Wise Quotes - Page 25

we are all half fool, half wise , there is no wisdom without foolishness and no pride without shame .

The greatest weight a bird has to drop before it can fly is fear.

Teach yourself. Help yourself. Improve yourself. Enrich yourself.

I believe that we are just carriers of God's wisdom that he uses to refurnish the earth He created. You are carrying part of that wisdom in you. When it's time to offload it, do so with all passion!

Master the chaos within yourself and I promise you, you will gain the strength to withstand any storm.

Light the candle of success with the flame of excellence.

A floating leaf has more to boast about than a sinking ship.

A wise person is like a smoothly polished rock: it takes time to become either.

If you want to shine, sit before a lamp; if you want to shine brighter, sit before a fire; but if you want to shine the brightest, sit before a sage.

In my right and sober mind, it was time to go into heavy battle and conquer the mind monsters that still held me captive. I had passed many tests but now it was time to step up and fight the final battle: getting past my past. “You can’t have a positive life with a negative mind,

If birds sing without worrying about who is listening to them, and monkeys dance without worrying about who is watching them, and hyenas laugh without worrying about who is mocking them, then you too must do what you do best without worrying about who is ridiculing you.

Hate is strong, fear is mighty, jealousy is powerful, but love is invincible.

Who in the universe halts when the enemy tells them to?

Don't downgrade your dreams to upgrade your relationships.

Grass is food for elephants, but a cushion for lions.

I think it is a wise person who does not answer the door to uninvited police officers. Who knows what kind of crazy person could be standing there with a loaded gun!

Don't do anything that you wouldn't feel comfortable reading about in the newspaper the next day.

If you have power, be just; wealth, be generous; knowledge, be wise; titles, be humble; and life, be grateful.

Daisies that bring you joy are better than roses that bring you sorrow.

It doesn't matter how green a blade of grass is expected to be, when it's already smashed beneath the feet.

Grass is never green by accident.

A good leader must have the wisdom to know when a pursuit is no longer worthy of being pursued - a time when the losses of the present must be accepted - and cut - to preserve the gains and providence of the future.

A tree is naked, no matter how big, if it does not have leaves.

Library: The Temple of the Wise!

The wisest men follow their own direction.

The most intelligent people disguise the fact that they are intelligent. Wise men do not wear nametags. The more people talk about their own skills, the more desperate they are—their work should speak for itself.

The magi, as you know, were wise men--wonderfully wise men--who brought gifts to the Babe in the manger. They invented the art of giving Christmas presents. Being wise, their gifts were no doubt wise ones, possibly bearing the privilege of exchange in case of duplication. And here I have lamely related to you the uneventful chronicle of two foolish children in a flat who most unwisely sacrificed for each other the greatest treasures of their house. But in a last word to the wise of these days let it be said that of all who give gifts these two were the wisest. O all who give and receive gifts, such as they are wisest. Everywhere they are wisest. They are the magi.

Lead looked to his hand and saw sparkling chunks of glass in the cracks of the road. He saw ants running around the cracks, infinitely small. His blood ran into the cracks, creating rivers for the industrious ants to perplex over. Lead smiled at the creatures, for he understood that there is no difference between them and us in their wanderings and labor.

I don't agree that when you love, you are blind or fool. You just get wiser and see clearer what is best and of worth.

You don't have to look nice to be wise.

It is easy to give up than to endure. Always choose the latter.

Bitter wisdom is better than sweet folly.

A daisy blooming in a desert is worth more than a rose blossoming in a rainforest.

You think it's all obvious and straightforward, this world. But really, it's all in who is doing the looking.

Hardships refine a man to what he ought to be.

They oppressed us but unable to kill our spirit.

Hi ladies, Hi Girls..., If you don't add more knowledge to what you already know, you may be a virgin but may not raise your bar! Go, get extra oil!

A wise bird does not lend even the smallest of its feathers to a hunter.

I criticize by creation, not by finding fault.

You might be educated, but if you are not kind you are not wise.

You can't go back and I think that's the point of all to grow and grow until you don't want to anymore.

It is at the edge of intelligence that wisdom awaits.

Even the proud in all their boasting, must fall silent before the wise.

We don’t exist to survive. We live to strive.

You can find a better you inside of you. Why don’t you search for that?

What have I to prove, and to whom, and why? I'm keen enough to want nothing more than to live a simple, humble, unfettered life.

All things are made beautiful at a timely hour.

A wise person is the one who knows what he knows and what he does not know.

A good man can be destroyed by the association with men of evil character. A wise man can learn from them

The darkness of the storm determines the brightness of the rainbow.

If you want the most beautiful fish in the sea, make sure you have the most appealing bait.

It is not wise to abandon a belief purely due to peer pressure.

Why is wisdom so fair? Why is beauty so wise?Because all else is temporary, while beauty and wisdom are the only real and constant aspects of truth that can be perceived by human means.And I don't mean the kind of surface beauty that fades with age, or the sort of shallow wisdom that gets lost in platitudes. is before you.True wisdom then steps in, to interpret, illuminate, and form a life-altering insight.

Any man who behaves arrogantly with what little he knows, or claims to know all, only reveals to all that he really knows nothing. Real greatness does not reside inside those who feel large. The truly wise are meek.

Imagination is glorious riches of mystery.