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“I believe that if you focus on what you should do, the road ahead will open up naturally.”

Yuzuru Hanyu (1994) Japanese figure skater (1994-)

“Communication is an essential factor in any type of relationship; friend, romantic, or business.”

Paul J. Alessi (1968) Actor / Producer

“I'm not perfect. But I'll always be real.”

Tupac Shakur (1971–1996) rapper and actor

“The first true love is always the last one.”

Andrzej Majewski (1966) Polish writer and photographer

“Breathe. It’s only a bad day, not a bad life.”

Johnny Depp (1963) American actor, film producer, and musician

“We all have two lives. The second begins when you realize you only have one.”

Tom Hiddleston (1981) English actor, producer and musical performer

“The noblest art is that of making others happy”

P.T. Barnum (1810–1891) American showman and businessman

“I am a hard person to love but when I love, I love really hard.”

Tupac Shakur (1971–1996) rapper and actor

“Don't live to fight, fight to live.”

Tupac Shakur (1971–1996) rapper and actor

“We must become the change we want to see.”

Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948) pre-eminent leader of Indian nationalism during British-ruled India

“Ideals are an imaginative understanding of that which is desirable in that which is possible.”

Walter Lippmann (1889–1974) American journalist

“The more you know yourself, the more you forgive yourself.”

Confucius (-551–-479 BC) Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher

“Chaos and Order are not enemies, only opposites.”

Richard Garriott (1961) video game developer, astronaut and entrepreneur

“The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.”

Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) American author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, …

“When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.”

Epictetus (50–138) philosopher from Ancient Greece

“The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.”

Epictetus (50–138) philosopher from Ancient Greece

“Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.”

Isocrates (-436–-338 BC) ancient greek rhetorician

“There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.”

Peter F. Drucker (1909–2005) American business consultant

“The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.”

Napoleon Hill (1883–1970) American author

“Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.”

Gautama Buddha (-563–-483 BC) philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism

“What makes Superman a hero is not that he has power, but that he has the wisdom and the maturity to use the power wisely. From an acting point of view, that's how I approached the part.”

Christopher Reeve (1952–2004) actor, director, producer, screenwriter

“You won't skid if you stay in a rut.”

Kin Hubbard (1868–1930) cartoonist

“You can only grow if you're willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new.”

Brian Tracy (1944) American motivational speaker and writer

“Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons.”

Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983) American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, inventor and futurist

“Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplike passivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.”

John Dewey (1859–1952) American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer

“If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your path.”

Gautama Buddha (-563–-483 BC) philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism

“A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.”

Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855) English novelist and poet

“Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.”

Gautama Buddha (-563–-483 BC) philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism

“In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.”

François de La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680) French author of maxims and memoirs

“Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.”

Epictetus (50–138) philosopher from Ancient Greece

“I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.”

Isocrates (-436–-338 BC) ancient greek rhetorician

“No man was ever wise by chance.”

Seneca the Younger (-4–65 BC) Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist

“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 (-551–-479 BC) Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher

“Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.”

Gautama Buddha (-563–-483 BC) philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism

“Memory is the mother of all wisdom.”

Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) English writer

“Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.”

Gautama Buddha (-563–-483 BC) philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism

“Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom.”

Sam Walton (1918–1992) Founder of Wal-Mart and Sam's Club

“No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut.”

Sam Rayburn (1882–1961) lawmaker from Bonham, Texas

“If we could learn to like ourselves, even a little, maybe our cruelties and angers might melt away.”

John Steinbeck (1902–1968) American writer

“The key to transforming our hearts and minds is to have an understanding of how our thoughts and emotions work.”

Tenzin Gyatso (1935) spiritual leader of Tibet

“By going beyond your own problems and taking care of others, you gain inner strength, self-confidence, courage, and a greater sense of calm.”

Tenzin Gyatso (1935) spiritual leader of Tibet

“Experts on romance say for a happy marriage there has to be more than a passionate love. For a lasting union, they insist, there must be a genuine liking for each other. Which, in my book, is a good definition for friendship.”

Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer

“Strong beliefs win strong men, and then make them stronger.”

Richard Bach (1936) American spiritual writer

“Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.”

Sophocles (-496–-406 BC) ancient Greek tragedian

“Wisdom cannot come by railroad or automobile or aeroplane, or be hurried up by telegraph or telephone.”

John Burroughs (1837–1921) American naturalist and essayist

“I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.”

Thomas Edison (1847–1931) American inventor and businessman

“In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.”

William Blake (1757–1827) English Romantic poet and artist

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is equivalent to magic.”

Arthur C. Clarke (1917–2008) British science fiction writer, science writer, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host

“Intuition is the supra-logic that cuts out all the routine processes of thought and leaps straight from the problem to the answer.”

Robert Graves (1895–1985) English poet and novelist

“If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.”

Abraham Maslow (1908–1970) American psychologist

“To follow, without halt, one aim: There is the secret of success.”

Anna Pavlova (1881–1931) Russian ballet dancer

“Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.”

Epictetus (50–138) philosopher from Ancient Greece

“I am not the first Buddha who came upon Earth, nor shall I be the last. In due time, another Buddha will arise in the world - a Holy One, a supremely enlightened One, endowed with wisdom in conduct, auspicious, knowing the universe, an incomparable leader of men, a master of angels and mortals.”

Gautama Buddha (-563–-483 BC) philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism

“It is better to travel well than to arrive.”

