Your Quotes by Vincent Van Gogh, Khalil Gibran, Mark Twain, Joe Biden, George Bernard Shaw, Chris Pine and many others.
Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.
Greatness comes by doing a few small and smart things each and every day. Comes from taking little steps, consistently. Comes from a making a few small chips against everything in your professional and personal life that is ordinary, so that a day eventually arrives when all that’s left is The Extraordinary.
The game has its ups and downs, but you can never lose focus of your individual goals and you can’t let yourself be beat because of lack of effort.
Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.
You’ve done it before and you can do it now. See the positive possibilities. Redirect the substantial energy of your frustration and turn it into positive, effective, unstoppable determination.
Make space in your life for the things that matter, for family and friends, love and generosity, fun and joy. Without this, you will burn out in mid-career and wonder where your life went.
Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.
Like what you do, and then you will do your best.
Don’t lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality.
If you do not think about your future, you cannot have one.
To be honored by your peers is incredibly gratifying and I am so thankful to my colleagues across the league for this recognition. I’m also grateful to the talented and dedicated coaching staff I work with every day in Toronto. To be recognized with an award that bears Michael H. Goldberg’s name is very special.
Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.
Only do what your heart tells you.
I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You’re doing things you’ve never done before, and more importantly, you’re doing something.
Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.
I’m not concerned with your liking or disliking me… All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.
If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams.
You are just your intelligence.
If you don’t have your health, you don’t have anything.
It’s better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.
If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.
Never trust anyone completely but God. Love people, but put your full trust only in God.
Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.
Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.
Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.
To be successful, you have to have your heart in your business and your business in your heart.
To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it!
Don’t worry about being famous or making money; the most important thing is being the best. You have to become a master of your craft, and everything else will come.
You can’t please everyone. When you’re too focused on living up to other people’s standards, you aren’t spending enough time raising your own. Some people may whisper, complain and judge. But for the most part, it’s all in your head. People care less about your actions than you think. Why? They have their own problems!
Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.
After your death you will be what you were before your birth.
If you can count your money, you don’t have a billion dollars.
If I told you I was a Republican and you were a Democrat, no matter what I said after that, it would be tempered with your opinions.
Everybody is a political person, whether you say something or you are silent. A political attitude is not whether you go to parliament; it’s how you deal with your life, with your surroundings.
Less make-up is better, and it’s always better to let your natural beauty shine. Essentially, be happy with your appearance.
Just follow your dreams and be patient.
You’ll never find peace of mind until you listen to your heart.
Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new.
People don’t realize that now is all there ever is; there is no past or future except as memory or anticipation in your mind.
Try to be like the turtle – at ease in your own shell.
Honor your commitments with integrity.
Never take counsel of your fears.
Your life is your canvas, and you are the masterpiece. There are a million ways to be kind, amazing, fabulous, creative, bold, and interesting.
You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.
I would encourage you to set really high goals. Set goals that, when you set them, you think they’re impossible. But then every day you can work towards them, and anything is possible, so keep working hard and follow your dreams.
Follow your dreams. Just make sure to have fun too.
Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.
Personally, I’ve learned about perseverance: when you hear the word ‘No,’ and when you hear rejection, that it’s not always final. And that timing is everything, and you have to stay the course and just keep working hard and know that, when your time comes, that it will be sweet and that it will be the perfect time.
Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all.
If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven.
Do what you feel in your heart to be right- for you’ll be criticized anyway. You’ll be damned if you do, and damned if you don’t.
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.
When you blame others, you give up your power to change.
Happiness, true happiness, is an inner quality. It is a state of mind. If your mind is at peace, you are happy. If your mind is at peace, but you have nothing else, you can be happy. If you have everything the world can give – pleasure, possessions, power – but lack peace of mind, you can never be happy.
Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.
Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they’re yours.
Don’t just count your years, make your years count.
People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude.
I learned that we can do anything, but we can’t do everything… at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything.
Nothing makes you feel better than when you get into a hotel bed, and the sheets feel so good. Why shouldn’t you wake up like that every day? Spend money on your mattress and bedding because these things make a difference on your sleep and, ultimately, your happiness.
Your victory is right around the corner. Never give up.
Be loyal to those who are loyal to you. And respect everyone, even your enemies and competition.
If you can actually count your money, then you’re not a rich man.
The fellowship of true friends who can hear you out, share your joys, help carry your burdens, and correctly counsel you is priceless.
Only you can control your future.
The more you trust your intuition, the more empowered you become, the stronger you become, and the happier you become.
