Aging Quotes - Page 2

Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irreverent and original manner possible.

Hardship often prepares an ordinary person for an extraordinary destiny.

You can't just keep doing what works one time, everything around you is changing. To succeed, stay out in front of change.

The next time you lose heart and you can’t bear to experience what you’re feeling, you might recall this instruction: change the way you see it and lean in. Instead of blaming our discomfort on outer circumstances or on our own weakness, we can choose to stay present and awake to our experience, not rejecting it, not grasping it, not buying the stories that we relentlessly tell ourselves. This is priceless advice that addresses the true cause of suffering—yours, mine, and that of all living beings.

A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.

In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.

I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.

Pray, and let God worry.

Celebrate what you've accomplished, but raise the bar a little higher each time you succeed.

Those who do not move, do not notice their chains.

Don't be distracted by criticism. Remember ~ the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you.

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.

It is in the quiet crucible of your personal, private sufferings that your noblest dreams are born and God's greatest gifts are given.

Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come.

A bend in the road is not the end of the road…Unless you fail to make the turn.

Most humans are never fully present in the now, because unconsciously they believe that the next moment must be more important than this one. But then you miss your whole life, which is never not now.

We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have the power to make wishes come true, as long as we keep believing.

You can't just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream. You've got to get out there and make it happen for yourself.

Don't ever allow yourself to feel trapped by your choices. Take a look at yourself. You are a unique person created for a specific purpose. Your gifts matter. Your story matters. Your dreams matter. You matter.

All great achievements require time.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

Decide...whether or not the goal is worth the risks involved. If it is, stop worrying.

Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.

Don't be a hard rock when you really are a gem!

Mistakes are the portals of discovery.