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When life gets tough, overwhelming or just feels too uncertain then one thing that helps me to calm down and find a way forward is the words of wisdom from the people who walked this Earth before us (and some from people who are still here).<\/p>\n

So in today\u2019s post I thought I\u2019d share my favorites.<\/p>\n

These are the 101 best words of wisdom ever about life, happiness and about what our years on this planet is all about.<\/p>\n

I hope you\u2019ll find something uplifting and helpful here for yourself and the people in your life that may need a positive boost too.<\/p>\n

The Best Words of Wisdom Ever About Life<\/h2>\n

\u201cIn the end, it\u2019s not the years in your life that count. It\u2019s the life in your years.\u201d\u2013 Abraham Lincoln<\/p>\n

\u201cFor everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.\u201d\u2013 Ralph Waldo Emerson<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing.\u201d\u2013 George Bernard Shaw<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.\u201d\u2013 Buddha<\/p>\n

\u201cYesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.\u201d\u2013 Rumi<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.\u201d\u2013 Socrates<\/p>\n

\u201cThe two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.\u201d\u2013 Mark Twain<\/p>\n

\u201cThe purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.\u201d\u2013 Ralph Waldo Emerson<\/p>\n

\u201cKnowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.\u201d\u2013 Aristotle<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.\u201d\u2013 Marcel Proust<\/p>\n

\u201cWisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.\u201d\u2013 Albert Einstein<\/p>\n

\u201cYour time is limited, so don\u2019t waste it living someone else\u2019s life.\u201d\u2013 Steve Jobs<\/p>\n

\u201cThose who have a \u2018why\u2019 to live, can bear with almost any \u2018how\u2019.\u201d\u2013 Viktor Frankl<\/p>\n

\u201cReal wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know.\u201d\u2013 Leo Tolstoy<\/p>\n

\u201cLife isn\u2019t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.\u201d\u2013 George Bernard Shaw<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.\u201d\u2013 Aristotle<\/p>\n

\u201cHe who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.\u201d\u2013 Marcus Aurelius<\/p>\n

\u201cA man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit.\u201d\u2013 David Elton Trueblood<\/p>\n

\u201cBy 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.\u201d\u2013 Confucius<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is unwise to be too sure of one\u2019s own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.\u201d\u2013 Mahatma Gandhi<\/p>\n

\u201cThe best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.\u201d\u2013 Helen Keller<\/p>\n

The Best Words of Wisdom About Life That Hit Hard<\/h2>\n

\u201cIt is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.\u201d\u2013 Seneca<\/p>\n

\u201cLife is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.\u201d\u2013 Lou Holtz<\/p>\n

\u201cNobody can make you feel inferior without your permission.\u201d\u2013 Eleanor Roosevelt<\/p>\n

\u201cA fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.\u201d\u2013 William Shakespeare<\/p>\n

\u201cThe past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead, prepare for it. The present is here, live it.\u201d\u2013 Thomas S. Monson<\/p>\n

\u201cThe two most powerful warriors are patience and time.\u201d\u2013 Leo Tolstoy<\/p>\n

\u201cHow people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.\u201d\u2013 Wayne Dyer<\/p>\n

\u201cTake the first step in faith. You don\u2019t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.\u201d\u2013 Martin Luther King Jr.<\/p>\n

\u201cA man is but a product of his thoughts. What he thinks he becomes.\u201d\u2013 Mahatma Gandhi<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will be known forever by the tracks we leave.\u201d\u2013 Dakota (Native American saying)<\/p>\n

\u201cIt all begins and ends in your mind. What you give power to, has power over you, if you allow it.\u201d\u2013 Leon Brown<\/p>\n

\u201cThe day you plant the seed is not the day you eat the fruit.\u201d\u2013 Paulo Coelho<\/p>\n

\u201cChange is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.\u201d\u2013 John F. Kennedy<\/p>\n

\u201cWise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.\u201d\u2013 Plato<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.\u201d\u2013 Winston Churchill<\/p>\n

\u201cThe saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.\u201d\u2013 Isaac Asimov<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.\u201d\u2013 Carl Jung<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy.\u201d\u2013 Friedrich Nietzsche<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.\u201d\u2013 Seneca<\/p>\n

\u201cWe make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.\u201d\u2013 Winston Churchill<\/p>\n

The Funniest Words of Wisdom About Life<\/h2>\n

\u201cDo not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.\u201d\u2013 Elbert Hubbard<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.\u201d\u2013 Dalai Lama<\/p>\n

\u201cI am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened.\u201d\u2013 Mark Twain<\/p>\n

\u201cYou only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.\u201d\u2013 Mae West<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore you marry a person, you should first make them use a computer with slow Internet to see who they really are.\u201d\u2013 Will Ferrell<\/p>\n

\u201cKnowledge is like underwear. It is useful to have it, but not necessary to show it off.\u201d\u2013 Bill Murray<\/p>\n

\u201cBetter to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.\u201d\u2013 Abraham Lincoln<\/p>\n

\u201cA day without laughter is a day wasted.\u201d\u2013 Charlie Chaplin<\/p>\n

\u201cThe elevator to success is out of order. You\u2019ll have to use the stairs, one step at a time.\u201d\u2013 Joe Girard<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn\u2019t sit for a month.\u201d\u2013 Theodore Roosevelt<\/p>\n

\u201cMy grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She\u2019s ninety-seven now, and we don\u2019t know where the hell she is.\u201d\u2013 Ellen DeGeneres<\/p>\n

