Quotes Tagged "inspirational"

In your life, always be like a driver who runs the car not just a car.

There is such dissociation between what the eyes see and what the mind envisions. The final thought is just a matter of interpretation, coloured by our experiences.

You wish you could’ve learned to play piano. You wish you could’ve started drawing when you were young. You wish you could’ve figured out who you wanted to be before you graduated college. You wish you could’ve learned to love yourself sooner. Well you know what? You didn’t. And that’s just something you’re going to have to learn to deal with. But just because you didn’t do it sooner, doesn’t mean you can’t start now.

In the measurement world, you set a goal and strive for it. In the universe of possibility, you set the context and let life unfold.

Maybe God created the desert so that man could appreciate the date trees

¡Si nuestra amistad depende de cosas como el espacio y el tiempo, entonces, cuando por fin superemos el espacio y el tiempo, habremos destruido nuestra propia hermandad! Pero supera el espacio, y nos quedará sólo un Aquí. Supera el tiempo, y nos quedará sólo un Ahora. Y entre el Aquí y el Ahora, ¿no crees que podremos volver a vernos un par de veces?

Every little bit of peace I bring someone is worth the peace I never had.

When each one of us become an active and living book of lessons for those who see our examples, the boundaries of religious interpretation will give way to the new era of brotherhood and peace we're waiting for.

Your spirit lives on in your work. YOU decide what manner of work that will be.

I now see my life, not as a slow shaping of achievment to fit my preconceived purposes, but as the gradual discovery of a purpose which I did not know.

You need to be buried deep in the dirt before you can find your bloom.

The worker faithful to the well has neither the intention, or time, to violate the name and the service of others.

I figure, sometimes, bad things happen to us so we can achieve a higher purpose and attain greater happiness and fulfillment in life.

One swing set, well worn but structurally sound, seeks new home ... With this swing set, your child(ren) will be introduced to the ups and downs of human life gently and safely, and may also learn the most important lesson of all: No matter how hard you kick, no matter how high you get, you can't go all the way around.

... one can't live without falling now and again.

Waiting. Like it or not, it's a skill all spies have to master eventually.

Even when we do not actively participate in our destiny, we are still on a chosen path. Life has a way of making decisions for us.

Waiting around to be perfect never amounts to anything. Don't be a waiter or you'll be serving other people.

Your life is your choice, so make it worthwhile

No longer do I sing, dance or draw pictures; but God has granted me the gift to do them all in my stories.