Inspirational Quotes - Page 82

Ultimately, happiness comes down to choosing between the discomfort of becoming aware of your mental afflictions and the discomfort of being ruled by them.

I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in life. And I am horribly limited.

Before you can make a dream come true, you must first have one.

Before I built a wall I'd ask to know what I was walling in or walling out.

There are only two options regarding commitment; you’re either in or you’re out.

One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.

One of the great liabilities of history is that all too many people fail to remain awake through great periods of social change. Every society has its protectors of status quo and its fraternities of the indifferent who are notorious for sleeping through revolutions. Today, our very survival depends on our ability to stay awake, to adjust to new ideas, to remain vigilant and to face the challenge of change.

Don't listen to negative influences. Believe in yourself, and show others what you can do. Only "you" can find your potential.

The enemy is fear. We think it is hate; but, it is fear.

If men can run the world, why can't they stop wearing neckties? How intelligent is it to start the day by tying a little noose around your neck?

The more we live by our intellect, the less we understand the meaning of life.

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Laugh as much as you breathe and love as long as you live.

I think the currency of leadership is transparency. You've got to be truthful. I don't think you should be vulnerable every day, but there are moments where you've got to share your soul and conscience with people and show them who you are, and not be afraid of it.

You can take my factories, burn up my buildings, but give me my people and I'll build the business right back again.

I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.

Things end. People leave. And you know what? Life goes on. Besides, if bad things didn't happen, how would you be able to feel the good ones?

You will never 'find' time for anything. If you want time, you must make it.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.

He (Jesus) became what we are that He might make us what He is.

He who cannot change the very fabric of his thought will never be able to change reality.

I've always believed that I could do whatever I set my mind to do.

I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.

Whatever you see you gotta keep a sense of humor; you gotta be able to smile through all the bullshit.