Life Quotes - Page 37

The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

People hate you for 1 of 3 reasons. 1) They hate themselves 2) They want to be you 3) They see you as a threat When you love yourself you are incapable of hating anyone no matter what they've done.

Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.

Life is short and the time of death is uncertain; so apply yourself to meditation. Avoid doing evil, and acquire merit, to the best of your ability, even at the cost of life itself. In short: Act so that you have no cause to be ashamed of yourselves and hold fast to this rule.

To separate from my culture (as from my family) I had to feel competent enough on the outside and secure enough inside to live life on my own. Yet in leaving home I did not lose touch with my origins because lo mexicano is in my system. I am a turtle, wherever I go I carry 'home' on my back.

I’ve been a barbarian my whole life. I’m just a smarter barbarian now. Evolution, you know?

No amount of reading or memorizing will make you successful in life. It is the understanding and application of wise thought which counts.

I have found that if you love life, life will love you back.

If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut

There will always be people in your life who treat you wrong. Be sure to thank them for making you strong.

Four Lessons on Life 1. Never take down a fence until you know why it was put up. 2. If you get too far ahead of the army, your soldiers may mistake you for the enemy. 3. Don't complain about the bottom rungs of the ladder; they helped to get you higher. 4. If you want to enjoy the rainbow, be prepared to endure the storm.

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.

Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.

Your rewards in life are determined by the kinds of problems you are willing to solve for someone.

Our love should not be just words and talk; it must be true love, which shows itself in action.

Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

You are not happy because you are well. You are well because you are happy. You are not depressed because trouble has come to you, but trouble has come to you because you are depressed. You can change your thoughts and feelings, and then the outer things will come to correspond, and indeed there is no other way of working.

Today is life-the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today. Get interested in something. Shake yourself awake. Develop a hobby. Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto.

The good times of today, are the sad thoughts of tomorrow.

Don't worry about a thing, every little thing is gonna be alright

Tough times never last, but tough people do.

To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone.

NOW is the only reality. All else is either memory or imagination.

Keep a good heart. That's the most important thing in life. It's not how much money you make or what you can acquire. The art of it is to keep a good heart.