Timeless Words Of Wisdom to help discover yourself!

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WISDOM is one of those qualities difficult to define—because it encompasses so much—but which people generally recognize when they encounter it. And it is encountered most obviously in the realm of decision-making. Psychologists tend to agree that wisdom involves an integration of knowledge, experience, and deep understanding that incorporates tolerance for the uncertainties of life as well as its ups and downs. There's an awareness of how things play out over time, and it confers a sense of balance. It can be acquired only through experience, but by itself, experience does not automatically confer wisdom. Only now are researchers beginning to look into the social, emotional, and cognitive processes that transmute experience into wisdom. 

Let these wise quotes and sayings remind you of life lessons that bring us wisdom and build our character.


1. It is better to remain silent at the risk
of being thought a fool than to talk and
remove all doubt of it.
-- Maurice Switzer

2. Do not go where the path may lead,
 go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

3. Don't be disappointed if people
refuse to help you.
Remember Einstein's
WORDS:
'I' am thankful to those who said
'NO' because of them I did it
Myself.
- Albert Einstein

4. The stupid neither forgive nor forget;
the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive
but do not forget.
- Thomas Szasz

5. It's not what you say out of your mouth
that determines your life, it's what you whisper
to yourself that has the most power!
- Robert T. Kiyosaki

6. Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority,
it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).
- Mark Twain

7. The fool doth think he is wise, 
but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.
- William Shakespeare

8. People who know little are usually great talkers,
while men who know much say little.
- Jean Jacques Rousseau

9. When someone loves you, 
the way they talk about is different.
You feel safe and comfortable.
- Jess C. Scott

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

11. The best index to a person's character is how he
 treats people who can do him any good, and how he
 treats people who can't fight back.
- Abigail Van Buren

12. Nobody's perfect, everyone makes
mistakes. But some mistakes will teach
you great lessons, and make you
A Better Person.
- Jimi Hendrix

13. A person's actions will tell you everything
you need to know.
- Joe Mehl

14. If your ship doesn't come in Swim Out to It.
- Jonathan Winters

15. You do not write your life with words...
you write it with actions. What you think is not important.
It is only important what you do.
- Patric Ness

16. The simple things are also the most extraordinary things,
and only the wise can see them.
- Paulo Coelho

17. We either make ourselves miserable or
We make ourselves strong.
The amount of work is the same!
- Carlos Castaneda

18. Successful people are always looking for
opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are
always asking, "what is it for me"?
- Brian Tracy

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

20. Wisdom is not a product of schooling
but of the life long attempt to acquire it.
~ Albert Einstein

21. The man of knowledge must be able, not only to 
love his enemies but also to hate his friends.
- Friedrich Nietzsche

22. 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

23. We can know only that we know nothing.
And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.
- Leo Tolstoy

24. Don't sacrifice yourself too much,
because if you sacrifice too much, there's nothing else
you can give and nobody will care for it.
- Karl Lagerfeld

25. Feelings are much like waves,
We can't stop them from Coming
But We can Choose
Which one to
  SURF.
- Jonathan Martensson

26. IF Opportunity Doesn't Knock, Build a Door
- Milton Berley

27. Authority without wisdom 
is like a heavy axe without an edge, 
fitter to bruise than polish.
- Anne Bradstreet

28. The only man who never makes mistakes
is the man who never does anything.
- Theodore Roosevelt

29. Water is the softest thing, yet it can penetrate
mountains and earth. This shows clearly the principle
of softness overcoming hardness.
- Lao Tzu

30. Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.
- Confucius

31. He who knows all the answers has not been
 asked all the questions.
- Confucius

32. Don't waste your time with an explanation:
people only hear what they want to hear.
- Paulo Coelho

33. Follow your heart listen to your inner voice,
stop caring about what others think.
- Roy T. Bennett

34. Life is like a camera, just focus on what's important.
And capture the good times, develop from the negatives
And if things don't work out
Just Take Another Shot.
- Ziad K. Abdelnour

