Wise Quotations Quotes - Page 6

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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A rose started off a bud, a bird started off an egg, and a forest started off a seed.

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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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Life is temporal.Time is fleeting.God is permanent.Eternity is enduring.

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

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You cannot fast-forward time, you cannot rewind it, and you cannot pause it; you can only waste or benefit from it.

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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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Your feet may be small, but travel much. Your hands may be little, but conquer much. Your eyes may be tiny, but perceive much. Your ears may be modest, but heed much.

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

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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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Violence only attacks the body, but it is non-violence that has the power to influence the soul and reshape it towards a peaceful future.

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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