Inspiration Quotes - Page 171

The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does.

Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.

The thing about growing up with Fred and George," said Ginny thoughtfully, "is that you sort of start thinking anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.

The soul is a breath of living spirit, that with excellent sensitivity, permeates the entire body to give it life. Just so, the breath of the air makes the earth fruitful. Thus the air is the soul of the earth, moistening it, greening it.

Live daringly, boldly, fearlessly. Taste the relish to be found in competition - in having put forth the best within you.

Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.

My pictures are about a search for a moment—a perfect moment. To me the most powerful moment in the whole process is when everything comes together and there is that perfect, beautiful, still moment. And for that instant, my life makes sense.

And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow.

If someday they say of me that in my work I have contributed something to the welfare and happiness of my fellow man, I shall be satisfied.

No! Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try.

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.

Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves?

People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them.

It is difficulties that show what men are. For the future, in case of any difficulty, remember that God, like a gymnastic trainer, has pitted you against a rough antagonist. For what end? That you may be an Olympic conqueror; and this cannot be without toil.

Restlessness and impatience change nothing except our peace and joy. Peace does not dwell in outward things, but in the heart prepared to wait trustfully and quietly on Him who has all things safely in His hands.

He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.

Failure: Is it a limitation? Bad timing? It's a lot of things. It's something you can't be afraid of, because you'll stop growing. The next step beyond failure could be your biggest success in life.

Love the moment and the energy of that moment will spread beyond all boundaries.

Opportunities are often things you haven't noticed the first time around.

A gastronomer who is not an environmentalis t is just stupid. Whereas an environmentalis t who is not a gastronomer is sad. It's possible to change the world even while preserving the concept of the right of pleasure.

Only one who has risked the fight with the dragon and is not overcome by it wins the "treasure hard to attain." He alone has a genuine claim to self-confidence, for he has faced the dark ground of his self and thereby has gained himself. This experience gives him faith and trust.

A fight is not won by one punch or kick. Either learn to endure or hire a bodyguard.

Since you are like no other being ever created since the beginning of time, you are incomparable.

I do not believe that the Constitution was the offspring of inspiration, but I am as satisfied that it is as much the work of a Divine Providence as any of the miracles recorded in the Old and New Testament.

God heals, and the doctor takes the fees.