Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another. — Napoleon Hill
Careful with fire is good advice we know. Careful with words is ten times doubly so. — William Carleton
Realize the power of your words, both cruel and kind. Then speak. — Joe Gatto
The words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels. — Hazrat Inayat Khan
Top 10 Words Of Wisdom Quotes
Don’t depend too much on anyone in this world because even your own shadow leaves you when you are in darkness. — Ibn Taymiyyah
Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back and reasons to stay. — Dalai Lama
If you let a person talk long enough you'll hear their true intentions. Listen twice, speak once. — Tupac Shakur
If the truth shall kill them, let them die. — Ayn Rand
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
When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser. — Socrates
People count with self-satisfaction the number of times they have recited the name of God on their prayer beads, but they keep no beads for reckoning the number of idle words they speak. — Al-Ghazali
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
Does money upset the hearts of learned men? He answered, "men whose hearts are changed by money are not learned" — Al-Ghazali
Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence. There's no better rule. — Charles Dickens
You will continue to suffer if you have an emotional reaction to everything that is said to you. True power is sitting back and observing everything with logic. If words control your that means everyone can control you. Breathe and allow things to pass.
Wise Words Of Wisdom Quotes
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
We have a right to believe whatever we want, but not everything we believe is right. — Ravi Zacharias
Authority, power, and wealth do not change a man; they only reveal him — Ali ibn Abi Talib
Be careful with your words, once they are said, they can be only forgiven, not forgotten.
When proven wrong, the wise man will correct himself and the ignorant will keep arguing. — Ali ibn Abi Talib
He who has overcome his fears will truly be free. — Aristotle
A boat is safe in the harbor. But this is not the purpose of a boat. — Paulo Coelho
You cried when He took away your drop of water, not knowing He'd saved for you, the sea. — Yasmin Mogahed
Nothing exists; even if something exists, nothing can be known about it; and even if something can be known about it, knowledge about it can't be communicated to others. — Gorgias
A small act is worth a million thoughts. — Ai Weiwei
Women's Words Of Wisdom Quotes
...the Government must not think that they can stop this agitation. It will go on...We are here not because we are law-breakers; we are here in out efforts to become law-makers. — Emmeline Pankhurst
If it is true that men are better than women because they are stronger, why aren't our sumo wrestlers in the government? — Toshiko Kishida
History is no longer just a chronicle of kings and statesmen, of people who wielded power, but of ordinary women and men engaged in manifold tasks. Women's history is an assertion that women have a history. — Toshiko Kishida
Fools live to regret their words, the wise regret their silence.
For me the beginning of all true progress in the woman question lies in women's right to vote...The strong the emphasis on the difference between the sexes, the clearer the need for the specific representation of women. — Hedwig Dohm
When women are seen with pen in hand, they are met immediately with shrieks commanding a return to that life of pain which their writing had interrupted, a life devoted to the women's work of needle and distaff. — Arcangela Tarabotti
Words Of The Wise Quotes
The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence. — Charles Bukowski
I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on the frivolous youth of today, for certainly all youth are reckless beyond words. When I was a boy, we were taught to be discrete and respectful of elders, but the present youth are exceedingly wise and impatient of restraint. — Hesiod
If you are not in the process of becoming the person you want to be, you are automatically engaged in becoming the person you don't want to be. — Dale Carnegie
Tears are words that heart can't express.
The depravity of man is at once the most empirically verifiable reality but at the same time the most intellectually resisted fact. — Malcolm Muggeridge
The ultimate goal of all goals is to be happy. If you want to be happy make someone else happy. — Deepak Chopra
The whole point of taking pictures is so that you don't have to explain things with words. — Elliott Erwitt
The words you speak become the house you live in.
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
You are never alone or helpless. The force that guides the stars guides you too. — Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar
The less you try to impress, the more impressive you are. — Denis Waitley
Many words are not proof of the wise man, because the sage only talk when it's needed, and the words are measured and corresponding with the need. — Thales
Words Of Advice Quotes
The waiting is the hardest part, every day you get one more yard. You take it on faith, you take it to the heart, the waiting is hardest part. — Tom Petty
Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love. — Miguel Angel Ruiz
Read a thousand books and your words will flow like a river.