The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.
A smile is happiness you’ll find right under your nose.
You have to come to your closed doors before you get to your open doors… What if you knew you had to go through 32 closed doors before you got to your open door? Well, then you’d come to closed door number eight and you’d think, ‘Great, I got another one out of the way’… Keep moving forward.
You can’t change the world alone – you will need some help – and to truly get from your starting point to your destination takes friends, colleagues, the good will of strangers and a strong coxswain to guide them.
Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.
It’s not like after winning an award, your job is done and you can relax. You still have to work hard.
Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything you read, all your experience of the world. You bring your history and you read it in your own terms.
Everything about your life, about your body, grows! Your cells regenerate; your hair, your nails, everything grows for your entire life. And your soul needs exploration and growth. And the only way you’ll get it is by forcing yourself to be uncomfortable. Forcing yourself to get outside, out of your head.
The good part about getting older is you stop trying to prove anything to anyone, including yourself. All you are in the pursuit of is collecting experiences – beautiful, fragile little soap bubbles that you store in your heart, and every once in a while you pull one out and gaze at the delicate pictures it shows you.
Choose your love, Love your choice.
It’s like driving a car at night. You never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.
As a leader, you must consistently drive effective communication. Meetings must be deliberate and intentional – your organizational rhythm should value purpose over habit and effectiveness over efficiency.
Love me or hate me, both are in my favour. If you love me, I will always be in your heart, and if you hate me, I will be in your mind.
Try to keep your soul young and quivering right up to old age.
Don’t limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.
It doesn’t matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn’t matter how smart you are. If it doesn’t agree with experiment, it’s wrong.
Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.
Miracles happen everyday, change your perception of what a miracle is and you’ll see them all around you.
Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
To become a great player, you’ve got to show real dedication and commitment to football, and you’ve got to be very humble and hard-working. And, above all, you’ve got to fight to make your dreams come true.
Doing voiceovers is so great because even though many people would think it’s just your voice, you really do use all your physicality. I’ve done everything from playing a butterfly to Alice in Wonderland when she‘s 10 feet tall, so it allows you to be an actor and build new characters.
You can control two things: your work ethic and your attitude about anything.
At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.
No matter what has happened to you in the past or what is going on in your life right now, it has no power to keep you from having an amazingly good future if you will walk by faith in God. God loves you! He wants you to live with victory over sin so you can possess His promises for your life today!
A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life.
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew to serve your turn long after they are gone, and so hold on when there is nothing in you except the will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’
Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes?
Find joy in everything you choose to do. Every job, relationship, home… it’s your responsibility to love it, or change it.
The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not to affect your reader, but to affect him precisely as you wish.
Never spend your money before you have earned it.
No matter how good you are, at some point your kids are gonna have to create their own independence and think that Mom and Dad aren’t cool, just to establish themselves. That’s what adolescence is about. They’re gonna go through that no matter what.
To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.
Don’t follow a trend. Follow your heart.
Even if you fall on your face, you’re still moving forward.
If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans.
If it’s flipping hamburgers at McDonald‘s, be the best hamburger flipper in the world. Whatever it is you do you have to master your craft.
Whatever your heart clings to and confides in, that is really your God.
Do not wait; the time will never be ‘just right.’ Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.
Where’s your will to be weird?
Your customers are the lifeblood of your business. Their needs and wants impact every aspect of your business, from product development to content marketing to sales to customer service.
The way you think, the way you behave, the way you eat, can influence your life by 30 to 50 years.
Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully.
Dealing with backstabbers, there was one thing I learned. They’re only powerful when you got your back turned.
Every day we have plenty of opportunities to get angry, stressed or offended. But what you’re doing when you indulge these negative emotions is giving something outside yourself power over your happiness. You can choose to not let little things upset you.
Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.
In order to change the world, you have to get your head together first.
Master your craft, be nice and stay humble.
Do your best and leave the rest to God.
I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it.
You have to fight to reach your dream. You have to sacrifice and work hard for it.
Your smile will give you a positive countenance that will make people feel comfortable around you.
Simple and to the point is always the best way to get your point across.
Undermine their pompous authority, reject their moral standards, make anarchy and disorder your trademarks. Cause as much chaos and disruption as possible but don’t let them take you ALIVE.
Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay.
Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.
You have people come into your life shockingly and surprisingly. You have losses that you never thought you’d experience. You have rejection and you have learn how to deal with that and how to get up the next day and go on with it.
There is no such thing as paranoia. Your worst fears can come true at any moment.
