The world is full of people who take pride in their work. They are the ones who go out of their way to make things happen despite mediocre pay. They are the ones who do not complain about hard work but instead embrace it.
It is always easy to find people who believe they deserve more than what they get, but what makes these individuals different from those who take what they can get? How does someone define success without having a standard for comparison?
When you constantly make excuses for your failures and refuse to put in your dues, you have shown less than what it means to be a resilient individual. Despite the struggle and trials that may come with a job that pays poorly, individuals will still find success if they understand that there’s always something new waiting ahead of them.
Wisdom comes from experience and understanding accumulated over time. It is the process of learning what works and what doesn’t work, both for ourselves and others.
If you want to master your craft, consult with experts in their field who have been around a long time – they know their stuff.
These 115 inspirational wisdom quotes will help you to change your life for the better
“Encourage instead of complain”
“The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.” ― Thomas Paine
“Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom.” ― Euripides
“You can never plan the future by the past.” ― Edmund Burke
“Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.” ― Elbert Hubbard
“Knowledge comes from learning. Wisdom comes from living.” ― Anthony Douglas Williams
“The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
“When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.” ― Confucius
“The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.” ― Mark Caine
“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.” ― Andre Gide
“Knowledge is learning something every day. Wisdom is letting go of something every day.” ― Zen Proverb
“Lost time is never found again..” ― Benjamin Franklin
“The difference between a wise and foolish man is this–the former sees much, thinks much, and speaks little; but the latter speaks more than he either sees or thinks.” ― William Scott Downey
“If you have the guts to keep making mistakes, your wisdom and intelligence leap forward with huge momentum.” ― Holly Near
“Be careful with your words. Once they are said, they can be only forgiven, not forgotten.”
“Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.” ― William James
“Don’t promise when you are happy. Don’t reply when you’re angry and don’t decide when you are sad.”
“Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.” ― Og Mandino
“Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.” ― Socrates
“In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” ― Abraham Lincoln
“When you’re used to being prepared to reject conventional wisdom, it leaves you open to learn more.” ― Mayim Bialik
“Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness. Sophocles”
“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” ― Helen Keller
“Happy is the man who finds wisdom and the man who gains understanding.” ― Anonymous
“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” ― Winston Churchill
“Turn your wounds into wisdom.” ― Oprah Winfrey
“Strive not to be a success but rather to be of value.” ― Albert Einstein
“He who devotes sixteen hours a day to hard study may become at sixty as wise as he thought himself at twenty.” ― Mary Wilson Little
“In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.” ― Ansel Adams
“The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero
“All human wisdom is summed up in two words; wait and hope.” ― Alexandre Dumas
“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on..” ― Robert Frost
“Try being informed instead of just opinionated.”
“The best revenge is massive success.” ― Frank Sinatra
“In life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by.” ― Lucille Ball
“I’m always doing things I can’t do. That’s how I get to do them.” ― Pablo Picasso
“Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.” ― Francis Bacon
“There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest.” ― Confucius
“Tough times never last, but tough people do.” ― Dr. Robert Schuller
“Wisdom is knowing when you can’t be wise.” ― Paul Engle
“The older you get, the more quiet you become. Life humbles you so deeply as you age. You realize how much nonsense you’ve waste time on.” ― Anonymous
“The door to wisdom is knowing yourself.” ― Anonymous
“It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.” ― Henry David Thoreau
“Lessons in life will be repeated until they are learned.” ― Frank Sonnenberg
“Attract what you expect, reflect what you desire, become what you respect, mirror what you admire.”
“Wise men make more opportunities than they find.” ― Francis Bacon
“The 3 C’s of Life: Choices, Chances, Changes. You must make a choice to take a chance or your life will never change.” ― Zig Ziglar
“Wisdom is a kind of knowledge. It is knowledge of the nature, career, and consequences of human values.” ― Sidney Hook
“Remember, you don’t need a certain number of friends, just a number of friends you can be certain of.”
