Quotes by Philosophers - Page 281

To be happy: the simple pursue pleasure, the common pursue riches, the uncommon pursue knowledge, and the exceptional pursue wisdom.
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If you fail a thousand times, find a thousand and one ways to succeed.
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To achieve success, ignore doubt; fame, ignore haters; greatness, ignore fear; and immortality, ignore hardship.
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If the road to your dreams is full of potholes, take the highway.
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The less you want, the happier you are; the happier you are, the less you want.
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If you shake a tree, fruit must fall, no matter how reluctant it is.
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You are a gift to the universe, but a package is only valuable if it allows itself to be unwrapped.
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Your strength lies in knowledge, your power lies in wisdom, your treasure lies in understanding, and your wealth lies in life.
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In a world full of pebbles dare to be a diamond.
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Learn like an amateur. Train like a champion. Fight like a warrior. Triumph like a conqueror.
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Don’t waste time watering a weed hoping to transform it into a flower.
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If you want to shine, sit before a lamp; if you want to shine brighter, sit before a fire; but if you want to shine the brightest, sit before a sage.
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If you want to be strong, love yourself; if you want to be powerful, love others; if you want to be invincible, love everyone.
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Confuse them with your intelligence, baffle them with your excellence, bewilder them with your brilliance, and perplex them with your transcendence.
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If you have food on your table, clothes on your back, a roof on your head, and a dream in your heart, you have everything you need in life.
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If you guide others out of the dark, you are a star, even if no one knows your name.
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Ignorance is your opponent, fear is your enemy, vice is your adversary, virtue is your friend, and wisdom is your helper.
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When life’s journey is wearisome, put on hope’s shoes.
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Words let you know what is in someone’s mind, deeds let you know what is in someone’s heart, and character lets you know what is in someone’s soul.
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To help yourself, help others; to help others, help yourself.
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If your present thoughts do not lift you higher than your previous ones, rid yourself of them.
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True riches belong to those who shun false ones.
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A lion does not become king of the jungle hunting mice.
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It is in vain to try and stop a star from rising, even with a ladder.
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Learn from the ocean; when it rises, it carries more than itself along with it.
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Seeds, not doubting their potential, rise and become forests.
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If you have a house but no home, you are homeless; knowledge but no wisdom, you are imprudent; acquaintances but no friends, you are lonely; money but no happiness, you are poor; and life but no joy, you are lifeless.
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Be happy when you work, thankful when you earn, cautious when you spend, shrewd when you save, and charitable when you give.
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Stars earn their brightest colors in the dark.
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If you were able to fall a hundred times as a child and rise, you are able to fall a thousand times as a grown up and soar.
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If you have a dream no one else can see, a reward awaits you that no one else can have.
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If a lion invites you home for dinner, it is you he wants to serve as a meal to his guests.
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A rough diamond is still worth more than a polished pebble.
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The greater the number of fish a river bears the greater the number of fishermen that patronize it.
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When life’s great storms come, the weak sink, the cowardly jump ship, the strong drop an anchor, the mighty adjust their sails, and the great sail on to their destiny.
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The ignorant learn from none, the simple learn from some, the intelligent learn from many, but the enlightened learn from all.
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Skill follows the rules, talent breaks the rules, mastery shatters the rules, but genius makes its own rules.
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If you have power, be just; wealth, be generous; knowledge, be wise; titles, be humble; and life, be grateful.
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Thoughts can only hurt you with your permission, feelings can only wound you with your consent, experiences can only damage you with your authorization; life can only ruin you with your approval.
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If seeds waited for perfect conditions to grow, there would be no plants in the desert.
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To avoid enemies, say nothing; to avoid critics, do nothing; to avoid haters, be nothing; but to avoid mediocrity, ignore all.
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Opportunities, like roses, come with a beautiful fragrance, but also with thorns.
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When perplexed, God appears to you in the form of wisdom; when troubled, in the form of peace; when sad, in the form of joy; when heartbroken, in the form of love.
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One who thinks for himself is a threat to his enemies, a refuge to his acquaintances, a prize to his friends, and a gift to the world.
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As only dead leaves allow the wind to blow them to and fro, never allow yourself to be swayed by popular opinion.
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Don’t climb a mountain to look down on people below, but to get a clearer view of the stars above.
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A lion does not earn its crown quarreling with sheep.
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The sun does not rise abruptly, but perseveres until it rules the sky.
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The sweeter the fruit a tree bears the greater the number of birds that eat from it.
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A beautiful gift does not decrease in value because it is wrapped in ugly paper.
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A virtuous spouse adds years to your life, a wise one adds decades, but a loving one adds an eternity to your life.
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The most difficult door to open is the entrance to an ignorant mind.
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The greatest lesson a tree can give you is to stand tall and proud, no matter how strong life’s winds blow against you.
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When hunting a lion it is wise to remind yourself that you too are being hunted.
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Dear past, I survived you. Dear present, I’m ready for you. Dear future, I’m coming for you.
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In my youth I had three teachers: friends, enemies, and books. In my adulthood I had three professors: God, nature, and life.
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The poorest man you can marry is not the one who lacks money, but the one who lacks character.
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A sailor is not defined as much by how many seas he has sailed than by how many storms he has overcome.
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It is in vain to chase two birds at the same time, even if you have a thousand legs.
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If you stop tending to flowers when they lose a few petals, you will never grow a garden.
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