The human brain has 100 billion neurons, each neuron connected to 10 thousand other neurons. Sitting on your shoulders is the most complicated object in the known universe.
The attitude is very important. Because, your behavior radiates how you feel.
Be Impeccable With Your Word. Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.
Control your own destiny or someone else will.
It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
Keep going. Grind for what you want. Pray. Listen to your mama.
You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You’re on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who’ll decide where to go.
Hey sky, take off your hat, I’m on my way!
At the end of the day, you can’t control the results; you can only control your effort level and your focus.
Stay focused, believe that you can achieve at the highest level, surround yourself with others who believe in you, and do not stray from your goal.
You are always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past.
When you love someone, the best thing you can offer is your presence. How can you love if you are not there?
I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
You aren’t your work, your accomplishments, your possessions, your home, your family… your anything. You’re a creation of your Source, dressed in a physical human body intended to experience and enjoy life on Earth.
You can change your world by changing your words… Remember, death and life are in the power of the tongue.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don’t want, drink what you don’t like, and do what you’d rather not.
Try and leave this world a little better than you found it, and when your turn comes to die, you can die happy in feeling that at any rate, you have not wasted your time but have done your best.
One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn’t pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.
The most important thing is, whatever you do decide to choose, take it seriously and do your best.
Be nice to people on your way up because you’ll meet them on your way down.
Clarity of vision is the key to achieving your objectives.
No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does.
Home is where your family is. Wherever you are, it’s about the people you’re surrounded by, not necessarily where you lay your head.
To all the other dreamers out there, don’t ever stop or let the world’s negativity disenchant you or your spirit. If you surround yourself with love and the right people, anything is possible.
The way you dress is an expression of your personality.
If you never change your mind, why have one?
You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them.
Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe.
No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.
It’s unbelievable how much you don’t know about the game you’ve been playing all your life.
When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself.
A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success!
Good, better, best. Never let it rest. ‘Til your good is better and your better is best.
You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something – your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life – think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.
The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.
Would you bet your paycheck on a weather forecast for tomorrow? If not, then why should this country bet billions on global warming predictions that have even less foundation?
Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.
Being cool is being your own self, not doing something that someone else is telling you to do.
Become aware of your own insufficiency.
Money begets money. If you don’t have that, you wait around to be hired by somebody at the mercy of others. If you have that money in your hand, you desperately try to make the best use of it and move ahead. And that’s generating income for yourself.
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.
Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values.
Work hard for what you want because it won’t come to you without a fight. You have to be strong and courageous and know that you can do anything you put your mind to. If somebody puts you down or criticizes you, just keep on believing in yourself and turn it into something positive.
The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.
Bad attitudes will ruin your team.
Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.
The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.
Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, it’s at the end of your arm, as you get older, remember you have another hand: The first is to help yourself, the second is to help others.
Other people’s opinion of you does not have to become your reality.
You should never view your challenges as a disadvantage. Instead, it’s important for you to understand that your experience facing and overcoming adversity is actually one of your biggest advantages.
Know your power, believe in yourself and don’t let anyone dim your light.
Never give up. There are always tough times, regardless of what you do in anything in life. Be able to push through those times and maintain your ultimate goal.
Always Do Your Best. Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.
There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.
The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.
You can’t talk your way out of problems you behave yourself into.
Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the danger of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of ‘crackpot’ than the stigma of conformity.
If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches; for the Creator, there is no poverty.
It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.
You will find peace not by trying to escape your problems, but by confronting them courageously. You will find peace not in denial, but in victory.
Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars.
Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless it’s a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.
You always have two choices: your commitment versus your fear.
It’s OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket.
Cock your hat – angles are attitudes.
When you lose a parent, you realize how vital they are to the foundation of your life. It’s impossible to understand what it means until that curtain is pulled. You’re an orphan. But then I think that life is kind of remarkable, and the thing that causes the biggest pain can also bring amazing energy.
Stay focused on your mission, remain steadfast in your pursuit of excellence, and always do the right thing.
Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.
It’s a great feeling when your work is appreciated.
Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what’s for lunch.
Find out who you are and be that person. That’s what your soul was put on this Earth to be. Find that truth, live that truth and everything else will come.
No matter what you achieve, what you want to aspire to be, or how famous and powerful you become, the most important thing is whether you are excited about each and every moment of your life because of your work and people around you.
Style is a reflection of your attitude and your personality.
Politics is the art of controlling your environment.
If it’s your job to eat a frog, it’s best to do it first thing in the morning. And If it’s your job to eat two frogs, it’s best to eat the biggest one first.
