Inspirational Quotes - Page 159

No! Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try.

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.

Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves?

People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them.

It is difficulties that show what men are. For the future, in case of any difficulty, remember that God, like a gymnastic trainer, has pitted you against a rough antagonist. For what end? That you may be an Olympic conqueror; and this cannot be without toil.

Restlessness and impatience change nothing except our peace and joy. Peace does not dwell in outward things, but in the heart prepared to wait trustfully and quietly on Him who has all things safely in His hands.

He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.

Failure: Is it a limitation? Bad timing? It's a lot of things. It's something you can't be afraid of, because you'll stop growing. The next step beyond failure could be your biggest success in life.

Love the moment and the energy of that moment will spread beyond all boundaries.

Opportunities are often things you haven't noticed the first time around.

A gastronomer who is not an environmentalis t is just stupid. Whereas an environmentalis t who is not a gastronomer is sad. It's possible to change the world even while preserving the concept of the right of pleasure.

Only one who has risked the fight with the dragon and is not overcome by it wins the "treasure hard to attain." He alone has a genuine claim to self-confidence, for he has faced the dark ground of his self and thereby has gained himself. This experience gives him faith and trust.

A fight is not won by one punch or kick. Either learn to endure or hire a bodyguard.

Since you are like no other being ever created since the beginning of time, you are incomparable.

God heals, and the doctor takes the fees.

We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.

Never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. People will take you very much at your own reckoning.

I must be a mermaid, Rango. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living.

Be everything with so much love in your heart that you would never want to do it any other way.

The most difficult thing is the decision to act!

I came to terms with not fitting in a long time ago. I never really fitted in. I don't want to fit in. And now people are buying into that.

Do not pursue what is illusory - property and position: all that is gained at the expense of your nerves decade after decade, and is confiscated in one fell night. Live with a steady superiority over life - don't be afraid of misfortune, and do not yearn after happiness; it is, after all, all the same: the bitter doesn't last forever, and the sweet never fills the cup to overflowing.

If I had an hour to solve a problem I'd spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and 5 minutes thinking about solutions.

We experience ourselves our thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest. A kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us.

Everything will line up perfectly when knowing and living the truth becomes more important than looking good.