Wisdom Quotes - Page 9

• A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

  Francis Bacon

  Inspirational, Success, Graduation

  1625 Essays, no.52,'Of Ceremonies and Respects'.

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• Truth does not become more true by virtue of the fact that the entire world agrees with it, nor less so even if the whole world disagrees with it.

  Maimonides

  Truth, Doe, World

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• Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.

  David McCullough

  Famous Motivational, Mountain, World

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• The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Inspirational, Wise, Writing

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• Exaggeration is truth that has lost its temper.

  Khalil Gibran

  Inspirational, Anger, Exaggeration Is

  Sand and Foam (1926) p. 59

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• Anger and hatred are the real enemies that we must confront and defeat, not the 'enemies' who appear from time to time in our lives.

  Dalai Lama

  Life, Spiritual, Time

  Dalai Lama, Sofia Stril-Rever (2010). “My Spiritual Journey”, p.28, Harper Collins

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• When the student is ready the teacher will appear.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Education, Teacher

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• Learn the wisdom of compromise, for it is better to bend a little then to break

  Jane Wells

  Islamic, Littles, Compromise

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• Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.

  William Cowper

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• A short saying often contains much wisdom.

  Sophocles

  Motivational, Success, Inspire

  "Aletes". Play by Sophocles, Fragment 99,

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• Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Education, Lying, Teaching

  "Encore : A Continuing Anthology‬". Book by Smith Dent, p. 309, March 1945.

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  To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing and be nothing.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen" by Elbert Hubbard, (p. 370), 1898.

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• Material objects give rise to physical happiness, while spiritual development gives rise to mental happiness. Since we experience both physical and mental happiness, we need both material and spiritual development. This is why, for our own good and that of society we need to balance material progress with inner development.

  Dalai Lama

  Happiness, Being Happy, Spiritual

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• In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

  Albert Einstein

  Motivational, Positive, Being Strong

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• Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

  Laozi

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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  It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.

  Voltaire

  Freedom, Fool, Vegan

  "Le dîner du comte de Boulainvilliers: Troisième Entretien". Book by Voltaire, 1767.

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  The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

  Isaac Asimov

  Life, Wise, Emo

  "Isaac Asimov's Book of Science and Nature Questions". Book edited with Jason A. Shulman, p. 281, 1988.

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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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• An apt and true reply was given to Alexander the Great by a pirate who had been seized. For when that king had asked the man what he meant by keeping hostile possession of the sea, he answered with bold pride. "What thou meanest by seizing the whole earth; but because I do it with a petty ship, I am called a robber, whilst thou who dost it with a great fleet art styled emperor."

  Saint Augustine

  Art, Kings, Pride

  Saint Augustine of Hippo, Catholic Way Publishing (2015). “The City of God”, p.161, Catholic Way Publishing

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• Wisdom is what's left after we've run out of personal opinions.

  Cullen Hightower

  Running, Personal Opinions, Belief

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  I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.

  Alexander the Great

  Inspirational, Leadership, Peace

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• Wisdom is the only thing which can relieve us from the sway of the passions and the fear of danger, and which can teach us to bear the injuries of fortune itself with moderation, and which shows us all the ways which lead to tranquility and peace.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Passion, Way, Bears

  Marcus Tullius Cicero (1853). “The Academic Questions, Treatise de Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of Marcus Tullius Cicero: With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero”, p.114

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  Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.

  Aesop

  Inspirational, Motivational, Wise

  Aesop, Thomas James (1872). “Aesop's Fables: A New Version, Chiefly from Original Sources”, p.36

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  To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.

  Khalil Gibran

  Inspirational, Life, Dream

  "Become a Conscious Creator: A Return to Self-Empowerment". Book by Lisa Ford, 2007.

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• Teach a man to read and write, and you have put into his hands the great keys of the wisdom-box.

  Thomas Huxley

  Writing, Men, Keys

  Thomas Henry Huxley, Cyril Bibby (1971). “T. H. Huxley on Education”, p.85, Cambridge University Press

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