Inspirational Quotes - Page 350

I want to remind you that success in life is based on hard slogging. There will be periods when discouragement is great and upsetting, and the antidote for this is calmness and fortitude and a modest yet firm belief in your competence. Be sure that your priorities are in order so that you can proceed in a logical manner, and be ever mindful that nothing will take the place of persistence.

Success is doing what you want to do, when you want, where you want, with whom you want, as much as you want.

Why live an ordinary life, when you can live an extraordinary one.

As long as we are enjoying ourselves, that's the most important thing

You are your own stories and therefore free to imagine and experience what it means to be human... And although you don't have complete control over the narrative - no author does, I can tell you - you could nevertheless create it.

There are many things worth living for, a few things worth dying for, and nothing worth killing for.

If you retain nothing else, always remember the most important Rule of Beauty. “Who cares?”

Unfortunately, there seems to be far more opportunity out there than ability.... We should remember that good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation.

Discontent is the first necessity of progress.

Keep your hands open, and all the sands of the desert can pass through them. Close them, and all you can feel is a bit of grit.

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm. But the harm does not interest them.

Every moment is a fresh beginning.

Poor people choose now. Rich people choose balance.

Learn why the world wags and what wags it. That is the only thing which the mind can never exhaust, never alienate, never be tortured by, never fear or distrust, and never dream of regretting. Learning is the only thing for you. Look what a lot of things there are to learn.

One of the great healing balms of the Holy Spirit is forgiveness. To forgive is to break the link between you and your past.

Excessive animal protein is at the core of many chronic diseases.

Desire, ignorance, and inequality—this is the trinity of bondage.

Sometimes life's going to hit you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did.

If we keep doing what we're doing, we're going to keep getting what we're getting.

The way we see the problem is the problem.

There are people who, when they encounter inability to understand, do not ask the Lord. But one must immediately say, "Lord, I am a sinful man and I don't understand as I should. But give me understanding, merciful One, as to how I must proceed." And the merciful Lord then inspires them as to what to do and what not to do.

The soul that has come to know God fully no longer desires anything else, nor does it attach itself to anything on the earth; and if you put before it a kingdom, it would not desire it, for the love of God gives such sweetness and joy to the soul that even the life of a king can no longer give it any sweetness.

The best things in life are silly.

Some say knowledge is power, but that is not true. Character is power.

There is no impossibility to him who stands prepared to conquer every hazard. The fearful are the failing.