Wisdom Quotations Quotes - Page 7

Charity is fortune, avarice is poverty, peace is treasure, and happiness is wealth.

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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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Let them judge you, but remain virtuous.Let them criticize you, but remain wise.Let them misunderstand you, but remain kind. Let them hate you, but remain exceptional.

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

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It is wise to buy acquaintances, but foolish to buy friends.

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Pain teaches you more than pleasure. Failure teaches you more than success. Poverty teaches you more than prosperity. Adversity teaches you more than comfort.

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A flower takes a while to grow, but can die in an instant; this is how it is with trust.

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Stand alone when it is to your benefit, with others when it is to your advantage, and with everyone when it is to your empowerment.

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Behind you, leave your enemies. Beside you, keep your family. Around you, maintain your friends. Within you, cherish God.

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Water is soft, but can maneuver any obstacle; be shrewd, and be gentle, and you too will be able to do likewise.

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When the nest becomes too small a bird is ready to spread its wings and fly.

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In calm waters you still find sharks.

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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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No tree becomes large without smaller trees hoping its branches get cut off.

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One fish in your net is better than a thousand in the ocean.

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When fortune favors fools, it is to punish them for the sake of the wise.

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If a man could outpace his shadow, he would still find it waiting for him at the finishing line.

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One who cannot swim must not blame the water.

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No matter how ugly a fruit is, worms will seek it out.

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Love knows the way because love is the way.

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Love treats its enemies better than hate treats its friends.

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If all you have is money, you are among the poorest people in the world.

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If you want the most beautiful fish in the sea, make sure you have the most appealing bait.

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

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The shrewd marry for money, the scheming marry for status, the calculating marry for power, but the wise marry for love.

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Before you look for dirt in people, look for treasure.

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Hate is strong, fear is mighty, jealousy is powerful, but love is invincible.

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The universe offers you three things that money cannot buy: joy, love, and life.

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Embrace all. Help some. Trust few. Harm none.

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Joy is a loyal companion, love is a faithful friend, fear is a terrible adversary, and hatred is a merciless enemy.

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Love does these three things effectively: multiplies joy, divides trouble, subtracts grief, and adds peace.

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Through sexual intimacy, two human beings become one mind, body and soul wrapped up in the cocoon of their skin.

There is no gem like virtue, no wealth like happiness, no treasure like faith, and no jewel like love.

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Lust makes you weak, passion makes you strong, love makes you brave, and heartache makes you wise.

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

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Love makes you strong when others are weak, brave when others are scared, hopeful when others are despairing and cheerful when others are sad.

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Joy is the best companion, virtue is the noblest acquaintance, wisdom is the cleverest friend, and love is the kindest soul mate.

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Falling in love with a woman’s body is lust, with a woman’s mind is sense, with a woman’s heart is virtue, and with a woman’s soul is wisdom.

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If you have money, you are affluent; if you have joy, you are wealthy; and if you have love, you are rich.

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Marry the one who laughs when you laugh, and you are clever; marry the one who cries when you cry, and you are intelligent, but marry the one who does both with you, and you are wise.

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The greatest profit you make in business is not money, but happiness. The greatest riches you give in life are not possessions, but love. The greatest treasures you acquire in life are not jewels, but joy.

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Plucking a rose only proves you desire it, but nurturing it proves you love it.

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Pleasure can turn the body into a slave.Desire can turn the mind into a fool.Passion can turn the heart into a beast.Love can turn the soul into an angel.

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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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Pleasure awakens the body, wisdom awakens the mind, joy awakens the heart, and love awakens the soul.

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To achieve peace let go of: guilt, anger, and bitterness. To achieve happiness embrace: virtue, faith, and love.

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Wisdom paints a rainbow in your mind, joy paints a rainbow in your heart, and love paints a rainbow in your soul.

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Love hopes. Love helps. Love heals. Love hears.

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

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It is impossible for love to enter your heart without leaving footprints on your soul.

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Only when your love of roses is greater than your fear of thorns can you grow a beautiful garden.

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Your knowledge can stir the world, your intellect can move it, your wisdom can shake it, but only your love can truly change it.

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A smile is worth dozens of words, but a kiss is worth a thousand.

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Love is your greatest asset, fear is your greatest liability, and joy is your greatest reward.

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If you have no one, you are poor; if you have an acquaintance, you are fortunate; if you have a friend, you are privileged; if you have a lover, you are rich; if you have a soulmate, you are wealthy.

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If you want to be strong, exercise; if you want to be wise, study; if you want to be happy, smile; and if you want to be invincible, love.

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A heart full of love is worth more than a purse full of coins.

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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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