The Wise Said

“Honesty, sincerity, simplicity, humility, pure generosity, absence of vanity, readiness to serve others – qualities which are within easy reach of every soul – are the foundation of one’s spiritual life.” Nelson Mandela

“If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will avoid one hundred days of sorrow.” Chinese Proverb

“Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.” Plato

“I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.” Albert Einstein

“Be the change you wish to see in the world.” Mahatma Gandhi

“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.” Mother Teresa

“In giving advice, seek to help, not please, your friend.” Solon

“Whatever you are, be a good one.” Abraham Lincoln

“Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.” Confucius

“We are what we repeatedly do…Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.” Aristotle

“As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed.” Vincent Van Gogh

“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” Mahatma Gandhi

“Call on God, but row away from the rocks.” Indian Proverb

“I have not failed.  I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” Thomas Alva Edison

“Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.” Napoleon Bonaparte

“Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.” Bill Bradley

“Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly.  It comes as a byproduct of providing a useful service.” Henry Ford

“You must have long range goals to keep you from being frustrated by short range failures.” Charles C. Noble

“He who would leap high must take a long run.” Danish Proverb

“I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.” Socrates

“Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.” Benjamin Franklin

“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.” Steve Jobs