Inspiring Quotes - Page 31

There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.

You can have anything you want in life if you dress for it.

Information's pretty thin stuff unless mixed with experience.

Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity.

If you're going to tell people the truth, be funny or they'll kill you.

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves.

You should never be surprised when someone treats you with respect, you should expect it.

There is a very real relationship, both quantitatively and qualitatively, between what you contribute and what you get out of this world.

There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.

The things you do for yourself are gone when you are gone, but the things you do for others remain as your legacy.

Friends accept you the way you are.

Today there are people trying take away rights that our mothers, grandmothers and great-grandmothers fought for: our right to vote, our right to choose, affordable quality education, equal pay, access to health care. We the people can't let that happen.

The roots of effective leadership lie in simple things, one of which is listening. Listening to someone demonstrates respect; it shows that you value their ideas and are willing to hear them.

The artist is the person who makes life more interesting or beautiful, more understandable or mysterious, or probably, in the best sense, more wonderful.

Mournful and yet grand is the destiny of the artist.

I'm not perfect; no one is perfect. Everyone makes mistakes. I think you try to learn from those mistakes.

The future is carved out of the present moment. Tomorrow's harvest depends upon today's ploughing and sowing.

When you love and accept yourself, when you know who really cares about you, and when you learn from your mistakes, then you stop caring about what people who don't know you think.

There are three side effects of acid: enhanced long-term memory, decreased short-term memory, and I forget the third.

The healthy and strong individual is the one who asks for help when he needs it. Whether he's got an abscess on his knee or in his soul.

The most important thing is to be whatever you are without shame.

If you're someone people count on, particularly in difficult moments, that's a sign of a life lived honorably.

I really don't think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I don't mind the failure but I can't imagine that I'd forgive myself if I didn't try.

Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything - anger, anxiety, or possessions - we cannot be free.