Inspirational Quotes - Page 182

For some reason, we are truly convinced that if we criticize ourselves, the criticism will lead to change. If we are harsh, we believe we will end up being kind. If we shame ourselves, we believe we end up loving ourselves. It has never been true, not for a moment, that shame leads to love. Only love leads to love.

In an asana, the mind has to reach inside the body to find a quiet space until a point comes where perfect balance is felt.

It is necessary to reteach a thing its loveliness, to put a hand on its brow of the flower and retell it in words and in touch it is lovely until it flowers again from within, of self-blessing.

Were there none who were discontented with what they have, the world would never reach anything better.

Life is too short for long-term grudges.

There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.

To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.

All true artists, whether they know it or not, create from a place of no-mind, from inner stillness.

The hard must become habit. The habit must become easy. The easy must become beautiful.

You don't have to be born beautiful to be wildly attractive.

It's so freeing, it's beautiful in a way, to have a great failure, there's nowhere to go but up.

What you can imagine depends on what you know.

Sleep is the best meditation.

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.

When the Earth is sick, the animals will begin to disappear, when that happens, The Warriors of the Rainbow will come to save them.

Interviewing is tough, especially if you don't know what you're looking for.

The only joy in the world is to begin.

Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary.

Do you want to meet the love of your life? Look in the mirror.

All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.

If your world doesn't allow you to dream, move to one where you can.

Millions saw the apple fall but Newton was the one who asked why.

I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.

The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear

Keep some souvenirs of your past, or how will you ever prove it wasn't all a dream?