Inspirational Quotes - Page 91

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.

Many marriages would be better if the husband and the wife clearly understood that they are on the same side.

One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.

The experienced mountain climber is not intimidated by a mountain - he is inspired by it. The persistent winner is not discouraged by a problem--he is challenged by it. Mountains are created to be conquered; adversities are designed to be defeated; problems are sent to be solved. It is better to master one mountain than a thousand foothills.

Success is more permanent when you achieve it without destroying your principles.

Take the opportunity to learn from your mistakes: find the cause of your problem and eliminate it. Don't try to be perfect; just be an excellent example of being human.

You renew yourself every day. Sometimes you're successful, sometimes your not, but it's the average that counts.

People often say that 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder,' and I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder. This empowers us to find beauty in places where others have not dared to look, including inside ourselves.

If we couldn't laugh we would all go insane.

Happiness is a choice, not a result. Nothing will make you happy until you choose to be happy.

The end for which we are created invites us to walk a road that is surely sown with a lot of thorns, but it is not sad; through even the sorrow, it is illuminated by joy.

Enthusiasm is everything. It must be taut and vibrating like a guitar string.

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

We do not consider our principles as dogmas contained in books that are said to come from heaven. We derive our inspiration, not from heaven, or from an unseen world, but directly from life.

If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.

One common mistake is to think that one reality is the reality. You must always be prepared to leave one reality for a greater one.

Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.

Food is not evil, but gluttony is. Childbearing is not evil, but fornication is. Money is not evil, but avarice is. Glory is not evil, but vainglory is. Indeed, there is no evil in existing things, but only in their misuse.

If you feel lost, disappointed, hesitant, or weak, return to yourself, to who you are, here and now and when you get there, you will discover yourself, like a lotus flower in full bloom, even in a muddy pond, beautiful and strong.

We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another.

Learning never exhausts the mind.

Happiness exists on earth, and it is won through prudent exercise of reason, knowledge of the harmony of the universe, and constant practice of generosity.

I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.

Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.

If you care about what you do and work hard at it, there isn't anything you can't do if you want to.