Inspired By Wisdom

No one can construct for you the bridge upon which precisely you must cross the stream of life, no one but you yourself alone. - Friedrich Nietzsche

He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have. - Socrates 

I’m not upset that you lied to me, I’m upset that from now on I can’t believe you. - Friedrich Nietzsche

Know thyself. - Socrates 

One ought to hold on to one’s heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head too. - Friedrich Nietzsche

Slanderers do not hurt me because they do not hit me. - Socrates 

The higher we soar, the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly. - Friedrich Nietzsche

I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think. - Socrates 

Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you. - Friedrich Nietzsche

What a lot of things there are a man can do without. - Socrates 

It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages. - Friedrich Nietzsche

The beginning of wisdom is a definition of terms. - Socrates 

Sometimes people don’t want to hear the truth because they don’t want their illusions destroyed. - Friedrich Nietzsche 

The measure of a man is what he does with power.  – Plato

Happiness depends upon ourselves. - Aristotle

The excessive increase in anything causes a reaction in the opposite direction.  – Plato

Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives – choice, not chance, determines your destiny. - Aristotle

Everything that deceives may be said to enchant. - Plato

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. - Aristotle

Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others. - Plato

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing. - Aristotle

Excellence is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice. We do not act ‘rightly’ because we are ‘excellent’, in fact, we achieve ‘excellence’ by acting ‘rightly.’ - Plato

All human beings, by nature, desire to know. - Aristotle

Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder. - Plato