1. “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” – Lao Tzu
2. “When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps”– Confucius
3. “In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks. ”– John Muir
4. “Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.” – Sigmund Freud
5. “If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.”– Lewis Carroll
6. “Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.” – Confucius
7. “When in doubt, don’t. ”– Benjamin Franklin
8. “The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds.” – John F. Kennedy
9. “True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.”– Socrates
10. “Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
11. “Wisdom begins in wonder.”– Socrates
12.“Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.”– George S. Patton
13.“Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.”– John Wooden
14.“Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who’ll argue with you.” – John Wooden
15.“We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.” – Swami Vivekananda
16.“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.” – William Arthur Ward
17.“It’s better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.” – Elizabeth Kenny
18.“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.” – Albert Einstein
19.“Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.” – Franz Kafka
20.“The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
21.“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.” – Albert Einstein
22.“In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don’t try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.” – Lao Tzu
23.“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.” – John Muir
24.“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” – Socrates
25.“True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.” – Socrates
26.“I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done.” – Lucille Ball
27.“There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
28.“It isn’t what you do, but how you do it.” – John Wooden
29.“If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
30.“It’s the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.” – John Wooden
31.“The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique.” – Walt Disney
32.“Step with care and great tact, and remember that Life’s a Great Balancing Act.” – Dr. Seuss
33.“The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero
34.“Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become.” – Jim Rohn
35.“It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.” – Epictetus
36.“People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.” – Anton Chekhov
37.“Work like you don’t need the money. Love like you’ve never been hurt. Dance like nobody’s watching.” – Satchel Paige
38.“Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one’s aim.” – John D. Rockefeller
39.“Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn’t be done.” – Amelia Earhart
40.“Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.” – Phil Jackson
41.“No one wants advice – only corroboration.” – John Steinbeck
42.“Let us act on what we have, since we have not what we wish.” – John Henry Newman
43.“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
44.“Imagination is more important than knowledge.”– Albert Einstein
45.“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.” – Confucius
46.“The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.” – Benjamin Franklin
47.“Honesty is the best policy.” – Benjamin Franklin
48.“There are three faithful friends – an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.” – Benjamin Franklin
49.“I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.” – Lao Tzu
50.“Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.” – Lao Tzu
51.“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” – Henry David Thoreau
52.“He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.” – Marcus Aurelius
53.“A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.” – Khalil Gibran
54.“The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.” – John F. Kennedy
55.“We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.” – George Bernard Shaw
56.“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.” – George Bernard Shaw
57.“Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” – Will Rogers
58.“The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.” – H. L. Mencken
59.“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.” – Carl Jung
60.“Patience is the companion of wisdom.” – Saint Augustine
61.“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.”- Henry Ford
62.“Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
63.“The way you see people is the way you treat them, and the way you treat them is what they become.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
64.“A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.”-Thomas Paine
65.“Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it.” – Rabindranath Tagore
66.“A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.”– John C. Maxwell
67.“Never find fault with the absent.” – Alexander Pope
68.“Turn your wounds into wisdom.” – Oprah Winfrey
69.“Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero
70.“Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.”– Joseph Campbell
71.“If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.” – Nelson Mandela
72.“Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.” – Jim Rohn
73.“Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.” – Thomas A. Edison
74.“The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.” – Thomas A. Edison
75.“Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it.” – Colin Powell
76.“To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.” – Bertrand Russell
77.“Experience is not what happens to you; it’s what you do with what happens to you.” – Aldous Huxley
78.“Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.” – Anton Chekhov
79.“The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.” – John Burroughs
80.“No man was ever wise by chance.” – Lucius Annaeus Seneca
81.“When you give yourself, you receive more than you give.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupery
82.“Man is only great when he acts from passion.” – Benjamin Disraeli
83.“The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.” – William James
84.“Don’t follow any advice, no matter how good, until you feel as deeply in your spirit as you think in your mind that the counsel is wise.”– Joan Rivers
85.“Commitment is an act, not a word.”– Jean-Paul Sartre
86.“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is God’s gift, that’s why we call it the present.”– Joan Rivers
87.“Look twice before you leap.”– Charlotte Bronte
88.“Habit is the nursery of errors.”– Victor Hugo
89.“The opinion which other people have of you is their problem, not yours.”– Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
90.“I believe that we are solely responsible for our choices, and we have to accept the consequences of every deed, word, and thought throughout our lifetime.” – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
91.“The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.” – Michelangelo
92.“The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
93.“You must accept responsibility for your actions, but not the credit for your achievements.” – Denis Waitley
94.“Please all, and you will please none.” – Aesop
95.“Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.” – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
96.“Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.” – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
97.“Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.” – George Eliot
98.“Always keep an open mind and a compassionate heart.” – Phil Jackson
99.“First appearance deceives many.” – Ovid
100.“If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.” – Margaret Thatcher
101.“A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.” – Joseph Addison
102.“If you do not express your own original ideas, if you do not listen to your own being, you will have betrayed yourself.” – Rollo May
103.“To win without risk is to triumph without glory.” – Pierre Corneille
104.“A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.” – Moliere
105.“With pride, there are many curses. With humility, there come many blessings.” – Ezra Taft Benson
106.“The sweetest of all sounds is praise.” – Xenophon
107.“We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss of it.” – James M. Barrie
108.“You always have two choices: your commitment versus your fear.” – Sammy Davis, Jr.
109.“What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens.” – Ellen Glasgow
110.“The superior man blames himself. The inferior man blames others.” – Don Shula
111.“A day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work.” – John Lubbock
112.“We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.” – Max de Pree
113.“Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.” – Iris Murdoch
114.“Never reach out your hand unless you’re willing to extend an arm.” – Pope Paul VI
115.“Slow and steady wins the race.” – Robert Lloyd
116.“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.”– Alan Kay