589 quotes
“A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.”
— Lao Tzu
“Turn your wounds into wisdom.”
— Oprah Winfrey
“When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'”
“Craft builds success.”
— Anonymous
“Do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.”
— Pythagoras
“To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.”
— Thomas Aquinas
“Diligence protects success.”
“Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise; seek what they sought.”
— Matsuo Bashō
“Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go.”
— Hermann Hesse
“The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.”
— Gautama Buddha
“Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and a stone will come back on him who starts it rolling.”
— Solomon
“Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.”
— Baltasar Gracián
“Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.”
— Confucius
“A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.”
— Book of Proverbs
“Resolve protects success.”
“Life is a bridge. Cross over it, but build no house on it.”
— Unknown
“Resolve builds success.”
“We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.”
— Epictetus
“Action is the foundational key to all success, but every action has a consequence that must be reconciled.”
— Thiruvalluvar
“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.”
— Laozi
“Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.”
— Cicero
“Wisdom builds success.”
“Be like the sun for grace and mercy. Be like the night to cover others faults. Be like running water for generosity.”
— Rumi
“Only the educated are free.”
“To know what you know, and to know what you do not know, that is true knowledge.”
“The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal”
— Aristotle
“Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.”
“Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore seek not to understand that thou mayest believe, but believe that thou mayest understand.”
— Augustine of Hippo
“A man's errors are his portals of discovery.”
— James Joyce
“He that has begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin.”
— Horace
“We do not need more knowledge we need more wisdom and wisdom comes from our own experience”
— Tenzin Palmo
“A single conversation with a wise person is worth a month study of books.”
— Chinese Proverb
“The wisest are the most annoyed at the loss of time.”
— Dante Alighieri
“The old Lakota was wise. He knew that a mans heart away from nature becomes hard.”
— Luther Standing Bear
“Knowing what is right does not make a sagacious man; the sage is one who also acts rightly.”
— Seneca
“Time, as it grows old, teaches all things.”
— Aeschylus
“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not but rejoices for those which he has through simplicity”
“Patience is the companion of wisdom.”
“Wisdom cannot be imparted wisdom that a wise man tries to impart always sounds like foolishness”
“The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.”
— Benjamin Franklin
“Integrity builds success.”
“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change courage to change the things I can and wisdom to know the difference”
— Reinhold Niebuhr
“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.”
“In examining disease, we gain wisdom about anatomy and physiology and biology. In examining the person with disease, we gain wisdom about life.”
— Oliver Sacks
“It is not that we have a short time to live but that we waste a great deal of it. Life is long enough and a sufficiently generous amount has been given to us for the highest achievements if it were all well invested.”
“A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence”
— David Hume
“An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.”
— Mahatma Gandhi
“Attention builds success.”
“The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant.”
— Plato
“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.”
“To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.”
“Before you embark on a journey of revenge dig two graves”
“Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.”
— Socrates
“Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.”
— Voltaire
“When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them.”
“The remedy is worse than the disease.”
— Francis Bacon
“A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.”
“Focus protects success.”
“Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.”
— Samuel Johnson
“Govern a family as you would cook a small fish — very gently.”
“Watch over your heart with all diligence, for from it flow the springs of life.”
“Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.”
— Pema Chodron
“A wise person does at once what a fool does at last”
— Baltasar Gracian
“Let go or be dragged”
— Zen Proverb
“I quote others only in order the better to express myself.”
— Michel de Montaigne
“Know thyself and thou shalt know the universe and the gods.”
“Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.”
“He who has great power should use it lightly.”
“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”
“Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent but kindness is the first resort of the wise”
— Isaac Asimov
“A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men. Creativity thrives on nonsense.”
— Roald Dahl
“The wise adapt themselves to circumstances, as water moulds itself to the pitcher.”
“When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.”
“Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.”
“As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.”
“Consistency protects success.”
“A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.”
— Alexander Pope
“The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.”
“Simplicity builds success.”
“Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.”
“Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone”
— Alan Watts
“Clarity reveals judgment.”
“Whoever is soft and yielding is a disciple of life. The hard and stiff will be broken.”
“Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.”
“Wisdom protects success.”
“The words of truth are always paradoxical.”
“The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”
“One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.”
— Euripides
“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”
“Time is the best doctor.”
— Yiddish Proverb
“The world is a traveller's inn, not an abode.”
“Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.”
“He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.”
“Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few.”
“Do not be unjust to others and you will not be a slave to injustice yourself.”
— Ali ibn Abi Talib
“In all things that you do, consider the end.”
— Solon
— Montaigne
“Composure protects success.”
“A loving heart is the truest wisdom.”
— Charles Dickens
“A stumble may prevent a fall.”
— Thomas Fuller
“The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life, knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.”
“The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.”
— Niccolò Machiavelli
“The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common and find wonder everywhere”
“Act nothing in a furious passion. It is putting to sea in a storm.”
“A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.”
— William Blake
“The real leader has no need to lead — he is content to point the way.”
— Henry Miller
“It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.”
“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.”
— Bertrand Russell
“The bow too tensely strung is easily broken.”
— Publilius Syrus
“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.”
— Marcus Aurelius
“Much learning does not teach understanding.”
— Heraclitus
“Purpose builds success.”
“One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.”
— Sophocles
“Life, if well lived, is long enough.”
“When eating fruit, remember the one who planted the tree.”
— Vietnamese Proverb
“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom”
