Simple Wise Quotes

Wisdom
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Change your thoughts and you change your life.

A mind is like a parachute, it works best when it's open.

"There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people." - Gilbert K. Chesterton

"In the practice of tolerance, ones enemy is the best teacher.' - Dalai Lama

"It's the constant and determined effort that breaks down all resistance and sweeps away all obstacles."- Claude M. Bristol

"The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials." - Chinese Proverb

It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks.  -- Helen Keller

A stumble may prevent a fall.  -- English Proverb

If you want a rainbow, you have to put up with the rain.

The game of life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds,and words return to us sooner or later with astounding accuracy. -- Florence Scovel Shinn

Those who always look for the soft places in life, will eventually find them, sink into them and never be heard from again.

Happiness is not the absence of adversity, rather it has to do with attitude. Everyone has adversity, problems, challenges, etc.; and in fact they are suited for each individual - to their character (what they need for growth). Success and happiness depend only on the attitude (and perspective) that one decides to employ.

Happiness is not what happens outside of you; it's what happens inside of you. Each of us makes our own weather - determines the color of the skies - the emotional universe which we inhabit.

If the time and energy that is spent on complaining, quarreling over things and trying to take what someone else has was spent instead, on anything constructive, or simply working to improve ones own situation, all of the conflicts and problems in the world would be solved or avoided, everyone would have more than enough of everything and everyone's situation would be  immensely improved in every way. Every problem in the world stems from selfishness (greed) and pride (lack of humility, consideration, awareness, respect for others) -- having nothing to do with money, resources, space, etc.

Never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. People will take you very much at your own reckoning.  -- Anthony Trollope

When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.  -- Cherokee Expression