Wisdom Quotes - Page 8

We must pursue knowledge and wisdom above all other things.

The ugliest storms paint the loveliest rainbows.

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.

If I should ask thee how great dwellings are in the midst of the sea, or how many springs are in the beginning of the deep, or how many springs are above the firmament, or which are the outgoings of paradise: Peradventure thou would say unto me, ‘I never went down into the deep, nor as yet into hell, neither did I ever climb up into heaven.

Long-term goals provide focus, but inspiration comes from the accomplishment of short-term goals.

Knowledge is acquired by diligent study. But wisdom is given by the revere of God.

Gratitude raises your awareness and focus and it can inspire you to achieve better for yourself and the people around you.

Even when you don't see old age coming, you can wave it goodbye

Make time to read.

You are never left out from the experience of love. You can always give and receive love right from where you're at. It's always up to you.

Honey does not lose its sweetness because it is made by bees that sting.

Have you decided how great you want to be? It’s really up to you. Greatness is a choice.

Let people stick to their philosophy, you stick to your passion.

God is love. He who loves knows God.

Hope is a garden where dreams grow like flowers.

He who is deaf to wisdom is blind to good.

We read deeply for varied reasons, most of them familiar: that we cannot know enough people profoundly enough; that we need to know ourselves better; that we require knowledge, not just of self and others, but of the way things are.

humility is beyond our reach. if it were a product of reaching, we would instinctively be proud of reaching it. it is a gift.

To better understand God we must first shatter our own idea of God - maybe even day after day. Maybe he's too great to stay compressed in the human mind. Maybe he splits it wide open; this is why pretentious intellectualism so often fails to comprehend the concept of God: it is only accepting of what it can explain while in the process finding higher sources offensive. What we may confidently assert is that faith is the opening that allows God, this unpredictable, unseen power, to travel in and out of the mind without all the pains of confusion.

Preparation doesn't assures victory, it assures confidence.

The very essence of love is love itself without any other expectation.

Life goals hold the key to a lifetime of success.

The graveyard is the everlasting home of every man.

Human nature defeats me sometimes, how greed and spite can lurk so divisively around the utmost courage and sacrifice.

He who sacrifices his respect for love basically burns his body to obtain the light.

In life, each person cantake one of two attitudes: to build or to plant. The builders mighttake years over their tasks, but one day, they finish what they’redoing. Then they find they’re hemmed in by their own walls. Lifeloses its meaning when the building stops.Then there are those who plant. They endure storms and allthe many vicissitudes of the seasons, and they rarely rest. But,unlike a building, a garden never stops growing. And while it requiresthe gardener’s constant attention, it also allows life for thegardener to be a great adventure.Gardeners always recognize one another, because they knowthat in the history of each plant lies the growth of the wholeWorld.

Don't assume the world evolved in the order in which you discovered it.

At what point in your life do you say I have had enough... money, food, clothes, these possessions that we keep killing one another for even power and dominance? One advice, look at your age and declare that my age dictates I start doing this thing, I should stop doing this and that, I should say this and not that... in essence grow your brain to reason. Just like that.

A wolf's thoughts are seldom far from its appetite.

Every sunrise gives you reason to hope. Every darkness of night teaches you patience.

Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.

Where are you? HereWhat time is it? NowWhat are you? This moment.

There is this common notion that people are shallow and ignorant until they go out and see the world. I, on the other hand, went out and in comparison realized I was in pretty good standing.

The world’s greatest achievers have been those who have always stayed focussed on their goals and have been consistent in their efforts.

There is too much negativity in the world. Do your best to make sure you aren't contributing to it.

Ignite the light within you, it will make your world brighter.

The brillant person who does not take heed is the same as the ignorant who does not know.

People become desensitized to many things going on around them. It is because they always see it on the tv, hear it on the radio, read or watch it on the internet, hear about it at work etc. Then immoral acts are tuned to a deaf ear. Then no one wants to take action or speak up for what's right. Break the cycle and have moral character.

There is no hell; there is no heaven. In your mind, they are your own creation.

Your life is always under construction. It is your job to learn howto untangle the threads and weave a tapestry that matches your desires.

the greatest clue to changing people is to know and understand what trigger change in people and effectively apply such things in wisdom.

Blessed is the society that has oldies.

The ancient wisdom of the masters says that even a mighty oak was once a nut like you.

I have learned to thank God for what I cannot see, I have learned to trust God with what I cannot.

Suffering teaches joy.

A conscientious man, Muslim or otherwise, would never abuse his wife and then resort to the scripture to justify his actions. But a fundamentalist caveman would gloriously beat his wife whenever he likes and shamelessly quote from Quran to rationalize his monstrosity.

We all carry success gene within us, but its manifestation is our responsibility.

There is no such thing as a non-subjective world to a subjective mind.

Wisdom most of the time takes form of advice.

Impulsivity is something akin to spontaneously jumping out of an airplane and not realizing that you forgot something until about five seconds before impact.

The fullness of existence is the experience of joy and sorrow, good times and dark times, pain and healing..

Without a doubt, the most ingenious plan I could ever hope to devise would be to trade my plans for God’s.

Art is an expression of love, which you can see on the canvas.

In your love I dive to find the nectar of life.

Life is not about success; life is about joy, peace, and happiness.

Life is like butter - when things cool down it can be reshaped

Smile as if you are an angel from heaven.

Everybody wants to be on the mountaintop, but if you'll remember, mountaintops are rocky and cold. There is no growth on the top of a mountain. Sure, the view is great, but what's a view for? A view just gives us a glimpse of our next destination-our next target. But to hit that target, we must come off the mountain, go through the valley, and begin to climb the next slope. It is in the valley that we slog through the lush grass and rich soil, learning and becoming what enables us to summit life's next peak.

Act correctly. Incorrect action cannot be justified by incorrect action. An incorrect action taken to cover an incorrect action is doubly incorrect.

If you are happy then you are the winner in the race we call life.