Inspirational Quotes - Page 219

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it.

Women, you can have it all - a loving man, devoted husband, loving children, a fabulous career.

One should not seek among others the truth that can be easily gotten from the Church. For in her, as in a rich treasury, the apostles have placed all that pertains to truth, so that everyone can drink this beverage of life. She is the door of life.

Knowledge never springs from faith. It springs from doubt.

Even as water carves monuments of stone, so do our thoughts shape our character.

A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.

I must respect the opinions of others even if I disagree with them.

Measure your health by your sympathy with morning and spring. If there is no response in you to the awakening of nature -if the prospect of an early morning walk does not banish sleep, if the warble of the first bluebird does not thrill you -know that the morning and spring of your life are past. Thus may you feel your pulse.

Next to a leisurely walk I enjoy a spin on my tandem bicycle. It is splendid to feel the wind blowing in my face and the springy motion of my iron steed. The rapid rush through the air gives me a delicious sense of strength and buoyancy, and the exercise makes my pulse dance and my heart sing.

Sometime, somewhere you take something to be the truth. But if you cling to it too strongly, then even when the truth comes in person and knocks on your door, you will not open it.

As you walk and eat and travel, be where you are. Otherwise you will miss most of your life.

As human beings, our job in life is to help people realize how rare and valuable each one of us really is, that each of us has something that no one else has-or ever will have-something inside that is unique to all time.

Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.

Sometimes you can't see yourself clearly until you see yourself through the eyes of others.

The country is full of good coaches. What it takes to win is a bunch of interested players.

Be sure you are right, then go ahead.

It's human nature to start taking things for granted again when danger isn't banging loudly on the door.

A leader's role is to raise people's aspirations for what they can become and to release their energies so they will try to get there.

Television is an invention that permits you to be entertained in your living room by people you wouldn't have in your home.

You can't let one bad moment spoil a bunch of good ones.

Give more than is expected, love more than seems wise, serve more than seems necessary, and help more than is asked.

As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man objected and no man rebelled, those wrongs would last forever.

The internal dialogue is what grounds people in the daily world. The world is such and such or so and so, only because we talk to ourselves about its being such and such and so and so. The passageway into the world of shamans opens up after the warrior has learned to shut off his internal dialogue

If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.