Some Wisdom Quotes

We can stay young by focusing on a dream instead of on a regret.

We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.

What you think of yourself is much more important than what others think of you.

Freedom is the ability not to care what the other person thinks.

We cannot hold a torch to light another’s path without brightening our own.

It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.

Your key to freedom lies in your power to control your thoughts.

Reading is knowledge and knowledge is power.

A generous man forgets what he gives and remembers what he receives.

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them, since you cannot even make yourself as you wish to be.

Concentrate all your thoughts on the task at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

Never leave that ’til tomorrow which you can do today.

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.

An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity.

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.

The greatest danger for most of us is not that we aim too high and we miss it, but we aim too low and reach it.

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.

It’s never too late to be what you might have been.

The joy that you give to others is the joy that comes back to you.

If there is one thing I would banish from earth, it is fear. And the only way to do that is to see that there is nothing to fear - nothing in all of life to be afraid of.

Security isn’t what the wise person looks for - it’s opportunity.

Courage is not the lack of fear, absence of fear, it is mastery of fear, control of fear.

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.

Honesty is the 1st chapter in the book of wisdom.

No one can take away my freedom to choose how I will react.

Only a life lived for others is the life worthwhile.

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

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