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Wisdom Quotes

The future is like a baboons ass, colorful and full of shit. – Arne Anka

It is annoying to be honest to no purpose. – Unknown

It is better to have men ask why you have no statue, than why you have one. – Unknown

Money will not buy happiness, but it will let you be unhappy in nice places. – Unknown

For a human there are but three great events: to be born, to live and to die. She doesn’t know she is born, he suffers of dying and she forgets to live. – Jean de la Bryère

Wisdom QuotesTell me what you’re laughing at and I shall tell you who you are. – Goethe

We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it – and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove-lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove-lid again — and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore. – Mark Twain

You can cheat an honest man but not make a fool out of him. – Confucius

Ageing isn’t that bad if you consider the alternatives. – Maurice Chevalier

A home without books is a body without soul. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

Inspiring Quotes on Enemies and Forgiveness

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” –Eleanor Roosevelt

“When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you” –African Proverb

“One thing you will probably remember well is any time you forgive and forget” –Franklin P. Jones

“There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: Those who are afraid to try themselves and Those who are afraid that you will succeed”- Ray Goforth

Forgive your enemies but never forget their names” – JFK

“Take care that no one hates you justly”- Pubilius Syrus

“To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it” – Confucius

“Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one getting burned”- Buddha

Inspirational Quotes

This above all, to thine own self be true. – William Shakespeare

Happiness depends upon ourselves. – Aristotle

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it. – Confucius

Life is a choice. – Anonymous

Attitude is everything. – Charles Swindoll

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations. – George Bernard Shaw

The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek. – Joseph Campbell

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less. – Marie Curie

The truly rich are those who enjoy what they have. – Yiddish Proverb

Miracles occur naturally as expressions of love.
The real miracle is the love that inspires them.
In this sense everything that comes from love is a miracle. – A Course in Miracles

Famous Quotes

“If everybody loves you, something is wrong. Find at least one enemy to keep you alert.” – Paulo Coelho

“Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly.” – Robert Schuller

“Success doesn’t make you and failure doesn’t break you” – Zig Ziglar

“The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.” – Albert Einstein

“The smallest bookstore still contains more ideas of worth than have been presented in the entire history of television” – Andrew Ross

“Great minds have purposes, others have wishes.” – Washington Irving

“People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.” – Dale Carnegie

“If you understand life, you must be misinformed.” – Paulo Coelho

“Two great talkers will not travel far together.” – Spanish Proverb

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” – Oscar Wilde

“If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“Goodbye without reasons is the most painful one. Love without reasons is the most beautiful one.” – Dhanti Praspani

“Most of us can read the writing on the wall; we just assume it’s addressed to someone else.” – Ivern Ball

“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“We do not remember days, we remember moments” – Cesare Pavese

“Superior men are modest in speech but exceed in actions” – Confucius

10 Beauty Quotes

Let me share with you 10 Beauty Quotes to make your day better. Please comment and tell me you’re favorite beauty quote from this list (or from your own list). Thanks!

1. “The greatest treasures are those invisible to the eye but found by the heart.” – Ashley Smith

2. “Love is much like a wild rose, beautiful and calm, but willing to draw blood in its defense.” – Mark Overby

3. “No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.” – Oscar Wilde

4. “It is better to be beautiful than to be good, but it is better to be good than to be ugly.” – Oscar Wilde

5. “It’s beauty that captures your attention; personality which captures your heart.” – Ivan Panin

6. “Love of beauty is Taste. The creation of beauty is Art.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

7. “Pretty is something you’re born with. But beautiful, that’s an equal opportunity adjective.” – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

8. “Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it” – Confucius

9. “The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, they must be felt with the heart” – Helen Keller

10. “It sometimes happens that a woman is handsomer at twenty-nine than she was ten years before” – Jane Austen

Bonus: “Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart” – Kahlil Gibran

Wisdom and Knowledge Quotes

A wise person knows that there is something to be learned from everyone. – Sun Tzu

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. – Confucius

He who knows nothing and knows he knows nothing, he is a scholar; teach him. He who knows nothing and thinks he knows something, he is a fool; shun him. He who knows something and thinks he knows nothing, he is unsure; enlighten him. He who knows something and knows he knows something, he is wise; follow him. – Bruce Lee

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. – Confucius

In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, in the expert’s mind there are few. – Shunryu Suzuki

Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it. – Confucius

Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous. – Confucius

One thousand days to learn; ten thousand days to refine. – Japanese proverb

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change. – Confucius

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance. – Confucius

Study the past, if you would divine the future. – Confucius

The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness. – Lao Tzu

To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge. – Confucius

When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it this is knowledge. – Confucius

