Words Of Wisdom Quotes - Page 13

• Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.

  Plato

  Wise, Wisdom, Witty

  442 Copy quote

• The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.

  Michelangelo

  Inspirational, Happiness, Inspiring

  181 Copy quote

• Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

  Samuel Taylor Coleridge

  Inspirational, Life, Wisdom

  Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1838). “The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Preface. Formula fidei de ss. Trinitate. Nightly prayer. Notes on the book of common prayer; Hooker; Field; Donne; Henry More; Heinrichs; Hacket; Jeremy Taylor; The pilgrim's progress; John Smith. Letter to a godchild”, p.186

  84 Copy quote

  Show source

• Happiness belongs to the self sufficient.

  Aristotle

  Inspirational, Happiness, Happy

  77 Copy quote
• 

  The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

  Thomas Paine

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Thomas Paine (1817). “The Political Works of Thomas Paine: In Two Volumes”

  137 Copy quote

  Show source

• A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.

  Francis of Assisi

  Inspirational, Happiness, Summer

  116 Copy quote

• Fight the enemy with the weapons he lacks.

  Alexander Suvorov

  Military, Fighting, Enemy

  "Suvorov". Book by K. Ossipov, 1945.

  61 Copy quote

  Show source

• Most good things have been said far too many times and just need to be lived.

  Shane Claiborne

  Needs, Good Things, Said

  Shane Claiborne (2010). “The Irresistible Revolution: Living As an Ordinary Radical”, p.24, ReadHowYouWant.com

  81 Copy quote

  Show source

• Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation.

  Rumi

  Sympathy, Death, True Love

  1205 Copy quote

• Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

  Mark Twain

  Life, Graduation, Wise

  "Mark Twain, selected writings of an American skeptic". Book by Mark Twain, 1983.

  173 Copy quote

  Show source

• Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.

  Rumi

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  "Path for Greatness : Work as Spiritual Service". Book by Linda J. Ferguson, p. 51, 2000.

  106 Copy quote

  Show source

• The most important things are the hardest to say

  Stephen King

  I Love You, Valentines Day, Communication

  Stephen King (2016). “Different Seasons”, p.309, Simon and Schuster

  31 Copy quote

  Show source

• Things do not change; we change.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Inspirational, Life, Change

  Henry David Thoreau (2009). “Walden”, p.212, Cosimo, Inc.

  45 Copy quote

  Show source

• He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.

  Aristotle

  Freedom, Fear, Athlete

  "Florilegium". Book by Joannes Stobaeus, 1536.

  199 Copy quote

  Show source

• When a pure devotee or spiritual master speak, what he says should be accepted as having been directly spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the Parampara System.

  A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

  Inspirational, God, Spiritual

  96 Copy quote

• If Allah has written for you happiness, no one can steal that from you, and if He has written for your heart to break, then no-one can mend it but He, so always put your trust in Allah.

  Aaidh ibn Abdullah al-Qarni

  Happiness, Trust, Faith

  64 Copy quote

• As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

  Codice Trivulziano 281

  126 Copy quote

  Show source

• 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, Wisdom

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

  16 Copy quote

  Show source

• Wisdom begins in wonder.

  Socrates

  Wise, Spiritual, Wisdom

  130 Copy quote

• If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Change, Success

  41 Copy quote

• You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Wisdom, Art, Military

  133 Copy quote

• Neglect starts out as an infection then becomes a disease.

  Jim Rohn

  Wise, Entrepreneur, Disease

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Apr 24, 2017

  38 Copy quote

  Show source

• People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.

  Nhat Hanh

  Moving On, Depression, Letting Go

  Joseph Emet, Thich Nhat Hanh (2015). “Mindfulness Meditation: For a Quieter Mind, Self-Awareness and Healthy Living”, p.125, Souvenir Press

  87 Copy quote

  Show source
• 

  Patience is the companion of wisdom.

  Saint Augustine

  Inspirational, Patience, Spiritual

  "The De Patientia of St. Augustine: A Translation with an Introduction and Commentary" by Saint Augustine (of Hippo), Paul Bryan, 1963.

  578 Copy quote

  Show source

• I love you because all the loves in the world are like different rivers flowing into the same lake where they meet and are transformed into a single love that becomes rain and blesses the earth.

  Paulo Coelho

  Love, Spiritual, Wisdom

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Oct 15, 2011

  14 Copy quote

  Show source