Wise Quotes, Wisdom Sayings - Page 52
Wise people ain’t afraid to admit their mistakes…
Some men are so far in the future that they don’t learn from the past,
Some men are so stuck in the past that they don’t look forward to the future,
And the wise man learns from the past, looks forward to the future, but understands the beauty of the present.
You don’t need to be tall to see the moon.
Whenever you need a helping hand, you will find one on the end of your arm.
If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there.
Fortunate people often have very favorable beginnings and very tragic endings. What matters isn’t being applauded when you arrive – for that is common – but being missed when you leave.
Every closed eye is not sleeping, and every open eye is not seeing.
Knowledge is realizing that the street is one- way, wisdom is looking both directions anyway.
When someone talks about you behind your back, remember they took time out of their pathetic lives to think about you.
Isn’t it funny when day by day nothing changes but when you look back everything is different.
Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.
Wisdom is timeless and doesn’t change, knowledge changes over time.
Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it.
You are today where your thoughts brought you… you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.
The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.
We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.
If most of us are ashamed of shabby clothes and shoddy furniture, let us be more ashamed of shabby ideas and shoddy work… It would be a sad situation if the wrapper was better than the candy wrapped inside it.
Fine feathers don’t make fine birds.
..Once A Sin Is Committed, The Fear Of Committing It Again Is Gone..
He who rejoices at others’ sorrows is the saddest of all.
- Sayeth Mua
A man who treats his woman as a princess qualifies himself as a prince.
Without struggle there is no progress.
What an old person can see while sitting, a young person may not see even when he stands on a tree on a mountain top.
Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.
- Josh Billings
Talk to someone about themselves and they’ll listen for hours.
- Dale Carnegie
If you wanna be somebody and you wanna go some where.. Then you better wake up and pay attention!
Don’t spend time trying to see what the other person is seeing, because you’ll be the one to end up tripping along the way.
People are like geodes. You can’t judge them to be a dull, boring rock, because when you open it up, it’s worth a real treasure.
You know that you’re famous, when your name becomes a clue on a crossword puzzle.
- B. Kinyon.
He who speaks for him self is a strong man, but he who speaks for others is a man of pride and respect.
You are the best judge for yourself.
To question is not a lack of faith but the act of putting faith in motion.
When the opinions of others do not matter you have truly mastered yourself.
An old Jamaican proverb:
The cow didn’t know the use of its tail until the butcher cut it off.
Meaning you don’t know what you have until it’s gone.