Inspirational Quotes - Page 316

I really like the thing called friendship. And I think the most fulfilling kind of friendship is the one that you stumble quite randomly upon. Unexpected and unknown. You can learn a lot about yourself from these kinds of friendships, and some last a long time while others last only for the duration of time that you have together! But then I wonder, is the length of a friendship measured by the time you are given to spend within each others' company? Or is it measured by how long into the future you can look back at the photos you took, look back and replay the adventures and the laughter in your head; still feeling like it was one of the "bestest" times of your life? Because if it's the latter, I have a thousand friends!

Storms are rainbow’s inside out.

Ultimately, we are all products of the experiences we have and the decisions we make as children, and it remains a peculiar detail of the human condition that something as precious as a future is entrusted to us when we possess so little foresight. Perhaps that’s what makes hindsight so intriguing. When you’re young the future is a blank canvas, but looking back you are always able to see the big picture.

And so in time the rowboat and I became one and the same-like the archer and his bow or the artist and his paint. What I learned wasn't mastery over the elements; it was mastery over myself, which is what conquest is ultimately all about.

Everything happens for a reason, we just don't get the reason with the thing

You can choose what you believe, Shuffler, but you can't change what's true.

Find three hobbies you love: one to make you money, one to keep you in shape, and one to be creative.

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.

Encouraging words are hands that pool others from the despair of life.

Chaos brings movement to whatever is stagnant in your life. Stagnation leads to apathy, numbness, illness, suffering, etc. Be grateful for the situations in your life that may seem chaotic in the present moment, and realize that, in the greater scheme of things, chaos is Spirit giving you an opportunity… or possibly pushing you to move, grow, and be in the flow.

He hablado ex profeso con el viento -anunció-, pues hay una cosa que debes saber: cuando el viento se obstina en jugar con el fuego, ni yo mismo puedo domeñarlo. Pero me ha dado su palabra de honor de que esta noche se mantendrá en calma y no nos estropeará la diversión.

Let your love for books grow, as your confidence grows too.

You are a product of the stories you believe and accept.

Live to write. Write to inspire. Inspire to write.

IF - and this is the greatest of them all - I had the courage to see myself as I reallyam, I would find out what is wrong with me, and correct it, then I might have a chance to profit by my mistakes and learn something from the experience of others,for I know that there is something WRONG with me, or I would now be where I WOULD HAVE BEEN IF I had spent more time analyzing my weaknesses, and less time building alibis to cover them.

The two stared together into a future that held as much pain as promise, as much sorrow as sunshine...

Your life is the only journey, you travel unaided.

Delight in your weaknesses because they make you strongerDelight in your imperfections because they make you perfectRejoice in your sorrow because it adds to your joyRelish at your pain because it makes your relief worth whileBe glad when you are sad because it accentuates your happinessBe happy when they put you down because it makes you fight that much harderAccept when you are corrected because it adds to your wisdomLaugh at your tearsConfront your nightmaresForgive your enemiesLove them all

Today he failed to change the world. As for tomorrow, who can tell?

Have WILD imaginings and then ask for ALL of them!

I hope in the Lord, I know He will lead in every step of the journey.

You are worthy of a great life. Desire, dream and seek it.

Love is a seed that we diligently plant and requires tender care and watering in order for the tree to ever grow. Just as we cannot foresee the future and what is to become of this love later in life, the tree cannot tell what the weather will be like in the future. The strongest of winds and pouring rain may befall on the tree, however as long as the foundation and roots remains strong, love is able to exist.

Do not presume that richness or poorness will bring you happiness.

Cease endlessly striving for what you would like to do and learn to love what must be done.

I have a little moral trouble with the term “mankind”, as it possesses an innate gender bias, which I cannot approve of, hence, I prefer the term “humanity” over it, and the term “human” over “man”.

People talk-- they sneer at escapism. Well, there are those of us who need it.

What in the world could this family have done to deserve a fate such as this?

We are the source of infinite love, infinite joy, and infinite happiness, but we spend our whole life looking for love, joy and happiness. How foolish is this?

There isa time to liveand a time to diebut never to reject the moment.

If you can dance like raindrops, there will always be sunshine.

A man, whilst he is dreaming, believes in his dream; he is undeceived only when he is awakened from his slumber.

Youthful period is the time to make manful period effective and worth living

First visualize your goal in your mind. Then have a leap of faith, and let your passion guide you throughout the process.

Thirty two men keep guarding the tongue. Since it keeps a sense, still speaks non sense.

Wanting help, I reached out to serve. Seeking happiness, I smiled and offered comfort. Yearning for love, I showed love. And now I understand. My life was never about me, it was always about you.

Mortals always want something more- they wish for money, but what they're really after is to be carefree. Power when what they really want is control. Beauty when they want love. Sometimes they know it, sometimes they don't

Grace is all that God is free to do for you, in you, with you and through you only because of the finished work of Jesus Christ.

As I start each day I have a blank canvas. I will make every effort to fill it with color.

The Acceptance of who you are is in the embrace of who you will become.

Give us this day our daily Faith, but deliver us, dear God, from Belief.

Success is working with enthusiasm and ambition, living with joy and kindness, and going toward a life of ultimate service and happiness.

Look around you… There! Yes, there!! There's what you need to succeed.

We are equal beings and the universe is our relations with each other.

In moments of great change we suffer, somehow hoping deep down that our emotions and our dramas can change the future or prevent it from happening. Future happens regardless.

Our traditions teach us the past is not forgot, yet the past repeats the future believe it or not. If we dwell on the negative, we continue to make, an unhealthy life we must never forsake. Our fairy ring teaches us cause and effect, what we give to the world, returns to us direct!”Chepi, Meet the Little People…An Enchanting Adventure

I didn't scream I wasn't afraid. I knew I was strong enough to survive it all.

I think preconceived ideas or prejudgments are meant to give us an edge whenever we are dealing with others we don’t know or haven’t made the effort to understand.

Do your actions define who you are, or does your purpose define why you are?

The innate longing within every soul is to awaken from the spirit's slumber and then to journey home.

Beliefs are many but truth is one.

Poverty will leave you when you are ready to welcome opportunities.

The future belongs to those who learn from the past and live brilliantly in the present moment.

Keep seeking the spirituality of thy soul.

Stop chasing society’s definition of success and chase your own definition of success. Success is an emotion that is experienced when you are completely fulfilled and content with where you are in life; it has nothing to do with a specific job, a specific amount of money in your bank account, or the quality of material possessions you acquire. You can be the richest man in the world, but still, feel unsuccessful, and you can be the poorest man in the world, but still, feel extremely successful.

When we feel, a kind of lyric is sung in our heart. When we think, a kind of music is played in our mind. In harmony, both create a beautiful symphony of life.

Life doesn't stop. It doesn't stop progressing forward and it never stops trying to bring you to your knees. It will test your strengths and exploit your weakness, and I'm not sure that is always such a bad thing.

Life is for participating, not for spectating.

A dream is like a first draft. No one will ever see it but you.

Happiness doesn't depend on reality but it depends on perception.