Inspirational Quotes - Page 194

You are imperfect, you are wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging.

No matter who you are, no matter what you do, you absolutely, positively do have the power to change.

Whenever I feel bad, I use that feeling to motivate me to work harder. I only allow myself one day to feel sorry for myself. When I'm not feeling my best I ask myself, 'What are you gonna do about it?' I use the negativity to fuel the transformation into a better me.

The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.

What I really enjoy is not you; it's something that's greater than both you and me. It is something that I discovered, a kind of symphony, a kind of orchestra that plays one melody in your presence, but when you depart, the orchestra doesn't stop. When I meet someone else, it plays another melody, which is also very delightful. And when I'm alone, it continues to play.

Do you want a sign that you're asleep? Here it is: you're suffering. Suffering is a sign that you're out of touch with the truth. Suffering is given to you that you might open your eyes to the truth, that you might understand that there's falsehood somewhere, just as physical pain is given to you so you will understand that there is disease or illness somewhere. Suffering occurs when you clash with reality. When your illusions clash with reality, when your falsehoods clash with truth, then you have suffering. Otherwise there is no suffering.

The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell.

It's so clear that you have to cherish everyone. I think that's what I get from these older black women, that every soul is to be cherished, that every flower Is to bloom.

We may eventually come to realize that chastity is no more a virtue than malnutrition.

When you look at yourself from a universal standpoint, something inside always reminds or informs you that there are bigger and better things to worry about.

All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. Great works are often born on a street corner or in a restaurant's revolving door.

Without work, all life goes rotten. But when work is soulless, life stifles and dies.

Getting divorced just because you don't love a man is almost as silly as getting married just because you do.

If God would have wanted us to live in a permissive society He would have given us Ten Suggestions and not Ten Commandments.

With God, all things are possible.

What's meant to be will always find a way.

If sub specie aeternitatis [from eternity's point of view] there is no reason to believe that anything matters, then that does not matter either, and we can approach our absurd lives with irony instead of heroism or despair.

If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on.

In all things that you do, consider the end.

He is the richest who is content with the least.

I follow four dictates: face it, accept it, deal with it, then let it go.

When we create something, we always create it first in a thought form. If we are basically positive in attitude, expecting and envisioning pleasure, satisfaction and happiness, we will attract and create people, situations, and events which conform to our positive expectations.

Few people take objectives really seriously. They put average effort into too many things, rather than superior thought and effort into a few important things. People who achieve the most are selective as well as determined.

Every day, tell at least one person something you like, admire, or appreciate about them.

Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't.