Wisdom Inspirational Quotes

“Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh  and the greatness which does not bow before children.” ― Khalil Gibran

 
 

“We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.”
― Anaïs Nin

 

“Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.” ― Dr. Seuss

 

“Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
― George Bernard Shaw

 

“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.” ― Isaac Asimov

 

“If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?”
― Rumi

 

 

  

“People aren't either wicked or noble. They're like chef's salads, with good things and bad things chopped and mixed together in a vinaigrette of confusion and conflict.” ― Lemony Snicket, The Grim Grotto

 

 

“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more
useful than a life spent doing nothing.”
― George Bernard Shaw

 

 

“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” ― Søren Kierkegaard

 

“The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in
life to celebrate.”
― Oprah Winfrey

 

“Action expresses priorities.” ― Mahatma Gandhi

 

“The more I see, the less I know for sure.”
― John Lennon

 

 

 

“We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think that yours is the only path.” ― Paulo Coelho

 

 

“A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.”
― Lao Tzu

 

 

“It is not the length of life, but the depth.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

 

“The past has no power over the present moment.”
― Eckhart Tolle

 

 

“Human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, but ... life obliges them over and over again to give birth to themselves.” ― Gabriel García Márquez

 

 

“Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others.
Unsuccessful people are always asking, "What's in it for me?”
― Brian Tracy

 

 

“We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.” ― Khalil Gibran

 

“There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire.
The other is to gain it.”
― George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman

 

 

“Prime numbers are what is left when you have taken all the patterns away.  I think prime numbers are like life. They are very logical but you could never work out the rules,  even if you spent all your time thinking about them.” ― Mark Haddon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

 

“The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, 
he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing.”
― Eric Berne

 

 

“Turn your wounds into wisdom.” ― Oprah Winfrey

 

“It is not the failure of others to appreciate your abilities that should trouble you, 
but rather your failure to appreciate theirs.”
― Confucius

 

 

“Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.” ― Albert Einstein

 

“Everything affects everything.”
― Hannah Baker

 

 

“Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions.  Watch your actions; they become habit. Watch your habits; they become character.  Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.” ― Lao Tzu

 

“Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.”
― Albert Einstein

“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” ― Socrates

 

“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

 

“Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.” ― Oscar Wilde

 

“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.”
― Abraham Lincoln

 

 

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” ― Aristotle

 

“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; 
mastering yourself is true power. If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich.”
― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

 

“You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche

 

“I AM IGNORANT of absolute truth. But I am humble before my ignorance and therein lies my honor and my reward.”
― Khalil Gibran

 

“I have learned silence from the talkative, tolerance from the intolerant,  and kindness from the unkind. I should not be ungrateful to these teachers.” ― Khalil Gibran

  

“Observe the wonders as they occur around you.
Don't claim them. Feel the artistry moving through and be silent.”
― Khalil Gibran

 

 

“Strange, the desire for certain pleasures is a part of my pain.” ― Khalil Gibran, Sand and Foam

 

 

“There is a space between man's imagination and man's attainment that may only be traversed by his longing.”
― Khalil Gibran, Sand and Foam

 

“Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh,  and too selfish to seek other than itself.” ― Khalil Gibran

 

“The small wisdom is like water in a glass:
clear, transparent, pure.
The great wisdom is like the water in the sea:
dark, mysterious, impenetrable.”
― Rabindranath Tagore

 

“By plucking her petals you do not gather the beauty of the flower.” ― Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds