Inspirational Quotes - Page 286

Do not say, "this happened by chance, while this came to be of itself." In all that exists there is nothing disorderly, nothing indefinite, nothing without purpose, nothing by chance ... How many hairs are on your head? God will not forget one of them. Do you see how nothing, even the smallest thing, escapes the gaze of God?

Every problem has a gift for you in its hands.

Whatever you believe about your body, your cells believe too. They don't question anything you think, feel, or believe. In fact, they hear every thought, feeling, and belief you have.

Remember one very fundamental thing about life: Any experience that has not been lived will hang around you, will persist: "Finish me! Live me! Complete me!" There is an intrinsic quality in every experience that it tends and wants to be finished, completed. Once completed, it evaporates; incomplete, it persists, it tortures you, it haunts you, it attracts your attention. It says, "What are you going to do about me? I am still incomplete - fulfill me!"

Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.

To be great, one does not have to be mad, but definitely it helps.

Vincit qui patitur: he conquers, who endures.

I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.

What is without periods of rest will not endure.

Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and dance.

You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.

One of the greatest resources people cannot mobilize themselves is that they try to accomplish great things. Most worthwhile achievements are the result of many little things done in a single direction.

People in distress will sometimes prefer a problem that is familiar to a solution that is not.

The subconscious mind makes no distinction between constructive and destructive thought impulses. It works with the material we feed it, through our thought impulses. The subconscious mind will translate into reality a thought driven by fear, just as readily as it will translate into reality a thought driven by courage or faith.

Speak to people according to the development of their consciousness, for if you speak all things to all people, some cannot understand you and so fall into errors!

Follow your interests, get the best available education and training, set your sights high, be persistent, be flexible, keep your options open, accept help when offered, and be prepared to help others.

Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world

I know why the caged bird sings.

It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody.

To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving.

A trophy carries dust. Memories last forever.

Don't just dream about grandiose acts of doing good. Every day do small ones, that add up over time to positive patterns.

Once I was a prisoner lost inside myself with the world surrounding me, wandering through the misery, but now I am free. Free to love, free to laugh, free to soar, free to shine, free to give.

It's good to shut up sometimes.

Hate the sin, love the sinner.