Life Lessons Quotes - Page 52

I have the nagging sense that my true friends are waiting for me, beyond college, unusual women whose ambitions are as big as their past transgressions, whose hair is piled high, dramatic like topiaries at Versailles, and who never, ever say "too much information" when you mention a sex dream you had about your father.

Like the three points in a triangle, knowing your value, maintaining your value, and getting compensated for your value are essential in building professional stability and longevity. If the compensation or the opportunity sounds too good to be true — it probably is. Sooner or later, reality prevails over rhetoric.

When you are angry, close your eyes, you will regain your inner peace.

A dove struggling in a storm grows stronger than an eagle soaring in sunshine.

The sweeter the fruit a tree bears the greater the number of birds that eat from it.

Every place you don’t want to be at feels like a prison. And we have so many desires, expectations and go back to the past and think about the future so often, that I can safely say that we live in such a prison all the time.So each time you wish you were somewhere else right now is another solid wall you build and thus make this imaginary building even stronger.

… "That at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what´s happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. That´s the world´s greatest lie." - The Alchemist, Paulo Cohelo -

Life is a web of intersections and choices. Your 1st choice is to recognize an intersection. Your 2nd choice is to be grateful for it.

You can't rock the boat & act like you were just trying to put a baby to sleep.

If you are on social media, and you are not learning, not laughing, not being inspired or not networking, then you are using it wrong.

A peaceful spirit, a prosperous soul.

What comes out of the mouth is the state of the mind.

If you do not stand firm in the faith, you may fall.

A sudden shock rattles your soul. The ground shifts. In minutes it is over, but it takes a long time to find your center of balance again

A flower blooming in a storm is stronger than a tree blossoming under a rainbow.

Every little bit of peace I bring someone is worth the peace I never had.

Failing to meet your true destiny is a tragic act of free will.

While you were out JUDGING others, you left your closet door open...and guess what fell out!....Ooops

The 4 pillars Of the Greatest Religion ever Are Love Trust Character & Brotherhood...

Life can never be perfect. Don’t let anyone fool you into believing that it will be.

Let thy sacred heart be thy holy home.

After two decades there she was, in front of him, almost within touching distance, not faded like in his dreams, but bright and clear and vividly real, looking comfortably, almost defiantly, the same as she always had and then everything she had never been.

Be where you are, stop over-thinking, and focus on what you are doing.

Some of us think with our heads, others with our hearts. Though neither is good or bad, it seems that one solves problems while the other adds to them.

To be profitable, practice diligence.To be successful, practice excellence.To be influential, practice intelligence.To be honorable, practice prudence.To be blissful, practice kindness.To be joyful, practice goodness.

We came us spirit into the world. We shall depart us spirit out of the world.

Beavers give a dam

We are divine. God is lives within us.

Don't expect and wait for justice to happen immediately, it will never happen before the TIME. Also, you never will get beyond your LUCK. Remember that Kurukshetra war took place after a long wait.

If we never experience the chill of a dark winter, it is very unlikely that we will ever cherish the warmth of a bright summer’s day. Nothing stimulates our appetite for the simple joys of life more than the starvation caused by sadness or desperation. In order to complete our amazing life journey successfully, it is vital that we turn each and every dark tear into a pearl of wisdom, and find the blessing in every curse.

We don't blame your shadow for the shape of your body. Don't blame others for the shape of your experience.

A mighty storm is inconsequential when facing a mighty ship.

Life is a journey filled with experiences but without the experiences, there will be no life.

We grew up on the same street,You and me.We went to the same schools,Rode the same bus,Had the same friends,And even shared spaghettiWith each other's families.And though our roots belong toThe same tree,Our branches have grownIn different directions.Our tree,Now resembles a thousandOther treesIn a sea of a trillionOther treesWith parallel destiniesAnd similar dreams.You cannot envy the branchThat grows biggerFrom the same seed,And you cannotBlame it on the sun's direction.But you still compare us,As if we're still those twoKids at the parkSlurping down slushies andEating ice cream.Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun (2010)

There will be a few times in your life when all your instincts will tell you to do something, something that defies logic, upsets your plans, and may seem crazy to others. When that happens, you do it. Listen to your instincts and ignore everything else. Ignore logic, ignore the odds, ignore the complications, and just go for it.

Finally (Evangeline) whispered, "I wish that I had been more prepared.""We prepare all of our lives for such moments," Dr. Raphael said, crossing his arms and looking at me with a critical gaze. "When the time comes, we can only expect that we have learned enough to succeed.

Patience is the blue vitriol to control the fungal emotions of life

Be aware of wonder. Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some.

Look for the failures in your successes and the successes in your failures.

It's in those quiet little towns, at the edge of the world, that you will find the salt of the earth people who make you feel right at home.

Mistakes are the portals of discovery.

Choose not to prove how wrong others are, but choose to show them on how to be right

In a quest of looking at those who are running AHEAD OF US or TRAILING BEHIND US, we tend to overlook those who are running WITH US. In a race of life, some people will always be ahead of us and some will be behind us. Let’s not forget to ACKNOWLEDGE and APPRECIATE those who are supporting and caring for us while we are busy running.

Encourage many,enlighten many,and you will empower many.

Singing in a storm silences thunder’s threats.

The actuality that the heart does not want to feel, doesn't negate the certitude that it once felt and will still feel.

If you find yourself easily provoked, then just change the channel.

The greater the number of fish a river bears the greater the number of fishermen that patronize it.

The long years had taught him that everything worked itself out given enough time, and some things would always be the way fate wished them to be.

It takes true courage and real humility to say NO or YES!

If you can stay positive in bad situations, you are strong; if you can stay optimistic in hopeless situations, you are mighty; if you can stay hopeful in impossible situations, you are great.

we are prisoners of our own lives, until we find the courage to break free from the prison that we created ourselves.

When you get mad, it's the time you lose

Comfort blindfolds; difficulty brings realization.Pain reveals; disappointments plant trigger of actions.Fear controls; ignorance deceives.Anger torments; silence keeps.Misunderstanding divides; love joins.Laughter starts; deception suspects.Frowning cautions; sorrow remembers.Purposefulness moves; idleness wastes.When you live in comfort, ponder.When you live in pain, take lessons.When life goes up, plant your feet and appreciate the height.When life goes down, envision the height and dare to get there with tenacity. Life is how you take and manage things. Be a manager of things or things shall be your manager

Every time you see someone's bright-and-shiny, remember: They have their own crappy truths too. Of course they do. And every time you see your own crappy truth and feel despair and think, 'Is this my life?', remember: It's not. Everyone's got a bright-and-shiny, even if it's hard to find sometimes.

May we continue to encourage one another, so that we will increase in strength and in wisdom.

In 1963, while my brothers were engaged in their lives, I call this period of my life 'my character-building years.' I adhered to the saying, 'When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

If our eyes could see everything, every man would see his own faults.

Because the moon is not jealous of the sun, it benefits from its light.

Life consists of many different stories. A person has not just one but countless life stories that weave in between each other and together create exactly that specific life and that specific human being.