Inspirational Quotes - Page 62

Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.

Furthermore, we have not even to risk the adventure alone; for the heroes of all time have gone before us; the labyrinth is thoroughly known; we have only to follow the thread of the hero-path. And where we had thought to find an abomination, we shall find a god; where we had thought to slay another, we shall slay ourselves; where we had thought to travel outward, we shall come to the center of our own existence; and where we had thought to be alone, we shall be with all the world.

If we treat people as they are, we make them worse. If we treat people as they ought to be, we help them become what they are capable of becoming.

Whoever said money can't buy happiness didn't know where to shop

They muddy the water, to make it seem deep.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.

Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.

A man should never neglect his family for business.

If my efforts have led to greater success than usual, this is due, I believe, to the fact that during my wanderings in the field of medicine, I have strayed onto paths where the gold was still lying by the wayside. It takes a little luck to be able to distinguish gold from dross, but that is all.

What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.

I don't think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as somebody who from an early age knew I was responsible for myself, and I had to make good.

Prayer is not asking. Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God, at His disposition, and listening to His voice in the depth of our hearts.

A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult.

A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.

What we play is life.

Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.

Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.

The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any.

We've got to work to save our children and do it with full respect for the fact that if we do not, no one else is going to do it.

Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck.

A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

Absorb what is useful, discard what is not, add what is uniquely your own.

If you want to keep your memories, you first have to live them.