The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life.
You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.
Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.
Live your life to its fullest potential and don’t really care too much about what other people think of you.
Blind faith in your leaders, or in anything, will get you killed.
You have the ability to choose which way you want to go. You have to believe great things are going to happen in your life. Do everything you can – prepare, pray and achieve – to make it happen.
Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.
Things are not going to be easy, things are not going to be fair. Just do your best.
If you want to be a rock star or just be famous, then run down the street naked, you’ll make the news or something. But if you want music to be your livelihood, then play, play, play and play! And eventually you’ll get to where you want to be.
Take care of your inner, spiritual beauty. That will reflect in your face.
When you are grateful – when you can see what you have – you unlock blessings to flow in your life.
Looking good and feeling good go hand in hand. If you have a healthy lifestyle, your diet and nutrition are set, and you’re working out, you’re going to feel good.
Your body hears everything your mind says.
Basically, to lead without a title is to derive your power within the organisation not from your position but from your competence, effectiveness, relationships, excellence, innovation and ethics.
The fruit of your own hard work is the sweetest.
While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.
If you must have motivation, think of your paycheck on Friday.
You carry Mother Earth within you. She is not outside of you. Mother Earth is not just your environment. In that insight of inter-being, it is possible to have real communication with the Earth, which is the highest form of prayer.
When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain.
That’s been one of my mantras – focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.
There’s nothing like the peace of the countryside, the quiet and the lack of distraction. It helps you to focus your mind.
It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance.
There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first; when you learn to live for others, they will live for you.
Adopt responsibility for your own well-being, try to put your family together, try to serve your community, try to seek for eternal truth… That’s the sort of thing that can ground you in your life, enough so that you can withstand the difficulty of life.
Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated.
You got to have a strong mind if you fall back. When you fall back, they going to count you out. So you got to have a strong mind and know your worth. When you come back, you’ve got to be different and even more better.
Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.
Focused, hard work is the real key to success. Keep your eyes on the goal, and just keep taking the next step towards completing it. If you aren’t sure which way to do something, do it both ways and see which works better.
Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it.
For God’s sake hold your tongue, and let me love.
Yes, you can lose somebody overnight, yes, your whole life can be turned upside down. Life is short. It can come and go like a feather in the wind.
Looking back is a way to sharpen the focus on the things you want to change in your life. I think there’s something about nostalgia that really puts a fine point on the here-and-now, and that can be incredibly fascinating and interesting and engaging for the mind.
You learned the two greatest thing in life, never rat on your friends, and always keep your mouth shut.
Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun shines.
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.
Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.
Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still.
Do all you can to make your dreams come true.
I feel like life is really short, and it’s important to enjoy yourself and embrace whatever comes your way, whether it’s a challenging day or a great day, just welcome it with open arms. No matter who you are, you can’t escape challenges; they are part of life.
The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.
If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.
You have to stay in school. You have to. You have to go to college. You have to get your degree. Because that’s the one thing people can’t take away from you is your education. And it is worth the investment.
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.
You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.
Throughout life people will make you mad, disrespect you and treat you bad. Let God deal with the things they do, cause hate in your heart will consume you too.
There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, ‘Thy will be done,’ and those to whom God says, ‘All right, then, have it your way.’
We have normality. I repeat, we have normality. Anything you still can’t cope with is therefore your own problem.
Wherever you go, go with all your heart.
I don’t believe that if you do good, good things will happen. Everything is completely accidental and random. Sometimes bad things happen to very good people and sometimes good things happen to bad people. But at least if you try to do good things, then you’re spending your time doing something worthwhile.
No matter what shape or size you are, you should feel confident in your own skin. You should feel like a beautiful woman, no matter what!
Conflict cannot survive without your participation.
I think it’s important to get your surroundings as well as yourself into a positive state – meaning surround yourself with positive people, not the kind who are negative and jealous of everything you do.
If I could talk to my younger self, I would just say that the path to great things is filled with a lot of stumbles, suffering, and challenges along the way. But if you have the right attitude and know that hard times will pass – and you get up each time – you will reach your destination.
Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
Employees are a company’s greatest asset – they’re your competitive advantage. You want to attract and retain the best; provide them with encouragement, stimulus, and make them feel that they are an integral part of the company’s mission.
If your emotional abilities aren’t in hand, if you don’t have self-awareness, if you are not able to manage your distressing emotions, if you can’t have empathy and have effective relationships, then no matter how smart you are, you are not going to get very far.
Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.
