Life Quotes - Page 51

I have learned from my mistakes, and I am sure I can repeat them exactly

The more you live, the less you die.

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

To predict the behavior of ordinary people in advance, you only have to assume that they will always try to escape a disagreeable situation with the smallest possible expenditure of intelligence.

Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.

By perseverance the snail reached the ark.

Since the tapestry of all time has already been woven, everything I could ever want to happen in my life already exists in that infinite, nonphysical plane. My only task is to expand my earthly self enough to let it into this realm. So if there's something I desire, the idea isn't to go out and get it, but to expand my own consciousness to allow universal energy to bring it into my reality here.

Change is situational. Transition, on the other hand, is psychological. It is not those events, but rather the inner reorientation or self-redefinition that you have to go through in order to incorporate any of those changes into your life. Without a transition, a change is just a rearrangement of the furniture. Unless transition happens, the change won't work, because it doesn't 'take'.

‎Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.

Seed is not just the source of life. It is the very foundation of our being.

A kingdom man understands that God never said a godly life would be easy; He just said it would be worth it.

Life is like an elevator. Up and down, just make sure you get off on the right floor.

Storms make trees take deeper roots.

You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom.

It clearly appears that there are no races in the world, however rude, uncultivated, barbarous, gross, or almost brutal they may be, who cannot be persuaded and brought to a good order and way of life, and made domestic, mild and tractable, provided . . . the method that is proper and natural to men is used; that is, love and gentleness and kindness.

Creativity is intelligence having fun.

We are born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Everything in-between is a gift.

No legacy is so rich as honesty.

I describe family values as responsibility towards others, increase of tolerance, compromise, support, flexibility. And essentially the things I call the silent song of life-the continuous process of mutual accommodation without which life is impossible.

Most people are concerned only with what they can get from the world, but it is what we are able to give to others that determines the quality of our life

All authority of any kind, especially in the field of thought and understanding, is the most destructive, evil thing. Leaders destroy the followers and followers destroy the leaders. You have to be your own teacher and your own disciple. You have to question everything that man has accepted as valuable, as necessary.

Tattoos are permanent and a lifelong commitment, the same as marriage.

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.

To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, and call whatever you hit the target

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.