117 Words of Wisdom, Motivational Inspirational Quotes For Life

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The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise. – Alden Nowlan
Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. – Alfred Lord Tennyson
There needs to be understanding that anger never helps to solve a problem. It destroys our peace of mind and blinds our ability to think clearly. Anger and attachment are emotions that distort our view of reality. – Dalai Lama
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity. – George S. Patton
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought. – Matsuo Basho
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. – Confucius
The eyes are the mirror of the soul and reflect everything that seems to be hidden; and like a mirror, they also reflect the person looking into them. – Paulo Coelho
Don’t be in a hurry to condemn because he doesn’t do what you do or think as you think or as fast. There was a time when you didn’t know what you know today. – Malcolm X
The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things. – Ronald Reagan
The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit. – Nelson Henderson
We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop. – Mother Teresa
Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive because your words become your behaviour. Keep your behaviour positive because your behaviour becomes your habits. Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny. – Mahatma Gandhi
It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf. – Walter Lippmann
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power. – Abraham Lincoln
If every man took only what was sufficient for his needs, leaving the rest to those in want, there would be no rich and no poor. – Saint Basil
Let me tell you how to love all equally. Do not demand anything of those you love. If you make demands, some will give you more and some less. In that case you will love more those who give you more and less those who give you less. Thus your love will not be the same for all. You will not be able to love all impartially. – Sarada Devi
‎In every crisis there is a message. Crises are nature’s way of forcing change – breaking down old structures, shaking loose negative habits so that something new and better can take their place. – Susan L. Taylor
The capacity to learn is a gift; The ability to learn is a skill; The willingness to learn is a choice. – Brian Herbert
I know not how I may seem to others, but to myself I am but a small child wandering upon the vast shores of knowledge, every now and then finding a small bright pebble to content myself with. – Plato
By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest. – Confucius
Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist. – Epicurus
For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it. – Ivan Panin
Don’t depend too much on anyone in this world because even your own shadow leaves you when you are in darkness. – Ibn Taymiyyah
There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them. – Friedrich Nietzsche
Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding. – Albert Einstein
Change begets change. Nothing propagates so fast. – Charles Dickens
Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn, and you will. – Vernon Howard
When you compare yourself with others in matters of wealth, position, and health, you should look at people less favoured than yourself. When you compare yourself with others in matters of religion, knowledge and virtue, look at people who are better than yourself. – Ibn Hazm
What you do today that is worthwhile, inspires others to act at some future time.” – Marcus Garvey
Don’t blame yourself. You believed what he told you because you trusted him. You’re a warm, open, trusting person. And you’re trustworthy. Trustworthy people like us always get screwed, because we expect other people to be like us. Don’t let his bad behavior make you question yourself. ― Jacqueline Simon Gunn, The Cat Who Ate His Tail
Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.- Epicurus
Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again. – Ovid
There comes a point when you either embrace who and what you are, or condemn yourself to be miserable all your days. Other people will try to make you miserable; don’t help them by doing the job yourself. – Laurell K. Hamilton
Do not be impatient with your seemingly slow progress. Do not try to run faster than you presently can. If you are studying, reflecting and trying, you are making progress whether you are aware of it or not. A traveller walking the road in the darkness of night is still going forward. Someday, some way, everything will break open, like the natural unfolding of a rosebud. – Vernon Howard
Don’t give to anyone the power to put you down. Haters are losers pretending to be winners. – Paulo Coelho
We humans have lost the wisdom of genuinely resting and relaxing. We worry too much. We don’t allow our bodies to heal, and we don’t allow our minds and hearts to heal. – Nhat Hanh
Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom. – Aristotle
