Inspirational Quotes - Page 89

Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy: true fulfillment.

The magic formula that successful businesses have discovered is to treat customers like guests and employees like people.

Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself.

Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.

Every hour of lost time is a chance of future misfortune.

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

When we are upset, it’s easy to blame others. However, the true cause of our feelings is within us. For example, imagine yourself as a glass of water. Now, imagine past negative experiences as sediment at the bottom of your glass. Next, think of others as spoons. When one stirs, the sediment clouds your water. It may appear that the spoon caused the water to cloud – but if there were no sediment, the water would remain clear no matter what. The key, then, is to identify our sediment and actively work to remove it.

We've got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's going to get on by itself. You've got to keep watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it.

There are two kinds of light - the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.

Pick up a camera. Shoot something. No matter how small, no matter how cheesy, no matter whether your friends and your sister star in it. Put your name on it as director. Now you're a director. Everything after that you're just negotiating your budget and your fee.

Success is not just the crowning moment, the spiking of the ball in the end zone or the raising of the flag on the summit. It is the whole process of reaching for a goal and, sometimes, it begins with failure.

Has it ever struck you ... that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quickly you hardly catch it going? It’s really all memory ... except for each passing moment.

People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.

A house is not a machine to live in. It is the shell of man, his extension, his release, his spiritual emanation.

You have to die a few times before you can really live.

Talk about a dream, try to make it real.

Most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten years.

Man is a goal-seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.

God does not play dice.

I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

If there ever comes a day when we can't be together, keep me in your heart. I'll stay there forever.

Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.

Some people are afraid of what they might find if they try to analyze themselves too much, but you have to crawl into your wounds to discover where your fears are. Once the bleeding starts, the cleansing can begin.