Wisdom Quotations Quotes - Page 6

The sun is intelligent because it never rises too early, and wise because it never sets too late.

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If there is wisdom in your mind, prove it; joy in your heart, share it; love in your soul, show it; good in your life, impart it.

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

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The early bird gets the worm, and the early fox gets the bird.

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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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If you pour more water into a river, it will not drown the fish.

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A tree is only as good as the seed it is stems from.

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If bees only gathered nectar from perfect flowers, they wouldn’t be able to make even a single drop of honey.

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The ugliest storms paint the loveliest rainbows.

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Water drops erode mountains not because of their size, but their persistence.

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The tallest trees sometimes grow from the smallest seeds.

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Yesterday says, “Forget me, but learn from me.” Today says, “Embrace me, yet utilize me.”Tomorrow says, “Anticipate me, then prepare for me.

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

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

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If you want little, give little; if you want much, give much; if you want all, give all.

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Teach yourself. Help yourself. Improve yourself. Enrich yourself.

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

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Stir the world with your skills, shake the world with your talents, move the world with your brilliance, change the world with your genius.

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Knowledge gives you the world, intelligence gives you the sky, understanding gives you the stars, but wisdom gives you the universe.

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

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

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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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Bad weather never stopped anyone from reaping a good harvest.

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They know your face, but not your mind.They understand your words, but not your heart.They hear your name, but not your soul.They grasp your past, but not your future.

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

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Learn from a river; obstacles may force it to change its course, but never its destination.

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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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Teach the ignorant. Study the wise. Avoid the foolish. Embrace the enlightened.

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Learn from acquaintances, and you are clever; from friends, and you are intelligent; from enemies, and you are shrewd; but learn from all, and you are wise.

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You may be poor, but important; uneducated, but wise; lowly, but noble; simple, but insightful; and ordinary, but great.

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At ten, you are foolish. At twenty, you are naive. At thirty, you are alert. At forty, you are experienced. At fifty, you are wise.

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Planting your own garden is better than waiting for someone to bring you flowers.

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An ounce of wisdom is worth more than a pound of knowledge.

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A shrewd enemy will teach you more than a foolish friend.

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It is better to help an enemy than to harm a friend.

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A wolf raised in a jungle is fiercer than a lion reared in a circus.

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Don’t judge a tree by its size, but by its fruit.

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A shrub that bears fruit deserves to be watered more than a tree that does not.

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It is better to be a marble in a hut than a brick in a palace.

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The ocean does not lose its splendor because it lost a few drops.

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Be wise enough to learn from the past, shrewd enough to capitalize on the present, and clever enough to prepare for the future.

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Knowledge is the eldest daughter of wisdom.

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Time is your acquaintance, life is your friend, death is your enemy, and existence is your soulmate.

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A flower does not diminish in beauty, no matter how many weeds envy it.

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Wisdom has a hundred eyes to see opportunities, courage has a hundred feet to seek opportunities, and strength has a hundred arms to seize opportunities.

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Do not curse the well that quenches your thirst.

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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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Your mind has the intellect to lift the world,your heart has the wisdom to better the world, and your soul has the genius to elevate the world.

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A rose, no matter how beautiful, still has to contend with thorns.

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Knowing what to say is sense, when to say it is intelligence, how to say it is wisdom, why and how to say it is enlightenment.

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

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The wise are like a river; they go forward and upward, never backward or downward.

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If you look to money for happiness, you will be disappointed; to power, you will be disillusioned; to honor, you will be dissatisfied; to others, you will be disenchanted; but if you look to God, you will be fulfilled.

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A rose would be miserable if it was forced to be a daisy, no matter how much water it was fed.

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