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. – Winston Churchill
I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine. – Bruce Lee
Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws. – Plato
The answer lies within ourselves. If we can’t find peace and happiness there, it’s not going to come from the outside. – Tenzin Palmo
Take people’s advice and guidance in the beginning, but always follow your instincts first. – Alexander Wang
If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought. – Peace Pilgrim
Most good things have been said far too many times and just need to be lived. – Shane Claiborne
Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habit. – Laozi
To control a people you must first control what they think about themselves and how they regard their history and culture. And when your conqueror makes you ashamed of your culture and your history, he needs no prison walls and no chains to hold you. – John Henrik Clarke
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer. – Bruce Lee
Too many people spend money they haven’t earned to buy things they don’t want to impress people they don’t like. – Will Rogers
I can’t reconcile who he was, the man who was so kind and loving and considerate, with who he is now. I know the truth is who I’m seeing now, but I keep hoping the former man will come back. It’s like I love someone who doesn’t even exist. ― Jacqueline Simon Gunn, The Cat Who Ate His Tail
The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark. – Michelangelo
Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first. – Mark Twain
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.” – Thomas Paine
Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul. – Democritus
True happiness comes from having a sense of inner peace and contentment, which in turn must be achieved by cultivating altruism, love and compassion, and by eliminating anger, selfishness and greed. – Dalai Lama
In order to be profoundly dishonest, a person must have one of two qualities: either he is unscrupulously ambitious, or he is unswervingly egocentric. – Maya Angelou
Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them. – Dalai Lama
We don’t need to explain our love. We only need to show it. – Paulo Coelho
As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death. – Leonardo da Vinci
To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing and be nothing. – Elbert Hubbard
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. – Soren Kierkegaard
It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. – Aristotle Onassis
To ask the proper question is half of knowing. – Roger Bacon
Many people die at Twenty five and aren’t buried until they are Seventy five. – Benjamin Franklin
People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar. – Nhat Hanh
Those who give hoping to be rewarded with honour are not giving, they are bargaining. – Philo
You can’t teach people everything they need to know. The best you can do is position them where they can find what they need to know when they need to know it. – Seymour Papert
Anger and hatred are the real enemies that we must confront and defeat, not the ‘enemies’ who appear from time to time in our lives. – Dalai Lama
Compassion is a living, breathing, organic emotion that vibrates through you and links you to those around you. – Deepak Chopra
Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. – Aristotle
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars. – Khalil Gibran
Whatever we do lays a seed in our deepest consciousness, and one day that seed will grow. – Sakyong Mipham
The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination. – Albert Einstein
We never know the worth of water till the well is dry. – Thomas Fuller
Don’t believe the negative criticisms. You are capable beyond measure ― Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own. – Publilius Syrus
Water is the softest thing, yet it can penetrate mountains and earth. This shows clearly the principle of softness overcoming hardness. – Laozi
Whatever you give, if you give it freely and without conditions it’ll come back to you two fold. – Victor Chang
You cried when He took away your drop of water, not knowing He’d saved for you, the sea. – Yasmin Mogahed
If you are lonely when you’re alone, you are in bad company. – Jean-Paul Sartre
Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation. – Rumi
Throughout history, every period of enlightenment has been accompanied by darkness, pushing in opposition. Such are laws of nature and balance. – Dan Brown
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. – Zig Ziglar
Words are tears that have been written down. Tears are words that need to be shed. Without them, joy loses all its brilliance and sadness has no end. – Paulo Coelho
We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children. Chief Seattle
The more light you allow within you, the brighter the world you live in will be. – Shakti Gawain
The real destroyer of inner peace is fear and distrust. Fear develops frustration, frustration develops anger, anger develops violence. – Dalai Lama
