Inspiration Quotes - Page 22

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one

Try not to become a man of success, but a man of value. Look around at how people want to get more out of life than they put in. A man of value will give more than he receives. Be creative, but make sure that what you create is not a curse for mankind.

No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.

We never know how far reaching something we may think, say or do today will affect the lives of millions tomorrow.

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.

When you are in the final days of your life, what will you want? Will you hug that college degree in the walnut frame? Will you ask to be carried to the garage so you can sit in your car? Will you find comfort in rereading your financial statement? Of course not. What will matter then will be people. If relationships will matter most then, shouldn't they matter most now?

Don't spend your precious time asking "Why isn't the world a better place?" It will only be time wasted. The question to ask is "How can I make it better?" To that there is an answer.

Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.

Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.

Each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity.

Being willing is not enough. We must do.

A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.

Be candid with everyone.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.

We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.

We've all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That's who we really are.

Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry: Worry never fixes anything.

Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant. Whenever men or women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must - at that moment - become the center of the universe.

History teaches that grave threats to liberty often come in times of urgency, when constitutional rights seem too extravagant to endure.

Christ has no body now but mine. He prays in me, works in me, looks through my eyes, speaks through my words, works through my hands, walks with my feet and loves with my heart.

The soul always knows what to do to heal itself. The challenge is to silence the mind

The past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead, prepare for it. The present is here, live it.

The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others.

I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.