35. There are some people who could hear you
speak a thousand words and still not understand you.
And there are others. Who will understand
without you even speaking a word.
- Yasmin Mogahed

6. Never ignore someone who loves you, and cares about you.
'Cause one day, You may realize you lost the moon, 
While Counting Stars.
- John O'Callaghan

37. The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.
- Confucius

38. To be beautiful means to be yourself. 
You don't need to be accepted by others. 
You need to Accept Yourself.
- Thick Nhat Hanh

39. A beautiful woman is a beautiful woman,
 but a beautiful woman with a brain is 
an absolutely lethal combination.
- Prabal Gurung

40. The way out is through the door.
Why is it that no one will use this method.
- Confucius

41. Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass it
It's about learning to dance in the rains.
- Vivian Greene

42. The man of knowledge must be able, not only
to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.
- Friedrich Nietzsche

43. Be careful who share your weakness with.
Some people can't wait for the opportunity
to use them against you. 
- Unknown

44. The soul always knows what to do
to heal itself. The challenge is to
silence the mind.
- Caroline Myss

45. Do not chase people.
Be you and do your own thing and work hard.
The right people who belong in your life 
will come to you and stay.
- Wu-Tang

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

47. Be More Concerned With Your Character
Than with Your Reputation, 
is what  is
merely what others think
You ARE.
- Dale Carnegie

48. The longer The Explanation
The Bigger The Lie...Always remember that.
- Ziad K. Abdelnour

49. Provides mean everything
but after they are broken,
SORRY Means
 Nothing.
- Charlie Higson

50. You do not write your life with words...
you write it with actions. What you think is not
important. It is only important what you do.
- Patrick Ness
51. The simple things are also the most
extraordinary things, and only
the wise can see them.
- Paulo Coelho

52. The best index to a person's character is
how he treats people who can't do him any good,
and how he treats people who can't fight back.
- Abigail Van Buren

53. Never let your sense of morals prevent
you from doing what is right.
- Isaac Asimov

54. He who knows does not speak.
He who speaks does not know.
- Lao Tzu

55. Be miserable or motivate yourself,
whatever has to be done,
It's Always Your Choice.
- Wayne Dyer

56. Surround yourself with
the dreamers and doers,
the believers and thinkers,
But Most Of All,
surround yourself with those
who see the greatness within you,
Even when you
Don't see it
Yourself.
- Edmund Lee

57. A Bird Sitting On A Tree is 
never afraid of the branch breaking,
because its trust is not on the
branch but on its own wings.
Always Believe In
YOURSELF.
- Charlie Wardle

58. L I F E 
Is Very Complicated.
Don't try to find ANSWERS.
Because When You Find Answers.
LIFE Changes The Questions.
- Unknown

59. People were created to Be Loved.
Things were created To Be Used.
The reason why the world is in
Chaos in because
 Things are being Loved
AND
People Are Being
USED.
- John Greene

60. The Question Is Not
How To Survive But How To Thrive
With Passion, Compassion,
Humour And Style.
- Maya Angelou

61. It is the mark of an educated mind,
to be able to entertain a thought
without accepting it.
- Aristotle

62. Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom
- Aristotle

63. The Secret Of Change Is To Focus All 
Of Your Energy, Not On Fighting The Old,
But On Building The New.
- Socrates

64. How People Treat Other People Is A
Direct Reflection Of How They Feel 
About Themselves.
- Paulo Coelho

65. For Beautiful Eyes Look For The Good In
Others. For Beautiful Lips, Speak Only Words
Of Kindness; And For Poise, Walk With The
Knowledge That You Are Never Alone.
- Audrey Hepburn

66. The Greatness Of Man Is
Not Is How Much Wealth He Acquires
But In His Integrity And His Ability 
To Affect Those Around
 Him Positively.
- Bob Marley

