Uncle Iroh is the most loved and admired character in the series – Avatar, The Last Airbender. His words of wisdom can be seen throughout the series and help various characters. Here, I am compiling some of his quotes which are very inspiring.

A powerful and bold statement by Uncle Iroh, which we all need to understand and assimilate into our lives. In order to become a perfectionist, we often ignore that there is no use in being perfect at something if you don't enjoy doing it.

Similarly, there is no use of power if you don't use it for the welfare of society. On the other hand, happiness and love make our lives beautiful and contented.

When Zuko, Uncle Iroh's nephew, was confused about what he truly wanted in his life. At that moment, Uncle Iroh enlightened him with his wise words. A wealthy and prosperous life is really good, but even if you have less money and valuables, but you are happy, then the latter is also an equally good life.

To sum up, we can say that what actually matters is what we want from our lives, as long as we are contented and happy with what we have achieved, it is a good life.

When Zuko heard the above line from Uncle Iroh, he realized that he could always turn to his uncle for support and help.

We are always told that we should believe in ourselves, and it's very important to do so, but that doesn't mean that you should never ask anyone for help. In fact, sometimes big targets become achievable only because of teamwork.

This is something we often get to hear from our mentors and elders. According to Uncle Iroh, failures should not be considered as a setback. In fact, they are a chance to get up and start again with better preparation. They are an opportunity to learn not to regret.

By this Uncle, Iroh wants to point out that outside beauty or look doesn't matter if you are a good person at your heart. It doesn't matter which type of cup of tea is served. What is important is how it tastes. Similarly, it doesn't matter if a person is rich or poor, handsome or ugly what matters is how he is as a person.

In our life, there comes a certain point where we have to find out the purpose of our life, and for this, we need to focus on ourselves and introspect.

The answer lies in our hearts only. We just need to discover it. Uncle Iroh, who is usually gentle with his words took a strict stand and asked Zuko to find his goal only then he can work for it.

Humility is a virtuous quality to have and we all should learn it. As Uncle Iroh said that it is the only antidote to shame. If you have the courage to accept your flaws without any shame and work on them to make yourself a better person, then you have achieved humility.

Meeting new people and establishing warm relationships with them is a great human virtue. Earlier, most of the cultures promoted this, but these days in our busy schedules, we have forgotten this important virtue.

In the series, Uncle Iroh meets Toph, who is fighting from the opposite side still Uncle Iroh prepares for tea, and both spend together and bond well.

Passion is something you love to do and you are really good at it. Obviously, you will enjoy doing something you love so one should always follow his passion and then he can achieve great things in life.

This is a very interesting quote by Uncle Iroh, and it has a deep meaning hidden in it. Many times, we are afraid of doing a particular thing or task because we aren't prepared well for it, but once we do better planning and prepare well, the same task becomes much simpler.

So, how we see things depend on our frame of reference.

Uncle Iroh is an old character in the series, but his knowledge, wisdom, and strength all are still legendary. He doesn't reveal much about his afterlife in the spirit world and chooses to be silent about it as one has to discover this afterworld himself.

Life is a wave with crests being good times and troughs being hard times. We often curse and crib when we are going through bad times, but this isn't the right attitude.

According to Uncle Iroh, good times become beautiful memories, but bad times make good lessons that last for a lifetime and help us in tackling future situations. So, in a way, bad time teaches us a lot of things.

When everything seems to be falling apart, and we are just about to accept our defeat, at such time, we need to pick ourselves up no matter how difficult or miserable the situation is, and we have to give hope to ourselves. This is what we call inner strength, as per Uncle Iroh. This is very important as we have to fight our own battle, and when we learn to reassure yourself, we become stronger than the rest.

This is actually similar to an old saying we have often heard from our elders. Knowledge and wisdom can come from any person and anywhere. Many of us have heard the story of a prince who got inspired to get his kingdom back from enemy by a spider who was trying to build its web with a lot of effort.

So, even a tiny creature like a spider taught the prince value of perseverance and hard work, similarly, we should try to learn from any source.

This is one of the most enlightening quotes by Uncle Iroh, which tells us that you can find light i.e., enlightenment, if you really want it, but if you do not try to seek it you will only find darkness as your wisdom is covered by a cloud of doubts and fear.

There are times when we don't have a clue about what to do, and at those times, we should try to help someone who needs us. Maybe we will find answer to our problem also by helping them.

This is because there are many people with similar problems and when it comes to helping someone else, we have a calm mind and plan to help them with whereas when it comes to solving our own issue, we start having doubts in mind.

