Inspirational Quotes - Page 348

Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both.

The discipline of daily devotion to God undergirds decisions.

I don't even think you know how great you really are. I believe in you.

The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.

I never have taken a picture I've intended. They're always better or worse.

The most important external environment is the government of India. You have to sell your ideas to the government. Selling the idea is the most important thing, and for that I'll meet anybody in the government. I am willing to salaam anyone. One thing you won't find in me and that is an ego.

A sacred illness is one that educates us and alters us from the inside out, provides experiences and therefore knowledge that we could not possibly achieve in any other way, and aligns us with a life path that is, ultimately, of benefit to ourselves and those around us.

As a filmmaker, I ask questions but don't have answers. Moviemaking is a philosophical exploration. I invite the audience to come on the journey and discover what they think and feel.

I realize now that people are not thinking about you and me or caring what is said about us. They are thinking about themselves-before breakfast, after breakfast, and right on until ten minutes past midnight. They would be a thousand times more concerned about a slight headache of their own than they would about the news of your death or mine.

Silence is sometimes the best answer

The quality of everything we do: our physical actions, our verbal actions, and even our mental actions, depends on our motivation. That's why it's important for us to examine our motivation in our day to day life. If we cultivate respect for others and our motivation is sincere, if we develop a genuine concern for others’ well-being, then all our actions will be positive.

When I win awards, I think of my father.

If consensus is overrated, I think balance is, too. I have no interest in living a balanced life. I want a life of adventure.

I swear to God, if you saw me when I am by myself in the woods, I'm a lunatic. I sing, I dance.

A man who trims himself to suit everybody will soon whittle himself away.

Prosperity lasts long for one who acts after proper consideration.

Remember that happiness is a way of travel, it's not a destination.

We cannot change anything unless we accept it.

There is but one good; that is God. Everything else is good when it looks to Him and bad when it turns from Him.

You may forget that you are at every moment totally dependent on God.

It ain't no sin to be glad you're alive.

In Buddhism, there is no place for using effort. Just be ordinary and nothing special. Eat your food, move your bowels, pass water and when you're tired go and lie down. The ignorant will laugh at me, but the wise will understand.

I keep telling people: Don't make me the poster boy for AA because I don't know a lot about sobriety, but I do know a lot about drinking.

Hard times always lead to something great.

Courage, sacrifice, determination, commitment, toughness, heart, talent, guts. That's what little girls are made of; the heck with sugar and spice.