Wise Words Quotes - Page 23

• Do just once what others say you can't do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again.

  James Cook

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire.

  Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.

  Paulo Coelho

  Love, Life, Relationship

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Feb 25, 2014

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  Hate crimes are the scariest thing in the world because these people really believe what they're doing is right.

  Cher

  Hate, Believe, People

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• By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.

  Confucius

  Wise, Wisdom, Attitude

  "Words of Wisdom to Live By". Book by Alfred Armand Montapert, 1986.

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

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

  Codice Trivulziano 281

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• Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Inspirational, Thank You, Thanksgiving

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• The price of greatness is responsibility.

  Winston Churchill

  Inspirational, Success, Leadership

  Winston Churchill (2013). “Never Give In!: Winston Churchill's Speeches”, p.292, A&C Black

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• The greater the effort, the greater the glory.

  Pierre Corneille

  Perseverance, Work, Effort

  "Character: Pauline". "Polyeucte" by Pierre Corneille, act IV, scene v, 1642.

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• Coincidences are spiritual puns.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Spiritual, Wisdom, Destiny

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• Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.

  Confucius

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• Opportunities are often things you haven't noticed the first time around.

  Catherine Deneuve

  Inspirational, Time, Adventure

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• A jug fills drop by drop.

  Gautama Buddha

  Inspirational, Positive, Inspiring

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• Tragedies do happen. We can discover the reason, blame others, imagine how different our lives would be had they not occurred. But none of that is important: they did occur, and so be it. From there onward we must put aside the fear that they awoke in us and begin to rebuild

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Moving On, Encouraging

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Jun 02, 2011

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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, Wisdom

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

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• Stubbornness destroys good advice.

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Wise, Wisdom, Advice

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• If we don't believe in free expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.

  Noam Chomsky

  Inspirational, Relationship, Freedom

  Interview with John Pilger on BBC's "The Late Show", November 25, 1992.

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• Remember one very fundamental thing about life: Any experience that has not been lived will hang around you, will persist: "Finish me! Live me! Complete me!" There is an intrinsic quality in every experience that it tends and wants to be finished, completed. Once completed, it evaporates; incomplete, it persists, it tortures you, it haunts you, it attracts your attention. It says, "What are you going to do about me? I am still incomplete - fulfill me!"

  Rajneesh

  Inspirational, Life, Wise

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• When I have listened to my mistakes, I have grown.

  Hugh Prather

  Mistake, Words Of Wisdom, Deep Thought

  Hugh Prather (2009). “Notes to Myself: My Struggle to Become a Person”, p.38, Bantam

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• The most interesting things in life happen just on the other side of your comfort zone.

  Michael Hyatt

  Life, Motivational, Interesting

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• The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.

  Socrates

  Life, Wisdom, Being Yourself

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• For me and my family personally, September 11 was a reminder that life is fleeting, impermanent, and uncertain. Therefore, we must make use of every moment and nurture it with affection, tenderness, beauty, creativity, and laughter.

  Deepak Chopra

  Life, Laughter, Creativity

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• Joy comes not through possession or ownership but through a wise and loving heart.

  Gautama Buddha

  Love, Happiness, Happy

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• I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on the frivolous youth of today, for certainly all youth are reckless beyond words. When I was a boy, we were taught to be discrete and respectful of elders, but the present youth are exceedingly wise and impatient of restraint.

  Hesiod

  Wise, Patience, Hope

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