Wisdom Quotes to Help You Live a Better Life

   Wisdom Quotes to Help You Live a Better Life

 

 

Why go through life struggling on your own when you can learn from these wisdom quotes and wise sayings from others?

Life isn’t always easy. Creating the life thatyou desire takes a lot of work and it’s easy to think you have to figure it outon your own. However, there are lots of wise people that have gone before youor have more experience that are willing to share their life advice.

As you read through the following wise quotes see which ones you can learn from and apply to your own life. See where you can save yourself a little time and hurt by taking advice from others.

To gain even more wisdom, don’t forget to also read our collection 2quotes for an enlightening perspective on the world around you.

 

Wisdom quotes on the power of your thoughts

 

1. “Change your thoughts and you change your world.” – Norman Vincent

 

2. “Very little is needed to make a happy life, it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.” – Marcus Aurelius

 

3. “Life is from the inside out. When you shift on the inside, life shifts on the outside.” – Kamal Ravikant

 

4. “The mind is everything. What you think you become.” – Buddha

 

5. “Life can be simple and beautiful. Focus on the good things.” – Maxime Lagacé

 

6. “If you don’t like something change it; if you can’t change it, change the way you think about it.” – Mary Engelbreit

 

7. “Your mind is your greatest power. Use it well.” – Aneta Cruz

 

8. “She knew the power of her mind and  so programmed it for success.” – Carrie Green

 

9. “Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality.” – Earl Nightingale 

 

10. “Your mind is precious. It has the power to unlock infinite possibilities.” – Joel Annesley

 

11. “It all begins and ends in your mind. What you give power to, has power over you, if you allow it.” – Leon Brown

 

Wisdomquotes on enjoying life

 

12. “Life is too important to be taken seriously.” – Oscar Wilde

 

13. “Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.” – Omar Khayyam

 

14. “Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.” – John Lennon

 

15. “In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” – Abraham Lincoln

 

16. “You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching.” – William Purkey

 

17. “Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.” – Elbert Hubbard

 

18. “Lighten up, just enjoy life, smile more, laugh more, and don’t get so worked up about things.” – Kenneth Branagh

 

19. “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

 

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Wisdomquotes on doing the impossible

 

20. “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela

 

21. “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” – Helen Keller

 

22. “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you’ve imagined.” – Henry David Thoreau

 

23. “The journey of a thousand miles beings with one step.” – Lao Tzu

 

24. “I’m always doing things I can’t do. That’s how I get to do them.” – Pablo Picasso

 

25. “It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.” – Walt Disney

 

26. “Virtually nothing is impossible in this world if you just put your mind to it and maintain a positive attitude.” – Lou Holtz

 

27. “There’s nothing impossible if you get up and work for it.” – Michael Flatley

 

28. “Sincere practice makes the impossible possible.” – Dada Vaswani

 

29. “The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man’s determination.” – Tommy Lasorda

 

30. “Aviation is proof that given the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible.” – Eddie Rickenbacker

 

31. “Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others.” – Amelia Earhart

 

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Wisdomquotes on being yourself and confidence

 

 

32. “It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.” – Andre Gide

 

33. “No one can compete with you on being you. Most of life is a search for who and what needs you the most.” – Naval Ravikant

 

34. “We are who we choose to be.” – Green Goblin

 

35. “Sing the song that only you can sing, write the book that only you can write, build the product that only you can build… live the life that only you can live.” – Naval Ravikant

 

36. “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” – George Bernard Shaw

 

37. “Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.” – Babe Ruth

 

38. “The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has been before.” – Albert Einstein

 

39. “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

40. “Don’t compromise yourself – you’re all you have.” – John Grisham

 

41. “When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everyone will respect you.” – Lao Tzu

 

42. “Always be a first rate version of yourself and not a second rate version of someone else.” – Judy Garland

 

43. “Don’t ever let a soul in the world tell you that you can’t be exactly who you are.” – Lady Gaga

 

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Wisdomquotes on taking action

 

44. “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. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.” – Steve Jobs

 

45. “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi

 

46. “If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.” – Albert Einstein

 

47. “Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result but the cause of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.” – Norman Vincent Peale

 

48. “Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it.” – Jules Renard

 

49. “Repetition of the same thought or physical action develops into a habit which, repeated frequently enough, becomes an automatic reflex.” – Norman Vincent Peale

 

50. “Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster.” – Theodore Roosevelt

 

More wisdom quotes and sayings

 

51. “May you live every day of your life.” – Jonathan Swift

 

52. “The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.” – Paulo Coelho

 

53. “Think before you speak. Read before you think.” – Fran Lebowitz

 

54. “You do not write your life with words…You write it with actions. What you think is not important. It is only important what you do.” – Patrick Ness

 

55. “The only way to get through life is to laugh your way through it. You either have to laugh or cry. I prefer to laugh. Crying gives me a headache.” – Marjorie Pay Hinckley

 

56. “We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” – Joseph Campbell

 

57. “Risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.” – Leo F. Buscaglia

 

58. “Wisdom is having things right in your life and knowing why.” – William Stafford

 

59. “Before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.” – Harper Lee

 

60. “Look for the good in every person and every situation. You’ll almost always

find it.” – Brian Tracy

 

Short Wisdom quotes to live by

 

61. “Once you label me you negate me.” — Soren Kierkegaard

 

62. “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” — Socrates

 

63. “It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.” — Epictetus

 

64. “It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” — Henry David Thoreau

 

65. “Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” — Napoleon Bonaparte

 

66. “If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.” — Lewis Carroll

 

67. “O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!” — Walter Scott

 

68. “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.” — Jim Elliot

 

69. “Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.” — Carl Jung

 

70. “Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.” — Archimedes

 

Which of these wisdom quotes will you apply to your life?

Spend a few minutes allowing these wise words to sink in. Whether you were just looking for a little motivation or you have been struggling in an area of your life, you can learn from these wisdom quotes. Creating a better life is in your control and the words of wisdom offered here can help you to live life in a better way. Thanks for reading. Good Luck!