Wise Quotes and Sayings
Knowledge talks, wisdom listens.
- Jimi Hendrix
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me !
Only the wisest and the stupidest of men never change.
- Confucius
Don’t let your victories go to your head, or your failures go to your heart.
Those who criticize our generation forget who raised it.
Criticizing is easy, art is difficult.
Violence won’t solve a thing. It makes it more challenging to solve, though.
I don’t know what the key to success is, but the key to failure is trying to please everyone.
- Bill Cosby
When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends.
Not to care for philosophy is to be a true philospher.
The mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work unless it’s open.
The best mind-altering drug is truth.
Be wiser than other people if you can, but do not tell them so.
- Lord Chesterfield
Don’t look where you fall, but where you slipped.
Never forget what a man says to you when he is angry.
- Henry Ward Beecher
A winner listens, a loser just waits until it is their turn to talk.
Guns don’t kill people — people do.
He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.
- Lao Tzu
If you are not part of the cure, then you are part of the problem.
The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them.
Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.
- Jonathan Kozel
The best things in life are not things.
An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.
- Benjamin Franklin
You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.
One should always play fair when one has the winning cards.
- Oscar Wilde
Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought.
Beware of a man of one book.
Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
He who knows others is learned; he who knows himself is wise.
Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian, anymore than standing in your garage makes you a car.
Nothing in this world is worth having if it comes too easy.
Never challenge an old man, because if you lose, you’ve lost to an old man, and if you win, so what?
Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have spent most of life trying to save.
He who indulges in a task without proper knowledge will deteriorate rather than improve the case. (Prophet Mohammad (s))
There is no good in extravagence, however, there can never be extravagence in good deeds. (Prophet Mohammad (s))
Opportunities slide away like clouds. (Prophet Mohammad (s))
Victory is gained by resolution and determination. (Prophet Mohammad (s))
It is because of it’s emptiness that the cup is useful.
When the people of the world all know beauty as beauty, there arises the recognition of ugliness.
The wise advise leaders to shun force. force inevitably recoils against it’s user.
The apprentice who tries to take the carpenters place, always cuts his hands.
Shout your wrathful thoughts unto the valley, if only your bitter echo returns, what more can you expect from your fellows.
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
- Martin Luther King Jr
A wise man’s actions speak for himself.
People should not be afraid of their governments, goverments should be afraid of their people.
Never wrestle with a pig-you both get dirty but the pig likes it.
50% of the Solution is to put your hands on the problem.
Never keep your head down, you’re better than many!
Those who fail to prepare, are preparing to fail.
Revenge is a Poison meant for others, which we end up swallowing ourselves.
Vengence is a Dark Light that blinds all who seek it.
Don’t argue with Idiots.. They will bring you down to their level and beat you with experience.
Make sure the facts are straight before you start drawing conclusions
If your words aren’t grounded in the truth, they will backfire.
Finish what is on your plate before you reach for another dish.
After you have figured out who you are, share yourself with the world.
Before you make a decision, be aware of how others see the picture.
if u cant remember how u got a scare you didnt go through enough pain to get it.