Wisdom Quotes

Sometimes the only way to gain someone's favor is to stop giving them yours.

Outer gavels can't crush you when your inner judge is love.

When the doors begin to close, the mind begins to open.

The deeper magic always comes, in the intense sorcery of your inner silence.

Life can't be rushed. It takes time to develop the wrinkles of wisdom.

We are filled vessels that gets to choose what we pour back into the world, and what we choose to share defines who we are.

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

Stir the world with your skills, shake the world with your talents, move the world with your brilliance, change the world with your genius.

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.

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.

An archer must never blame a target for missing it.

The sun is intelligent because it never rises too early, and wise because it never sets too late.

A small sharp axe clears a forest quicker than a big blunt one.

The early bird gets the worm, and the early fox gets the bird.

The worm’s bad luck is the bird’s good fortune.

A dove struggling in a storm grows stronger than an eagle soaring in sunshine.

If you pour more water into a river, it will not drown the fish.

A tree is only as good as the seed it is stems from.

Faith moves mountains, intelligence goes over them, wisdom goes around them, but love levels them.

You are better than your past, greater than your present, and brighter than your future.

Think before you speak. Question before you judge. Examine before you decide.

If you have the power to think, you have the power to change your world.

Reward those who help you. Forget those who use you. Ignore those who judge you. Forgive those who wrong you.

One good friend is better than a thousand acquaintances.

Listen to all, believe few, count on some, but trust none.

It is in vain to chase two birds at the same time, even if you have a thousand legs.

If you stop tending to flowers when they lose a few petals, you will never grow a garden.

Knowledge is the path, understanding is the way, wisdom is the highway, and enlightenment is the destination.

A beautiful rose with an ugly soul wilts quickly.

The sweeter the fruit a tree bears the greater the number of birds that eat from it.

A beautiful gift does not decrease in value because it is wrapped in ugly paper.

The most difficult door to open is the entrance to an ignorant mind.

When hunting a lion it is wise to remind yourself that you too are being hunted.

In our most vulnerable hour, it is helpful to remember our creative power.

One who thinks for himself is a threat to his enemies, a refuge to his acquaintances, a prize to his friends, and a gift to the world.

If a lion invites you home for dinner, it is you he wants to serve as a meal to his guests.

A rough diamond is still worth more than a polished pebble.

The greater the number of fish a river bears the greater the number of fishermen that patronize it.

I believe in the goodness of life. I believe in humanity.

The ignorant learn from none, the simple learn from some, the intelligent learn from many, but the enlightened learn from all.

Ignorance is your opponent, fear is your enemy, vice is your adversary, virtue is your friend, and wisdom is your helper.

A lion does not become king of the jungle hunting mice.

Be happy when you work, thankful when you earn, cautious when you spend, shrewd when you save, and charitable when you give.