Inspirational Quotes - Page 361

If you follow your bliss...the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living.

Surely there is something in the unruffled calm of nature that overawes our little anxieties and doubts; the sight of the deep-blue sky and the clustering stars above seems to impart a quiet to the mind.

You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.

History never looks like history when you are living through it. It always looks confusing and messy, and it always feels uncomfortable.

The caliber of play suffered and attendance declined year by year. Interest in college football was exploding, and there was this new game called basketball.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Creativity is a gift. It doesn't come through if the air is cluttered.

The true democracy, living and growing and inspiring, puts its faith in the people - faith that the people will not simply elect men who will represent their views ably and faithfully, but will also elect men who will exercise their conscientious judgment - faith that the people will not condemn those whose devotion to principle leads them to unpopular courses, but will reward courage, respect honor, and ultimately recognize right.

Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all.

The only guarantee for failure is to stop trying

Change is inevitable. Growth is optional.

You want to become aware of your thoughts, you want to choose your thoughts carefully and you want to have fun with this, because you are the masterpiece of your own life. You are the Michelangelo of your own life. The David that you are sculpting is you. And you do it with your thoughts.

It only takes one lie to taint your entire testimony.

Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness.

God knows best. We can trust Him with our lives as well as our eternal souls. He does not take something from us without filling that spot with something just as good--- and because it's from Him, even much better

When we play a game, we tackle tough challenges with more creativity, more determination, more optimism, and we're more likely to reach out to others for help.

Challenge is the core and the mainspring of all human activity. If there's an ocean, we cross it; if there's a disease, we cure it; if there's a wrong, we right it; if there's a record, we break it; and finally, if there's a mountain, we climb it.

I'm youth, I'm joy, I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg.

Know from whence you came. If you know whence you came, there are absolutely no limitations to where you can go.

The painting has a life of its own

Good luck is a residue of preparation.

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.

Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young.

Calmness is the cradle of power.

The average Ph.D. Thesis is nothing but a transference of bones from one graveyard to another.