Wise Quotes - Page 8

If men could fit water into their pockets, the ocean would be empty.

It is the roof that fights the rain, but the builder who gets all the glory.

Don't waste dollars counting cents.

A wolf can only curse a lion when surrounded by its peers.

Wind either breaks a tree or teaches it to dance.

We must experience Heaven on earth;May your homes, surroundings and work places portray a safe clean environment.

We are strengthening by different experiences in life;Sad times, happy moments.Poverty, riches.Failure, success.Troubles, good times.Losing, winning.

The truth is, there is good and bad in everybody, in every nation, in every race, and in every religion. To hear someone say that all the people that belong to a certain country, race, or religion are bad — is extremely untruthful and makes the person making the statement lose credibility right away. We are all flawed and even nature is flawed. Nobody is perfect, and no country, race or religion is perfect. Duality and polarity are imprinted in everything in nature — in all humans, and even within ourselves. For example, there are those who are ignorant, and those who are wise.

My creed on the subject of slavery is short. Slavery per se is not sin. It is a social condition ordained from the beginning of the world for the wisest purposes, benevolent and disciplinary, by Divine Wisdom.

May God strengthen and brighten your path.

The spoon’s color does not change the soup’s taste.

Imagination is the wonder of the wise.

A tree is only as good as the seed it is stems from.

Every new morning brings new strength, new hope and new vision.

Be like the sun; bear with those in the dark, but keep shining your light.

Happy soul, happy life.

So may the New Year be a happy one to you, happy to many more whose happiness depends on you!

Starting over is opportunity informed by failure, which is opportunity made intelligent.

This life is quite a rave- few heartaches, some long waits, altering faiths & breaking cliches!

If bees only gathered nectar from perfect flowers, they wouldn’t be able to make even a single drop of honey.

You must nurture the force within you. You are the only person that can behold the divine force for your divine purpose.

May bless your journey on earth!

I do this so you cannot help but hear. a wise man views a moonless night with fear.

The dark hills, with the darker spruces marching over them, looked grim on early falling nights, but Ingleside bloomed with firelight and laughter, though the winds come in from the Atlantic singing of mournful things. "Why isn't the wind happy, Mummy?" asked Walter one night. "Because it is remembering all the sorrow of the world since it began," answered Anne.

I have plenty of time... if I am not wise... I could lose it like the games in which you gamble.

For God has not given us the spirit of fear;but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. -2 Timothy 1: 7 (NKJV)

Denial of the Self accomplishes nothing.

Think Wisely and act which leads to triumphant moment.

Real greatness does not reside inside those who feel large. The truly wise are meek.

I should avoid that emotion, when I laugh I always think that I'm somehow an a guy who lowers his IQ.

So, there’s this hornet’s nest. And there’s this long stick. And then there’s me. How I walk away from all of this will depend on whether I realize that some things go together and some things don’t no matter how hard you try.

Money can buy you knowledge, but not the wisdom to use it wisely.

There's poverty in wealth. If a man is wealthy without good health, is he not poor? If a man is wealthy without children, is he not poor? If a man is wealthy without God, is he not poor? If a man is wealthy without giving alms, is he not poor? If a man is wealthy without wisdom, is he not poor? Then there's a great lack in riches.

When I was young, I thought I was a very smart and learned person.But now, the more I read, the more I learn, the more I think, the humbler I become.

We live in a blatantly corrupt world and smart people engage in the wise practice of risk management.

If you have a house but no home, you are homeless; knowledge but no wisdom, you are imprudent; acquaintances but no friends, you are lonely; money but no happiness, you are poor; and life but no joy, you are lifeless.

I would rather be kind than wise.

Wise people are always loving and humble.

No one could be so wise as Thurlow looked.

Never condemn yourself. Always affirm positive words into your life.

Scars mean you fought. Wrinkles mean you lived. Heartache means you loved.

Those do dare take risks, shall fulfill their passions.

He who despises a poor man’s wisdom has turned away great riches.

Bait, no matter how big, is useless if fish don’t want it.

It is better to be a lion for one day than a wolf for a lifetime.

Without darkness, how could we have appreciated the light?

A bird will only fall from the sky when it stops believing in its ability to fly, and a fish will only drown in water when it stops believing in its ability to swim.

In Egyptian Arabic, the word 'insan' means 'human'. If we remove the 'n', the word becomes 'insa', which means 'to forget'. So you see, the word 'forget' is taken from the word 'human'. And since it was God who created our minds and hearts, He knew from the very beginning that we would quickly forget our history, only to keep repeating the same mistakes over and over again. So the ultimate test of every human is to seek wisdom. After all, wisdom is gained from having a good memory. Only after we have passed this test will we evolve to become better humans. Man is only a forgetful mortal, but God — He sees, hears and remembers everything.

You are the light in the midst of darkness.

As we plant in tears, we shall harvest with joy.

Use the arrows failure throws at you to hunt for success.

Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation; all which may be guides to an outward moral virtue, though religion were not; but superstition dismounts all these, and erecteth an absolute monarchy in the minds of men. Therefore atheism did never perturb states; for it makes men wary of themselves, as looking no further: and we see the times inclined to atheism (as the time of Augustus Cæsar) were civil times. But superstition hath been the confusion of many states, and bringeth in a new primum mobile, that ravisheth all the spheres of government. The master of superstition is the people; and in all superstition wise men follow fools; and arguments are fitted to practice, in a reversed order.

Use fear to become braver, pain to become stronger, trials to become wiser, and misfortune to become better.

I am mission and must complete it.

When you strike the shepherd you strike the sheep.

Though the object of being a Great Power is to be able to fight a Great War, the only way of remaining a Great Power is not to fight one.

Believe this, “the higher you go, the further you see” and also “the further you see the clearer you hear; “the clearer you hear, the wiser you become”!

If you don’t reach out to me when I am in distress, do you want to celebrate my success?

When a wolf is hungry it befriends sheep.

Busy hands achieve more than idle tongues.