilize me.”Tomorrow says, “Anticipate me, then prepare for me.

Perplexity is the beginning of a new way.

Bad weather never stopped anyone from reaping a good harvest.

It is in vain to hide a fruitful seed in fertile soil.

Knowledge is the eldest daughter of wisdom.

Be merry, because it confuses your enemies; happy, because it annoys them; cheerful, because it angers them; and joyful, because it kills them.

When hunting a lion it is wise to remind yourself that you too are being hunted.

A smile is worth dozens of words, but a kiss is worth a thousand.

Never underestimate yourself when you do what is right. Never overestimate yourself when you do what is wrong.

A bird is safe in its nest - but that is not what its wings are made for.

There are two things that may happen to a person: the first is that you become so soft that no one and nothing can break you, and the second is that you become so hard that nothing and no one can break you. Either way you go, the path will be very painful. But herein is the great sadness of it all: that anyone must try to become something that cannot be broken (whether the soft or the hard). Why must we be born into a world where we must spend our lives struggling to become unbreakable?

Be more weary of the fearful than of the brave.

Life is like that...sometimes you have to peel off the bitterness in order to get to the part that is sweet.

If you look to money for happiness, you will be disappointed; to power, you will be disillusioned; to honor, you will be dissatisfied; to others, you will be disenchanted; but if you look to God, you will be fulfilled.

The hardest thing is a man to truly know himself

You must nurture the force within you. You are the only person that can behold the divine force for your divine purpose.

Light travels halfway around the world while darkness is still putting its shoes on.

Anger is loud, rage is deafening, and wrath is thunderous; only love can silence them.

Learn from a river; obstacles may force it to change its course, but never its destination.