Inspirational Quotes - Page 126

The only thing that ultimately matters is to eat an ice-cream cone, play a slide trombone, plant a small tree, good God, now you're free.

All life is an experiment.

The true lover of knowledge naturally strives for truth, and is not content with common opinion, but soars with undimmed and unwearied passion till he grasps the essential nature of things.

I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore me for telling you lies.

You can start with nothing. And out of nothing, and out of no way, a way will be made.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambition.

If a man devotes himself to the instructions of his own unconscious, it can bestow this gift [of renewal], so that suddenly life, which has been stale and dull, turns into a rich unending inner adventure, full of creative possibilities

If we want to reap the harvest of peace and justice in the future, we will have to sow seeds of nonviolence, here and now, in the present.

Be the change you want to see.

Retain a calm heart, sit like a turtle, walk swiftly like a pigeon, and sleep like a dog

Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.

My main ambition in life is to be on the Devil's most wanted list.

Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.

Make your heart like a lake, with calm, still surface, and great depths of kindness.

The five S's of sports training are: stamina, speed, strength, skill, and spirit; but the greatest of these is spirit.

It doesn't matter how old you are, or what you do in your life, you never stop needing your mom.

Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.

He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.

Life is very short, and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friends

A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault.

If you aren't going all the way, why go at all?

The best manner of avenging ourselves is by not resembling him who has injured us.

Helping others is like helping yourself.

Build your architecture from what is beneath your feet.

If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.