Inspiring Quotes - Page 20

There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.

She was a girl who knew how to be happy even when she was sad. And that’s important—you know

If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.

If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.

Don’t allow your wounds to transform you into someone you are not.

Each of us has a fire in our hearts for something. It's our goal in life to find it and keep it.

If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write.

Naturally, there are times when every woman likes to be flattered... to feel she is the most important thing in someone's world. Only a man can paint this picture.

You can motivate by fear, and you can motivate by reward. But both those methods are only temporary. The only lasting thing is self motivation.

Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment.

There ought to be a hall of fame for mamas / Creation's most unique and precious pearl / And heaven help us always to remember / That the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world

Truth is so rare that it is delightful to tell it.

Everyone in life is gonna hurt you, you just have to figure out which people are worth the pain.

Don't trust the person who has broken faith once.

I'm fearless, I don't complain. Even when horrible things happen to me, I go on.

Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret and depression. Do not repeat them in the future.

We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.

The thing that makes you exceptional, if you are at all, is inevitably that which must also make you lonely.

The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.

We love life, not because we are used to living but because we are used to loving.

The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear.

Competitions are for horses, not artists.

Yoga is a light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame.

I heard a definition once: Happiness is health and a short memory! I wish I'd invented it, because it is very true.

If you don't enjoy getting up and working and finishing your work and sitting down to a meal with family or friends, then the chances are you're not going to be happy. If someone bases his happiness or unhappiness on major events like a great new job, huge amounts of money, a flawlessly happy marriage or a trip to Paris, that person isn't going to be happy much of the time. If, on the other hand, happiness depends on a good breakfast, flowers in the yard, a drink or a nap, then we are more likely to live with quite a bit of happiness.