Inspirational Quotes - Page 157

If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.

Worry is a direct consequence of relying on your own efforts.

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.

What is defeat? Nothing but education, nothing but the first step to something better.

I celebrate a victory when I start walking off the field. By the time I get to the locker room, I'm done.

Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.

Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way.

No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new.

When your fear touches someone's pain it becomes pity; when your love touches someone's pain, it becomes compassion. To train in compassion, then, is to know all beings are the same and suffer in similar ways, to honor all those who suffer, and to know you are neither separate from nor superior to anyone.

Dreams are lovely. But they are just dreams. Fleeting, ephemeral, pretty. But dreams do not come true just because you dream them. It's hard work that makes things happen. It's hard work that creates change.

Tact is after all a kind of mind reading.

Whatever we do lays a seed in our deepest consciousness, and one day that seed will grow.

Losers quit when they fail. Winners fail until they succeed.

Do not allow yourself to suppress your thoughts. Instead, let the thoughts come before you and become a sort of observer. Start observing your own mind. Do not try to escape; do not be afraid of your thinking.

The most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of one's self to others.

The purpose of all my photos is to capture the power of nature and convey it in a way that inspires someone to feel passionate and connected to the image.

Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a new way to stand.

Whenever you're wrong, admit it; Whenever you're right, shut up.

The most difficult struggle of all is the one within ourselves. Let us not get accustomed and adjusted to these conditions. The one who adjusts ceases to discriminate between good and evil. He becomes a slave in body and soul. Whatever may happen to you, remember always: Don't adjust! Revolt against the reality!

You're never a loser until you quit trying.

You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.

Inner peace doesn't come from getting what we want, but from remembering who we are.

when you feel like hope is gone, look inside you and be strong and you'll finally see the truth- that hero lies in you.

No matter who you are, no matter what you did, no matter where you've come from, you can always change, become a better version of yourself.

If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.