“A loving heart is the truest wisdom.” ― Charles Dickens
“A wise owl sat on an oak, the more he saw the less he spoke, the less he spoke the more he heard. Why aren’t we like the wise old bird?” Charles M Schulz
“Let your actions demonstrate your wisdom.” ― ATGW
“Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future.” ― Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
“You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.” ― Rosa Parks
“Patience is the companion of wisdom.” ― Saint Augustine
“Soon, when all is well, you’re going to look back on this period of your life and be so glad that you never gave up.” ― Brittany Burgunder
“Learn how to take criticism seriously but not personally.” ― Hillary Clinton
“Wisdom comes with the ability to be still. Just look and just listen. No more is needed. Being still, looking, and listening activates the non-conceptual intelligence within you. Let stillness direct your words and actions.” ― Eckhart Tolle
“To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.” ― Bertrand Russell
“Everyone has inside them a piece of good news. The good news is you don’t know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is.” ― Anne Frank
“The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.” ― William James
“Wise men talk because they have something to say; Fools , because they have to say something.” ― Plato
“Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.” ― Albert Einstein
“It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.” ― Henry David Thoreau
“The wise man hath his thoughts in his head; the fool, on his tongue.” ― Ivan Panin
“Wisdom is the right use of knowledge.” ― Charles Spurgeon
“Wisdom is knowing the right path to take. Integrity is taking it.” ― Anonymous
“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.” ― Greek Proverb
“Discipline is wisdom and vice versa.” ― M. Scott Peck
“We must expect reverses, even defeats. They are sent to teach us wisdom and prudence, to call forth greater energies, and to prevent our falling into greater disasters.” ― Robert E. Lee
“Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.” ― Charles Kettering
“True wisdom listens more, talks less and can get along with all types of people.” ― Kiana Tom
“The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That’s the day we truly grow up.” ― John C. Maxwell
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” ― Lao Tzu
“Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.” ― William Wordsworth
“Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.” ― Alfred Lord Tennyson
“Some of the best lessons we ever learn are learned from past mistakes. The error of the past is the wisdom and success of the future.” ― Dale Turner
“When anger enters the mind, wisdom departs.” ― Thomas A Kempis
“Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use.” ― Thomas J. Watson
“Be humble, you could be wrong”
“Wisdom outweighs any wealth.” ― Sophocles
“Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences.” ― Plato
“Even when you have doubts, take that step. Take chances. Mistakes are never a failure – they can be turned into wisdom.” ― Cat Cora
“Ignoring the signs is a good way to end up at the wrong destination.”
“Wisdom is nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of life.” ― Herman Hesse
“Faith gives us strength and reassurance and leaves us bathed in the wisdom that we are never alone.” ― Debbie Ford
“Cleverness is not wisdom.” ― Euripides
“It is time for us all to stand and cheer for the doer, the achiever – the one who recognizes the challenges and does something about it.” ― Vince Lombardi
“Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.” ― Immanuel Kant
“Seek the wisdom of the ages, but look at the world through the eyes of a child.” ― Ron Wild
“There are three constants in life…change, choice and principles.” ―Stephen Covey
“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.” ― Maya Angelou
“You must not only aim right, but draw the bow with all your might.” ― Henry David Thoreau
“It is said that wisdom lies not in seeing things, but seeing through things.” ― Manly P. Hall
“He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche
“We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.” ― George Bernard Shaw
“Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.” ― Thomas Jefferson
“Never, no, never did nature say one thing and wisdom say another.” ― Edmund Burke
“Honesty is the first book of wisdom.” ― Thomas Jefferson
“Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.” ― Theodore Roosevelt
“Keep steadily before you the fact that all true success depends at last upon yourself.” ― Theodore T. Hunger
“Always Do What You Are Afraid To Do.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Wisdom is the daughter of experience.” ― Anonymous
“What we think determines what happens to us, so if we want to change our lives, we need to stretch our minds.” ― Wayne Dyer
“Knowledge is knowing what to say. Wisdom is knowing when to say it.” ― Anonymous
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” ― Thomas A. Edison
“Wisdom is knowledge that is guided by understanding; we have to have the wisdom and the knowledge to understand why certain things happen in our lives and trust that God will lead us over any obstacles that comes in our way.” ― Anonymous
“Confidence is silent. Insecurities are loud.”
“Man’s wisdom is his best friend; folly his worst enemy.” ― William Temple
“It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.” ― Oliver Wendall Holmes
“Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.” ― Jimi Hendrix
“Opportunity is always knocking. The problem is that most people have the self-doubt station in their heads turned up way too loud to hear it.” ― Brian Vaszily
“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” ― Gandhi
“Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.” ― Anonymous
