Wise Words Quotes

91 Wise Words quotes by 67 unique authors

The most valuable lesson man has learned from his dog is to kick a few blades of grass over it and move on. — Robert Breault
Lend, by your imperfections, self-esteem to others, and you will be invited everywhere. — Robert Breault
Being loved by all is little fun Unless you're also loved by one. — Robert Breault
In the end the reason for anything is inseparable from the reason for everything. — Robert Breault
Usually, when you can't overcome the obstacles in your path, it's not your path. — Robert Breault
Do not be someone looking for [insert]. Be [insert] looking for someone. Suggestions for [insert]: —love —friendship —understanding —appreciation —tolerance —a helping hand —a leg… — Robert Breault
A man must have something to cling to. Without that he is as a pea vine sprawling in search of a trellis.... I was all… — Elwyn Brooks White
No armies are needed, no weapons are needed, no nations are needed, no religions are needed. All that is needed is a little meditativeness, a… — Rajneesh
But work a year and sleep an hour, and sleep a night and sing a day, And take a little wine and love, and when… — Ridgely Torrence
Be deeply satisfied and ready for more. — Esther Hicks
You cannot be anything if you want to be everything. But if you are content to be something, you may by analogy be many things. — Israel Zangwill
You want to run out in front, prepare to be tripped from behind. — Albie Sachs
When "Why not do it?" barely outweighs "Why do it?" — don't do it. — Mignon McLaughlin
Use your energy for good and it will be replenished with more good energy, use you energy for bad and your energy will be drained. — Michael Dolan
We must have passed through life unobservantly, if we have never perceived that a man is very much himself what he thinks of others. — Frederick William Faber
Create each day anew by clothing yourself with heaven and earth, bathing yourself with wisdom and love, and placing yourself in the heart of Mother… — Morihei Ueshiba
A wise word is not a substitute for a piece of herring. — Sholom Aleichem
The more relaxed you are, the better you are at everything. — Bill Murray
Walk lightly through life. — Guy Finley
This is a confusing and uncertain period, when a thousand wise words can go completely unnoticed, and one thoughtless word can provoke an utterly nonsensical… — Vaclav Havel
People cannot go wrong, if you don't let them. They cannot go right, unless you let them. — Augustus William Hare
Practical life teaches us that people may differ and that both may be wrong: it also teaches us that people may differ and both be… — Augustus William Hare
Now and then it is a joy to have one's table red with wine and roses. — Oscar Wilde
Never saw off the branch you are on, unless you are being hanged from it. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Is bread the better for kneading? so is the heart. Knead it then by spiritual exercises; or God must knead it by afflictions. — Augustus William Hare

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