Don't try to run away from your mistakes when you make them. Instead Uncle Iroh says that accept your mistake immediately and try to mend for it as soon as possible. This will minimize the harm and loss and in near future you won't regret about it.

We humans have limited control over things it is nature that is powerful, and therefore things that are meant to happen in life will happen anyway, no matter how much we try to control or stop them.

Here Uncle Iroh tells us that one should not be over-ambitious. Over the course of history, we have seen how great emperors and generals were crushed down because they were over-ambitious and nature has its own way of dealing with such people. So, set your goal, which is achievable and follow a path which is morally right and acceptable to achieve it.

Have you ever come across any instance where a person is doing something just because he was told to do so by others and not because he really wants to do so. Uncle Iroh wants to convey the message that the path which you are following must be set by yourself and not imposed upon you by others.

Sometimes we become so involved in a certain thing that we forget that it is time to move on from this thing and start working for the next target. Uncle Iroh points out that we must know when is the time to move ahead in life.

As per Uncle Iroh, we all have a light within us and if we open this light to the world, we can change things. The light refers to the knowledge and wisdom, and by sharing it with others, we can make the world a better place to live on.

Metamorphosis is a process in which an organism loses old skin and gets new skin. Similarly, sometimes we need to forget some things about the past and learn better things.

The period under training is very tough and might seem unpleasant, but once it is done, we realize how it has transformed us into a better human beings.

Everyone who is born on this earth has a special reason for being here, and we have to find this reason and hence identify our goal and achieve it, thus fulfilling the purpose behind our birth. No human is useless, everyone has their own part to play and then depart.

Uncle Iroh tells his nephew that once you have learnt the skills, it is the time for you to make some decisions that will shape your future life. Destiny may offer you multiple paths it is up to you which path you want to take and is it good or not.

Devil and Angel both reside in our mind and sometimes when this devil side starts dominating, we need to look for the angel within us to save ourselves from the demon. We need to win over this demon and achieve a state where the mind is free from any negative thoughts.

At times things seem to be getting out of hand. We feel like we have lost our direction and now we don't know what to do. In such a situation, what we need to do is continue moving on the path on which we are, and eventually you will find your way but don't just stop in the middle of a journey.

We have often heard people saying that destiny plays its own games and we are mere pawns, but does it mean that we should leave everything to destiny? No, this isn't the right way, and Uncle Iroh says that if one keeps an open heart and mind, then we can find our own destiny.

This was said by Uncle Iroh to his nephew. In the same way, sometimes our parents seem to be angry with us while in real they are not angry, but they are scared and sad about you assorting towards wrong path.

Never ever give up just like most of the great mentors Uncle Iroh also advises that we should never give in to despair. When the path looks difficult take a few steps back and give yourself rest and introspect.

Here Uncle Iroh tells us about lightening and how it is different from other firebending techniques. Lightening is fierce and deadly, but it is not fuelled by rage or emotion; instead it requires a peaceful mind. So, here we learn that sometimes in difficult situations like wars we need to maintain peace of mind and it can help in winning.

Understanding the people, things, and nature around you is very important. It helps you and adds a dimension to your personality. A person who understands others can only help them with their problems.

Uncle Iroh says that four elements are there and their combination makes Avatar extremely powerful, but that doesn't mean that one should limit himself at these four elements. You can even become more powerful if you work harder.

Uncle Iroh highlights that sometimes in search of gold, we end up finding diamonds and this is the best thing, but it happens only when you are working hard to find gold.

Life will give you unexpected challenges which will be difficult, but even at that time, you should not stop yourself from enjoying life. The happiness and peace which comes from within will give you the courage to face challenges.

To achieve or establish something great, the path is full of hardships, and there is a lot of struggles, but that shouldn't deter you from your path. Because in the end the hardships and pain endured by you will not go in vain.

The whole universe exists because of different energies. Positive and Negative energies should be balanced and we should prevent anything that will harm this balance. In our life when there is more negative energy around us, we start feeling lost and disturbed and, in such situation, we need to restore the balance as said by Uncle Iroh.

Uncle Iroh was asking for forgiveness on behalf of his nephew. Here he has highlighted that fire bending is more about your breathing technique instead of physical power. In fact, in most of the fighting techniques, breath is more important, and having a control over it can make you win battles.

Our family and friends love us a lot and there is nothing wrong in letting them help or support you. After all their love and faith makes you even stronger.

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