Wise Quotations Quotes - Page 4

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.

You are not honored for the fruit you pick, but for the trees you plant.

Knowledge is the path, understanding is the way, wisdom is the highway, and enlightenment is the destination.

The elephant is the largest, but not the fiercest. The giraffe is the tallest, but not the strongest. The cheetah is the fastest, but not the wisest. The ant is the smallest, but not the gentlest.

Water has no mouth, but swallows many. Light has no hands, but touches many. Wind has no feet, but carries many. Darkness has no teeth, but devours many.

The ocean does not lose its splendor because it lost a few drops.

A tree dances for the wind not because it enjoys it, but because it doesn’t want to break.

If a lion invites you home for dinner, it is you he wants to serve as a meal to his guests.

Joy is the best companion, virtue is the noblest acquaintance, wisdom is the cleverest friend, and love is the kindest soul mate.

Light up the radiant flame of conscience, goodwill and compassion in your heart, and go over the length and breadth of your society in the pursuit of shedding light over the whole world. And in time, you’ll become a glorious sun that will shine over the entire human population.

Don't pluck a rose's petals and then ask the rose why it is sad.

Be brave and upright. Shred the fake mask of humility into pieces. And put on the mask of arrogance if needed. Take the whole responsibility of your surrounding society on your own shoulders. If you consider yourself a human being, who cares for humanity, then, become a brave responsible citizen of the whole world. If not a big banyan tree, at least be like a mango tree under the shade of which a few people can rest. You are the architects of this beautiful world. Build it your way. And nourish it with your modern conscience.

Pleasure is a kind servant, but a cruel master.

Stir the world with your skills, shake the world with your talents, move the world with your brilliance, change the world with your genius.

Historical experiences of this absolute godliness gave rise to all the scriptures in the world. Hence, the scriptures themselves don’t account for the actual globally prevalent psychological element of faith or divinity in the human society. Faith is a crucial evolutionary trait of the human mind, selected by Mother Nature as an internal coping- mechanism.

Hatred doesn’t need company. It stews in its own loneliness and can grow still. Love needs companions. Love alone is daunted. Love together is unbound and unrestricted.

If you tend to a flower, it will bloom, no matter how many weeds surround it.

There are more things in our biology that make us one, than there are to set us apart.

All I want is to be at service of humanity, rather than being a teacher. I cannot teach anyone anything I can only make them think.

Trees generously share their fruit.Bees generously share their honey.Flowers generously share their perfume. Do likewise.

Timeless wisdom brings timeless blessings.

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.

If the grass is greener on the other side, start watering your own.

A river continues to flow despite losing a few drops at each turn.

Love treats its enemies better than hate treats its friends.

The sun is intelligent because it never rises too early, and wise because it never sets too late.

You cannot fast-forward time, you cannot rewind it, and you cannot pause it; you can only waste or benefit from it.

If you teach a wolf how to hunt, it will reward you by devouring you.

Be pure, live a conscientious life, defend your dignity and be loving to others.

Weakness is weaker when discovered by others.

Be like the sun; warm to everyone, even your enemies.

A small sharp axe clears a forest quicker than a big blunt one.

A hunter’s meal is in proportion to his skill.

It is in vain to chase two birds at the same time, even if you have a thousand legs.

Be humble to those who praise you, pleasant to those who honor you, kind to those who cherish you, good to those who love you, and generous to those who adore you.

Learn what you can, teach what you know, live how you ought.

Love sees more with its eyes closed than hate with its eyes open.

If you stop tending to flowers when they lose a few petals, you will never grow a garden.

If you have the power to think, you have the power to change your world.

The loveliest roses sometimes bear the ugliest thorns.

A rainbow is not afraid of showing its true colors because it knows it is beautiful inside out.

What we are at this very moment, is determined by the sum total of all our experiences till this moment.

Your feet may be small, but travel much. Your hands may be little, but conquer much. Your eyes may be tiny, but perceive much. Your ears may be modest, but heed much.

Truth is straight like a line. Virtue is firm like a wall. Wisdom is tall like a mountain. Love is wide like an ocean.

What you think is a seed, what you say is the bud, and what you do is the fruit.

If you don't take inventory of your blessings, ingratitude will try to steal them from you.

Darkness is a prison from which only light escapes.

A gardener tending to his flowers is as noble as a warrior battling his opponents.

An angel who makes you cry is better than a devil who makes you smile.

In a world full of daisies dare to be a rose.

At times, look back towards your ancient days, drink deep from the eternal fountain of wisdom long gone, and then look ahead.

Religion without reason is like making love without love.