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Lesson in life:
“A wise man sat in the audience and cracked a joke. Everybody laughs like crazy. After a moment, he cracked the same joke again. This time, less people laughed. He cracked the same joke again and again.
When there is no laughter in the crowd, he smiled and said:
You can’t laugh at the same joke again and again, but why do you keep crying over the same thing over and over again?“
A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
A great fortune is a great slavery. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
A great mind becomes a great fortune. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
A kingdom founded on injustice never lasts. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
A man who suffers before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
A man’s as miserable as he thinks he is. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
A person’s fears are lighter when the danger is at hand. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
A physician is not angry at the intemperance of a mad patient, nor does he take it ill to be railed at by a man in fever. Just so should a wise man treat all mankind, as a physician does his patient, and look upon them only as sick and extravagant. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
A punishment to some, to some a gift, and to many a favor. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless there be two. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer’s hand. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
A well governed appetite is the greater part of liberty. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
All art is but imitation of nature. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
All cruelty springs from weakness. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
Anger: an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
Luck is preparation meeting opportunity. – Adam Lyons
Any intelligent fool can make things better, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius, and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction. – Albert Einstein
Success has many fathers, but failure is an orphan. – Unknown
You can live to be a hundred if you give up all the things that make you want to live to be a hundred. – Woody Allen
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. – Leonardo da Vinci
The past is history. The future is a mystery. This moment is a gift. That’s why this moment is called the present. Enjoy it. – Allan Johnson
If you want to travel fast, travel alone. If you want to travel far, travel together. – African proverb
Most homes valued at over $250,000 have a library. That should tell us something. – Jim Rohn
The man is the head [of the family], but the woman is the neck. And she can turn the head any way she wants. – My Big Fat Greek Wedding
To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first. – William Shakespeare
You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him. – Anonymous
Minds are like parachutes — they only function when open. – Thomas Dewar
Try not to become a man of success but a man of value. – Albert Einstein
The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible. – Arthur C. Clarke
A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. – Chinese proverb
We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection. – Plato
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. – Albert Einstein
In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure. – Bill Cosby
The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible, and achieve it, generation after generation. – Pearl S. Buck
Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others. – Jonathan Swift
When faced with two choices simply toss a coin. It works not because it settles the question for you, but because in that brief moment when the coin is in the air, you suddenly know what you are hoping for. – Unknown
If you love two people at the same time, choose the second one, because if you really loved the first one you wouldn’t have fallen for the second. – Johnny Depp
In the pursuit of knowledge, something is added every day. In the pursuit of enlightenment, something is dropped every day. – Laozi
Do not regret growing older. It is a privilege denied to many. – Unknown
Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light. I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. – Sarah Williams
When people see some things as beautiful, other things become ugly. When people see some things as good, other things become bad. – Laozi
“A smart man makes a mistake, learns from it, and never makes that mistake again. But a wise man finds a smart man and learns from him how to avoid the mistake altogether.” – Roy Williams
“The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Wisdom outweighs any wealth.” ~ Sophocles
“A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.” ~ Chinese Proverb
“No man was ever wise by chance.” ~ Seneca
“Wisdom is never on the menu, you have to own the restaurant.” ~ Carrie Latet
“Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification.” ~ Martin H. Fischer
“Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.” ~ Sandra Carey
“A man only becomes wise when he begins to calculate the approximate depth of his ignorance.” ~ Gian Carlo Menotti
“I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.” ~ Abraham Lincoln
“We seem to gain wisdom more readily through our failures than through our successes. We always think of failure as the antithesis of success, but it isn’t. Success often lies just the other side of failure.” ~ Leo F. Buscaglia
“A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows public opinion.” ~ Chinese Proverb
