Inspiring Quotes - Page 61

Failure is not about insecurity. It's about lack of execution.

Why not seize the pleasure at once? -- How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation!

The greatest teacher is just going out and playing.

If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way.

Mother's love is bliss, is peace, it need not be acquired, it need not be deserved. If it is there, it is like a blessing; if it is not there it is as if all the beauty had gone out of life.

You can never lose what you have offered to Christ.

The wise musicians are those who play what they can master.

I firmly believe you never should spend your time being the former anything.

We can either watch life from the sidelines, or actively participate... Either we let self-doubt and feelings of inadequacy prevent us from realising our potential, or embrace the fact that when we turn our attention away from ourselves, our potential is limitless.

We reaffirm that on days like this, there are no Republicans or Democrats. We are Americans, united in concern for our fellow citizens.

Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a f**king sharp knife to it.

Creativity is a type of learning process where the teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.

Small daily happenings make life spectacular.... start enjoying the small things in life!

You already have every characteristic necessary for success if you recognize, claim, develop and use them

Avoidance of sin is lighter than the pain of remorse.

I believe in the strength and intelligence and sensitivity of women. My mother, my sisters [they] are strong. My mum is a strong woman and I love her for it.

I, for one, thoroughly believe that no power in the universe can withhold from anyone anything they really deserve.

Each work has to pass through these stages—ridicule, opposition, and then acceptance. Those who think ahead of their time are sure to be misunderstood.

So, I guess we are who we are for alot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there. We can still do things. And we can try to feel okay about them.

Don't fear the terrorists. They're mothers and fathers.

Whenever there is a conflict between being right and being kind, if possible, choose being kind.

You will achieve more in this world through acts of mercy than you will through acts of retribution.

One of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself, I could not change others.

Ideas are powerful things, requiring not a studious contemplation but an action, even if it is only an inner action.

I don't mind making jokes, but I don't want to look like one...