Where there is a will, there is a way. If there is a chance in a million that you can do something, anything, to keep what you want from ending, do it. Pry the door open or, if need be, wedge your foot in that door and keep it open.
You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure about you. We were born to manifest the glory of God that is within us.
Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time.
Do every act of your life as if it were your last.
Believe in yourself, take on your challenges, dig deep within yourself to conquer fears. Never let anyone bring you down. You got to keep going.
To live in this world, you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it go.
You have got to clean your own house first before you tell other people that they aren’t doing it right.
Don’t limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time.
Believe in yourself, and the rest will fall into place. Have faith in your own abilities, work hard, and there is nothing you cannot accomplish.
Hitch your wagon to a star.
Help others and give something back. I guarantee you will discover that while public service improves the lives and the world around you, its greatest reward is the enrichment and new meaning it will bring your own life.
The highest prize in a world of men is the most beautiful woman available on your arm and living there in her heart loyal to you.
The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don’t have to waste your time voting.
Love is when the other person’s happiness is more important than your own.
Your life is the sum result of all the choices you make, both consciously and unconsciously. If you can control the process of choosing, you can take control of all aspects of your life. You can find the freedom that comes from being in charge of yourself.
Keep your nose out the sky, keep your heart to god, and keep your face to the raising sun.
If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you’ll never enjoy the sunshine.
You never completely have your rights, one person, until you all have your rights.
To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal.
When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.
Food is your body’s fuel. Without fuel, your body wants to shut down.
I think frugality drives innovation, just like other constraints do. One of the only ways to get out of a tight box is to invent your way out.
You can learn from anyone even your enemy.
Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.
Only the disciplined ones in life are free. If you are undisciplined, you are a slave to your moods and your passions.
Let your joy be in your journey – not in some distant goal.
Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.
The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.
A problem is a chance for you to do your best.
You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.
Because you are women, people will force their thinking on you, their boundaries on you. They will tell you how to dress, how to behave, who you can meet and where you can go. Don’t live in the shadows of people’s judgement. Make your own choices in the light of your own wisdom.
Everything that’s created comes out of silence. Your thoughts emerge from the nothingness of silence. Your words come out of this void. Your very essence emerged from emptiness. All creativity requires some stillness.
When you see a person, do you just concentrate on their looks? It’s just a first impression. Then there’s someone who doesn’t catch your eye immediately, but you talk to them and they become the most beautiful thing in the world. The greatest actors aren’t what you would call beautiful sex symbols.
True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.
To my young friends out there: Life can be great, but not when you can’t see it. So, open your eyes to life: to see it in the vivid colors that God gave us as a precious gift to His children, to enjoy life to the fullest, and to make it count. Say yes to your life.
There will always be obstacles and challenges that stand in your way. Building mental strength will help you develop resilience to those potential hazards so you can continue on your journey to success.
Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they’ve told you what you think it is you want to hear.
Yield to temptation. It may not pass your way again.
I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine.
The way people come into your life when you need them, it’s wonderful and it happens in so many ways. It’s like having an angel. Somebody comes along and helps you get right.
The way I see it, you should live everyday like its your birthday.
Life’s too short to dwell on things. When you go through experiences that are bad, it’s a good thing. You learn from it – become a stronger person. Life is a roller coaster, and you don’t know what’s going to be thrown at you next, so all you can do is give it your best shot.
I never feel lonely if I’ve got a book – they’re like old friends. Even if you’re not reading them over and over again, you know they are there. And they’re part of your history. They sort of tell a story about your journey through life.
Your entire life only happens in this moment. The present moment is life itself. Yet, people live as if the opposite were true and treat the present moment as a stepping stone to the next moment – a means to an end.
There are plenty of difficult obstacles in your path. Don’t allow yourself to become one of them.
My theory on life is that life is beautiful. Life doesn’t change. You have a day, and a night, and a month, and a year. We people change – we can be miserable or we can be happy. It’s what you make of your life.
Well-being cannot exist just in your own head. Well-being is a combination of feeling good as well as actually having meaning, good relationships and accomplishment.
Just try new things. Don’t be afraid. Step out of your comfort zones and soar, all right?
Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.
Change your thoughts and you change your world.
See, when you drive home today, you’ve got a big windshield on the front of your car. And you’ve got a little bitty rearview mirror. And the reason the windshield is so large and the rearview mirror is so small is because what’s happened in your past is not near as important as what’s in your future.
If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.
When you believe in your dream and your vision, then it begins to attract its own resources. No one was born to be a failure.
