Wisdom Quotes
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Risk comes from not knowing what you are doing.
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Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful.
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Strength is Life, Weakness is death.
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Quiet people have the loudest minds.
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Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.
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A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.
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Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.
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Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.
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Turn your wounds into wisdom.
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Fools multiply when wise men are silent.
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Only free men can negotiate. A prisoner cannot enter into contracts.
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Man’s goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished.
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Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
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I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.
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If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
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There are only two forces that unite men – fear and interest.
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Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
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The stupid speak of the past, the wise of the present, and fools of the future.
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We walk faster when we walk alone.
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Friends must always be treated as if one day they might be enemies.
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Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
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Let no man pull you so low as to hate him.
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A man can’t ride your back unless it’s bent.
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There is a sufficiency in the world for man’s need but not for man’s greed.
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It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.
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Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can’t see where it keep its brain.
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Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.
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It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.
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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one
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Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.
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After all, the wrong road always leads somewhere.
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A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.
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I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.
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When things go wrong, don’t go with them.
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Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.
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Silence is sometimes the best answer.
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Before you start some work always ask yourselves three questions why i am doing it? what the results might be? and will I be successful? Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead.
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You can win over a greedy person by offering money, a proud person by covering before him. You can win a foolish by agreeing with him and you can win a scholar by truth only.
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Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourselves.
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God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple.
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As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.
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Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous.
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Give your wealth only to the worthy and never to others. The water of the sea received by the clouds is always sweet.
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As a single withered tree, if set aflame, causes a whole forest to burn, so does a rascal son destroy a whole family.
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Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.
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One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises.
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There is poison in the fang of the serpent, in the mouth of the fly and in the sting of a scorpion; but the wicked man is saturated with it.
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Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune.
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Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.
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A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.