Wisdom Quotes

It is never a river’s fault that one cannot swim.

Know truth. Respect facts. Doubt opinions. Reject lies.

Take your time to find and understand what you don’t know and in the end, you shall know that it is not all the things you know that shows you something you don’t know, but something you don’t know!

The mind speaks, though it does not have lips.The heart moves, though it does not have feet.The soul rises, though it does not have wings.

All of our relationships and our interactions, the life affirming ones and the challenging ones, show us how far we have come and where we still need to go.

It is the roof that fights the rain, but the builder who gets all the glory.

An ugly candle that lights up a home is better than a beautiful lamp that merely decorates a room.

A bird cannot fly upward if each wing is flapping in a different direction.

Daisies that bring you joy are better than roses that bring you sorrow.

If a bird does not bring out all of the songs on its heart, all its symphonies die inside.

The most dangerous enemy is that enemy when your ally becomes enemy

Light travels halfway around the world while darkness is still putting its shoes on.

Light travels half away around the world while darkness is still putting its shoes on.

Understanding someone, is the sign of True Maturity, Forgiving them is that of True Wisdom.

When birds eat from your hand, they are letting the whole world know that they trust you.

You can curse the sun a thousand times, but cannot keep it from shining, even for a day.

You cannot drown a fish in the ocean, no matter how deep you sink it.

Imagination is the bridge between what is and what could be--it is everything.

The spoon’s color does not change the soup’s taste.

It is in vain to stone the sky, no matter how big the rock is.

As long as the belief is: we need suffering to grow, the world will be suffering and the belief will be limiting.

I never wanted to be safe, I wanted to be good.

Noble leaders choose: wisdom over wealth, knowledge over fame, understanding over honor, virtue over titles, and people over power.

The mind speaks, thought it does not have lips. The heart moves, though it does not have feet. The soul rises, though it does not have wings.

If a tree bears sweet fruit, birds have many reasons to visit it.

If the sun needed friends to shine, it would not rule the sky alone.

The only permanence is change

Through the absence of what we think we have to have we can discover our wholeness

Observing is the basis of wisdom.

Work with "what is" rather than "what if" and you will move towards "what can be.

Criticism often hides incompetence & increases vanity. Therefore critics are always more vain that the achievers they criticize.

Water has no mouth, but swallows many. Light has no hands, but touches many. Wind has no feet, but carries many. Darkness has no teeth, but devours many.

It is not the size of the candle that matters, but the size of its light.

If you try to test a river’s depths with both feet, you will drown.

An angry wife can be more frightening than an army of disgruntled soldiers.

A true Christian only falls upward and not backward

The folly and wisdom of men starts when they stop thinking and start acting.

The uniting of the soul, body and spirit is the beginning of both the natural and spiritual life, but the separation of these from one another is either the end of life or beginning of a new one.

I am sculptor. I am clay.What shall I make of myself today.

One friend in a storm is worth more than a thousand friends in sunshine.

Travel is the best school

Most people forget that Wisdom can't thrive where there's no "Respect

Resting in God's unchanging love today as I embrace His living word with His seed of wisdom and knowledge unfolding a life deep in me changing me day by day into His likeness

Raise your children don't train them RjS

The easy way out is the choice of the myopic.

Never trust your colleagues. Work politics are founded by them.

Don’t hate people who show you what’s wrong with you. They are your mirror, they are your true friends.

Wisdom is the thin conduit between two opposing viewpoints

An artist must take comfort that there's no satisfaction whatsoever with one's creation, just a dissatisfaction that keeps one a step away from sliding into mediocrity.

Laugh to be refreshed, discover to be surprised, accept and celebrate differences to be happy