Life Quotes - Page 73

One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.

Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.

Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.

One has to live in the present. Whatever is past is gone beyond recall; whatever is future remains beyond one's reach, until it becomes present. Remembering the past and giving thought to the future are important, but only to the extent that they help one deal with the present.

It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

Understand that you own nothing. Everything that surrounds you is temporary. Only the love in your heart will last forever.

Life is a b*tch depending how you dress her.

May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.

Recognize that you have the courage within you to fulfill the purpose of your birth. Summon forth the power of your inner courage and live the life of your dreams.

Go forward in life with a twinkle in your eye and a smile on your face, but with great purpose in heart.

I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it.

Never limit your view of life by any past experience.

The story of your life is really the story of the relations between yourself and God.

Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.

And the winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

Shoes are just a pedestal. What interests me is the power of the woman who wears them.

So little done, so much to do.

Where love rules, there is no will to power; and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.

We imagine that we want to escape our selfish and commonplace existence, but we cling desperately to our chains.

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

A thought that sometimes makes me hazy: Am I - or are the others crazy?

There are causes worth dying for, but none worth killing for.

The man on top of the mountain didn't fall there.

We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.