57 Incredible Wise Man Quotes to Give You New Perspectives

Quotes About Wise Man

Here are some wise man quotes that will make us think about life. Enjoy.

• "The only disability in life is a bad attitude." — Scott Hamilton

• "Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." — George Bernard Shaw

• "Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated." — Confucius

• "There are three constants in life...change, choice and principles." —  Stephen Covey

• "Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?" — Martin Luther King, Jr.

• "Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them--that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like." — Lao Tzu

• "Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile." —  Albert Einstein

• "When life is too easy for us, we must beware or we may not be ready to meet the blows which sooner or later come to everyone, rich or poor." —  Eleanor Roosevelt

• "God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well." — Voltaire

• "We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give." —  Winston Churchill

A Wise Man Once Said Quotes

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Being wrong is as powerful as being right. Sometimes, it's even stronger. Being wise is great too. Read these wise man quotes to learn how to be a wise person.

• "Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself." — Rumi

• "Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth." — Marcus Aurelius

• "All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle." — Francis of Assisi

• "A moment of patience in a moment of anger prevents a thousand moments of regret." — Ali ibn Abi Talib

• "Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder." — Rumi

• "Few men have the natural strength to honor a friend's success without envy." — Aeschylus

• "Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for." — Epicurus

• "The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life." — Confucius

• "If you love a flower, don’t pick it up. Because if you pick it up it dies and it ceases to be what you love. So if you love a flower, let it be. Love is not about possession. Love is about appreciation." — Rajneesh

• "If you want to know the religion of a man, do not look at how much he prays and fasts, rather, look at how he treats people." — Ja'far al-Sadiq

• "From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own." — Publilius Syrus

Wise Man Quotes About Life

The following wise man quotes will make us reconsider our life’s definition. Have a read.

• "All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better." — Ralph Waldo Emerson

• "The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams." — Oprah Winfrey

• "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

• "The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward." — Amelia Earhart

• "Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life." —  John F. Kennedy

• "If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much." — Jim Rohn

• "There is no passion to be found playing small--in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living." — Nelson Mandela

• "I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed." — Michael Jordan

• "Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up." —  Thomas A. Edison

• "Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become." — C. S. Lewis

• "Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young." —  Henry Ford

Funny Wise Man Quotes

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These wise man quotes are definitely hilarious. Get ready to laugh while you read them!

• “Maybe if we tell people the brain is an app, they’ll start using it.” — Unknown

• “I went on a diet, stopped smoking dope, cut out the drinking and heavy eating, and in fourteen days I lost two weeks.” — Unknown

• “Never judge someone until you walk a mile in their shoes. By that time, they’ll be a mile away and barefoot.” — Unknown

• “The more you weight the harder you are to kidnap. Stay safe, eat cake.” — Unknown

• “I wonder, do we lazy people go to heaven or do they send someone to pick us up?” — Unknown

• “When I die, I wanna go like my grandpa…peacefully…sleeping…not screaming, like the passengers in his car…”— Unknown

• “I lost some weight once, but I found it again in the fridge.” — Unknown

• “The elevator to success is out of order. You’ll have to use the stairs.” — Unknown

• “Yesterday I did nothing and today I’m finishing what I did yesterday.” — Unknown

• “I used to think I was indecisive, but now I’m not too sure.” — Unknown

• “Life is a waste of time, time is a waste of life, so get wasted and the time of your life! If you die in an elevator, be sure to push the UP button.” — Unknown

• “My bed is a magical place where I suddenly remember everything I forgot to do.” — Unknown

• “Life is like a hot bath. It feels good while you’re in it, but the longer you stay in, the more wrinkled you get.” — Unknown

• “A best friend is like a four-leaf clover, hard to find, lucky to have.” — Unknown

• “One advantage of talking to yourself is that you know at least somebody’s listening.” — Unknown