160+ short smart phrases from various authors and categories

In history there have been famous people who have said clever phrases about different aspects of life; some of them already deceased and others who are still alive or are contemporaries. Today in Recursosdeautoayuda We bring you a compilation of some of the best, which will be accompanied by images that you can share wherever you want or save them for specific moments in your life that you need to read them.

The best smart phrases

  • Trying the best we often spoil what is right. - William Shakespeare.
  • Knowing is the main part of happiness. ? Socrates
  • Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence. - Colin Powell.
  • Every day brings new possibilities. - Martha Beck.
  • There are only two levers that move men: fear and interest. - Napoleon Bonaparte.
  • Youth is like that, it establishes its own limits without asking if the body is capable of supporting them. And the body always is. - Paulo Coelho.
  • The future depends, to a large extent, on the family, it carries with it the very future of society; their very special role is to contribute effectively to a future of peace. - John Paul II
  • Without emotion there is no project. - Eduardo Punset.
  • When you come across a negative situation, don't think about it. Make it positive. - Yoko Ono.
  • How to be confident in a woman who tells you her true age. A woman capable of saying this is capable of saying everything. - Oscar Wilde.
  • I believe that any success in life is achieved by entering a zone of blind fury charged with optimism. - Sylvester Stallone.
  • Never keep what fits in your pocket in your head. - Albert Einstein.
  • I believe that in life you have two options: you can be optimistic or pessimistic, and I have decided to be optimistic. - Jon Anderson.
  • He only spent ten minutes with the love of his life, and thousands of hours thinking about him. - Paulo Coelho.
  • God is getting smaller and science is getting bigger. - Eduardo Punset.
  • Here is my secret, which could not be simpler: only with the heart can one see well; The essential is invisible to the eyes. - The little Prince.
  • The more in harmony you are with yourself, the more you enjoy and the more faith you have. Faith does not disconnect you from reality, it connects you with it. - Paulo Coelho.
  • Women are made to be loved, not to be understood. - Oscar Wilde.
  • The truth is corrupted by both lies and silence. - Cicero.
  • The wise are those who search for wisdom; fools think they have already found it. - Napoleon Bonaparte.
  • Every day we know more and understand less. - Albert Einstein.
  • What is the use of offering our children all the whims, if we do not offer them a real family? - S. Biffi.
  • Never consider study as an obligation, but as an opportunity to penetrate the beautiful and wonderful world of knowledge. - Albert Einstein.
  • I drink to forget that I am a drunkard - The little prince.
  • Only a life dedicated to others deserves to be lived - Albert Einstein.
  • In the soul, as in the ground, it is not the most beautiful flowers that take the deepest roots. - CS Lewis.
  • If you start with certainties, you will end with doubts; but if you accept starting with doubts, you will end up with certainties. - Sir Francis Bacon.
  • Love existed before the soul. - Eduardo Punset.
  • A sharp tongue is the only cutting instrument that gets sharper and sharper with use. - Washington Irving.
  • The men? The wind carries them, since they have no roots and not having them causes them bitterness. - The little Prince.
  • You are forever responsible for what you have tamed. - The little Prince.
  • The love of the family is the only seed of the love of the country and of all the social virtues. - Funk — Brentano.

  • Those who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do. - Steve Jobs.
  • The more positive thoughts you use to feed your mind, the more good things you will attract. —Roy T. Bennett
  • Man must seek what is right and let happiness come by itself. - Johann Pestalozzi.
  • The beauty of the desert is that it hides a well anywhere. - The little Prince.
  • Maturity begins to manifest itself when we feel that our concern is greater for others than for ourselves. - Albert Einstein.
  • A look back is worth more than a look forward. - Archimedes.
  • If you want to know what a woman really says, look at her, don't listen to her. - Oscar Wilde.
  • He who is good at family is also a good citizen. - Sophocles.
  • Man is nothing more than the product of his thoughts. It becomes what you think. "Gandhi."
  • The most difficult battle I have every day with myself. - Napoleon Bonaparte.
  • When someone wants something they must know that they are taking risks and that is why life is worth it. - Paulo Coelho.
  • The place where children are born and men die, where freedom and love flourish, is not an office or a shop or a factory. There is where I see the importance of the family. - Gilbert Keith Chesterton.
  • When I write a book, I write it for myself; the reaction depends on the reader. It is not my business if people like it or dislike it. - Paulo Coelho.
  • Setting an example is not the main way to influence others; it's the only way. - Albert Einstein.
  • Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light. - Hellen Keller.
  • Each of the movements of all individuals are performed for three unique reasons: for honor, for money or for love. - Napoleon Bonaparte.
  • It was the time you spent with your rose that made it so important. - The little Prince.
  • Envy is a declaration of inferiority. - Napoleon Bonaparte.
  • Man does not feel complete only with a family, it is work that also gives us our identity. - Dustin Hoffman.
  • If your intention is to describe the truth, do it with simplicity and the elegance leave it to the tailor. - Albert Einstein.
  • Life has its dark side and its bright side; It is up to us to choose the one we like the most. - Samuel Smiles.
  • Experience has no ethical value, it is simply the name we give to our mistakes. - Oscar Wilde.
  • When the eyes see what they never saw, the heart feels what it never felt. - Anonymous.
  • In matters of love and lack of love we are like newborns all our lives. - Eduardo Punset.
  • Cynical: a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. - Oscar Wilde.
  • The secret of happiness is not in doing what you like, but in that we like what we do. - James M. Barrie.
  • The men of your planet, said the little prince, grow five thousand roses in the same garden ... yet they do not find what they are looking for. - The little Prince.
  • The world is not in danger from bad people but from those who allow evil. - Albert Einstein.
  • Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you do, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer.
  • At bad times, good face. - Proverb.
  • When a mystery is too impressive, it is impossible to disobey. - The little Prince.
  • In general, nine-tenths of our happiness is based on health. ? Arthur Schopenhauer.