Take people's advice and guidance in the beginning, but always follow your instincts first — Alexander Wang
If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, 'Tell the truth.' If I got three more words, I'd add: 'All the time.' — Randy Pausch
Making others happy, through kindness of speech and sincerity of right advice, is a sign of true greatness. To hurt another soul by sarcastic words, looks, or suggestions, is despicable. — Paramahansa Yogananda
Be silent or let the words be worth more than silence.
Be strong , my young friends; that is my advice to you. You will be nearer to Heaven through football than through the study of the Gita. These are bold words; but I have to say them, for I love you. I know where the shoe pinches. — Swami Vivekananda
When you go through a process of #1 praying daily and staying in God's word #2 obey Him in the small decisions every day #3 ask advice from a number of spiritual counselors then you can step out peacefully knowing that pleasing God is all that matters. America was built on this attitude. — Mary Engelbreit
Just a word of advice. Whenever you're furious with your parents or you think they're terrible, just remember, you vomited on them and they kept you. — John Green
A word of advice: If you get the choice between the upper and lower bunks in a cell, choose the lower. Prisons do not turn off their lights at night, and I spent a sleepless night, without a mattress, with a five-hundred-watt bulb shining directly into my eyes. — William Powell
If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's. — Joseph Campbell
The past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead, prepare for it. The present is here, live it. — Thomas S. Monson
Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure.
Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't. — Bill Nye
A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves. — Edward R. Murrow
Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires. — John Steinbeck
When written in Chinese the word "Crisis" is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.
Do not raise your children the way your parents raised you; they were born for a different time. — Ali ibn Abi Talib
The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least. — Booker T. Washington
All kids are born geniuses, but are crushed by society. — Michio Kaku
On your journey to your dream, be ready to face oasis and deserts. In both cases, don't stop — Paulo Coelho
Wise Sayings Quotes
A wise woman puts a grain of sugar into everything she says to a man, and takes a grain of salt with everything he says to her. — Helen Rowland
A wise man speaks because he has something to say; a fool because he has to say something. — Plato
A wise quote can only change a wise man! Therefore, wise sayings are for the wise men, not for the fools! The sunflowers turn their face toward the Sun, the fools, toward the darkness! — Mehmet Murat Ildan
Words are free. It's how you use them, that may cost you.
I once heard a wise man say there are no perfect men. Only perfect intentions. — Morgan Freeman
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something. — Plato
Hate and fear breed a poison in the blood, which if continued, affects eyes, ears, nose and the organs of digestion. Therefore, it is not wise to hear and remember the unkind things others might say about you. — Pythagoras
If you are using words to hurt others, you are misusing them.
When a pure devotee or spiritual master speak, what he says should be accepted as having been directly spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the Parampara System. — A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Sometimes it's the words we choose not to say that speak most loudly about our character. — Lysa TerKeurst
A fool has to say something. A wise person has something to say. — African Proverbs
Your capacity to say "No" determines your capacity to say "Yes" to greater things. — E. Stanley Jones
Life Wisdom Quotes
Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom. — Queen Elizabeth II
I'd rather die on my feet, than live on my knees. — Emiliano Zapata
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. — Lao Tzu
A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers. — Ruth Graham
Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. — Albert Einstein
Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life. — Immanuel Kant
True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us. — Socrates
My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician. To tell the truth, there's hardly a difference. — Harry S. Truman
If you talk to the animals they will talk with you and you will know each other. If you do not talk to them you will not know them and what you do not know, you will fear. What one fears, one destroys. — Chief Dan George
Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. — Muhammad Ali
As we come to know the seriousness of the situation, the war, the racism, the poverty in our world, we come to realize that things will not be changed simply by words or demonstrations. Rather, it's a question of living one's life in a drastically different way. — Dorothy Day
