Wisdom

Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small.

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.

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

He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.

Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.

Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.

He is richest who is content with the least.

He who learns but does not think is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.

Dare to know! Have the courage to use your own understanding.

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

Do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in few.

Courage is knowing what not to fear.

He who flies high falls low.

The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

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

The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.

Only the educated are free.

We are not rich by what we possess but by what we can do without.

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

Bake it first, then speak — think before you talk.

Know yourself and you will win all battles.

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

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.

You have power over your mind — not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

In a conflict between the heart and the brain, follow your heart.

Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.

The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.

Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace.

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

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.

Begin, be bold and venture to be wise.

He who opens a school door, closes a prison.

Ignorance: the root and stem of every evil.

The greatest wealth is to live content with little.

Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.

If your hate could be turned into electricity, it would light up the whole world.

No man is free who is not master of himself.

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

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

While we teach, we learn.