Inspiration Quotes - Page 148

You see, one loves the sunset when one is so sad.

Where there's hope, there's life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again.

Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left.

If you have never failed, you have never tried anything new.

The only sure way to avoid making mistakes is to have no new ideas.

In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.

Speak your heart. If they don't understand, the message was never meant for them anyway.

If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.

There's not the smallest orb which thou behold'st But in his motion like an angel sings.

Attitude is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than what people do or say. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill.

No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.

Karma is not something complicated or philosophical. Karma means watching your body, watching your mouth, and watching your mind. Trying to keep these three doors as pure as possible is the practice of karma.

Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.

Having limits to push against is how you find out what you can do.

The drama's altar isn't on the stage: it is candle-sticked and flowered in the box office. There is the gold, though there be no frankincense or myrrh; and the gospel for the day always The Play will Run for a Year. The Dove of Inspiration, of the desire for inspiration, has flown away from it; and on it's roof, now, the commonplace crow caws candidly.

What matters is to live in the present, live now, for every moment is now. It is your thoughts and acts of the moment that create your future. The outline of your future path already exists, for you created its pattern by your past.

Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it by use.

Don't let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning.

Measure yourself by your best moments, not by your worst. We are too prone to judge ourselves by our moments of despondency and depression.

You are always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past.

Truths are more likely to be discovered by one man than by a nation

The hardest thing to do is work hard when no one is watching.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

Racism is a refuge for the ignorant. It seeks to divide and to destroy. It is the enemy of freedom, and deserves to be met head-on and stamped out.

You know you're old if they have discontinued your blood type.