Wisdom Quotes

No matter what your struggles are, everyone has their own level of greatness.

~ Angela Vallely

Foolishness is not a lack of resources, it's the lack of wisdom.

~ Temitope Ibrahim

I strive everyday to be a great parent so my kids can be better people when they move out into the world on their own.

~ Angela Vallely

Never, never, never, on cross-examination ask a witness a question you don't already know the answer to.

~ Harper Lee

Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.

~ Harper Lee

When the mind is without fear and prejudice, and the head is held high with the strength of reasoning, then only the brightest rays of religion can penetrate the darkest corners of the human society.

~ Abhijit Naskar

Mistakes focus our minds on specific details. They weed out truths and afford us goals, bringing straight to our attention lessons to be learned. Mistakes are not meant to make us failures; they are meant to make us wise.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Being rich or famous is the only profound thing that some people have ever said.

~ Mokokoma Mokhonoana

We don't really change. We finally begin to live a life that is true to our values.

~ Anthea Syrokou

I grew up with absolutely no religion at all, and it was probably one of the best things that happened to me. I didn't have to unlearn anything.

~ Louise Hay

Look into yourself, Think about what you will need in the long run and not what you think you want now. #wisdom!

~ Hopal Green

I'm in a hole because at some point I found a shovel and started digging. Maybe I should trade my shovels for ladders and start climbing.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

We are each warriors of our own times. When we step out of our protective shell, we each encounter forces much more powerful than we are. What we learn through testing ourselves on the combat zones of our eon becomes the textbook protocol for how we shall live out the remainder of our life. The glorious skirmishes and daunting conflicts that we encounter, and what we learn from vigorous engagements on the battlefield of time, inscribe the story of our lives. Spiritual leaders help guide us in our times of doubt and self-questioning. Recognizing the value of the mentorship of spiritual guides in their self-questing ventures, persons who endure immense adversity wish to reciprocate their love of humanity by sharing the scored story of their episodic journey through the corridors of time and relay the incisive truths they discovered to any other travelers with a willing ear.

~ Kilroy J. Oldster

Success and accomplishments aren't the golden good life goals. Instead, having a good life is simple. For an old man to be happy, he just wants to watch the fireworks with his granddaughter on Chinese New Year's Eve.

~ Marcella Purnama

After which, satisfied with the way he had conducted himself at Meung, free of remorse for the past, confident in the present, and full of hope for the future, he went to bed and slept the sleep of the just.

~ Alexandre Dumas

They say that perhaps it is not by love, but by blood, that land is bought. They say that perhaps my people had to die to nourish this earth with their truth. Your people did not have ears to hear. Perhaps we had to return to the earth, so that we could grow within your hearts. Perhaps we have come back and will fill the hills and valleys with our song. Who is to know?

~ Kent Nerburn

Pay attention to proverbs.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

People say- 'NASA lies.' I say- 'the moon knows it all. Look at the moon and forget the spinning flat world.

~ Munia Khan

A man must be a Salomon before his magical ring will work. (Hafiz)

~ Idries Shah

Just remember that people who are known for their looks are rarely known for anything else.

~ C.j. Carlyon

Do not love these gardens if you despise the dirt.

~ Melissa Jennings

Free a man of the constraints that limit and inhibit his development, and you have a free human being. Freedom is the natural state of man.” He looked away from the boy for a moment and recalled his youth, his own search for self. “My boy,” he imparted with a ferocious passion that shook them both by the throat, “there is nothing negative about our human potential—do you understand me? God Himself created you the way you are. Do not let anyone in this world convince you otherwise. And you are capable of anything, my boy. There is and shall always be a disparity among the gifts God has granted men, but we all deserve equal consideration. All men, no matter how low, how basic, or how tormented, deserve compassion, dignified brotherhood, and respect. “But part of respecting all men is respecting ourselves. Recognizing that God has blessed you. By embracing these gifts, we live as God lives, with love for all He has created—with an open heart.

~ Alexandra Silber

All the tools, techniques and technology in the world are nothing without the head, heart and hands to use them wisely, kindly and mindfully

~ Rasheed Ogunlaru

Feeding the ego is starving the wisdom, the choice is yours.

~ Efrat Cybulkiewicz

So, there’s this hornet’s nest. And there’s this long stick. And then there’s me. How I walk away from all of this will depend on whether I realize that some things go together and some things don’t no matter how hard you try.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Emotions can become habits - she said haltingly as she wiped her eyes. But habits can be changed.

~ Debbie Macomber

If you can get others to believe that your random guesses are actual answers, they’ll never guess that you never understood the question in the first place.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Mfalme Sulemani alikuwa mtu mwenye hekima kuliko wote ulimwenguni. Anatushauri, “Adui yako akiwa ana njaa, mpe chakula; Tena akiwa ana kiu, mpe maji ya kunywa; Maana utatia makaa ya moto kichwani pake; Na BWANA atakupa thawabu (Mithali 25:21-22). Yesu anasema jambo fulani linalofanana sana na hilo katika mafundisho Yake yaliyofuata (Mathayo 5:44-45). Kitendo cha kutukanwa, kupigwa, kushtakiwa au kulazimishwa kubeba mzigo mzito usio wa kwako kinaweza kusababisha mafutu mabaya kabisa katika asili ya binadamu. Yaani, chuki, hasira, ukatili na hata vurugu. Lakini pale wale waliobarikiwa kuwa na hekima wanapojikuta katika majaribu makubwa kama hayo tabia yao haitakiwi kuwa ya shari, inda au ya kulipiza kisasi. Bali inatakiwa kuwa ya kusaidia, kuwa na ridhaa ya kutenda mambo mema, na kuwa mwema kwa wengine siku zote.

~ Enock Maregesi

Imagination blocks you like a bolt on a door. Burn that bar. (Rumi)

~ Idries Shah

It is wise to admit one's wrongs because it creates room for correction.

~ Gift Gugu Mona

Impulsivity is something akin to spontaneously jumping out of an airplane and not realizing that you forgot something until about five seconds before impact.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

If they had learned anything together, it was that wisdom comes to us when it can no longer do any good.

~ Gabriel García Márquez

Seeing your own smallness is called insightHonoring your own tenderness is called strength

~ Jonathan Star

A lot of the situations that we put ourselves in are similar to a cat in a yard full of dogs. We rarely ask ourselves how we got here, (which doesn’t help with the question of how we get out of here), all of which rarely keeps us from finding ourselves in the next yard asking the same questions.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Mindfulness and compassion can give you the power, illumination, love, and wisdom to draw higher forms, thoughts, feelings, and situations into your life.

~ Amit Ray

Arise, my friend – the world is wailing for kindness – it is wailing for compassion – it is wailing for love.

~ Abhijit Naskar

To be productive, effective and to live a life of understanding and wisdom is not to waste time

~ Sunday Adelaja

Life is not a competition. No one has to lose for someone else to win. A true blessing blesses everyone.

~ Donna Goddard

The question is: do you want suffering or do you want peace? It's that simple.

~ Donna Goddard

I will always appreciate those who made me go through rough times because without those, I wouldn't have the wisdom and power that lies within me now.

~ Gift Gugu Mona