Inspirational Quotes - Page 333

People jump back and forth in pursuit of pleasures only because they see the emptiness of their lives more clearly than they do the emptiness of whichever new entertainment attracts them.

Do what you say you are going to do, when you say you are going to do it, in the way you said you were going to do it.

In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.

I want you to remember the guiding principles of my life. You can be what you want to be, if you believe in yourself and work hard, because anything, and I'm telling you anything, is possible.

As you move toward a dream, the dream moves toward you.

There's a lot of people in this world who spend so much time watching their health that they haven't the time to enjoy it.

What distinguishes us one from another is our dreams, and what we do to make them come about.

Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.

I like the challenge of trying different things and wondering whether it's going to work or whether I'm going to fall flat on my face.

Show me someone content with mediocrity and I'll show you someone destined for failure.

Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating. Youngsters need good models more than they need critics. It's one of a parent's greatest responsibilities and opportunities.

Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.

I know what I can know, and am not troubled about what I cannot know.

If youre alive and breathing, you can still become everything God has created you to be.

Go out on a limb. That's where the fruit is.

I still think there are some pitches in this pitching arm, so I will continue playing with USA Softball, but knowing that this could be the last time a softball player stands on the Olympic podium and has the opportunity of experiencing this - it was emotional.

When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you, do not look for any other standard to judge by: the work is good, the product of a master craftsman.

I'm very contra my constituency in terms of abortion because I'm positively against it. I don't have the right to any other view. My only emotion is gratitude, literally, for my life.

Unlike any other creature on this planet, humans can learn and understand, without having experienced. They can think themselves into other people's places. We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better.

Love is the fruit of prayer ... Patiently abiding in prayer signifies a man's renunciation of himself. Therefore the self-denial of the soul turns into love for God.

If you keep saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.

Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow.

The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend, as to find a friend worth dying for.

The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope.

The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed.