Guru Quotes

You are a product of your mind, a result of your thoughts, and a consequence of your actions.

The ocean does not lose its splendor because it lost a few drops.

Be wise enough to learn from the past, shrewd enough to capitalize on the present, and clever enough to prepare for the future.

Knowledge is the eldest daughter of wisdom.

Time is your acquaintance, life is your friend, death is your enemy, and existence is your soulmate.

A wolf raised in a jungle is fiercer than a lion reared in a circus.

Don’t judge a tree by its size, but by its fruit.

Beautiful beginnings are often born from ugly endings.

It is better to help an enemy than to harm a friend.

Dream like a child. Reason like an elder. Play like a youth. Work like an adult.

Practicing what you preach is the world’s most eloquent sermon.

Teach the ignorant. Study the wise. Avoid the foolish. Embrace the enlightened.

Time is your acquaintance. Life is your friend. Death is your opponent. Eternity is your companion.

A rose started off a bud, a bird started off an egg, and a forest started off a seed.

At ten, you are foolish. At twenty, you are naive. At thirty, you are alert. At forty, you are experienced. At fifty, you are wise.

Planting your own garden is better than waiting for someone to bring you flowers.

An ounce of wisdom is worth more than a pound of knowledge.

A shrewd enemy will teach you more than a foolish friend.

One who is not afraid to die lives, and one who is afraid to live dies.

If you live in the desert, view the sun not as your enemy, but as your friend. If you live in the wilderness, view nature not as your adversary, but as your companion.

If the sky had no tears, the world would have no rainbows.

Learn more than others. Work more than others. Succeed more than others. Give more than others.

A bird will only fall from the sky when it stops believing in its ability to fly, and a fish will only drown in water when it stops believing in its ability to swim.

Your mind is a gift. Your heart is a prize. Your soul is a blessing. Your life is a reward.

You were born to dream. You were born to strive. You were born to conquer. You were born to rise.

Worry makes you weaker, regret makes you sadder, hate makes you angrier, but hope makes you stronger, and love makes you happier.

They know your face, but not your mind.They understand your words, but not your heart.They hear your name, but not your soul.They grasp your past, but not your future.

A kind stranger is better than an uncaring friend.

You are one thought away from intelligence, one word away from kindness, one deed away from excellence, one step away from brilliance, and one second away from transcendence.

A flower in a desert still has no reason to envy a thorn in a rainforest.

No matter how deep you bury good seeds, they always find a way to rise.

The past is your teacher. The present is your opportunity. The future is your reward.

What you think is a seed, what you say is the bud, and what you do is the fruit.

No matter how beautiful a rose is it must still grow in dirt.

Only dead leaves allow the wind to blow them to and fro.

Wine had to be grapes first. Diamonds had to be rocks first. Butterflies had to be caterpillars first. Rainbows had to be storms first.

Beautiful silence is better than ugly speech.

Three kinds of people achieve illumination: those who learn, those who teach, and those who do both continuously.

Knowledge gives you the world, intelligence gives you the sky, understanding gives you the stars, but wisdom gives you the universe.

Yesterday says, “Forget me, but learn from me.” Today says, “Embrace me, yet utilize me.”Tomorrow says, “Anticipate me, then prepare for me.

Life is short, death is long, days are narrow, and years are wide.

Those who laugh with you when you laugh are acquaintances, those who cry with you when you cry are companions, and those who do both are friends.

Pain that results in success is better than pleasure that results in failure.

Teach yourself. Help yourself. Improve yourself. Enrich yourself.

If bees only gathered nectar from perfect flowers, they wouldn’t be able to make even a single drop of honey.

The ugliest storms paint the loveliest rainbows.

Water drops erode mountains not because of their size, but their persistence.

The tallest trees sometimes grow from the smallest seeds.

Thunder roars but does not strike. Lightning strikes but does not roar. Choose to be lightning.

An archer must never blame a target for missing it.