Wisdom Quotes

The Christian should never have to put others down in order to feel good about himself. Instead, he can simply check out the media's insistent portrayal of Christianity and feel grateful that he isn't as deceived as the masses who really swallow the garbage. Ignorance is ultimately how people put themselves down, and the mere Christian who knows what entails the mere Christian is ultimately free from such.

~ Criss Jami

Who said you weren't good enough? If it was you then pack up that thought and send it to Mars. If it wasn't you then pack up that thought and send it back to that person.

~ Diana Jaber

Alas, my lord, your wisdom is consumed in confidence.

~ William Shakespeare

The treasures in you must never be threatened by the gifts in others.

~ Temitope Ibrahim

Confidence is this: Wearing your triumphs with humility, and wearing your scars with pride. Many of us do precisely the opposite.

~ Umair Haque

My confidence is in the idea that I may be wrong on this or that. No man in this life should ever have to bear the burden of perfection.

~ Criss Jami

The secret to happiness, peace, and self-confidence is to forgive yourself and forgive others.

~ Debasish Mridha

A diminished self-image causes us to slouch, to avoid looking others in the eye, to be unassertive, to be indecisive. On the other hand, a healthy self-image causes us to carry ourselves well, to speak confidently and to portray dignity. If we have not taken the time and thought to create a wonderful self-image for ourselves, we have had less, been less, and done less than was possible for us than if we had. We can improve our self-images at any moment including this one.

~ Wu Wei

It's astonishing how much trouble one can get oneself into, if one works at it. And astonishing how much trouble one can get oneself out of, if one simply assumes that everything will, somehow or other, work out for the best. -Destruction

~ Neil Gaiman

Stop living the life with possibilities and probabilities, live the life with certainties.

~ Amit Kalantri

Karna gave a mirthless smile and replied evenly,'What is the use of a competition if one cannot be compared with others? Talk is the weapon of the weak; release your arrows instead of hollow words.

~ Kavita Kané

Whomever you truly are... honor that person. No dream was ever realized by disappearing into the shadows of self-deceit and doubt.

~ Jaeda Dewalt

The worst thing to call somebody is crazy, it's dismissive. 'But I don't understand this person', so they're crazy. That's bullshit cause people are not crazy, they strong people, maybe their environment is a little sick.

~ Dave Chapelle

You. You are standing in your own way. And that means whatever it is scares you. It won't forever...but take your time. Nothing good was ever rushed.

~ Suzanne Palmieri

You crave winning and fear losing instead of just doing. To succeed you must remove your self-imposed limitations.

~ Wayne Gerard Trotman

Perhaps I'd been a slow developer, but I was well into my forties before I realized that you don't have to comply with a request just because it's reasonable or reasonably put. Age is the great dis-obliger. You can be yourself and say no.

~ Ian Mcewan

A true master will not deceive an able disciple. You are hampered by the limits you set and no limit can be set on skill.

~ Wayne Gerard Trotman

American corporate capitalism is a murder-suicide mission.

~ Bryant Mcgill

Most of my failures can be ascribed to the fact that I chose that which was ‘easy’ over that which was ‘right’. And while it’s ‘right’ to admit this to myself, it isn’t ‘easy.’ So, which choice am I going to make this time?

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

There's no point in being an unhappy success, and there's not much sense in being a happy failure either.

~ Innocent Mwatsikesimbe

Sometimes you just have to know when the battle you’re fighting is one best walked away from, than fought to the cold, bitter end.

~ A.j. Darkholme

My greatest concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are concerned with your failure.

~ Abraham Lincoln

God has provided you with many avenues for obtaining wisdom and averting failure. Resist your inclination to accept advice with easy solutions and to reject help that requires a more difficult path.

~ Jim George

If you adjust first time, compromise second time, failure is what you will get third time.

~ Amit Kalantri

Emotional pain, physical damage, financial weakness are the reasons to stop for a while and not forever.

~ Amit Kalantri

Don't overestimate your emotions because emotional injuries can disturb you but it can not defeat you.

~ Amit Kalantri

Don't live your life like an attempt, because if you fail there is no second attempt.

~ Amit Kalantri

There is nothing wrong with being wrong.

~ Mokokoma Mokhonoana

The award for excessive success is eternal doubt and eventual failure.So what, it's stupid to even try?No. It's unwise to hope.- Something Like Stardust

~ Genevieve Ross

If you give up, you reward failure.

~ Lorii Myers

African leaders must desire to liberates it’s people through intensive education (formal and informal). The African people deserve to be educated.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Beneath the moons' shadowscape, wisdom, women, whiskey and you are a dangerous and provocative combination...

~ Virginia Alison

Over the boundary of time,Hope transcends,Desire sings,One verse,One song,And that is the song of happiness.

~ Debasish Mridha

Happiness is there where wants and needs are small, but the desire to give is big.

~ Debasish Mridha

As a teacher, the desire to teach is valuable, but the desire to educate is priceless.

~ Debasish Mridha

The desire to learn is valuable, but the desire for an education is priceless.

~ Debasish Mridha

To be a poet is a love affair, not a desire to dare.

~ Debasish Mridha

To teach, ignite the fire of desire to learn.

~ Debasish Mridha

You have everything you need inside of you to create anything in your life that you desire.

~ Mike Basevic

Perhaps real wisdom lies in not seeking answers at all. Any answer we find will not be true for long. An answer is a place where we can fall asleep as life moves past us to its next question. After all these years I have begun to wonder if the secret of living well is not in having all the answers but in pursuing unanswerable questions in good company.

~ Rachel Naomi Remen