Life & wisdom

“Some things are in our control and others not.”

“There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.”

“One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.”

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”

“Who is content needs fear no shame.”

“Do not disturb thyself. Make thyself all simplicity.”

“Love the art, poor as it may be, which thou hast learned, and be content with it;”

“A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.”

“This above all: to thine own self be true;”

“Brevity is the soul of wit,”

“Lost time is never found again.”

“Well done is better than well said.”

“No space of regret can make amends for one life’s opportunity misused!”

“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.”

“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”

“It is not that we have a short space of time, but that we waste much of it.”

“A great man is hard on himself. A small man is hard on others.”

“A rich man digs for gold, a poor man complains about the price of the shovel.”

“At the moment I wake up in the morning I get a very special gift, a new day to live. Thank you.”

“Be so busy improving yourself that you have no time to criticize others.”

“Being broken is part of the journey. Staying broken is a choice.”

“Choose the one who chooses you in a room full of people, not the one who wants you only when the room is empty.”

“Difficulty is what wakes up the genius.”

“Do the right things even when no one is looking.”

“Do things for people not because of who they are, but because of who you are.”

“Don’t be so quick to believe what you hear, because lies spread faster than truth.”

“Don’t chase money, chase your true passion and money will chase you.”

“Don’t listen to what people say behind you. A lion never looks back when small dogs bark.”

“He who blames others has a long way to go on his journey. He who blames himself is halfway there. He who blames no one has arrived.”

“I am a man of simple taste – I just like the best.”

“If you are thinking positively during negative times, you have already won.”

“If you light a lamp for someone else, it will also brighten your path.”

“In life what you really want will never come easy.”

“It’s better to be a warrior in a garden than be a gardener in a war.”

“It’s better to look back on life and say ‘I can’t believe I did that’ than to look back and say ‘I wish I had done that’.”

“It’s better to walk alone, than with a crowd going in the wrong direction.”

“Look for something positive every day, even if some days you have to look a little harder.”

“Most people are busy, but very few people are truly productive.”

“Most things are difficult before they become easy. Struggles don’t last forever, learn to be patient.”

“Nothing is permanent in this world, not even our troubles.”

“Our life is what our thoughts make it.”

“Some mistakes take us to the right place.”

“Some of the best days of your life haven’t happened yet.”

“Stay away from negative people, they have a problem for every solution.”

“Tell my mistakes to me not to others. Because my mistakes are to be corrected by me not others.”

“The day you plant the seed is not the day you eat the fruit.”

“The day you stop racing is the day you win the race.”

“The more you know, the less you need to say.”

“The most important decision you have to make is to be in a good mood.”

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

“Treat me right and I will treat you better. It’s as simple as that.”

“We don't buy things with money, we buy them with hours of our lives.”

“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.”

“When something is free, you are the product.”

“When you’re dead, you don’t know you’re dead. The pain is felt by others. The same thing happens when you’re stupid.”

“Without rain, nothing grows. Learn to embrace the storms of your life.”

“Wrong is wrong, even if everyone is doing it. Right is right, even if no one is doing it.”

“You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.”

“Don't be afraid of being different. Be afraid of being the same as everyone else.”

“When you wish good for others, good things come back to you.”

“To be the best, you must be able to handle the worst.”

“How beautiful it is to find someone who asks for nothing but your company.”

“Sometimes life doesn't give you what you want, not because you don't deserve it, but because you deserve more.”

“The most important lesson I've learned is this: don't let anyone make you cruel. No matter how badly you want to give the world a taste of its own bitter medicine, it is never worth losing yourself.”

“Don't let someone who has done nothing tell you how to do anything.”

“Respect is for those who deserve it, not for those who demand it.”

“Sometimes you need to learn to be quiet, even when you have a lot to say.”

“Never give up on something you really want. It is difficult to wait, but more difficult to regret.”

“Life is short. Time is fast. There is no replay and no rewind, so enjoy every moment as it comes.”

“Sometimes the best thing you can do is keep your mouth shut and your eyes open. The truth always comes out in the end.”

“Dance before the music is over. Live before your life is over.”

“As you start to walk on the way, the way appears.”

“The biggest mistake we make in life is thinking that we have time.”

“When you learn the lesson, the lesson will stop showing up.”

“Never argue with someone who believes their own lies.”

“Solve the problem or leave the problem. Don't live with the problem.”

“Don't just call me when you need me. Call me sometimes to see if I need you.”

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.”

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”

“If you can’t explain it to a six-year-old, you don’t understand it yourself.”

“Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.”

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”

“A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.”

“Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.”

“The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.”

“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.”

“You never fail until you stop trying.”

“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.”

“Creativity is intelligence having fun.”

“If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.”

“The best way to cheer yourself is to cheer somebody else up.”

“Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.”

“I must be willing to give up what I am in order to become what I will be.”

“Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.”

“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.”

“Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t — you’re right.”

“You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.”

“Failure is simply an opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.”

“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.”

“The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.”

“Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason so few engage in it.”

“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.”

“Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.”

“The best way to make money in business is not to think too much about making it.”

“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.”

“If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.”

“Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.”

“The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do, and then do it.”

“If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.”

“Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born.”

“The day science begins to study non-physical phenomena, it will make more progress in one decade than in all the previous centuries of its existence.”

“If you only knew the magnificence of the 3, 6 and 9, then you would have the key to the universe.”

“Invention is the most important product of man’s creative brain. The ultimate purpose is the complete mastery of mind over the material world, the harnessing of human nature to human needs.”

“Money does not represent such a value as men have placed upon it. All my money has been invested into experiments with which I have made new discoveries enabling mankind to have a little easier life.”

“The scientists from Franklin to Morse were clear thinkers and did not produce erroneous theories. The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.”

“Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more.”

“As I review the events of my past life I realize how subtle are the influences that shape our destinies.”

“Failure is not the outcome. Failure is not trying.”

“Embrace what you don’t know, especially in the beginning, because what you don’t know can become your greatest asset.”

“Do what you love and don’t take no for an answer.”

“Dark times are really fertile ground for change... something about being at rock bottom inspires you to look up. Where can I go from here? Anywhere!”

“There is a hidden blessing in the most traumatic things we go through in our lives. My brain always goes to, ‘Where is the hidden blessing? What is my gift?’”

“With every obstacle that has happened to me in my life, my brain immediately says, ‘Where is the hidden blessing?’ In starting a business and growing a business, every day is learning how to manage obstacles.”

“Rule No. 1 is never lose money. Rule No. 2 is never forget Rule No. 1.”

“Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”

“The most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop digging.”

“The best chance to deploy capital is when things are going down.”

“An idiot with a plan can beat a genius without a plan.”

“If you don’t find a way to make money while you sleep, you will work until you die.”

“The most important investment you can make is in yourself.”

“Honesty is a very expensive gift. Don’t expect it from cheap people.”

“The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything.”

“It’s better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you’ll drift in that direction.”

“Tell me who your heroes are and I’ll tell you how you’ll turn out to be.”

“In the world of business, the people who are most successful are those who are doing what they love.”

“Never depend on a single source of income. Make investments to create a second source.”

“If you buy things you do not need, soon you will have to sell things you need.”

“Do not save what is left after spending, but spend what is left after saving.”

“Never test the depth of a river with both of your feet.”

“Do not put all your eggs in one basket. Diversify.”

“Take the job you would take if you were independently wealthy.”

“Take the job you would take even if they didn’t pay you.”