Inspiration Quotes - Page 115

If you make art, people will talk about it. Some of the things they say will be nice, some won’t. You’ll already have made that art, and when they’re talking about the last thing you did, you should already be making the next thing.If bad reviews (of whatever kind) upset you, just don’t read them. It’s not like you’ve signed an agreement with the person buying the book to exchange your book for their opinion.Do whatever you have to do to keep making art. I know people who love bad reviews, because it means they’ve made something happen and made people talk; I know people who have never read any of their reviews. It’s their call. You get on with making art.

One thing I will surely miss is that I couldn't read all the good books in this lifetime.

The words of his various writing instructors and professional mentors over the years came back to him at times like these, and he found a new understanding in their advice: Writing is rewriting. The rough draft is just that. You can’t polish what you haven’t written. Things that made for a normal life—like a daily routine that followed the sun—took a back seat to times like these, and he exulted in that change because it served as proof that his writing was indeed the most important thing in his life. It wasn’t a conscious choice on his part, like deciding to repaint the bathroom or go buy the groceries, but an overarching reallocation of his existence that was as undeniable as breathing. Day turned into night, breakfast turned into dinner, and the laptop or the writing tablet beckoned even when he was asleep. He would often awake with a new idea—as if he’d merely been on a break and not unconscious—and he would see the empty seat before the desk not as his station in some pointless assembly line, but as the pilot’s seat in a ship that could go anywhere.

Birth, life, and death― each took place on the hidden side of a leaf.

You will never be satisfied with anything less than the highest you can attain.

You can't hide the thunderbolt. When it hits you, everybody can see it. Christ, man, don't be ashamed of it, some men pray for the thunderbolt. You're a very lucky fellow. - Calo

Sometimes when you are falling down, you grow wings to fly.

We tend to think that it’s up to others to respect our needs and fill them for us. But that doesn’t ever work, and for the following reason:If you have a hard time knowing what it is you really need, then how on earth can you logically expect someone else to know?

If you want to know if someone is lying to you, start by living a truthful life. Once you live in the truth, you will not be easily deceived.

I don’t want safety or guarantees—I want a life worth living.I want to jump off a skyscraperAnd fashion a parachute on the way downOut of my fears and trepidationsBecause sometimes survivalIsn’t the most important thingAnd survivingIsn’t the same as living.

Someone once told me that the finer points of devotion are about the size of a pinhole, and there are millions of them. And if you could connect each dot, then you’ve got a diagram of what you think you thought you knew, and if you’re willing to admit that you know nothing…you have the blueprint for a breakthrough.

It's better to dare to dream big and achieve half of your dreams than to dream small dreams and achieve all

Don't try to worry about the things that could've happen. Just wonder about the things that can still happen and fight for them. Because anything worth fighting for will happen in time.

Play the game of life, without any fear.

When Learning to "LOVE YOURSELF", you attract two types of energies: Lovers & Haters. Lovers should take you higher, haters should inspire. Both should give you fire to illuminate your environment.

Many people get visited by the Lord in a given time but lack the wisdom to navigate in it.

True faith rely on God's power.

Let your Creed be to do a Good Deed. When your Focus is on your Need instead of your Greed, you will succeed.

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Anyone can choose to have success, but only the patient ones will get rewarded by it. Be relentless in chasing your dreams.

Dreams don't work unless you take action. The surest way to make your dreams come true is to live them.

There is no where that life problem can take you that God's presence cannot reach you. There is nothing that people can do to you that can keep God from getting to you.

Until one is committed there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initative or creation, there is one elementary truth...that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves. too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would otherwise never have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in ones's favor all manner of incidents and meetings and material assistance which no man would have believed would have come his way. Whatever you think you can do or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, grace, and power in it.

You don't feel like your best self when you fall apart, but you have to fall apart to become your best self.

I think you don't grow up until you stop worrying about other people's purposes or lack of them and find the purposes you believe in for yourself.

Examine your self-talk.Never speak to yourselfmore harshly than you wouldto a small child.

Girls are pearls, ladies are rubies, mothers are moulders, and women are wonderful.

We do not start as dust. We do not end as dust. We make more than dust.That's all we ask of you. Make more than dust.

May the light of your soul extinguish all darkness.

Being a control freakis a sign of a vulnerableself-esteem. The betteryou feel about yourselfthe less you need to controleverything around you.

When they cut me open, I want them to say, “Damn! This woman ate well.

Healthy life is a sacred being.

Sometimes, people don’t need our monies and our treasures. All they need is our encouragements to give them hope.

Treat your clients with high professionalism and they will no more negotiate with you.

People crave for more respect than love, because they expect love only from few people but they want respect from everyone.

When we let go of our pride, we give ourselves permission to be human. We give ourselves permission to slip up and hurt and to grow without ridiculous standards of perfection constantly looming over our heads. We give ourselves a chance to face conflicts, to face ourselves, and to heal. And, in this healing process, we give others a chance to follow our lead.

Is it a weakness not being able to hate? Or is it preparation for what is inevitable, the ability only to love.

Alone, we are great, but together, we are better.

Purity. Serenity... Solitude: What you ought to uphold. But the important thing is whether you believe it.

We spend our lives asking the question, ‘What do people want me to do? Who do they want me to be?’ But this is a betrayal of our inner truth. We should be investing our lives in the pursuit of discovering who we are and what we were created to do.

In the midst of the turbulence, we hang onto hope.

Followers and friends cannot be with you in the grave but salvation will

When they said you wouldn't amount to anything, God saw the best in you. You can smile and have joy knowing you have favor in Him. God qualified you.

Reading will help you to discover your sacred-self

Let your walk be wisely so that you can inspire others to walk wisely!

Belief is a wonderful way to pass the time until the facts come in.

Because nobody knows you better than somebody who knew you way back then.

Just because we’re adults doesn’t mean we should grow up! The world’s a playground for us, Melody, and I for one intend to play!

Let's Not Just Be Heroes! Let's Be Heroes Who Lead!

Whatever business you have, if you truly believe in what you’re doing, you’re capable of going any place and doing anything. Pursue Your Dreams!

Even so have I given the womb of the earth to those that be sown in it in their times.

It doesn’t matter how many times you get knocked down. All that matters is you get up one more time than you were knocked down.

In the past, I used to think that it is fundamental and natural to have everything. But I realized that is not true. Instead I realized that those are things to be grateful for. After that realization, I became comfortable. Even if I don’t have it I am grateful. Such a realization also made me understand that is a way to love myself.

Is there any soul without any struggle?

I accept the Organic Trinity of Mineral, Vegetable, and Animal with as much authority as I accept the Holy Trinity. Both are sacred.

The typical image of a depressed, lazy and tired person is someone hunched over and inert. Often, the assumption is that if one had more enthusiasm and inspiration, he would then stand up straight and move. In many cases, this equation is backward. But, as with everything related to one’s physicality, balance is the key. An overly erect and rigid posture may convey confidence and power to some, but it also causes a subtle accumulation of tension and rigidity on various levels, including psychological and emotional.

Let your light shine from the inside out.

Just because you have problems, it doesn’t mean you should not have Dreams. Instead, let your Dreams become the scheme to solve your problems.

Please… Whoever you are, whatever you are… I believe in you even though I don’t completely understand you. I feel you around me even though I can’t exactly describe what I’m feeling. Sometimes things happen to me and I know that you’re there and I’m humbled by the lack of coincidence that exists in the world. Whatever you want from me, it’s yours — just please help me. You know how I get when I lose control, and I find myself constantly being pulled back there these days.

All you ever need is God.