Quotes Tagged "life"

Believe in yourself. Under-confidence leads to a self-fulfilling prophecy that you are not good enough for your work.

Sometimes we have to soak ourselves in the tears and fears of the past to water our future gardens.

The most important thing in life is to dare. The most complicated thing in life is to be afraid. The smartest thing in the world is to try to be a moral person.

As we grow detached from things, we come (with God's help) to master our desires, and we give the mastery over to God. Discipline and divine grace heal the intellect and the will of the effects of concupiscence. We can begin to see things clearly.

And someone, somewhere, was having an even worse time of it than me. I tried to keep that in mind. No matter how crappy your life, someone will probably beat you in the my-life-is-crap category. Not that I don't let myself whine a little now and then, but sometimes it's good to keep your misery in perspective

Friendship, as has been said, consists in a full commitment of the will to another person with a view to that person's good.

The one thing I do remember is that as I retraced my steps through all the familiar streets of my life, Inow felt completely lost.

إن اللغة ناقل غير كفء، وإن الناس حين يسمعون كلامًا يفهمونه في ضوء ما لديهم من خلفيات معرفية، بل إن كثيرًا منهم يقرؤون تلك الخلفيات ويبلورونها عوضًا عن الاشتغال بفهم ما سمعوه.

The difference between darkness and brightness is how you thrive on those moments and how you use such circumstances with goodwill in your spirit.

Since living is believing, no one can be completely lacking in faith.

The life we’re given is on a thread, so wear it well.

You have to be ill if you want to get better.

To turn your dreams into reality, all your resources, efforts and concentration should be aligned in the same direction.

Knowledge without application is simply knowledge. Applying the knowledge to one’s life is wisdom — and that is the ultimate virtue

Disappointment has quite a penchant for taking one by surprise.

Worry is a down payment on a problem you may never have

Duty has a trick of behaving unexpectedly -- something like a heavy friend whom we have amiably asked to visit us, and who breaks his leg within our gates.

If you dwell in the darkness, you can see in the dark and look into the light. But in choosing the darkness, you know you are destined to walk alone.

When it comes to life and love, why do we believe our worst reviews?

Self-education is lifelong curiosity.