Inspirational Quotes - Page 44

The unexamined life is not worth living.

The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.

I still believe in man in spite of man. I believe in language even though it has been wounded, deformed, and perverted by the enemies of mankind. And I continue to cling to words because it is up to us to transform them into instruments of comprehension rather than contempt. It is up to us to choose whether we wish to use them to curse or to heal, to wound or to console.

It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.

A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.

Look closely at the present you are constructing: it should look like the future you are dreaming.

All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible.

Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

We turn not older with years but newer every day.

Somewhere between obsession and compulsion is impulse.

People and things do not upset us. Rather, we upset ourselves by believing that they can upset us.

We learn... 10% of what we read 20% of what we hear 30% of what we see 50% of what we both hear and see 70% of what is discussed 80% of what we experience personally 95% of what we teach to someone else

Christ is not valued at all, unless he is valued above all.

No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.

Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.

Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.

"Thinking about thinking" has to be a principle ingredient of any empowering practice of education.

He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.

In time and with water, everything changes.

Life is not a spectator sport. If you're going to spend your whole life in the grandstand just watching what goes on, in my opinion you're wasting your life.

Where words fail, music speaks.

There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.

What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.