Wise Quotes to Make You Think
Wise quotes are a great way to learn from the experiences of others. They can help us to see the world in a new way and to think about our own lives in a more meaningful way.
In this blog post, we’ve collected 100 of the wisest quotes to help you think about your life, your relationships, and the world around you. We hope you find them as thought-provoking as we do!
- “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” – Socrates
- “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela
- “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
- “In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “The unexamined life is not worth living.” – Socrates
- “The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.” – Marcus Aurelius
- “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” – Aristotle
- “Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.” – Buddha
- “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” – Lao Tzu
- “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.” – Aristotle
- “The purpose of our lives is to be happy.” – Dalai Lama
- “It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” – Aristotle Onassis
- “The mind is everything. What you think, you become.” – Buddha
- “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
- “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
- “Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.” – Lao Tzu
- “The greatest wealth is to live content with little.” – Plato
- “Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it.” – Charles R. Swindoll
- “The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.” – Albert Einstein
- “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
- “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” – Mark Twain
- “Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama
- “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela
- “I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.” – Booker T. Washington
- “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
- “The only way to have a friend is to be one.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.” – Pablo Picasso
- “The only source of knowledge is experience.” – Albert Einstein
- “The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.” – Albert Einstein
- “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius
- “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” – Peter Drucker
- “In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.” – Albert Einstein
- “The man who has no imagination has no wings.” – Muhammad Ali
- “A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.” – Bruce Lee
- “Life isn’t about finding yourself. It’s about creating yourself.” – George Bernard Shaw
- “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” – Albert Schweitzer
- “We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.” – Plato
- “The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.” – Stephen Hawking
- “Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” – Confucius
- “Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.” – John Lennon
- “Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.” – Lao Tzu
- “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela
- “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” – Walt Disney
- “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking.” – Steve Jobs
- “If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
- “If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more. If you look at what you don’t have in life, you’ll never have enough.” – Oprah Winfrey
- “If you set your goals ridiculously high and it’s a failure, you will fail above everyone else’s success.” – James Cameron
- “Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.” – John Lennon
- “Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.” – Mother Teresa
- “When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
- “Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.” – Margaret Mead
- “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” – Robert Louis Stevenson
- “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
- “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched — they must be felt with the heart.” – Helen Keller
- “It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” – Aristotle
- “Whoever is happy will make others happy too.” – Anne Frank
- “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
We hope you enjoyed this collection of wise quotes. Remember, wisdom is not something that is given to us, it is something that we must earn through experience and reflection. So take some time to think about these quotes and let them challenge you to become a wiser person.