The fool who loves giving advice on our garden never tends his own plants. – Paulo Coelho
Everything in your life, every experience, every relationship is a mirror of the mental pattern that is going on inside of you. – Louise Hay
Authority, power, and wealth do not change a man; they only reveal him. – Ali ibn Abi Talib
Life is too short to be wasted in finding answers. Enjoy the questions. – Paulo Coelho
The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too. – Ernest Hemingway
There’s nothing you can do that’s more important than being fulfilled. You become a sign, you become a signal, transparent to transcendence; in this way, you will find, live, and become a realization of your own personal myth. – Joseph Campbell
By unlinking your money motivation from anger, fear, and the need to prove yourself, you can install new links for earning your money through purpose, contribution, and joy. – T. Harv Eker
The mentor can be identified by four things: by restraining you from wrongdoing, guiding you towards good actions, telling you what you ought to know, and showing you the path to heaven. – Gautama Buddha
Ultimately, happiness comes down to choosing between the discomfort of becoming aware of your mental afflictions and the discomfort of being ruled by them. – Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
To admonish your brother in private is to advise him and improve him. But to admonish him publicly is to disgrace and shame him. – Al-Shafi‘i
Man is born only as a potential. He can become a thorn for himself and for others, he can also become a flower for himself and for others. – Rajneesh
Conquering others requires force. Conquering oneself requires strength – Laozi
Try to remain truthful. The power of truth never declines. Force and violence may be effective in the short term, but in the long run it’s truth that prevails. – Dalai Lama
Man’s ideal state is realized when he has fulfilled the purpose for which he is born. And what is it that reason demands of him? Something very easy-that he live in accordance with his own nature. – Seneca the Younger
Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable. – Denis Waitley
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love. – Mao Zedong
There are four types of men in this world: 1. The man who knows, and knows that he knows; he is wise, so consult him. 2. The man who knows, but doesn’t know that he knows; help him not forget what he knows. 3. The man who knows not, and knows that he knows not; teach him. 4. Finally, there is the man who knows not but pretends that he knows; he is a fool, so avoid him. – Solomon Ibn Gabirol
Modern education is premised strongly on materialistic values. It is vital that when educating our children’s brains that we do not neglect to educate their hearts, a key element of which has to be the nurturing of our compassionate nature. – Dalai Lama
Take care of your words and the words will take care of you. ― Amit Ray
There is something incredibly beautiful about a woman, who knows herself, she can’t break, she just falls but in every fall she rises, past who she was before.” ― Nikki Rowe
Your life is a movie. You are the main character. You say your scripts and act to your lines. Of course you do your lines in each scene. There is a hidden camera and a director who you can ask for help anytime up above. ― Happy Positivity
You push the TRUTH off a cliff, but it will always fly. You can submerge the TRUTH under water, but it will not drown. You can place the TRUTH in the fire, but it will survive. You can bury the TRUTH beneath the ground, but it will arise. TRUTH always prevails! ― Amaka Imani Nkosazana, Heart Crush
Life is just a slide. Back and forth between loving and leaving, remembering and forgetting, holding on and letting go. ― Nicole Lyons
No other being is lesser human than the one who thinks of others as such. ― Abhijit Naskar
Bravery is the choice to show up and listen to another person, be it a loved one or perceived foe, even when it is uncomfortable, painful, or the last thing you want to do. – Alaric Hutchinson
A butterfly does not return to a caterpillar after it is mature. We must learn to grow and evolve into a stronger, wiser and better version of ourselves. Life occurs in stages and taking a step at a time is key to learning and growing. ― Kemi Sogunle
The best way to respond to Hatred is to trigger Love. The one who Loves is the Greatest” ― Samuel Asumadu-Sarkodi
If you do not have control over your mouth, you will not have control over your future. ― Germany Kent
Do the things you want to do; if you don’t, the things which keep you alive inside you die and you turn into a ghost! ― Mehmet Murat ildan
Even if there is no connection, even if you are far from reach, even if friendship is not enough, even if love itself is not enough. What about apathy? I need you. ― Nurudeen Ushawu
It’s hard to let go, especially after you’ve invested a few years. It’s hard to let go of who we imagined someone else was too. You loved him so you overlooked all the things that were obvious to everyone around you. We all do it. ― Jacqueline Simon Gunn, The Cat Who Ate His Tail

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