Life And Living Quotes - Page 17

If your actions don't excite, motivate or inspire others to do better, you're doing it wrong.

I walk to rid myself of the terror of cancer, and to overcome the fear of it coming back. The fear may never completely fade, but actively engaging life – whatever that may involve – reminds me of the joy each day can bring.

Life is a rich literature.

A grateful heart is good medicine.

Sometimes it happens that you become one, in some rare moment. Watch the ocean, the tremendous wildness of it--and suddenly you forget your split, your schizophrenia; you relax. Or, moving in the Himalayas, seeing the virgin snow on the Himalayan peaks, suddenly a coolness surrounds you and you need not be false because there is no other human being to be false to. You fall together.

Be mindful. Be grateful. Be positive. Be true. Be kind.

Life changes us. To wish otherwise is pointless.

Nourish your Nature. Be who you are meant to be.

This life is not perfect, live it to the full, it's all we have

We have to allow ourselves to be loved by the people who really love us, the people who really matter. Too much of the time, we are blinded by our own pursuits of people to love us, people that don't even matter, while all that time we waste and the people who do love us have to stand on the sidewalk and watch us beg in the streets! It's time to put an end to this. It's time for us to let ourselves be loved.

You may follow the footstepsThe whole day will passWith you going around in circlesYet not reaching anywhere at last!

We all die. Not all of us live.

Enthusiasm is the elixir of life.

You just can't let life happen to you, you have to make life happen.

Though no one can backtrack and create a brand new start, Everyone is capable of taking their life in a brand new direction.

Never stop loving while living, when you stop loving, you stop living.

Sometimes we all get dusty by a few mundane and tiring affairs—and merely need a gentle soul wash to see, and get deeply entangled with, the fervors of life again.

Today you are lifted higher. Understand that you can go further and be better than you ever thought possible. Start by saying yes to all good things. Doors will open for you filled with unlimited opportunities.

The power of positive thoughts is divine. Maintain a positive thoughts to create the life you want.

For a better world, we need education. nevertheless, more than education, we need people with common sense.

The most adventurous journey to embark on; is the journey to yourself, the most exciting thing to discover; is who you really are, the most treasured pieces that you can find; are all the pieces of you, the most special portrait you can recognize; is the portrait of your soul.

You’ve got to reach bedrock to become depressed enough before you are forced to accept the reality and enormity of the problem.

There shall always be a day and a night until the world meets its ebb and we shall always hope to sleep and wake up to see another day! Such is called life! So many people have life, but, few people are living. We shall continue to exist from dawn to dusk having life and living or just having life!

We cannot choose our circumstances, but we can choose how we handle them.

Living a lifetime is experiment.

Learn to be You to be Free to be You!

Learn the truth...never assume.Understand the plight...never judge.Put yourself in someone's shoes...never hurt.Think before you act, reason before you react.

Be careful of what you dream and expect in life. You might just get it.

I think that we are like stars. Something happens to burst us open; but when we burst open and think we are dying; we’re actually turning into a supernova. And then when we look at ourselves again, we see that we’re suddenly more beautiful than we ever were before!

Nothing looked the same, and everything looked the same.

I've never had a moment when I thought: "Tom, you've made it!", and I don't think I want to, because that feels like you've reached the end; that you've crossed the finish line. But to me there is no end. An achievement is not a finish line; it's a checkpoint on a far greater journey. It's a moment to pause, to take a breath and look back and enjoy what you've experienced and be grateful for it, but then to turn around and look towards the next checkpoint, the next achievement.

Don't wait for the right moment to start, start and make each moment right.

If you want money, you must work to earn it.

There is a difference between how you live your life, and what you do with your life.

If you want to make room for something new, you must let go of something old that no longer serves you.

As soon as you wink, you close your eyes to reality.

We gain new perspectives on life after every voyage.

It’s fascinating, really, when you think about it. How a person can slip into a new life as one would a new pair of shoes. At first there’s a keen awareness of the fit: a stiffness at the heel, the binding of the width, the curve pressed to the arch. But with time and enough steps, the feel becomes so natural you almost forget you’re wearing them at all.

The heart's seasons seldom coincide with the calendar. Who among us has not been made desolate beyond all words upon some golden day when the little creatures of the air and meadow were life incarnate, from sheer joy of living? Who among us has not come home, singing, when the streets were almost impassable with snow, or met a friend with a happy, smiling face, in the midst of a pouring rain?

Never let fear hold you captive. Never let self-doubt hold you captive. Never let frustration hold you captive.

The only way that we can live, is if we grow. The only way that we can grow is if we change. The only way that we can change is if we learn. The only way we can learn is if we are exposed. And the only way that we can become exposed is if we throw ourselves out into the open. Do it. Throw yourself.

Stop doing what is easy or popular. Start doing what is right.

When you are a child at home alone, you’re afraid someone might come; when you are old and at home alone, you’re afraid no one will come.