Wise Sayings

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Alex Green
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Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.

It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.

Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it.

Wisdom begins in wonder.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

The road to wisdom is paved with experience.

When you talk, you are only repeating what you know; but if you listen, you 

may learn something new.

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain.

The mind that opens to a new idea never returns to its original size.

Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

To be old and wise, you must first be young and stupid.

We cannot become what we want by remaining what we are.

Mistakes are the portals of discovery.

Patience is the companion of wisdom.

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

In a world where you can be anything, be kind.

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.

Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.

The best revenge is massive success.

Change is the law of life. Those who look only to the past or present are 

certain to miss the future.

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence.

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.

When one door of happiness closes, another opens.

It's not the years in your life that count, it's the life in your years.

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

Life is a journey, not a destination.

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

Wherever you go, go with all your heart.

The wisest mind has something yet to learn.

True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.

Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.

The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.

When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.

Dream big and dare to fail.

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge.

In the end, we only regret the chances we didn't take.

Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.

The biggest risk is not taking any risk.

You cannot swim for new horizons until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

Do more things that make you forget to check your phone.

The only thing standing between you and your goal is the story you keep telling yourself as to why you can't achieve it.

In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

Knowledge without wisdom is like water in the sand.

Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.

Don't let yesterday take up too much of today.

Silence is a source of great strength.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.

Wisdom is the reward for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.

To find yourself, think for yourself.

There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.

Learn as if you will live forever, live like you will die tomorrow.

Beauty is the illumination of your soul.

Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.

Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.

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 bitterest.

PUBLISHED: Sep 21, 2023
Written By
Alex Green
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