  • A misplaced word spoils the most beautiful thought. - Voltaire.
  • My pessimism is but a variety of optimism. - Jean Cocteau.
  • Sex happens like memory, if it is not used, it disappears. - Eduardo Punset.
  • The secret of happiness is to see the wonders of the world, but without forgetting your mission and your goal. ? Paulo Coelho.
  • The more aware we are of who we really are, the less problems we have. - Lynn Grabhorn.
  • A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her. - Oscar Wilde.
  • The best way to get rid of temptation is to fall into it. - Oscar Wilde.
  • The land of tears is so mysterious ... - The little prince.
  • Life is very dangerous. Not for the people who do evil, but for those who sit down to see what happens. - Albert Einstein.
  • There are two infinite things: the Universe and human stupidity. And the universe I'm not sure. - Albert Einstein.
  • A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life doing nothing. - George Bernard Shaw.
  • Lends ear to all, and a few voice. Hear the censures of others; but reserve your own opinion. - William Shakespeare.
  • Sometimes you have to hurt loved ones. - CS Lewis.
  • When one of the doors of happiness closes us, another opens. But we often stare at the closed door for so long that we don't see the open door. -Helen Keller.
  • Hatred between relatives is the deepest. - unspoken
  • It is better to know something about everything than to know everything about one thing. - Pascal.
  • It is necessary to learn what we need and not just what we want. - Paulo Coelho.
  • The greatest service that can be rendered by anyone to their country and to human beings is to grow a family. — Bernard Shaw.
  • Optimism is a magnet for happiness. If you stay positive, good things and good people will be drawn to you. - Mary Lou Retton.
  • Walking in a straight line one cannot get very far. - The little Prince.
  • Be grateful for everything that happens to you in life, they are all experiences. - Roy T. Bennett
  • It's crazy to hate all roses just because one of them pricked you. Giving up all your dreams just because one of them didn't come true. - The little Prince.
  • Shut up or say something better than silence. - Pythagoras.
  • The tongue is well closed twice and the ears open twice, because hearing must be twice as much as speaking - Baltasar Gracian.
  • Faith is a difficult conquest, which requires daily battles to maintain it. - Paulo Coelho.
  • The soul is in the brain. - Eduardo Punset.
  • There is only one thing in the world worse than being on the lips of others, and that is not being on the lips of anybody. - Oscar Wilde.
  • Questions are never indiscreet. The answers, sometimes yes. - Oscar Wilde.
  • If you want different results, do not do the same. - Albert Einstein.
  • Those who speak against the family do not know what they are doing, because they do not know what they are undoing. - Gilbert Keith Chesterton.
  • Success in life could be defined as the continuous growth of happiness and the progressive realization of worthy goals. ? Deepak Chopra.
  • When you have a family that lets you express yourself as you are, it is the best that life can give you. - Rosario Flores.
  • The worst enemy of love is indifference, not hatred. - CS Lewis.

