Inspiration Quotes - Page 141

Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special and always significant and remarkable point at which the world's phenomena intersect, only once in this way, and never again.

People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.

I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time. To be in company, even with the best, is soon wearisome and dissipating. I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.

To move, to breathe, to fly, to float, To gain all while you give, To roam the roads of lands remote, To travel is to live.

Everyone smiles in the same language.

Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions.

Although the threads of my life have often seemed knotted, I know, by faith, that on the other side of the embroidery there is a crown.

Hold everything in your hands lightly, otherwise it hurts when God pries your fingers open.

When people hurt you over and over, think of them like sand paper. They may scratch and hurt you a bit, but in the end, you end up polished and they end up useless.

Defeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.

You can't win them all but you can try.

Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.

Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard.

Satan is so much more in earnest than we are--he buys up the opportunity while we are wondering how much it will cost.

The fleeting hour of life of those who love the hills is quickly spent, but the hills are eternal. Always there will be the lonely ridge, the dancing beck, the silent forest; always there will be the exhilaration of the summits. These are for the seeking, and those who seek and find while there is still time will be blessed both in mind and body.

A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy.

As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.

I never teach my pupils, I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.

A ship is always safe at the shore - but that is NOT what it is built for.

I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.

Losing is a learning experience. It teaches you humility. It teaches you to work harder. It's also a powerful motivator.

So often it hurts us that we are not able to focus in our prayers. Remember, the more you focus on Allah outside your salah, the easier it will be to focus on Him inside your salah. What occupies you in salah, is what occupies you outside of salah. Try to fill your mind and heart with Allah as much as you can throughout your day. Talk to Him, make duaa to Him constantly. This will build your personal relationship with Him. Then, going to salah will be like coming home to an old friend.

The world in which you were born is just one model of reality. Other cultures are not failed attempts at being you; they are unique manifestations of the human spirit.

These are the days of the endless summer, these are the days, the time is now. There is no past, there's only future, there's only here, there's only now.

The heart that has truly loved never forgets.