Wisdom Quotations Quotes

You cannot marry your past without divorcing your future.

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Don't cry over spilt milk when you can milk another cow.

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Don't pluck a rose's petals and then ask the rose why it is sad.

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An ugly diamond is still worth more than a beautiful pebble.

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If you are too good to look after God’s trash, you are not good enough to look after God’s treasure.

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

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It is better to be accepted by the bright few than by the dull masses.

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It is the ant, not the lion, which the elephant fears.

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Water has no mouth, but swallows many. Light has no hands, but touches many. Wind has no feet, but carries many. Darkness has no teeth, but devours many.

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It is impossible for light to bow before darkness.

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If a bird does not bring out all of the songs on its heart, all its symphonies die inside.

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The spoon’s color does not change the soup’s taste.

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If you touch a wound while it is healing, you will prolong it.

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The quickest way to find honey is to follow bees.

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Wind either breaks a tree or teaches it to dance.

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A butterfly is a caterpillar which refused to give up its dreams to fly.

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Building castles in the air is only wise if you build a ladder to reach them.

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A rainbow earns its colors in the storm.

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If God wanted the sky to be empty, He would not have given birds wings to fly.

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It is foolish for the moon to compete with the sun for the spotlight.

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Bring light to the ignorant, but more light to the educated, for the vanity of education makes modern humans more ignorant than the ignorant.

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

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Yesterday, I was clever, I wanted to be rich. Today, I am wise, I want to be happy.

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A rose does not answer its enemies with words, but with beauty.

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If the grass is greener on the other side, try planting better seeds.

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

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One who fishes in shallow waters limits the kind of fish he can catch.

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Helping yourself is common sense, helping others is virtue, helping yourself and others is enlightenment.

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If beautiful lilies bloom in ugly waters, you too can blossom in ugly situations.

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When you count your blessings, count life twice.

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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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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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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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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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If birds sing without worrying about who is listening to them, and monkeys dance without worrying about who is watching them, and hyenas laugh without worrying about who is mocking them, then you too must do what you do best without worrying about who is ridiculing you.

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The worm’s bad luck is the bird’s good fortune.

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A dove struggling in a storm grows stronger than an eagle soaring in sunshine.

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Life is short, death is long, days are narrow, and years are wide.

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The past is your teacher. The present is your opportunity. The future is your reward.

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

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Wine had to be grapes first. Diamonds had to be rocks first. Butterflies had to be caterpillars first. Rainbows had to be storms first.

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A bird will only fall from the sky when it stops believing in its ability to fly, and a fish will only drown in water when it stops believing in its ability to swim.

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

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One who is not afraid to die lives, and one who is afraid to live dies.

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If you live in the desert, view the sun not as your enemy, but as your friend. If you live in the wilderness, view nature not as your adversary, but as your companion.

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If the sky had no tears, the world would have no rainbows.

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If the world gives you a thousand reasons to cry, find a thousand and one reasons to smile.

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A bird that sings too much will only lose its voice, but a bird that does not sing at all will lose its symphonies.

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Esteem intelligence, cherish knowledge, and value understanding, but trust wisdom.

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Forgive those who hurt you yesterday.Reward those who help you today.Remember those who help you tomorrow.

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A tree dances for the wind not because it enjoys it, but because it doesn’t want to break.

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Love knows the way because love is the way.

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Be like the sun; bear with those in the dark, but keep shining your light.

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Beauty catches your eye, joy seizes your heart, and love captures your soul.

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Love lost is better than hate found. True criticism is better than false praise. Genuine enemies are better than counterfeit friends.

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Knowledge offers you strength. Wisdom promises you influence. Understanding assures you wealth. Love guarantees you power.

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Learn, because life is ahead of you. Live, because death is before you. Listen, because wisdom is all around you. Love, because God is inside of you.

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To appreciate pleasure, someone had to experience pain; to appreciate joy, some had to experience sorrow; to appreciate love, some had to experience heartache; to appreciate freedom, some had to experience fear.

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Truth is straight like a line. Virtue is firm like a wall. Wisdom is tall like a mountain. Love is wide like an ocean.

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One who is wise is rich, one who is virtuous is wealthy, one who is happy is affluent, and one who is loving is prosperous.

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