Words Of Wisdom Quotes - Page 12

• I never learned from a man who agreed with me.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Wise, Wisdom, Learning

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• Philosophy is the sum total of all that you know and what you decide is valuable.

  Jim Rohn

  Life, Wise, Philosophy

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Dec 25, 2016

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  Great minds think alone.

  Wiz Khalifa

  Wise, Meaningful, Wisdom

  Twitter post from Aug 4, 2011

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• Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

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• What you do to-day that is worthwhile, inspires others to act at some future time.

  Marcus Garvey

  African American, Inspire, Worthwhile

  Marcus Garvey (2015). “Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey”, p.6, Ravenio Books

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• Modern education is premised strongly on materialistic values. It is vital that when educating our children's brains that we do not neglect to educate their hearts, a key element of which has to be the nurturing of our compassionate nature.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Sympathy, Education

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• While people are often content to criticize and blame others for what goes wrong, surely we should at least attempt to put forward constructive ideas. One thing is for certain: given human beings' love of truth, justice, peace, and freedom, creating a better, more compassionate world is a genuine possibility. The potential is there.

  Dalai Lama

  Love, Inspirational, Wisdom

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• If you chase two rabbits,
  you catch none.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Editors

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• If small things have the power to disturb you, then who you think you are is exactly that: small.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Motivational, Positive, Spiritual

  Eckhart Tolle (2006). “A New Earth (Oprah #61): Awakening to Your Life's Purpose”, p.144, Penguin

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• If every man took only what was sufficient for his needs, leaving the rest to those in want, there would be no rich and no poor.

  Saint Basil

  Wisdom, Men, Leaving

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• Education is the best way to train ourselves that we will secure our own well-being by concerning ourselves with others. It is possible to create a better world, a more compassionate, more peaceful world, which is not only in everyone’s interest, but is everyone’s responsibility to achieve.

  Dalai Lama

  Happy, Responsibility, Peaceful

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• When there is no mind, you are in yoga; when there is mind you are not in yoga. So you may do all the postures, but if the mind goes on functioning, if you go on thinking, you are not in yoga. Yoga is the state of no-mind. If you can be without the mind without doing any posture, you have become a perfect yogi. It has happened to many without doing any postures, and it has not happened to many who have been doing postures for many lives.

  Rajneesh

  Wise, Spiritual, Wisdom

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• People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates.

  Thomas Szasz

  Life, Wisdom, Creating

  Thomas Stephen Szasz (2004). “Words to the Wise: A Medical-Philosophical Dictionary”, p.139, Transaction Publishers

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• Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, 'Make me feel important.' Never forget this message when working with people.

  Mary Kay Ash

  Funny, Motivational, Appreciation

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

  Voltaire

  Wisdom, Clever, Men

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• ...I believe deeply that we canot solve the challenges of your time unless we solve them together - unless we perfect our union by understanding that we may have differnt stories, but we hold common hopes; that we may not look the same and we may not have come from the same place, but we all want to move in the same direction - towards a better future for our children and our grandchildren. This belief comes from my unyielding faith in the decency and generosity of the American people.

  Barack Obama

  Hope, Children, Believe

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• Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again.

  Ovid

  Time, Return, Wave

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• Memory is the mother of all wisdom.

  Aeschylus

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Mother

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• Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

  Rumi

  Inspirational, Life, Change

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• Try to remain truthful. The power of truth never declines. Force and violence may be effective in the short term, but in the long run it's truth that prevails.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Running, Wisdom

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• Don't be someone that searches, finds and then runs away.

  Paulo Coelho

  Inspirational, Running, Wisdom

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Apr 03, 2014

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• It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

  Aristotle

  Inspirational, Motivational, Leadership

  Attributed to Aristotle in "Religion and the Pursuit of Truth" by Lowell Lindsay Bennion, p. 52, 1959.

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• All we are saying is give peace a chance.

  John Lennon

  Peace, Light, Giving

  1969 Song (with his wife,Yoko Ono), used widely in protests against the Vietnam War.

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• I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine.

  Bruce Lee

  Inspirational, Life, Karma

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The trouble is you think you have time.

  Gautama Buddha

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Time

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