“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 most bitter.” ~ Confucius
It is every man’s obligation to put back into the world at least the equivalent of what he takes out of it. – Albert Einstein
To sensible men, every day is a day of reckoning. – John W. Gardner
A hopeless person feels difficulty in every chance but, a hopeful person feels a chance in every difficulty. – Unknown
See everything; overlook a great deal; correct a little. – Pope John XXIII
Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Now that it’s all over, what did you really do yesterday that’s worth mentioning? – Coleman Cox
Never miss an opportunity to make others happy, even if you have to leave them alone in order to do it. – Unknown
A single conversation across a table with a wise man is worth a month’s study of books. – Chinese proverb
Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success. – Unknown
Don’t waste a minute not being happy. If one window closes, run to the next window – or break down a door. – Unknown
Some wonderful wisdom quotes and sayings for a great day :)
“The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.” – William James
“What you are is what you have been, and what you will be is what you do now.” – The Buddha
“The seat of knowledge is in the head, of wisdom, in the heart.” – William Hazlitt
“No man is smart, except by comparison to those who know less.” – Edgar Watson Howe
“A wise man learns by the mistakes of others, a fool by his own.” – Latin Proverb
“Statistics are like a bikini. What they reveal is suggestive but what they conceal is vital.” – Aaron Levenstein
“Years teach us more than books.” – Berthold Auerbach
“The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others.” – Solomon Ibn Gabriol
“The man of wisdom is never of two minds; the man of benevolence never worries; the man of courage is never afraid.” – Confucius
“No man was ever wise by chance.” – Seneca
“Of all parts of wisdom the practice is the best.” – John Tillotson
“If you try you may fail, if you don’t try you’re guaranteed to fail.” – Jesse Jackson
“Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.” – Leo Aikman
“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” –Theodore Roosevelt
“Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time.” – Betty Smith
“Never explain. Your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe it anyway.” – Elbert Hubbard
“To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.” – Chinese Proverb
“Be nice to people on your way up because you’ll need them on your way down.” – W. Migner
“There are two kinds of light – the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.” – James Thurber
“Wisdom is found only in truth.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.” – Lao Tzu
“Don’t compromise yourself. You’re all you’ve got.” –Janis Joplin
A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.
A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough.
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.
Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successfull personality and duplicate it.
As you think, so shall you become.
Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one’s potential.
I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine.
If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.
If you love life, don’t waste time, for time is what life is made up of.
If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done.
It’s not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.
Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.
Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.
Man, the living creature, the creating individual, is always more important than any established style or system.
Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.
Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.
Real living is living for others.
Showing off is the fool’s idea of glory.
Take no thought of who is right or wrong or who is better than. Be not for or against.
– “Nature and wisdom never are at strife.” – Plutarch
– “It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.” – Francois De La Rochefoucauld
– “The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.” – William James
– “The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others.” – Solomon Ibn Gabriol
– “Years teach us more than books.” – Berthold Auerbach
– “The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs, which are brief and pithy.” – William Penn
– “The middle course is the best.” – Cleobulus
– “The only medicine for suffering, crime, and all the other woes of mankind, is wisdom.” – Thomas Huxley
– “A wise man learns by the mistakes of others, a fool by his own.” – Latin Proverb
– “Silence does not always mark wisdom.” – Samuel Taylor Coleridge
– “No man was ever wise by chance.” – Seneca
– “Not to know at large of things remote
From use, obscure and subtle, but to know
That which before us lies in daily life,
Is the prime wisdom.” – John Milton
– “By associating with wise people you will become wise yourself.” – Menander
– “The seat of knowledge is in the head, of wisdom, in the heart.” – William Hazlitt
– “Of all parts of wisdom the practice is the best.” – John Tillotson
– “The more a man knows, the more he forgives.” – Catherine the Great
– “A loving heart is the truest wisdom.” – Charles Dickens
– “One who understands much displays a greater simplicity of character than one who understands little.” – Alexander Chase
– “How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!” – Homer
– “On every thorn, delightful wisdom grows,
In every rill a sweet instruction flows.
Edward Young
– “The man of wisdom is never of two minds;
the man of benevolence never worries;
the man of courage is never afraid.” – Confucius
