Inspirational Life Quotes - Page 11

The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.

We are not here to do what has already been done.

Happiness isn't a one-size-fits-all proposition. You must define what it looks like for you and then make a conscious effort to access whatever gets you to your unique definition of joy.

One of the few greatest satisfactions of this life is to handle problems efficiently and well.

It is possible to live happily in the here and now. So many conditions of happiness are available-more than enough for you to be happy right now. You don't have to run into the future in order to get more.

You cannot resist something to which you grant no reality. The act of resisting a thing is the act of granting it life. When you resist an energy, you place it there. The more you resist, the more you make it real-whatever it is you are resisting." "Every human being is as special as every other human being who has ever lived, lives now, or every will live. You are all meesengers. Every one of you. You are carrying a message to life about life every day. Every hour. Every moment.

I believe in living a poetic life, an art full life. Everything we do from the way we raise our children to the way we welcome our friends is part of a large canvas we are creating.

Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time. You cannot eliminate habits that no longer serve you. You can only replace them with new habits that support your goals. Moment by moment, you need to live with awareness and structure the habits that you include or exclude in your days.

The proper office of a friend is to side with you when you are in the wrong. Nearly anybody will side with you when you are in the right.

The most important part of us is the part that no one ever sees.

We cannot find peace if we are afraid of the windstorms of life.

Life was meant to be lived.

Curiosity must be kept alive.

What other people think of you is not your business. If you start to make that business your business, you will be offended for the rest of your life.

One be covetous when he has little, much or anything between, for covetousness comes from the heart, not from the circumstances of life.

Connection gives purpose and meaning to our lives.

One must live in the middle of contradiction, because if all contradiction were eliminated at once life would collapse.

All my growth and development led me to believe that if you really do the right thing, and if you play by the rules, and if you?ve got good enough, solid judgment and common sense, that you?re going to be able to do whatever you want to do with your life.

At any moment, I could start being a better person...but which moment should I choose?

Every story has already been told. Once you've read Anna Karenina, Bleak House, The Sound and the Fury, To Kill a Mockingbird and A Wrinkle in Time, you understand that there is really no reason to ever write another novel. Except that each writer brings to the table, if she will let herself, something that no one else in the history of time has ever had.

Life itself is nothing but relationship.

Always remember: Life is for enjoying.

Cultivate will power, that massive creative force that God the creator built into you. Do not let it remain flabby but strengthen it by use and exercise.

Begin to imagine what the desirable outcome would be like. Go over these mental pictures and delineate details and refinements. Play them over and over to yourself.

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