Wisdom Quotes - Page 160

To succeed, you have to say ‘no’ more often than you say ‘yes’. This is easier when you have a definite purpose or clarity on the desired outcome.

A lion does not become king of the jungle hunting mice.

A man that knows your worth doesn't need to be told how to treat you. That's a given! You won't have to question his feelings, his motives, nor his intentions. How will I know? You ask. See, he will freely show you how he feels and prove it consistently. If you're settling for anything less than what you deserve. Then, maybe you don't even know your worth.

The failure of the nation lies in the failure of its citizens.

A student, filled with emotion and crying, implored, "Why is there so much suffering?"Suzuki Roshi replied, "No reason.

What is my strength, that I should hope? Is my strength the strength of stone? Or is my flesh of brass? Is not my help in me.

Every man needs his Siren To check his courage and strength When he hears her song In his travels through the unknown.

Focus comes from a promise of the future, and therefore the strength and longevity of your focus will seldom exceed the strength of your purpose, vision, dreams or goal.

It will never be all that I want it to be…But it is always twice what I expected.

I had a dream that I made millions of dollars in life and was the happiest girl… when I woke up I realized that money could never buy my happiness in life, because my happiness comes from the ones I love.

But that was life: Nobody got a guided tour to their own theme park. You had to hop on the rides as they presented themselves, never knowing whether you would like the one you were in line for...or if the bastard was going to make you throw up your corn dog and your cotton candy all over the place.

Knowledge without application is simply knowledge. Applying the knowledge to one’s life is wisdom — and that is the ultimate virtue

Whoever gives knowledge to a fool loses itAnd who keeps it from the deserving does wrong.

Generosity is not only giving but also a sign of caring.

To find the inner peace be utmost honest to yourself.

Time is the source of all things

The mistakes of the world are warning message for you.

Quit aspiring and dreaming and start being.

Love is a drug for me and I am addicted to it.

Love is the innermost energy, innermost fire which wants to come out always and spread all over.

You're not to be around people who understand your weaknesses, but rather those will not put you in circumstances that bring out your weaknesses. It's basic logic that your weakness is another person's strength or opportunity.

The consciousness inhabiting your body is exactly the same as the consciousness inhabiting my body. We are one. The delusion that we are separate beings comes from identifying with the world of form—with our names, our bodies, our roles, our beliefs, our thoughts, and all of the mental constructs that we have created; but even these are more connected to the universe than we realize.

We live in a world where a hut made of clay is more durable than brick buildings, because poverty doesn't allow it to be reconstructed.

The sea, the sea…Man alone,Passive, unawareIn his elemental sadness.

The Lord gives the bread of adversity and the water of affliction for spiritual rebirth.

A real businessman value his partners like friends and his partnership like friendship.

Wisdom comes from not only in the understanding that often times we say no to things too easily and quickly, but also in knowing that that ‘no’ for the sake of your physical and mental wellbeing can also be a reasonable and grounded decision for which you shouldn’t feel the need to feel guilty.

Where there is poverty and ignorance, there will be suffering, cruelty, corruption and intolerance.We must change everything and focus on education and empowering lives. Start in your own town and you will be a part of the changes you want to see happen in the world.

An Asetian never tries to talk louder than the crowd surrounding him. An Asetian becomes that crowd.

There are three things that a beggar and a rich person share every day: the sun, the moon, and the stars.

It takes courage to love someone because it's a wonderful adventure.

If roses were not special weeds would not envy them.

He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know.

Some of you may feel that if you don't do something soon to change your life, you will be left by the roadside, alone, homeless and in despair. But is the despair not there as you reach and grapple to create or manifest your desires through your own effort and will? What happens if or when those things appear in your life? Joy? Peace? Or a temporary sense of relief? What if it is relief from the wanting you have been craving for so long, not the outcome, but the relief from the constant wanting.

The secret of happiness is love and secret of love is nonjudgmental care.

Without thoughts the mind cannot exist only consciousness

Let us fill our mind with kindness, heart with love, and life with joy.

First make your business itself a brand and then every product you create will be accepted as a brand.

Our environment, including the physical body, reflect our inner state - what we are inwardly, our eternal nature. When we renew our mind and transform ourselves, our environment responds to this change automatically.

THE GAP: Closed-Mindedness can create it, Narrow-Mindedness can widen it, Open-Mindedness can close it, Like-Mindedness… Will Bridge It!

True beauty is measured by the number of pearls within you, not those around your neck.

We should forgive our enemies, but not before they are hanged

Love others, not because they deserve your love, but because the universe deserves peace.

Be yourself! Don’t be somebody! Be humble to authority, but be assertive! Mind your solemn duty and responsibility to the Supreme God, for you shall give account to Him in the end! You were created uniquely, mind your mind! Mind the things that can change your mindset, and mind people! People are always alert to do all things possible to change your mind set. They wish you become the reason for their joy even if it causes you an inner pain! They wish you halt a purposeful journey. They wish you look and see, hear and listen, think and act, as they do! Their joy is to see you being like them, and their sorrow and envy is to see you living your true you! Be yourself! If only you living your true you please God, no problem exists! Just be yourself and mind your mind!

The highest wisdom is to know that you know nothing.

Slaves of wisdom are masters of many.

As a soul, you have the freedom – and earned responsibility – to transpose your personal process of evolution, to manifest your greatest talents and vision, into the work that matters to you most as a means to personal redemption.

Never be defeated by roadblocks life throws in your way. Instead, conquer them. You are much stronger than you give yourself credit for.

Those that succeed most in life are those that see wisdom in life as a positive venture.

I often think myself to be so ingenious that I don’t even realize that my own plans may actually be my own undoing. Therefore, I might be wise to realize that God’s plans undo what I’ve done that’s undoing me.

When you think it’s there it will be there. When you think it’s not there still it will be there.It is like a mirror which needs another mirror to see it. It is mind.

I was thinking, and realised how simple my goal has been— just to be me! I didn't want to be a good person and change the world; I just wanted to be me! Against all odds, I wanted to make sure that I turned out as myself and not into my family, my society, my religion... I wanted to make sure that I turned into me! But then after that first realisation, I made a second realisation; and that is, that becoming yourself against all odds is probably the highest attainment you could ever dream of or hope for! After all, the minute we are born, we are born into a world that isn't interested in making us who we are; but rather, is interested in making us who they think we are supposed to be! It is a most courageous act to become yourself, no matter what! And you can move mountains and change the world without trying to! As long as you fight for you!

Never again!" commanded his will. "Again! Tomorrow!" begged his heart.

I always knew what was most important to me. When I was growing up, nothing was more important than golf, but that’s the attitude of a young person who hasn’t a care in the world. Later on I figured it out. Family was first. Always. Then golf and business come after.

Adversity sure does gives you trouble, but it keeps you humble.

A woman’s love is all a man should expect from his wife. That love could be translated into so many positive things, especially if it is reciprocated.

Midnight's the only time where you can be both in the past, present, and future.

The most easiest thing is to leave, abandon or forget somebody.. Difficult is to be with someone, after all it comes with responsibility which not everyone fulfill.

Never since the time of Copernicus have so many experts been so wrong so often with so little humility.

I am the most important person to me. I am the most important person in the entire universe to me. I am the centre of my own universe.