Wise Quotes - Page 6

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  A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

  Inspirational, Travel, Peace

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• Push YOURSELF to the edge of YOUR limits. That's how they expand

  Robin Sharma

  Motivational, Limits, Pushing

  Twitter post from Nov 15, 2016

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• A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Fear

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• Anyone can find fault. It is the wise person who finds that which encourages another in the turmoils and strifes of the day.

  Edgar Cayce

  Encouraging, Wisdom, Support

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• The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.

  Aristotle

  Pain, Philosophical, Pleasure

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• A wise woman wishes to be no one's enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone's victim.

  Maya Angelou

  Enemy, Wish, Victim

  "No surrender" by Gary Younge, www.theguardian.com. May 24, 2002.

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• Who then is free? The wise man who can govern himself.

  Horace

  Life, Success, Wisdom

  "Satires", II. 7. 83 in "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, (pp. 878-882), 1922.

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• A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.

  Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

  Inspirational, Funny, Wisdom

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• Expecting perfection from ourselves or others is not what holiness is about.

  Kevin DeYoung

  Christian, Expectations, Perfection

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• The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.

  Khalil Gibran

  Inspirational, Education, Wisdom

  Khalil Gibran (2007). “Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces”

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• Love your Enemies, for they tell you your Faults.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Love, Leadership, Wisdom

  Benjamin Franklin (2012). “Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.38, Courier Corporation

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  Great minds think alone.

  Wiz Khalifa

  Meaningful, Wisdom, Being Alone

  Twitter post from Aug 4, 2011

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• We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Wisdom, Future, Responsibility

  George Bernard Shaw (2007). “Back to Methuselah”, p.315, 1st World Publishing

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• Create each day anew by clothing yourself with heaven and earth, bathing yourself with wisdom and love, and placing yourself in the heart of Mother Nature.

  Morihei Ueshiba

  Mother, Heart, Heaven

  Morihei Ueshiba, John Stevens (2010). “The Art of Peace”, p.35, Shambhala Publications

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• There is little favorable to be said about poverty, but it was often an incubator of true friendship. Many people will appear to befriend you when you are wealthy, but precious few will do the same when you are poor. If wealth is a magnet, poverty is a kind of repellent. Yet, poverty often brings out the true generosity in others.

  Nelson Mandela

  Friendship, Wisdom, True Friend

  FaceBook post by Nelson Mandela from May 18, 2015

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• A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.

  Moliere

  Patience, Wisdom, Men

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• Like the bee gathering honey from the different flowers, the wise person
  accepts the essence of the different scriptures and sees only the good in all religions.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Flower, Essence, Gathering

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• It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see.

  Winston Churchill

  Inspirational, Life, Wisdom

  Sir Winston Churchill (1954). “Sir Winston Churchill: a self-portrait”

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• Man can climb to the highest summits, but he cannot dwell there long.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Inspirational, Men, Long

  George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Plays of George Bernard Shaw (Illustrated): Including Renowned Titles like Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, The Inca Of Perusalem, Macbeth Skit, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion”, p.522, e-artnow

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• The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Life, Positive, Birthday

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• Authority, power, and wealth do not change a man; they only reveal him

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Change, Inspiring, Wisdom

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• Simplify, simplify, simplify.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Life, Philosophy, Philosophical

  Henry David Thoreau (1937). “The selected works of Thoreau”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)

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• There would be nothing to frighten you if you refused to be afraid.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Positive, Courage

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• It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Motivation

  "The Moral Maxims and Reflections". Book by François de La Rochefoucauld. Maxim 132, 1678.

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• If you wait until all the lights are 'green' before you leave home, you'll never get started on your trip to the top.

  Zig Ziglar

  Success, Business, Home

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Aug 08, 2014

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