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. — John F. Kennedy
Our mission statement about treating people with respect and dignity is not just words but a creed we live by every day. You can't expect your employees to exceed the expectations of your customers if you don't exceed the employees' expectations of management. — Howard Schultz
No one can be a good Christian who does not with holy zeal set out to know, delight in, and live by the Word of God! — John R. Rice
I was carried away, swept along by the mighty stream of words pouring from the hundreds of pages. To me it was the ultimate book: once you had read it, neither your own life nor the world you lived in would ever look the same. — Sijie Dai
The Christian faith is meant to be lived moment by moment. It isn't some broad, general outline--it's a long walk with a real Person. Details count: passing thoughts, small sacrifices, a few encouraging words, little acts of kindness, brief victories over nagging sins. — Joni Eareckson Tada
One of the noblest words in our language is "grace," defined as "unearned blessing." We live by grace far more than by anything else. Accordingly, I find that the one thing which I want to put into practice in my own life is the conscious and deliberate habit of finding someone to thank. — D. Elton Trueblood
Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving," and the words of John Fitzgerald Kennedy tell us that, "As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. — W. T. Purkiser
If we want to know the Glory of God, if we want to experience the beauty of God, and if we want to be used by the hand of God, then we must LIVE in the WORD of God. — David Platt
Words Of Encouragement Quotes
Ups and downs in life are very important to keep us going, because a straight line even in an ECG means we are not alive — Ratan Tata
Don't forget: Beautiful sunsets need cloudy Skies. — Paulo Coelho
Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end. — John Lennon
Storms draw something out of us that calm seas don't. — Bill Hybels
Decide...whether or not the goal is worth the risks involved. If it is, stop worrying. — Amelia Earhart
In life's journey, you will meet all sorts of characters. Always remember, never shed a tear for the heartless, corrupt or insensitive. — Krystal
Behind the cloud the sun is still shining. — Abraham Lincoln
We were all born with wings. In times of doubt: spread them. — Kevin Myers
You are the sky. The clouds are what happens, what comes and goes. — Eckhart Tolle
The only way to define your limits is by going beyond them. — Arthur C. Clarke
When a wise man is advised of his errors, he will reflect on and improve his conduct. When his misconduct is pointed out, a foolish man will not only disregard the advice but rather repeat the same error. — Buddha
Govern wisely, and as little as possible — Sam Houston
The man who does not learn to wait upon the Lord and have his thoughts molded by Him will never possess that steady purpose and calm trust, which is essential to the exercise of wise influence upon others, in times of crisis and difficulty. — Dixon Edward Hoste
No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master. — Hunter S. Thompson
The way of fools seems right to them, but the wise listen to advice. — Bible Proverbs
Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill. — J. R. R. Tolkien
Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it. — Publilius Syrus
Don't follow any advice, no matter how good, until you feel as deeply in your spirit as you think in your mind that the counsel is wise. — Joan Rivers
Don't follow any advice, no matter how good, until you feel as deeply in your spirit as you think in your mind that the counsel is wise. — David Seabury
The true laboratory is the mind, where behind illusions we uncover the laws of truth. — Jagadish Chandra Bose
If those who do not possess knowledge avoid the scholarly discussions, disagreement will end. — Al-Ghazali
May the strength of God pilot us, may the wisdom of God instruct us, may the hand of God protect us, may the word of God direct us. Be always ours this day and for evermore. — Saint Patrick
We live in a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants, in a world that has achieved brilliance without wisdom, power without conscience. We have solved the mystery of the atom and forgotten the lessons of the Sermon on the Mount. We know more about war than we know about peace, more about dying than we know about living. — Omar N. Bradley
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
An observer of men who finds himself steadily repelled by some apparently trifling thing in a stranger is right to give it great weight. It may be the clue to the whole mystery. A hair or two will show where a lion is hidden. A very little key will open a very heavy door. — Charles Dickens
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
Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. This is another paradox: what is soft is strong. — Lao Tzu
The earth which sustains humanity must not be injured. It must not be destroyed! — Hildegard of Bingen
If you chase two rabbits,
you catch none. — Confucius
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