Wise sayings contain, in a few words, complete philosophies about how to make your life better.
It’s amazing how some people have the ability to explain an idea, or give advice, so concisely. But the length of the sayings in no way detracts from their value.
Mankind has been fortunate to produce so many philosophers, writers, poets, scientists, and, even, politicians and businessmen, whose accumulated wisdom can be found in books or online.
But, do you have the time to search? Most people don’t, so we’ve taken out the hard slog and made a selection for you. Listed below are 20 wise sayings that cover a wide range of situations.
Maybe not every saying will apply to you or your life, but, for sure, many will.
Just spare a few moments from your busy day to browse through them. We’re sure you’ll find a saying that will change your whole outlook.
Our objective, at Life Daily, is to help you to feel better about yourself. These sayings are just one way of achieving that goal.
Here is our selection:
1. You’ve got a lot of choices. If getting out of bed in the morning is a chore and you’re not smiling on a regular basis, try another choice. ~Steven D. Woodhull
2. Remember, if you’re headed in the wrong direction, God allows U-turns! ~Allison Gappa Bottke
3. See everything; overlook a great deal; correct a little. ~Pope John XXIII
4. If you don’t like how things are, change it! You’re not a tree. ~Jim Rohn
5. The secret to happiness in your work is to find a job in which your neurosis is constructive.~Jeanne LaMont, MD
6. Now that it’s all over, what did you really do yesterday that’s worth mentioning? ~Coleman Cox
7. You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him. ~Leo Aikman
8. Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. ~W. Somerset Maugham
9. I make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes. ~Sara Teasdale
10. If I had my life to live over, I’d have fewer meetings and more rendezvous. ~Robert Brault
11. Do not condemn the judgment of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong. ~Dandemis
12. If you keep rephrasing the question, it gradually becomes the answer. ~Robert Brault
13. Have a heart that never hardens, a temper that never tires, a touch that never hurts. ~Charles Dickens
14. Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. ~Robert Louis Stevenson
15. Never explain. Your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe it anyway. ~Elbert Hubbard
16. To do nothing is sometimes a good remedy. ~Hippocrates
17. The biggest problem in the world could have been solved when it was small. ~Witter Bynner
18. Just be ordinary and nothing special. Eat your food, move your bowels, pass water, and when you’re tired, go and lie down. The ignorant will laugh at me, but the wise will understand. ~Bruce Lee
19. Nature gave men two ends – one to sit on and one to think with. Ever since then man’s success or failure has been dependent on the one he used most. ~George R. Kirkpatrick
20. Be nice to those you meet on the way up. They’re the same folks you’ll meet on the way down. ~Walter Winchell
So, there you have it. 20 wise sayings from people willing to share their views about life and the world.
Was there a wise saying that will have an effect on how you see things in the future? Or one or two that will help make you a better person? We’d like to know! Share your feedback in the comments column below.
