Inspirational Quotes - Page 343

I kept loving and loving and loving. Every waking hour, I marveled on how these moments would make made me feel. I wanted to love the world and be the change it so deliciously craved.

I step outside, easy at first... there is noise; I don't hear it. There are people; I don't see them... I see the water; I am alongside it. There is a big hill; I conquer it. A mile of grass; I fly across it. With each step I am stronger, and then faster. My body engages; I am really flying; I am one with the road, but I no longer feel it. With every step forward I am faster and freer. Nothing can touch me; no one can find me. What I find is the truth. I find myself... I am a runner.

When you plant the seeds, wait patiently to see the ripen fruits.

And there is an earlier Wilson cycle, too, a billion years old, entrapped alongside the Appalachians: the Grenville, which rises to the surface in Central Park, New York, to remind us that the human and urban is no more than foam on the sea of the past.

Become like the sun. If you do so, all darkness will be dispelled. No matter what happens, live confidently with the conviction that you, yourself are the “sun.” Of course, in life there are sunny days and cloudy days. But even on cloudy days, the sun is still there. Even when you are suffering, it is vital that you strive to keep the sun shining brightly in your heart.

You may never get back this life, so do something in this lifetime worthy of celebration.

Coincidence is God's way of staying anonymous.

Holding on to negative feelings and past circumstances is like placing a lock on your soul.

In the absence of a formally agreed, worldwide dictionary definition of 'Quotography' (in 2016), here are my two cents worth: 'Quotography is the art of pairing unique quotations with complementary images in order to express thought-provoking ideas, challenging concepts, profound sentiments'.

We all must do what we have to do to get where we need to be. Ultimately, you make that final decision yourself.

Usually, we believe that our pain is a misfortune that needs to be fixed, but in fact, all pain (physical, mental, and emotional) is a necessary step towards becoming conscious.

Thought you could kill my Snow-on-the-Mountain, did you? Well, Jessie says that the top's growing back out. Next time you'll know how to do it right, won't you? You'll pull it up by the roots, won't you?

It´s like you get started in one direction and pick up speed, and you may forget where you´re going and why,but the momentum takes you there anyway. Only, you find out when you arrive that it isn´t where you wanted to be.

Just love—it is the best thing you can do with your life.

A flower doesn’t expect love. She is happy with herself. If she gets love, she celebrates.

Think about what it would mean to fight," he said. "Say we barricade ourselves here in the hotel and refuse to leave. They come at us with their Weapon, whatever it is. Some of us are hurt, some die. We go out to meet them with whatever weapons we can find - sticks, maybe, or pieces of broken glass. We battle each other. Maybe they set fire to the hotel. Maybe we march into the village and steal food from them nad they come after us and beat us. We beat them back. In the end, maybe we damage them so badly that they're too weak to make us leave. What do we have? Friends and neighbors and families dead. A place half destroyed, and those left in it full of hatred for us. And we ourselves will have to live with the memory of the terrible things we have done.

…When you’re in the darkness, know that the light will come. We are light and dark, sun and moon, male and female, yin and yang; life is composed of opposites, in a continuing cycle of change…. When you are in the light, don’t step back into the darkness. Live in that light, and breathe it in fully. I’ve spent so much of my life going over and over the sadness and fear of the past. But we don’t need to go there when we’re not there. When we are in the light, be here, now.

We believe that to govern perfectly it is necessary to avoid governing too much.

Convictions are prisons.

The human species' foremost task and unshakable duty is survival.

A society where feminine beauty is defined not by the human self on genuine intellectual and sentimental grounds, but by a computer software on the grounds of economic interest, is more dead than alive. It is a society of human bodies, not human beings.

You don't need to live in a mansion to be happy. All you need is to create the right space, something that says this is who you are, and you can always change who you are, just as you change your environment.

What seems is not what is. Because, none knows what is left, when it is all right!

And it's the funniest thing: as soon as I see it, the whistling in my ears stops and the feeling of terror drains away, and I realize this whole time I haven't been falling at all. I've been floating.

Even if you don't have all the things you want, be grateful for the things you don't have that you don't want (Bob Dylan's dad)

The best thing in life is life itself.

It isn't enough to have had an interesting or hilarious or tragic life. Art isn't anecdote. It's the consciousness we bring to bear on our lives. For what happened in the story to transcend the limits of the personal, it must be driven by the engine of what the story means.

Human beings are nothing but intellectually organized closely interconnected interestingly and independently functioning trillions of atoms. We manipulate these atoms by our thoughts. At the same time, thoughts are the byproducts of complex interactions of these intelligent atoms.

Remember, it is no sign of weakness or defeat that your manuscript ends up in need of major surgery. This is a common occurrence in all writing, and among the best writers.

I knew I loved youwhen 'home' went from being a placeto being a person.

Humour, like any life skill, is learnable. If others can learn it, so can you.

Uncertainty is a temptress. We may try our best to avoid her. But what is certain is that at some point of time, she will find us. The only question that remains is whether like Medusa, she will paralyze you, or whether like one of the nine muses of ancient Greece, she will drive you to greater things.

It's the easiest thing in the world to be kind to someone, to show love, to forgive. You are born with this instinct - it should be your first reaction. NOT violence, anger and hatred! That is something we are taught, it's a Choice You Make.

Every opportunity has challenges and when you overcome it, it turns to rewards.

Inner quiet can be cultivated. Meditation is a healing balm to a frazzled brain existing in a hectic world.

We are always fascinated with the past, but the future is always brighter.

To get lost, all you need is poetry.

It is not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the inessentials.

Serve one another with brotherly love.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

With love, accept everything that life has to offer you. Life will be easy, kind, magnificent, and magical to you.

Life is for living not achieving.

Nothing is more compelling than the power of choice. You can choose good over evil and right over wrong. Choose right!

My heart is an endless well of love and gratitude.

When you look closely to the path you have travel on, you will realise that God was always with you, directing every step you took.

GOD in not just in the details, He is the detail.

In religious belief as elsewhere, we must take our chances, recognizing that we could be wrong, dreadfully wrong. There are no guarantees; the religious life is a venture; foolish and debilitating error is a permanent possibility. (If we can be wrong, however, we can also be right.)

Be inspired by the goodness in people and not their flaws.

My heart filled with endless praise.

...There is no greater dividing force in this world than self-interest...

If you can't you must, and if you must you can.

The best way to deal with your past is not to avoid thinking about it or trying to forget it, but to accept it happened, forgive yourself and move on.

Times of adversity are golden moments.

The more you try to please people, the more they get control of you and you'll end up hurting yourself.

Don't wait for the law of attraction to happen to you; make it happen for you, by taking action. Once you do this, you will experience the law of revelation.

Balance is not something you find, it's something you create

To prepare for the mountains develop mind, body, will and spirit as strong as a sword, soft as a pillow and fluid as water.

This book is dedicated to the much needed establishing of greater unity in the wider body of Christ. It is dedicated to agreement with the prayer that Jesus prayed:“I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word; that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me. And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one:”John 17:20-22 NKJV

May we have equal concern for each other to create a unified world.

A professional who doesn't deliver as committed is not just lazy, he is a liar.