Inspirational Quotes - Page 240

All men and women are born, live, suffer and die; what distinguishes us one from another is our dreams, whether they be dreams about worldly or unworldly things, and what we do to make them come about... We do not choose to be born. We do not choose our parents. We do not choose our historical epoch, the country of our birth, or the immediate circumstances of our upbringing. We do not, most of us, choose to die; nor do we choose the time and conditions of our death. But within this realm of choicelessness, we do choose how we live.

Some people spend their entire lives reading but never get beyond reading the words on the page, they don't understand that the words are merely stepping stones placed across a fast-flowing river, and the reason they're there is so that we can reach the farther shore, it's the other side that matters...

With kids, the days are long, but the years are short.

You don't overcome challenges by making them smaller but by making yourself bigger.

To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday.

I need someone who believes that the sun will rise again but who does not fear my darkness. Someone who can point out the rocks in my way without making me a child by carrying me. Someone who can stand in thunder and watch the lightning and believe in a rainbow.

Don't read a book and be a follower; read a book and be a student.

A man's word and his intestinal fortitude are two of the most honorable virtues known to mankind.

I just think it's silly to be stingy with compliments. If you see someone and they strike you as beautiful in any way, why not let them know?

Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.

Angels are like diamonds. They can't be made, you have to find them. Each one is unique.

The more difficulties one has to encounter, within and without, the more significant and the higher in inspiration his life will be.

Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.

The worst thing a kid can say about homework is that it is too hard. The worst thing a kid can say about a game is it's too easy.

When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.

Find me now. Before someone else does.

Time wounds all heels.

Some people like my advice so much that they frame it upon the wall instead of using it.

Careers, like rockets, don't always take off on schedule. The key is to keep working the engines.

Tactics, fitness, stroke ability, adaptability, experience, and sportsmanship are all necessary for winning.

If you treat people right they will treat you right... ninety percent of the time.

The will of God - nothing less, nothing more, nothing else.

Whoso neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead for the future.

Who is far from love is a bad state, and to be pitied. He passes his days in a delirious dream, far from God, deprived of light, and he lives in darkness ... Whoever does not have the love of Christ is an enemy of Christ. He walks in darkness and is easily lead into any sin.

Not to be able to stop thinking is a dreadful affliction, but we don't realize this because almost everyone is suffering from it, so it is considered normal. This incessant mental noise prevents you from finding that realm of inner stillness that is inseparable from Being.