Gautama Buddha (-563–-483 BC) philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism

“With the realization of ones own potential and self-confidence in ones ability, one can build a better world.”

Tenzin Gyatso (1935) spiritual leader of Tibet

“There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.”

Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945) 32nd President of the United States

“A jug fills drop by drop.”

Gautama Buddha (-563–-483 BC) philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism

“No matter how carefully you plan your goals they will never be more that pipe dreams unless you pursue them with gusto.”

W. Clement Stone (1902–2002) American New Thought author

“The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.”

Confucius (-551–-479 BC) Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher

“Remember that a gesture of friendship, no matter how small, is always appreciated.”

H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (1940) American writer

“I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.”

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity

“Fears are nothing more than a state of mind.”

Napoleon Hill (1883–1970) American author

“You must welcome change as the rule but not as your ruler.”

Denis Waitley (1933) American writer

“One needs something to believe in, something for which one can have whole-hearted enthusiasm. One needs to feel that ones life has meaning, that one is needed in this world.”

Hannah Senesh (1921–1944) Jewish poet and anti-nazi fighter in World War II

“Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.”

Anthony Robbins (1960) Author, actor, professional speaker

“If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is natures way.”

Aristotle (-384–-321 BC) Classical Greek philosopher, student of Plato and founder of Western philosophy

“In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.”

Khalil Gibran (1883–1931) Lebanese artist, poet, and writer

“A lot of times people look at the negative side of what they feel they can't do. I always look on the positive side of what I can do.”

Chuck Norris (1940) American martial artist and actor

“In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.”

Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) German philosopher

“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.”

Hermann Hesse (1877–1962) German writer

“There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness.”

Tenzin Gyatso (1935) spiritual leader of Tibet

“I have done my best: that is about all the philosophy of living one needs.”

Lin Yutang (1895–1976) Chinese writer

“Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.”

Gautama Buddha (-563–-483 BC) philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism

“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.”

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) German writer, artist, and politician

“I can, therefore I am.”

Simone Weil (1909–1943) French philosopher, Christian mystic, and social activist

“The universe is transformation; our life is what our thoughts make it.”

Marcus Aurelius (121–180) Emperor of Ancient Rome

“Begin at once to live and count each separate day as a separate life.”

Seneca the Younger (-4–65 BC) Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist

“The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.”

Carlos Castaneda (1925–1998) Peruvian-American author

“True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.”

Joseph Addison (1672–1719) politician, writer and playwright

“Get busy living or get busy dying.”

Stephen King (1947) American author

“I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who has neither vanity nor wisdom one filled with hatreds cannot be vain, neither can he be wise.”

John Keats (1795–1821) English Romantic poet

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

Epictetus (50–138) philosopher from Ancient Greece

“We must not allow ourselves to become like the system we oppose.”

Desmond Tutu (1931) South African churchman, politician, archbishop, Nobel Prize winner

“There is not one big cosmic meaning for all, there is only the meaning we each give to our life.”

Anaïs Nin (1903–1977) writer of novels, short stories, and erotica

“We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.”

Epictetus (50–138) philosopher from Ancient Greece

“The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing... not healing, not curing... that is a friend who cares.”

Henri Nouwen (1932–1996) Dutch priest and writer

“The most technologically efficient machine that man has ever invented is the book.”

Northrop Frye (1912–1991) Canadian literary critic and literary theorist

“The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.”

Aristotle (-384–-321 BC) Classical Greek philosopher, student of Plato and founder of Western philosophy

“To be aware of a single shortcoming in oneself is more useful than to be aware of a thousand in someone else.”

Tenzin Gyatso (1935) spiritual leader of Tibet

“Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.”

Richard Whately (1787–1863) English rhetorician, logician, economist, and theologian

“Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”

George Santayana (1863–1952) 20th-century Spanish-American philosopher associated with Pragmatism

“Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.”

Herman Melville (1818–1891) American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet

“Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.”

Gautama Buddha (-563–-483 BC) philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism

“Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes.”

Napoleon Hill (1883–1970) American author

“Friendship often ends in love, but love in friendship - never.”

Albert Camus (1913–1960) French author and journalist

“Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.”

Abigail Adams (1744–1818) 2nd First Lady of the United States (1797–1801)

“The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives.”

Anthony Robbins (1960) Author, actor, professional speaker

“I'm astounded by people who want to 'know' the universe when it's hard enough to find your way around Chinatown.”

Woody Allen (1935) American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, playwright, and musician

“The free man is he who does not fear to go to the end of his thought.”

Léon Blum (1872–1950) French politician

“Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures.”

Seneca the Younger (-4–65 BC) Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist

“The world is round so that friendship may encircle it.”

Pierre Teilhard De Chardin (1881–1955) French philosopher and Jesuit priest

“It is time to remember that old wisdom our soldiers will never forget: that whether we are black or brown or white, we all bleed the same red blood of patriots, we all enjoy the same glorious freedoms, and we all salute the same great American Flag.”

Donald J. Trump (1946) 45th President of the United States of America

“Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.”

Gautama Buddha (-563–-483 BC) philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism

“We must be as courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of a good light.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet

“There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go through with.”

Marcus Aurelius (121–180) Emperor of Ancient Rome

“It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit to forgive them for having witnessed your own.”

Jessamyn West (1902–1984) American author

“You give before you get.”

Napoleon Hill (1883–1970) American author

“I don't turn to greeting cards for wisdom and advice, but they are a fine reflection of the general drift of the culture.”

Susan Orlean (1955) American journalist