Wisdom Quotes

Hard-won insights about life, time, and what actually matters. These are the words people wish they'd heard sooner — simple truths that only make sense once you've lived a little.

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5 Deadly Terms Used by a Woman Poster courtesy of All Famous Quotes 1. FINE: This is the word women use to end an argument when she knows she is right and YOU need to shut-up. 2. NOTHING: Means something and you need to be worried. 3. GO AHEAD: This is a dare, not permission, do not do it. 4. WHATEVER: A woman's way of saying screw you. 5. THAT'S OKAY: She is thinking long and hard on how and when you will pay for your mistake. BONUS WORD - WOW: This is not a compliment, she is amazed that one person could be so stupid!
— Author Unknown
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The rest of your life is a long time and whether you know it or not it's being shaped right now. You can choose to blame your circumstances on fate or bad luck or bad choices or you can fight back. Things aren't always going to be fair in the real world, that's just the way it is but for the most part you get what you give. Let me ask you all a question. What's worse not getting everything you wished for or getting it but finding out it's not enough? The rest of your life is being shaped right now with the dreams you chase, the choices you make and the person you decide to be. The rest of your life is a long time and the rest of your life starts right now.
— Haley James
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A teacher in New York was teaching her class about bullying and gave them the following exercise to perform. She had the children take a piece of paper and told them to crumple it up, stamp on it and really mess it up but do not rip it. Then she had them unfold the paper, smooth it out and look at how scarred and dirty is was. She then told them to tell it they’re sorry. Now even though they said they were sorry and tried to fix the paper, she pointed out all the scars they left behind. And that those scars will never go away no matter how hard they tried to fix it. That is what happens when a child bully’s another child, they may say they’re sorry but the scars are there forever.
— Author Unknown
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Stop waiting for the perfect moment. It will never arrive. There are no perfect moments sweetheart. We choose our moments and I want you to start choosing yours and start choosing now. Time will not wait for you and I don’t want you to miss out on your life because you’ve been patiently waiting on the sidelines thinking you have to stay there. You don’t have to sit this life out, your life out. You have a whole field in front of you for you to discover and run around in. It is there for you, let your feet press down on the earth and then start running, start discovering, and never stop.
— Acoustic Imagery
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The Top 10 Regrets in Life by Those about to Die: 1. I wish I had worried less about the future 2. I wish I had been more ambitious 3. I wish I had traveled more 4. I wish that I had let myself be happier 5. I wish I had obsessed less about my weight 6. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends 7. I wish I hadn't worked so hard 8. I wish I had watched less television 9. I wish I'd been brave enough to express my feelings 10. I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me In the end, you only regret the chances you didn't take.
— Author Unknown
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Oh - you wouldn’t date a girl who’s ever been a stripper? In that case, I wouldn’t date a guy who’s ever been to a strip club. Oh - you wouldn’t date a girl who’s ever done porn? In that case, I wouldn’t date a guy who’s ever watched porn. You’re the reason we exist. You’re the demand to our supply. If you disdain sex workers, don’t you dare consume our labor. As they say in the industry, “People jack off with the left hand and point with the right.”
— Author Unknown
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You ruin your life by desensitizing yourself. We are all afraid to say too much, to feel too deeply, to let people know what they mean to us. Caring is not synonymous with crazy. Expressing to someone how special they are to you will make you vulnerable. There is no denying that. However, that is nothing to be ashamed of. There is something breathtakingly beautiful in the moments of smaller magic that occur when you strip down and are honest with those who are important to you. Let that girl know that she inspires you. Tell your mother you love her in front of your friends. Express, express, express. Open yourself up, do not harden yourself to the world, and be bold in who, and how you love.
— Bianca Sparacino
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Things didn’t work out because, well, greater things were in the works. It’s so difficult while we’re blind and hurting and don’t know which way is up. But, if you have faith in anything, have faith in the fact that the universe has a beautiful way of straightening things out far better than we ever could. You may not see it today or tomorrow, but you will look back in a few years and be absolutely perplexed and awed by how every little thing added up and brought you somewhere wonderful - or where you always wanted to be. You will be grateful that things didn’t work out the way you once wanted them to.
— Brianna Wiest