#wisdo

He who binds to himself a joy Does the winged life destroy; But he who kisses the joy as it flies Lives in eternity's sun rise. ↗

— William Blake

#wisdom #inspirational

My dad always says, some people will treat you badly and you can't help that. But how you handle it and how it makes you feel, that's up to you. ↗

— Elise Broach

#prejudice #wisdom #inspirational

I don't trust men everybody likes. Being nice isn't the same as being good. ↗

— Sarah Rees Brennan

#wisdom #writing #inspirational

When I think of talking, it is of course with a woman. For talking at its best being an inspiration, it wants a corresponding divine quality of receptiveness, and where will you find this but in a woman? ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

#women #inspirational

Look no farther than your hand, Make a choice and take a stand. ↗

— Shannon Hale

#wisdom #inspirational

It is when those who are not strong enough have made some moderate amount of progress that they fail and give up... ↗

— Confucius

#philosophy #wisdom #inspirational

What do we any of us have but our illusions? And what do we ask of others but that we be allowed to keep them? ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#observation #resignation #wisdom #inspirational

Few among men are they who cross to the further shore. The others merely run up and down the bank on this side. ↗

— Gautama Buddha

#life #philosophy #truth #wisdom #inspirational

When every situation which life can offer is turned to the profit of spiritual growth, no situation can really be a bad one. ↗

— Paul Brunton

#inspirational #wisdom #inspirational

The effects you will have on your students are infinite and currently unknown; you will possibly shape the way they proceed in their careers, the way they will vote, the way they will behave as partners and spouses, the way they will raise their kids. ↗

— Donna Quesada

#inspiration #teachers #teaching #wisdom-quote #zen