Wisdom Quotations Quotes - Page 5

In a world full of daisies dare to be a rose.

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An Oak tree is a daily reminder that great things often have small beginnings.

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A bird does not give up flying because it failed on its first attempt.

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Never set fire to a bridge while you are still crossing it.

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Learn what you can, teach what you know, live how you ought.

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If you want to double your happiness, pour it into someone else.

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It is in the roots, not the branches, that a tree’s greatest strength lies.

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

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There are three things that a beggar and a rich person share every day: the sun, the moon, and the stars.

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A tree is honored for the size of its fruit, not the size of its leaves.

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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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Ears for wisdom, hands for work, eyes for opportunities, and a mouth for thanks.

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A bird will only eat from a hand it trusts.

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If you kick a lion when it is down, God help you when it gets up.

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

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A lion conquers more in one day than a sheep in a lifetime.

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If you tend to a flower, it will bloom, no matter how many weeds surround it.

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Learn from roses; even when trampled they give off perfume, not despair.

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When you count your blessings, count life twice.

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

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Cheerfulness will help you draw strangers, cleverness will help gain acquaintances, faithfulness will help you keep companions, and kindness will help you multiply friends.

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Make your wife happier, children wiser, yourself kinder, and you will make your life better.

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A small sharp axe can cut down more trees than a big dull one.

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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 shake a tree, fruit must fall, no matter how reluctant it is.

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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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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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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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A lion does not become king of the jungle hunting mice.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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The most difficult door to open is the entrance to an ignorant mind.

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

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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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Knowledge is the path, understanding is the way, wisdom is the highway, and enlightenment is the destination.

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A beautiful rose with an ugly soul wilts quickly.

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If you have the power to think, you have the power to change your 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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One good friend is better than a thousand acquaintances.

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Listen to all, believe few, count on some, but trust none.

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Faith moves mountains, intelligence goes over them, wisdom goes around them, but love levels them.

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You are better than your past, greater than your present, and brighter than your future.

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

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Your clock cannot buy you more time, your bed cannot get you more sleep, your titles cannot acquire you more influence, your fame cannot gain you more honor, and your money cannot earn you more happiness.

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

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An archer must never blame a target for missing it.

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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.

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