Inspiration Quotes - Page 169

God gives us love! Something to love He lends us; but when love is grown To ripeness, that on which it throve Falls off, and love is left alone: This is the curse of time.

If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.

You should not be carried away by the dictation of the mind, but the mind should be carried by your dictation.

Worry is a direct consequence of relying on your own efforts.

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.

What is defeat? Nothing but education, nothing but the first step to something better.

You gotta fight every day to keep mediocrity at bay.

I celebrate a victory when I start walking off the field. By the time I get to the locker room, I'm done.

To love God is something greater than to know Him.

Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.

Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way.

No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new.

When your fear touches someone's pain it becomes pity; when your love touches someone's pain, it becomes compassion. To train in compassion, then, is to know all beings are the same and suffer in similar ways, to honor all those who suffer, and to know you are neither separate from nor superior to anyone.

Dreams are lovely. But they are just dreams. Fleeting, ephemeral, pretty. But dreams do not come true just because you dream them. It's hard work that makes things happen. It's hard work that creates change.

Tact is after all a kind of mind reading.

The hand expresses what the heart already knows.

Whatever we do lays a seed in our deepest consciousness, and one day that seed will grow.

Losers quit when they fail. Winners fail until they succeed.

Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.

Do not allow yourself to suppress your thoughts. Instead, let the thoughts come before you and become a sort of observer. Start observing your own mind. Do not try to escape; do not be afraid of your thinking.

The most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of one's self to others.

You ask me whether I am in good spirits. How could I not be so? As long as Faith gives me strength I will always be joyful. Sadness ought to be banished from Catholic souls... the purpose for which we have been created shows us the path; even if strewn with many thorns, it is not a sad path. It is joyful even in the face of sorrow.

The purpose of all my photos is to capture the power of nature and convey it in a way that inspires someone to feel passionate and connected to the image.

Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a new way to stand.

Whenever you're wrong, admit it; Whenever you're right, shut up.