Inspiring Quotes - Page 42

Life is fraught with opportunities to keep your mouth shut.

Invest in yourself first. Expect nothing from no one and be willing to work for everything.

What is your real work? Is it that which pays the bills or is it your art? I think your real work is healing. Whatever helps you become more loving in this lifetime. Whatever helps you forgive yourself, embrace yourself, meet yourself, and free yourself in this lifetime.

We are called to reach out to those who find themselves in the existential peripheries of our societies and to show particular solidarity with the most vulnerable of our brothers and sisters: the poor, the disabled, the unborn and the sick, migrants and refugees, the elderly and the young who lack employment.

Whenever you want to achieve something, keep your eyes open, concentrate and make sure you know exactly what it is you want. No one can hit their target with their eyes closed.

Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings. Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice... Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great. You can be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom.

In the future, women, rather than men, will be the ones to change the world.

It is the great arrogance of the present to forget the intelligence of the past

Before something can become a habit it must first be practiced as a discipline.

It is nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.

It is God to whom and with whom we travel, and while He is the end of our journey, He is also at every stopping place.

Faith is a place of mystery, where we find the courage to believe in what we cannot see and the strength to let go of our fear of uncertainty.

We should recognize that women become mothers the moment they are pregnant.

Everything's fine today, that is our illusion.

One of the great things about being a director as a life choice is that it can never be mastered. Every story is its own kind of expedition, with its own set of challenges.

Our future may lie beyond our vision, but it is not completely beyond our control. It is the shaping impulse of America that neither fate nor nature nor the irresistible tides of history, but the work of our own hands, matched to reason and principle.

Be certain that you do not die without having done something wonderful for humanity.

Someday I want to have children and give them all the love I never had.

A strong woman is a woman determined to do something others are determined not be done.

Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.

What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the human soul.

I think beauty comes from within. If you're happy and look at life in the best way you can, even when there are problems, it can make you beautiful on the outside.

When I was younger, I was always taught not to make excuses.

True concentration is an unbroken thread of awareness.

A man watches his pear-tree day after day, impatient for the ripening of the fruit. Let him attempt to force the process, and he may spoil both fruit and tree. But let him patiently wait, and the ripe pear at length falls into his lap.