Wisdom Quotations Quotes - Page 3

It is the roof that fights the rain, but the builder who gets all the glory.

A wolf can only curse a lion when surrounded by its peers.

Wind either breaks a tree or teaches it to dance.

The spoon’s color does not change the soup’s taste.

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

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

The divinity you seek is born with you.

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

Science works through replication, rectification and modification. But when it comes to religion, people simply tend to accept the theoretical preachers and their claims of historical God experiences without a single question. If there has been one experience in this world in any branch of knowledge, it absolutely follows that that experience will be repeated eternally. If they are not repeated through natural processes, the thinking humanity would have no way but to disprove that such an experience ever occurred in the history.

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

Money is the most beautiful woman in the world;even when old and wrinkled, men are head-over-heals in love with her.

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.

There is more than one road to spiritual salvation. We discover a philosophical way of living by encountering the world, culling knowledge from all available resources, and thinking reverently about life.

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.

It is better to be a lion for one day than a wolf for a lifetime.

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.

Use the arrows failure throws at you to hunt for success.

Use fear to become braver, pain to become stronger, trials to become wiser, and misfortune to become better.

When a wolf is hungry it befriends sheep.

Busy hands achieve more than idle tongues.

The sky’s dangers offer the eagle more opportunities than the nest’s comfort.

You cannot control the ocean, but you can guide the rivers that feed it.

The hen that lays the most eggs deserves the most food.

Bad weather never stopped anyone from reaping a good harvest.

To be happy: the simple pursue pleasure, the common pursue riches, the uncommon pursue knowledge, and the exceptional pursue wisdom.

A bird cannot fly upward if each wing is flapping in a different direction.

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

A fish is a genius in water, an eagle is a genius in air, a fox is a genius on land, and a sage is a genius in life. 

An original pebble is better than a counterfeit diamond.

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.

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.

Sages see further with their eyes closed than scholars with their eyes open.

During my school years, I was never a brilliant student, but just an average one, with only above average level of curiosity.

Using reason without applying it to experience only leads to theoretical illusions. Ideas derived from real world experiences lead to acquisition of knowledge, and the accumulation of time-tested principles leads to wisdom.

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

It is never a river’s fault that one cannot swim.

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

If God wanted the sky to be empty, He would not have given birds wings to fly.

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

Education costs an arm and a leg, but ignorance costs you your mind and your soul.

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

It is the ant, not the lion, which the elephant fears.

It is incredible how many hurts can be healed by the two words, 'I'm sorry.

If the sky had no tears, the world would have no rainbows.

The earliest bird gets the worm only if the worm is stupid enough to show up.

The pen is mightier than the sword as long as it doesn't run out of ink.

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

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

A bird does not fly because of the wind around it, but because of the strength within it.

In knowledge there is strength, in understanding there is might, and in wisdom there is power.

A tree's beauty lies in its branches, but its strength lies in its roots.

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

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

You don’t choose the music your enemies play, but you choose which songs you dance to.

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

The worm’s bad luck is the bird’s good fortune.

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.

Beatings from truth are better than kisses from lies.

Light travels halfway around the world while darkness is still putting its shoes on.

A book is the only vehicle that can take you around the world in one hour.