Quotes Tagged "inspirational"

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. If the dispositions of the parties are ever so well known to each other or ever so similar beforehand, it does not advance their felicity in the least. They always continue to grow sufficiently unlike afterwards to have their share of vexation; and it is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life.

Make your interactions with people transformational, not just transactional.

When someone is trying very hard to get something, they don't. And when they're running away from something as hard as they can, it usually catches up with them.

It had never occurred to me that our lives, which had been so closely interwoven, could unravel with such speed.

God will not have his work made manifest by cowards

I would court you, with all the grace and courtesy that you deserve,

Life is 10 percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.

You must understand: they fear you. There is nothing scarier in their minds than a girl who knows the power of her flames.

Dancing in all its forms cannot be excluded from the curriculum of all noble education; dancing with the feet, with ideas, with words, and, need I add that one must also be able to dance with the pen?

The less you reveal, the more people can wonder.

Di jalan cinta para pejuang, biarkan cinta berhenti di titik ketaatan.. Meloncati rasa suka dan tidak suka.. Melampaui batas cinta dan benci.. Karena hikmah sejati tak selalu terungkap di awal pagi.. Karena seringkali kebodohan merabunkan kesan sesaat.. Maka taat adalah prioritas yang kadang membuat perasaan-perasaan terkibas.. Tapi yakinlah, di jalan cinta para pejuang, Alloh lebih tahu tentang kita..

The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.

It's okay to be a loser, it just depends on how good you are at being one.

Your world is a living expression of how you are using and have used your mind.

Undisturbed calmness of mind is attained by cultivating friendliness toward the happy, compassion for the unhappy, delight in the virtuous, and indifference toward the wicked.

Libraries store the energy that fuels the imagination. They open up windows to the world and inspire us to explore and achieve, and contribute to improving our quality of life. Libraries change lives for the better.

Death comes to us all; we can only choose how to face it when it comes.

Books. They are lined up on shelves or stacked on a table. There they are wrapped up in their jackets, lines of neat print on nicely bound pages. They look like such orderly, static things. Then you, the reader come along. You open the book jacket, and it can be like opening the gates to an unknown city, or opening the lid of a treasure chest. You read the first word and you're off on a journey of exploration and discovery.

Most people die with their music still locked up inside them.

For the world is in a bad state, but everything will become still worse unless each of us does his best.