You cannot open a book without learning something. – Confucius

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Realities of Life

Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak. – Sun Tzu
By always taking out and never putting in, the bottom is soon reached. – Spanish proverb
Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire. – Confucius
He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much. – Lao Tzu
He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good. – Confucius
If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. – Chinese proverb
If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear? – Confucius
If you shoot for the stars and hit the moon, it’s OK. But you’ve got to shoot for something. A lot of people don’t even shoot. – Confucius
If you want one year of prosperity, grow grain. If you want ten years of prosperity, grow trees. If you want one hundred years of prosperity, grow people. – Chinese Proverb
Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power. – Lao Tzu
Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind. – Bruce Lee
The cautious seldom err. – Confucius
The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their faults, and everyone sees them; they change and everyone looks up to them. – Confucius
The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue. – Confucius
The man of wisdom is never in two minds about right and wrong; the man of benevolence never worries about the future; the man of courage is never afraid. – Confucius
The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large. – Confucius
The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour. – Japanese proverb
The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action. – Confucius
The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has. – Confucius
The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions. – Confucius
The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later. – Confucius
The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort. – Confucius
The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell. – Confucius
To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short. – Confucius
When anger rises, think of the consequences. – Confucius
When we see persons of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see persons of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves. – Confucius
Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men. – Confucius
Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts? – Confucius

Famous Change Quotes

“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Gandhi

“The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.” – Oprah Winfrey

“The only thing constant in life is change.” – Francois de la Rochefoucauld

“He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.” – Harold Wilson

“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” – George Bernard Shaw

“Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you’ll understand what little chance you have in trying to change others.” – Jacob M. Braude

“No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” – Charles Darwin

“Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.” – Confucius

“Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable.” – Denis Waitley

Feeling Lonely Quotes

It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company. – George Washington

Language… has created the word “loneliness” to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word “solitude” to express the glory of being alone. – Paul Tillich

Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty. – Mother Teresa

Nothing makes us so lonely as our secrets. – Paul Tournier

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust? – George Eliot

At the innermost core of all loneliness is a deep and powerful yearning for union with one’s lost self. – Brendan Francis Behan

The loneliness you get by the sea is personal and alive. It doesn’t subdue you and make you feel abject. It’s stimulating loneliness. – Anne Morrow Lindbergh

The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy. – Jim Rohn

The lonely become either thoughtful or empty. – Mason Cooley

I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude. – Henry David Thoreau

We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness. – Albert Schweitzer

We’re born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we’re not alone. – Orson Welles

Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love. – George Eliot

It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. – Alfred Lord Tennyson

Those we love don’t go away,
They walk beside us every day,
Unseen, unheard, but always near,
Still loved, still missed and very dear. – Anonymous

It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely. – Albert Einstein

If I am a legend, then why am I so lonely? – Judy Garland

If you’re feeling abandoned by the world, interact with anyone you can. – Martha Beck

The time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself. – Doug Coupland

If you are lonely when you’re alone, you are in bad company. – Jean-Paul Sartre

You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with. – Wayne Dyer

If you tell the truth about how you’re feeling, it becomes funny. – Larry David

It is usually expensive and lonely to be principled. – Paul Theroux

If you are afraid of being lonely, don’t try to be right. – Jules Renard

The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be. – Anne Frank

Silence is a source of great strength. – Lao Tzu

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it. – Confucius

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world. – Helen Keller

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts. – Eleanor Roosevelt

Every wall is a door. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Courage doesn’t always roar.
Sometimes courage is the quiet voice
at the end of the day saying,
“I will try again tomorrow.” – Mary Anne Radmacher

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up. – Mark Twain

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear. – Mark Twain

Wisdom Quotes and Sayings

Some wonderful wisdom quotes and sayings for a great day :)

“The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.” – William James

“What you are is what you have been, and what you will be is what you do now.” – The Buddha

“The seat of knowledge is in the head, of wisdom, in the heart.” – William Hazlitt

“No man is smart, except by comparison to those who know less.” – Edgar Watson Howe

“A wise man learns by the mistakes of others, a fool by his own.” – Latin Proverb

“Statistics are like a bikini. What they reveal is suggestive but what they conceal is vital.” – Aaron Levenstein

“Years teach us more than books.” – Berthold Auerbach

“The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others.” – Solomon Ibn Gabriol

“The man of wisdom is never of two minds; the man of benevolence never worries; the man of courage is never afraid.” – Confucius

“No man was ever wise by chance.” – Seneca

“Of all parts of wisdom the practice is the best.” – John Tillotson

“If you try you may fail, if you don’t try you’re guaranteed to fail.” – Jesse Jackson

“Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.” – Leo Aikman

“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” –Theodore Roosevelt

“Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time.” – Betty Smith

“Never explain. Your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe it anyway.” – Elbert Hubbard

“To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.” – Chinese Proverb

“Be nice to people on your way up because you’ll need them on your way down.” – W. Migner

“There are two kinds of light – the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.” – James Thurber

“Wisdom is found only in truth.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.” – Lao Tzu

“Don’t compromise yourself. You’re all you’ve got.” –Janis Joplin