Wisdom Quotes - Page 2

• If you are willing to look at another person's behavior toward you as a reflection of the state of their relationship with themselves rather than a statement about your value as a person. then you will, over a period of time, cease to react at all.

  Harbhajan Singh Yogi

  Inspirational, Relationship, Spiritual

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• Faith is not the belief that God will do what you want. It is the belief that God will do what is right.

  Max Lucado

  Inspirational, God, Faith

  FaceBook post by Max Lucado from Mar 19, 2012

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  The more you know the less you need to say.

  Jim Rohn

  Inspirational, Life, Knowledge

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Apr 30, 2017

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• To enjoy the rainbow, first enjoy the rain.

  Paulo Coelho

  Inspirational, Life, Rain

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from May 22, 2014

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• Do not give your attention to what others do or fail to do; give it to what you do or fail to do.

  Gautama Buddha

  Inspirational, Buddhist, Buddhism

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• Preconceived notions are the locks on the door to wisdom.

  Mary Browne

  Motivational, Wise, Optimistic

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• In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

  Albert Einstein

  Motivational, Positive, Being Strong

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  Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.

  Robert Louis Stevenson

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.

  Napoleon Hill

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Napoleon Hill (2013). “The Law of Success”, p.47, Courier Corporation

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• I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come. But I can only rest for a moment, for with freedom come responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not ended.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Perseverance

  FaceBook post by Nelson Mandela from Mar 01, 2017

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• Many people die at twenty five and aren't buried until they are seventy five.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Inspirational, Motivational, Death

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• A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.

  Muhammad Ali

  Life, Motivational, Happy Birthday

  Muhammad Ali (2016). “Muhammad Ali Unfiltered: Rare, Iconic, and Officially Authorized Photos of the Greatest”, p.201, Simon and Schuster

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  We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.

  Marcel Proust

  Wise, Im Sorry, Educational

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• What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.

  Mother Teresa

  Love, Family, Marriage

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  Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Relationship, Positive

  Mark Twain (2015). “Bite-Size Twain: Wit and Wisdom from the Literary Legend”, p.18, St. Martin's Press

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• Wise living consists perhaps less in acquiring good habits than in acquiring as few habits as possible.

  Eric Hoffer

  Life, Wise, Tradition

  Eric Hoffer (1996). “The Passionate State of Mind”

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• The end of wisdom is consultation and deliberation.

  Demosthenes

  Ends, Deliberation, Consultation

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  A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.

  John C. Maxwell

  Being Strong, Stay Strong, Mistake

  John C. Maxwell (2001). “The Power of Leadership”, p.18, David C Cook

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• The trouble is you think you have time.

  Gautama Buddha

  Inspirational, Time, Buddhist

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• Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Positive, Famous Inspirational, Believe In Yourself

  "3 Inspiring Business Lessons From Billionaire Media Mogul Oprah Winfrey" by Kim Lachance Shandrow, www.foxnews.com. August 2, 2016.

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• Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.

  Dan Rather

  Creeks, Alligators, Taunting

  "Sign-off" by Ken Auletta, www.newyorker.com. March 07, 2005.

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• To know when to be generous and when firm—that is wisdom.

  Edith Wharton

  Firm, Knows, Generous

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• Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.

  Alfred North Whitehead

  Grows, Shrinks

  Alfred North Whitehead (1967). “Aims of Education”, p.37, Simon and Schuster

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• While we are postponing, life speeds by.

  Seneca the Younger

  Inspirational, Life, Witty

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  A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.

  David Hume

  Wise, Knowledge, Men

  1748 An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, section 10, pt.1.

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