Buddha Quotes
Browse 28 quotes from Buddha, featuring insights on success, personal growth, leadership, mindset, and achievement.
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“Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it.”
“There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth: not going all the way, and not starting.”
“Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes.”
“Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well.”
“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.”
“The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.”
“To keep the body in good health is a duty, for otherwise we shall not be able to trim the lamp of wisdom and keep our mind strong and clear.”
“Believe nothing, no matter where you read it or who has said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.”
“Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations.”
“The mind is everything. What you think you become.”
“We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.”
“All that we are is the result of what we have thought.”
“Whatever a monk keeps pursuing with his thinking and pondering, that becomes the inclination of his awareness.”
“Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts.”
“Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.”
“Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have.”
“Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.”
“To conquer oneself is a greater task than conquering others.”
“Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.”
“You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.”
“Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.”
“No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We alone must walk the path.”
“What you are is what you have been. Who you will be is what you do now.”
“However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act upon them?”
“Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.”
“Drop by drop is the water pot filled.”
“If you light a lamp for someone else, it will also brighten your path.”
“Give, even if you only have a little.”
