Wisdom Quotes - Page 155

Mother’s Day is coming up soon. If you’re lucky enough to still have your mother, tell her you’re grateful to her […] at some point, we must forgive each other for being flawed human beings. Many of us have trouble putting love or gratitude into words, but keep in mind that out actions always reveal our feelings. Always.

A knowledgeable manager can lend to the success of an organization "almost" as much as a poorly trained manager can damage it.

I thank God every day for this life, and I want there to be more, though that’s not known. What is known is that I’m alive today, this minute. And that’s pretty much what we all have – this day, this moment.

The life we’re given is on a thread, so wear it well.

What people want, mainly, is to be told by some plausible authority that what they are already doing is right. I don't know know of a quicker way to become unpopular than to disagree.

Distance yourself from people who:1. Disrespect you2. Mistreat others3. Are abusive4. Lie to you5. Are negative6. Have no goals7. Use you8. Put you down

Poetry is Life. We experience poetry from the time we awake each morning and inhale that fresh breath of air. You are living poetry. Poetry is not defined by the laws of man. Inspiration is the key.

Every memory we have changes slightly each time we think about it. We add stuff we learn in other places, or we forget stuff that doesn't seem important anymore. Or you think you remember something, like from your childhood, but actually you've just seen so many pictures of it, and your parents have told you about it, so you think you remember it, but you don't. A memory is a process. Instead of a thing. Like a story we tell ourselves that changes from the standpoint we're looking at it.

It is vain futility to analyze the algebra of time.

If you are someone who dislikes, condemns and rejects new ideas, you aren’t fit to lead.

Making mistakes is important because it makes you wiser.

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

I am not here, I am somewhere else, my body is here but mind is in the skyflying with the clouds, spreading her wings of imagination to find the rainbow of happiness and joy.

Wisdom is the reward for surviving our own stupidity.

Being in love with yourself will teach how to love others.

During self-reflection, the realization came that revolution begins within.

It is futile to spend time telling stories about the fleetness of each day.

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

The best teachers have showed me that things have to be done bit by bit. Nothing that means anything happens quickly--we only think it does. The motion of drawing back a bow and sending an arrow straight into a target takes only a split second, but it is a skill many years in the making. So it is with a life, anyone's life. I may list things that might be described as my accomplishments in these few pages, but they are only shadows of the larger truth, fragments separated from the whole cycle of becoming. And if I can tell an old-time story now about a man who is walking about, waudjoset ndatlokugan, a forest lodge man, alesakamigwi udlagwedewugan, it is because I spent many years walking about myself, listening to voices that came not just from the people but from animals and trees and stones.

Every minute you spend in planning saves 10 minutes in execution; this gives you a 1,000 percent Return on Energy!

...freedom can be a full-time job if you let it.

...We find our greatest peace when we embrace something that gives meaning to our lives. Often, it is love for somebody or something we can give up our lives for, or somebody or something that we are sure will never betray us. That love could be for a partner, for our offspring, for a country or for a belief...

It's not enough to be nice in life. You've got to have nerve.

The mere fact that a boxer covers his face never means that he is much afraid of his opponent. A good punch will give a better explanation for his action!

Have you ever noticed that our maximum loss of energy occurs when we try torestrain the flow of whatever that is coming from within?

Audience can live without a movie but a movie cannot live without an audience.

Doubts are good. Confusion is excellent. Questions are awesome.All these are attempts to expand the wisdom of mind.

Winning doesn't necessarily mean you'll walk away with a trophy. Sometimes winning means you dared to show up at all to see the shocked look of your rivals.

Dream high and exceed your expectations.

Assuming is a form of giving away your power to another regarding an outcome that concerns you.

Success is the byproduct of desires, purpose-oriented actions, and persistence.

Attitude is that little thing that will make the most difference in the accomplishment of your goals.

Star in the sky is useless to the world,Star on the stage makes the difference to the world.

A simple act of kindness could be the source of great happiness.

Teaching others, he corrected himself.

I remember when I was growing up and there would be sick people in the church. I was always so sensitive to them sitting in the pews alone, and I would not pass by without saying hello. But even at those tender ages of 5 through 14, I felt like they carried the plague, and after seeing them I would turn around praying really hard to never experience sickness like that, ever. I’d pray that I wouldn’t make God angry enough to curse me like that with really awful things, but I didn’t think about grace. I did not understand that it does not work that way, that God’s grace is so much bigger than our sin because of Jesus—but I do get it now. We go through what we do so that we can fulfill God’s glory in our lives.

Value a day only by the love that you gave away. Live every day,not by spending time,but by investing all the way. Dream a daybright with kindnessand a deep compassionate ray. See a day,not with the open eyes,but with the open mind from far away.

Don't be a leader to dictate, but be a person whom everyone wants to emulate and follow.

Sacred space in whichTo distil, like amber,The best of your love.

Love is a universal language.

We are the prisoners of conformity. To get out of this prison, education is the only door and only opportunity.

Life moves very fast. It rushes from Heaven to Hell in a matter of seconds.

When you realize who you are and why you're here, then peace will be there.

Having the courage to stand up for yourself is like bringing swords to a stick fight.

The purpose of a profession is to fulfil the personal wishes of a prospect.

The poor can dream. The weak can hope. The helpless can strive. The powerless can rise.

Your teacher might be a child who takes you by the hand and asks you a question that you hadn't considered before, and your answer to the child is your answer to yourself.

Do not forget you will never live forever.

It is better to be foolish than a dilettante.

Intelligence without wisdom is like a hook without bait.

No crime is a means to an end. No crime can be rationalized.

Oh! let me love forever. Let me die in love. Life is valueless dust if love touched you never.

If you are not trying to participate or win then you are trying to fail.

Success is built on what you are able to see and create with your mind.

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.

Success comes as a result of working towards fulfilling your potential and closing the gap between who you are now and who you are capable of becoming.

The only way to get through life is to laugh your way through it. You either have to laugh or cry. I prefer to laugh. Crying gives me a headache.

Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of man.

Reason begets honesty, and honesty, if given its head, begets confidence; so consequently, there is a sort of grand authority in the stances of those who know why they are standing.

Scholars love knowledge.Philosophers love wisdom.The most knowledgeable become professors.The most wise become sages.