67. The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times
and to get up eight times.
- Paulo Coelho

68. When someone loves you,
the way they talk about you is different.
You feel safe and comfortable.
- Jess C. Scott

69. It is better to remain silent at the risk of 
being thought a fool, than to talk and
remove all doubt of it.
- Maurice Switzer

70. When you find someone who's
completely in love with you,
Hold on to them.

71. No one can make you feel inferior
without your consent.
- Eleanor Roosevelt

72. To finish the moment, to find the journey's
end in every step of the road, to live the greatest
a number of good hours are wisdom.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

73. He who knows does not speak.
He who speaks does not know.
- Lao Tzu

74. To make no mistakes is not in the power of man;
 but from their errors and mistakes, the wise and a
 goodman learn wisdom for the future.
- Plutarch

75. Wisdom is the oneness of mind that guides
and permeates all things.
- Heraclitus

76. A person is wise if he listens to millions of advice
and doesn't implement any of it.
- Michael Bassey Johnson

77. The revolution is not an apple that falls when ripe.
You have to make it fall.
- Che Guevara

78. Wisdom comes from suffering. Trouble,
with its memories of pain, drips in our hearts
as we try to sleep, so men against their
will learn to practice moderation.
Favours come to us from gods.
-Aeschylus

79. You don't have to make something that people
call art. Living is an artistic activity, there is
an art to getting through the day.
- Viggo Mortensen

80. Knowledge is merely brilliance in the organization
of ideas and not wisdom. The truly wise person
goes beyond knowledge.
- Confucius

81. Everybody gets so much information all day long
that they lose their commonsense.
- Gertrude Stein

82. Don't be afraid of the shadows, that only 
means there's a light nearby
- Evanescence

83. Don't go on discussing what a good person
should be. Just be one.
- Marcus Aurelius

84. People are always complaining that life's not fair,
but that simply isn't true. Life is extraordinarily fair.
It's just not centred on you.
- Lynn Marie Sager

85. Acquiring wisdom is great but it is not 
the goal, applying it is.
- Idowu Koyenikan

86. You'll never reach perfection because
 there's always room for improvement. Yet get along
the way to perfection, you'll learn to get better.
- HLovato

87. Fame is vapour, popularity is an accident,
riches take wings, those who cheer today may
curse tomorrow and only one thing
endure character
- Harry Truman


88. The moon will guide you through the night
with her brightness, but she will always dwell in the darkness,
in order to be seen.
- Shannon L. Alder

89. Often the best gift you can give yourself
is time alone- some time to ask your
questions and listen quietly 
for answers.

90. It is wise to direct your anger towards 
problems--not people; to focus your energies
on answers--not excuses.
- William Arthur Ward

91. when you learn to love your own
the company, you become far more
careful about whom you spend
your time with.
- Katrina Mayer

92. Never give up on a dream just
Because of the time, it will take
to accomplish it. The time 
will pass anyway.
- Earl Nightingale

93. The wise are not wise because they make
no mistakes. They are wise because they correct
their mistakes as soon as they recognize them.
- Orson Scott Card

94. Be careful who you share your
weaknesses with. Some people can't
wait for the opportunity to use
them against you.
- Unknown

95. Learn to light a candle in the darkest moments
of someone's life. Be the light that helps others see;
it is what gives life its deepest significance.
- Roy T. Bennett

96. Don't shine so others can see you.
shine so that through you,
 others can see him.
- C. S. Lewis

97. LIFE
is like a camera.
just focus on what's important
and capture the good times, develop
from the negatives and if things
don't turn out,
just take
another
shot.
- Ziad K. Abdelnour

98. Learn to love without condition. 
Talk without bad intention. Give
without any reason. And most of all, 
care for people, without any
expectations.
-Unknown

99. They will envy you for your success,
your health, for your intelligence, for your look,
for your status-but rarely for your wisdom.
- Nassim Nicholas

100. The worst regret we, have in life, 
not for the wrong things we did, but for the
thousands of right things we did,
 for the wrong people.
- Unknown