Inspirational Quotes - Page 43

The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one.

I don't study to know more, but to ignore less.

You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.

Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play.

Love in the past is only a memory. Love in the future is only a fantasy. True love lives in the here and now.

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.

When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.

Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself, or from holding certain views which others find inadmissible.

Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.

I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.

Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything.

There is no normal life, there's just life.

Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.

It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people; to focus your energies on answers - not excuses.

The day science begins to study non-physical phenomena, it will make more progress in one decade than in all the previous centuries of its existence.

Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

I try hard to hold fast to the truth that a full and thankful heart cannot entertain great conceits. When brimming with gratitude, one's heartbeat must surely result in outgoing love, the finest emotion we can ever know.

Knowledge is realizing that the street is one way; wisdom is looking in both directions anyway.

Self-actualizing people have a deep feeling of identification, sympathy, and affection for human beings in general. They feel kinship and connection, as if all people were members of a single family.

When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way.

Sky is the limit and you know that you keep on, Just keep on pressin on. Sky is the limit and you know that you can have what you want, be what you want.