Wise Quotations Quotes

To be happy: the simple pursue pleasure, the common pursue riches, the uncommon pursue knowledge, and the exceptional pursue wisdom.

If your greatest wish is to be happy, you are clever; if it is to make others happy, you are virtuous; but if it is to make yourself and others happy, you are wise.

The early bird gets the first worm, but the wisest bird gets the fastest one.

If you have the power to put a smile on one person’s face, you have the power to change the world.

Three kinds of people achieve illumination: those who learn, those who teach, and those who do both continuously.

Your religion is whatever makes you a better human being.

The lowest wisdom of the wise is greater than the highest wisdom of fools.

If you fish without proper bait, you will only catch disappointment.

Criticisms of a society filled with fools have no power in them to bother the sage that has emerged from the agonizing fire of misery.

Though no one can backtrack and create a brand new start, Everyone is capable of taking their life in a brand new direction.

At times, look back towards your ancient days, drink deep from the eternal fountain of wisdom long gone, and then look ahead.

The ugliest storms paint the loveliest rainbows.

A flower in a desert still has no reason to envy a thorn in a rainforest.

There is too much negativity in the world. Do your best to make sure you aren't contributing to it.

A small sharp axe clears a forest quicker than a big blunt one.

A dog barks, but a lion strikes.

Love treats its enemies better than hate treats its friends.

Taking a step in the dark is braver than taking a leap in light.

The sky’s dangers offer the eagle more opportunities than the nest’s comfort.

A wolf can only mock a lion thousands of miles away.

If you don't take inventory of your blessings, ingratitude will try to steal them from you.

Pleasure awakens the body, wisdom awakens the mind, joy awakens the heart, and love awakens the soul.

It is in the shade that you look up at a tree and appreciate its efforts.

Don’t waste time watering a weed hoping to transform it into a flower.

The loudest preacher in the world is your conscience, the cleverest is wisdom, the rowdiest is passion, the surest is truth, the purest is love, and the highest is God.

A wolf can only curse a lion when surrounded by its peers.

It is impossible for light to bow before darkness.

Love makes you strong when others are weak, brave when others are scared, hopeful when others are despairing and cheerful when others are sad.

The ignorant learn from none, the simple learn from some, the intelligent learn from many, but the enlightened learn from all.

If you serve two masters, either of them may punish you for serving the other.

A small idea with wings will take you higher than a big one with legs.

The darkness of the storm determines the brightness of the rainbow.

If roses tried to be sunflowers, they would lose their beauty; and if sunflowers tried to be roses, they would lose their strength.

A rose started off a bud, a bird started off an egg, and a forest started off a seed.

A book is the only vehicle that can take you around the world in one hour.

Let’s talk about mankind’s most adored emotion – Love. However, love itself is not a single emotion, rather a blend of many. It is such an enchanting sensation, that it has been inspiring artists, scientists, philosophers and thinkers for ages. Albert Einstein said, “any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves”. Geniuses around the world came up with various creations under the spell of love. Schrodinger’s Wave Equation, Hawking’s Hawking Radiation, Tagore’s songs, Rumi’s poems, are just a few among the plethora of scientific and philosophical literature created under the enigmatic and warm influence of love. So, technically it is totally worth being crazy in love.

Your talent is a seed; cultivate it, and in no time, you will harvest success.

Don't poison a river whose fish you might need tomorrow.

​The universe perceives itself through us, or to be more specific, through our neurons.

When a wolf is hungry it befriends sheep.

Education means nourishing the mind and make it develop in order to see beyond the limitations of current social perception.

A rose struggling in a desert is still braver than a flower flourishing in a rain forest.

One who cannot swim must not blame the water.

A bird does not give up flying today because it couldn't find any worms yesterday.

Light the candle of success with the flame of excellence.

It is better to be a lion for one day than a wolf for a lifetime.

You don’t choose the music your enemies play, but you choose which songs you dance to.

A bird cannot fly upward if each wing is flapping in a different direction.

When you look at a rose try to focus on its beauty, not its thorns.

You are surrounded by ignorance, savagery and fanaticism. You live in a society where everyone thinks he/she knows about everything in the whole universe. If you find yourself among those intellectual idiots, then being good and humble may give rise to doubts in your mind about your own ideas. So, you must first learn to distinguish between real and shallow intellect. Then, as a self- preservation tactic, you need to let your pretence of arrogance grow as big as a Dinosaur, so that the fake intellectuals start to realize their true inferiority in front of you.

Any fool can marry, but only the wise live happily ever after.

A tree does not despair when its fruit falls to the ground, because it knows in due time, its seeds will rise.

Darkness is a prison from which only light escapes.

Misery teaches you the value of joy. It reveals to you the gravitas of human life.

What you think is a seed, what you say is the bud, and what you do is the fruit.

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.

All I want is to be at service of humanity, rather than being a teacher. I cannot teach anyone anything I can only make them think.

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.

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