Wisdom Quotes - Page 7

• The less you try to impress, the more impressive you are.

  Denis Waitley

  Deep Thought, Trying, Wise Words

  Denis Waitley (1999). “The Psychology of Winning for the 21st Century”, Waitley Institute

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• If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Success

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• When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home.

  Tecumseh

  Life, Death, Song

  "A Sourcebook for Earth's Community of Religions". Book by Joel Diederik Beversluis, 1993.

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• Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.

  David Starr Jordan

  Inspirational, Life, Integrity

  David Starr Jordan (1929). “The Trend of the American University”, p.71, Stanford University Press

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  Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.

  Aristotle

  Life, Success, Time

  Socrates, Plato, Aristotle (1967). “Wit and Wisdom of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle: Being a Treasury of Thousands of Glorious, Inspiring and Imperishable Thoughts, Views and Observations of the Three Great Greek Philosophers, Classified Under about Four Hundred Subjects for Comparative Study”

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• If you're doing your best, you won't have any time to worry about failure.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Time, Stress, Failure

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• An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight... the truly wise person is colorblind.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Wise, Attitude, Optimistic

  1965 Quoted in CBS News tribute,14 Jan.

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  Great minds think alone.

  Wiz Khalifa

  Wise, Meaningful, Being Alone

  Twitter post from Aug 4, 2011

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• If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.

  Anatole France

  Funny, Stupid, Humor

  "Listening and Speaking : A Guide to Effective Oral Communication". Book by Ralph G. Nichols and Thomas R. Lewis, 1954.

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• It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.

  Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

  Life, Positive, Knowledge

  'The Poet at the Breakfast Table' (1872) ch. 10

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• A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Inspirational, Long, Experience

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• Mindfulness gives you time. Time gives you choices. Choices, skillfully made, lead to freedom. You don't have to be swept away by your feeling. You can respond with wisdom and kindness rather than habit and reactivity.

  Henepola Gunaratana

  Inspirational, Time, Buddhist

  Bhante Henepola Gunaratana (2010). “Beyond Mindfulness in Plain English: An Introductory Guide to Deeper States of Meditation”, p.43, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• You don't get character because you're successful; you build character because of the hardships you face.

  Herman Edwards

  Success, Character, Growth

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• Silence does not always mark wisdom.

  Samuel Taylor Coleridge

  Inspirational, Silence, Doe

  Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Henry Nelson Coleridge (1851). “Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge”, p.44

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• If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.

  Mother Teresa

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Christian

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• The eyes are the mirror of the soul and reflect everything that seems to be hidden; and like a mirror, they also reflect the person looking into them.

  Paulo Coelho

  Eye, Reflection, Mirrors

  "Manuscript Found in Accra". Book by Paulo Coelho, 2012.

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• A loving heart is the truest wisdom.

  Charles Dickens

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Charles Dickens (2007). “David Copperfield”, Bloomsbury Pub Limited

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• When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.

  Socrates

  Philosophy, Wish, Want

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  Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

  Khalil Gibran

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.

  Doug Larson

  Inspirational, Wise, Funny Life

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• Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

  Jim Rohn

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Apr 14, 2017

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• Men who love wisdom should acquaint themselves with a great many particulars.

  Heraclitus

  Men, Intelligence, Should

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• Don't gain the world and lose your soul; wisdom is better than silver or gold.

  Bob Marley

  Inspirational, Music, Song

  Bob Marley (1982*). “Bob Marley & Other Sounds' Lyrics”

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• Don’t depend too much on anyone in this world because even your own shadow leaves you when you are in darkness.

  Ibn Taymiyyah

  Spiritual, Betrayal, Islamic

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  I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Courage

  Nelson Mandela (2012). “Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom”, p.18, Simon and Schuster

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