\u201cI have noticed that even people who claim everything is predetermined and that we can do nothing to change it look before they cross the road.\u201d\u2013 Stephen Hawking<\/p>\n

\u201cKnowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.\u201d\u2013 Miles Kington<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople often say that motivation doesn\u2019t last. Well, neither does bathing \u2013 that\u2019s why we recommend it daily.\u201d\u2013 Zig Ziglar<\/p>\n

\u201cI always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.\u201d\u2013 Lily Tomlin<\/p>\n

\u201cOpportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.\u201d\u2013 Thomas A. Edison<\/p>\n

\u201cThe difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.\u201d\u2013 Albert Einstein<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I hear somebody sigh, \u2018Life is hard,\u2019 I am always tempted to ask, \u2018Compared to what?’\u201d\u2013 Sydney J. Harris<\/p>\n

\u201cNever follow anyone else\u2019s path. Unless you\u2019re in the woods and you\u2019re lost and you see a path. Then by all means follow that path.\u201d\u2013 Ellen DeGeneres<\/p>\n

\u201cWisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.\u201d\u2013 Terry Pratchett<\/p>\n

The Best Short Words of Wisdom<\/h2>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not what you look at that matters, it\u2019s what you see.\u201d\u2013 Henry David Thoreau<\/p>\n

\u201cTo conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.\u201d\u2013 Bertrand Russell<\/p>\n

\u201cTurn your wounds into wisdom.\u201d\u2013 Oprah Winfrey<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t gain the world and lose your soul; wisdom is better than silver or gold.\u201d\u2013 Bob Marley<\/p>\n

\u201cKnowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.\u201d\u2013 Jimi Hendrix<\/p>\n

\u201cPatience is the companion of wisdom.\u201d\u2013 Saint Augustine<\/p>\n

\u201cKnowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.\u201d\u2013 Lao Tzu<\/p>\n

\u201cWaste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.\u201d\u2013 Marcus Aurelius<\/p>\n

\u201cWisdom begins in wonder.\u201d\u2013 Socrates<\/p>\n

\u201cThe greatest wealth is to live content with little.\u201d\u2013 Plato<\/p>\n

\u201cCleverness is not wisdom.\u201d\u2013 Euripides<\/p>\n

\u201cWisdom is knowing when to end.\u201d\u2013 Robert Greene<\/p>\n

\u201cScience is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.\u201d\u2013 Immanuel Kant<\/p>\n

\u201cSilence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.\u201d\u2013 Francis Bacon<\/p>\n

\u201cNo man was ever wise by chance.\u201d\u2013 Seneca<\/p>\n

\u201cKindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.\u201d\u2013 Theodore Isaac Rubin<\/p>\n

\u201cA loving heart is the truest wisdom.\u201d\u2013 Charles Dickens<\/p>\n

\u201cKnowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.\u201d\u2013 Lord Alfred Tennyson<\/p>\n

\u201cThe truest wisdom is a resolute determination.\u201d\u2013 Napoleon Bonaparte<\/p>\n

\u201cWisdom is the supreme part of happiness.\u201d\u2013 Sophocles<\/p>\n

The Best Words of Wisdom About Living a Happy Life<\/h2>\n

\u201cHappiness is not something readymade. It comes from your own actions.\u201d\u2013 Dalai Lama<\/p>\n

\u201cIn every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.\u201d\u2013 John Muir<\/p>\n

\u201cHappiness and freedom begin with one principle. Some things are within your control and some are not.\u201d\u2013 Epictetus<\/p>\n

\u201cBe happy. It\u2019s one way of being wise.\u201d\u2013 Sidonie Gabrielle Colette<\/p>\n

\u201cThe most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.\u201d\u2013 Michel de Montaigne<\/p>\n

\u201cThe invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.\u201d\u2013 Ralph Waldo Emerson<\/p>\n

\u201cAll change is hard at first, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end.\u201d\u2013 Robin Sharma<\/p>\n

\u201cThe simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.\u201d\u2013 Paulo Coelho<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?\u201d\u2013 Jean-Jacques Rousseau<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s better to be alone than to spend time with toxic people. It\u2019s better to do nothing than to work on something that doesn\u2019t matter. It\u2019s better to rest than to climb the wrong mountain.\u201d\u2013 James Clear<\/p>\n

\u201cEducating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.\u201d\u2013 Aristotle<\/p>\n

\u201cTo improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.\u201d\u2013 Winston Churchill<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re walking down the right path and you\u2019re willing to keep walking, eventually you\u2019ll make progress.\u201d\u2013 Barack Obama<\/p>\n

\u201cSeek the wisdom of the ages, but look at the world through the eyes of a child.\u201d\u2013 Ron Wild<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.\u201d\u2013 Andre Gide<\/p>\n

\u201cGood friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.\u201d\u2013 Mark Twain<\/p>\n

\u201cHappiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.\u201d\u2013 Denis Waitley<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.\u201d\u2013 Albert Einstein<\/p>\n

\u201cLife is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.\u201d\u2013 Helen Keller<\/p>\n

\u201cHappiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.\u201d\u2013 Ralph Waldo Emerson<\/p>\n

Want more timeless inspiration and words of wisdom?<\/strong> Then have a look at these positive quotes about life, the 10 fundamentals of happiness from Seneca and also these 7 pearls of wisdom from Epictetus.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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