Wise Quotes - Page 19

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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A virtuous spouse adds years to your life, a wise one adds decades, but a loving one adds an eternity to your life.

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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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Reward those who help you. Forget those who use you. Ignore those who judge you. Forgive those who wrong 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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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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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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A wise man doesn't start what he doesn't know to do.

Pain that results in success is better than pleasure that results in failure.

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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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