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Wisdom.

Timeless truths from the greatest minds of every era

“In this world of change, nothing which comes stays, and nothing which goes is lost.”

“If you are afraid of loneliness, don't marry.”

“Nothing clears up a case so much as stating it to another person.”

Arthur Conan Doyle

“We do not judge men by what they are in themselves, but by what they are relatively to us.”

“Welcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.”

“Less explanation is more convincing than more explanation.”

“To make the world a better place, see the world as a better place.”

“All that happens means something; nothing you do is ever insignificant.”

“To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.”

“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.”

“Keep memories of insult on a short leash, and memories of blessing on a long one.”

“I knew when I met you an adventure was going to happen.”

Alan Alexander Milne

“The less you talk, the more you're listened to.”

Abigail Van Buren

“If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we'd all be millionaires.”

Abigail Van Buren

“The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.”

“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”

Albert Einstein

“Talent hits a target no one else can hit; genius hits a target no one else can see.”

Arthur Schopenhauer

“Intellect is invisible to the man who has none.”

Arthur Schopenhauer

“It is not wealth but character that lasts.”

“The sun does not forget a village just because it is small.”

African proverbs

“No matter how long the night, the day is sure to come.”

African proverbs

“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.”

“The more grateful I am, the more beauty I see.”

“Gratitude turns what we have into enough.”

“By changing nothing, nothing changes.”

“If it isn't a clear yes, then it's a clear no.”

“The poor and the middle class work for money. The rich have money work for them.”

Robert Kiyosaki

“You are what you eat and read.”

“Do what is right, not what is easy nor what is popular.”

“We have two ears and one mouth, so we should listen more than we say.”

“When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.”

“When you have something to say, silence is a lie.”

Jordan Peterson

“If you want a new idea, read an old book.”

“Who chases two rabbits catches neither.”

Japanese Proverb

“The bigger the 'why' the easier the 'how'.”

“Change is hard at first, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end.”

“There should be no shame in admitting to a mistake; after all, we really are only admitting that we are now wiser than we once were.”

“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.”

William Arthur Ward

“An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.”

“If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's.”

“A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.”

Jean de la Fontaine

“The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is itself hypocrisy.”

William Hazlitt

“Worrying is like paying a debt you don't owe.”

“Essentialism is not about how to get more things done; it's about how to get the right things done.”

“After all is said and done, more is said than done.”

“Our scars are proof that we can heal.”

“Nobody is coming to save you. save yourself.”

“Choose your words wisely. Words can be forgiven, but the impact they have may not be forgotten.”

Sylvester McNutt

“The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance. The wise grows it under his feet.”

James Oppenheim