  • Those who know how to solve problems are less efficient than those who know how to avoid them. - Luis Señor González.
  • Sometimes it is good to lose everything so that you realize what you really need. - CS Lewis.
  • He who has not made a mistake has never tried something different. - Albert Einstein.
  • We should not fear those who have another opinion, but those who have another opinion but are too cowardly to express it. - Napoleon Bonaparte.
  • The great mistake of human nature is to adapt. True happiness is built on a perpetual state of initiation, of constant enthusiasm. ? Julio Ramón Ribeyro.
  • I foresee the demise of cannibalism. The man is disgusted with the man. - Stanislaw Jerzy Lec.
  • It is very likely that the best decisions are not the result of a reflection of the brain but the result of an emotion. - Eduardo Punset.
  • When you look at your life, the greatest happiness is family happiness. - Joyce Brothers
  • It is much more difficult to judge yourself than it is to judge others. If you can judge yourself well, you are a true sage. - The little Prince.
  • Man may believe in the impossible, but he will never believe in the improbable. - Oscar Wilde.
  • I do not have special talents, but I am deeply curious. - Albert Einstein.
  • Sometimes we can go years without living at all, and suddenly our whole life is concentrated in a single instant. - Oscar Wilde.
  • I know my own life better than anyone. That is why I am the only one who can judge me, criticize me, or applaud me whenever I want. - Paulo Coelho.
  • It is really useful because it is cute. - The little Prince.
  • Men occupy very little space on Earth ... Older people will not believe them, surely, because they always imagine that they occupy a lot of space. - The little Prince.
  • We are all very ignorant. What happens is that we do not all ignore the same things. - Albert Einstein.
  • The only advantage of playing with fire is that you learn not to burn yourself. - Oscar Wilde.
  • The world moves so fast these days that the man who says something can't be done is interrupted by someone who is doing it. - Elbert Hubbard.
  • Words are the source of misunderstandings. - The little Prince.
  • Each human being has, within himself, something much more important than himself: his gift - Paulo Coelho.
  • Love and desire are two different things; that not everything that is loved is desired, nor everything that is desired is loved. - Miguel de Cervantes.
  • It is proper to every stupid man to be cunning. - Georges Courteline.
  • The least common in this world is living. Most people exist, that's all. - Oscar Wilde.
  • I came, I saw, I conquered. - Julius Caesar.
  • The desire to possess someone to whom you cannot give anything wears out the heart. - CS Lewis.
  • Ambition is the last refuge from failure. - Oscar Wilde.
  • Brute force can be admitted, but brute reason is unbearable. - Oscar Wilde.
  • You don't really understand something unless you are able to explain it to your grandmother. - Albert Einstein.
  • When you get old, you will not regret what you did, but what you did not do. - Anonymous.
  • When asked if I am a pessimist or an optimist, I answer that my knowledge is pessimistic, but my will and hope are optimistic. - Albert Schweitzer.
  • What is a rite? It is what makes one day different from the others and one hour from the others. - The little Prince.
  • The little prince, who asked me many questions, never seemed to hear mine. - The little Prince.

  • The biggest secret to happiness is being good with yourself. ? Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle.
  • Older people are never able to understand things for themselves, and it is very boring for children to have to explain things over and over again. - The little Prince.
  • You must understand the whole of life, not just a small part of it. That is why you must read, that is why you must look at the heavens, that is why you must sing, dance, write poems, suffer and understand, for all this is life. - Krishnamurti.
  • The family? That place where parents find the grief of their own disappointments in the successes of their children. - Enrique Salgado.
  • Chance does not exist; God does not play dice. - Albert Einstein.
  • The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise man makes it grow under his feet. - James Oppenheim.
  • Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress. - Nicholas M. Butler.
  • When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace. - Jimi Hendrix.
  • The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege. - Charles Kuralt.
  • One should always be in love. That is why we should never get married. - Oscar Wilde.
  • You know? When you are really sad you like to watch the sunsets. - The little Prince.
  • She was not afraid of difficulties: what frightened her was the obligation to choose a path. Choosing one path meant abandoning others. - Paulo Coelho.
  • And what is the use of owning the stars? -It helps me to be rich. -And what's the use of being rich? -It helps me to buy more stars. - The little Prince.
  • The secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible. - Bertrand Russell.
  • The happiest man in the world is one who knows how to recognize the merits of others and can rejoice in the good of others as if it were his own. - Goethe.
  • Most of those who don't want to be oppressed want to be oppressors. - Napoleon Bonaparte.
  • Hate has caused many problems in this world and has not solved one. - Maya Angelou.
  • When I want an issue not resolved, I entrust it to a committee. - Napoleon Bonaparte.
  • The less you need, the richer you will be. - Anonymous.
  • Battles against women are the only ones to be won by running away. - Napoleon Bonaparte.
  • Do you want to meet a man? Clothe him with great power. - Pitaco
  • A collection of thoughts should be a pharmacy where you can find a remedy for all ills. - Voltaire.
  • When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel positive energy. It is very simple. - Paulo Coelho.
  • Society sometimes forgives the criminal, but never forgives the dreamer. - Oscar Wilde.
  • Learn to smile in every situation. Look at it as an opportunity to test your strength and skill. - Joe Brown.
  • Be kind to people when you go up; You will find them all when you come down. - Eduardo Punset.
  • When they asked me about a weapon capable of counteracting the power of the atomic bomb, I suggested the best of all: Peace. - Albert Einstein.
  • The one who invokes friendship to obtain discounts may be, perhaps, a skilled merchant, but not a friend. - Mario Sarmiento V.
  • The true secret of happiness consists in demanding a lot from yourself and very little from others. - Albert Guinon.
  • Marriage is the most natural state of man, the state in which you will find solid happiness. - Benjamin Frankin.
  • The surest method of staying poor is undoubtedly being outspoken. - Napoleon Bonaparte.

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