Timeless Wisdom: Profound Quotes for Life's Journey - Page 5

Gain insights from wise quotes that offer timeless wisdom and deep reflections on life, society, and personal growth. Page 5 provides more wisdom quotes.

Image of Ramakrishna
If you want to go east, don't go west.
- Ramakrishna
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Image of Benjamin Franklin
When in doubt, don't.
- Benjamin Franklin
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Image of Phil Jackson
Always keep an open mind and a compassionate heart.
- Phil Jackson
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Image of George Herbert
None knows the weight of another's burden.
- George Herbert
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Image of A. C. Benson
People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.
- A. C. Benson
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Image of Elbert Hubbard
Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.
- Elbert Hubbard
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Image of Socrates
True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
- Socrates
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Image of Miguel de Cervantes
A closed mouth catches no flies.
- Miguel de Cervantes
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Image of Josh Billings
The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.
- Josh Billings
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Image of Jean Paul
The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
- Jean Paul
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Image of Mason Cooley
If you call failures experiments, you can put them in your resume and claim them as achievements.
- Mason Cooley
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Image of Rollo May
If you do not express your own original ideas, if you do not listen to your own being, you will have betrayed yourself.
- Rollo May
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Image of John Henry Newman
Let us act on what we have, since we have not what we wish.
- John Henry Newman
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Image of Herb Caen
A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew.
- Herb Caen
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Image of Lord Salisbury
If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome; if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent; if you believe the military, nothing is safe.
- Lord Salisbury
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Image of Leo Buscaglia
If I don't have wisdom, I can teach you only ignorance.
- Leo Buscaglia
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Image of Khalil Gibran
The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.
- Khalil Gibran
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Image of George Eliot
Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.
- George Eliot
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Image of Confucius
When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.
- Confucius
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Image of Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
Be happy. It's one way of being wise.
- Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
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Image of Bryant H. McGill
Suffering is one of life's great teachers.
- Bryant H. McGill
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Image of Saint Teresa of Avila
All things must come to the soul from its roots, from where it is planted.
- Saint Teresa of Avila
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Image of George Santayana
Wisdom comes by disillusionment.
- George Santayana
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Image of Joseph Addison
A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.
- Joseph Addison
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Image of Thomas J. Watson
Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use.
- Thomas J. Watson
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Image of Iris Murdoch
Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.
- Iris Murdoch
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Image of Mary Wilson Little
He who devotes sixteen hours a day to hard study may become at sixty as wise as he thought himself at twenty.
- Mary Wilson Little
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Image of Peter Abelard
The key to wisdom is this - constant and frequent questioning, for by doubting we are led to question and by questioning we arrive at the truth.
- Peter Abelard
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Image of Gord Downie
It's time to listen to the stories of the Indigenous; we are blessed as a country to look to the wisdom of a really old country.
- Gord Downie
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Image of Michel de Montaigne
The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
- Michel de Montaigne
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Image of Andrea Pirlo
Being a philosopher is to think, seek wisdom, and have principles that guide and influence what you do. It's to give meaning to things, find your way in the world, believe that in the end, in every instance, good will overcome evil, even if there's a bit of suffering along the way.
- Andrea Pirlo
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Image of Viktor E. Frankl
A thought transfixed me: for the first time in my life, I saw the truth as it is set into song by so many poets, proclaimed as the final wisdom by so many thinkers. The truth - that love is the ultimate and the highest goal to which man can aspire.
- Viktor E. Frankl
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Image of Bernie Siegel
Being a survivor doesn't mean being strong - it's telling people when you need a meal or a ride, company, whatever. It's paying attention to heart wisdom, feelings, not living a role, but having a unique, authentic life, having something to contribute, finding time to love and laugh. All these things are qualities of survivors.
- Bernie Siegel
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Image of Thomas Carlyle
I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
- Thomas Carlyle
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Image of Zhuangzi
Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.
- Zhuangzi
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Image of Saadi
Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.
- Saadi
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Image of Milan Kundera
The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything.
- Milan Kundera
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Image of Alice Walker
Clearly older women and especially older women who have led an active life or elder women who successfully maneuver through their own family life have so much to teach us about sharing, patience, and wisdom.
- Alice Walker
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Image of Virat Kohli
A lot of people tell me a lot of things about my conduct, my game, my future... but I try to stay away from their words of wisdom. I don't let it distract me. On the field, you will be facing the ball alone. If you fail, you will the only one to blame. So, you should be the one deciding for yourself.
- Virat Kohli
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Image of John Burnside
The woods were a boon; all too often, the forest offered danger and mystery. Yet it could be liberating. If you entered that wild place on its own terms, you might be accorded wisdom.
- John Burnside
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Image of Sara Teasdale
Wisdom is not acquired save as the result of investigation.
- Sara Teasdale
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Image of Charles Stanley
Earthly wisdom is doing what comes naturally. Godly wisdom is doing what the Holy Spirit compels us to do.
- Charles Stanley
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Image of David Brainerd
The all-seeing eye of God beheld our deplorable state; infinite pity touched the heart of the Father of mercies; and infinite wisdom laid the plan of our recovery.
- David Brainerd
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Image of Julian Casablancas
Vanity can easily overtake wisdom. It usually overtakes common sense.
- Julian Casablancas
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Image of Elena Kagan
I've led a school whose faculty and students examine and discuss and debate every aspect of our law and legal system. And what I've learned most is that no one has a monopoly on truth or wisdom. I've learned that we make progress by listening to each other, across every apparent political or ideological divide.
- Elena Kagan
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Image of Igor Stravinsky
I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not by my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge.
- Igor Stravinsky
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Image of Travis Bradberry
Influential people are never satisfied with the status quo. They're the ones who constantly ask, 'What if?' and 'Why not?' They're not afraid to challenge conventional wisdom, and they don't disrupt things for the sake of being disruptive; they do it to make things better.
- Travis Bradberry
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Image of Sidney Hook
Wisdom is a kind of knowledge. It is knowledge of the nature, career, and consequences of human values.
- Sidney Hook
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Image of William Butler Yeats
If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise.
- William Butler Yeats
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