Life Lessons Quotes - Page 54

When we are young, we want to be old and for things to change. When we are old, we want to be young and for things to go back to the way they were.

At the time we were all convinced that we had to speak, write,and publish as quickly as possible and as much as possible and that this was necessary for the good of mankind. Thousands of us published and wrote in an effort to teach others, all the while disclaiming and abusing one another. Without taking note of the fact that we knew nothing, that we did not know the answer to the simplest question of life, the question of what is right and what is wrong, we all went on talking without listening to one another.

Every impression ever made on a person from newborn babyhood onwards will contribute to the shape and texture of the imagination.

The right thing to do is so easy to see when you're seventeen years old and don't have to make any big decisions. When you know that no matter what you do, someone will take care of you and fix everything. But when you're grown up, the world is not that black and white, and the right thing doesn't a tidy little arrow pointing to it.

The more mistakes I make, the least I judge other people's mistakes

I wouldn't doubt it for a second if any of these literature teachers had a hand-sculpted custom-made replica of Shakespeare's dick.

Great Leaders Create More LeadersGood leaders have vision and inspire others to help them turn vision into reality. Great leaders create more leaders, not followers. Great leaders have vision, share vision, and inspire others to create their own.

Why spend our time searching to feel reality, when it’s the times that don’t feel real that we remember forever?

Commitment precedes success. What you are committed to doing you will be successful at doing.

Your life you are living now is a creation of your mind, but if you search deep down you will discover the capacity to create an even better life ... try it!

In the monastery, you are always in some kind of a situation where you are pressured so that your worst qualities come up. But you actually want that to happen so you can deal with them

Little things done with love are better than big things without love.

Life teaches us many lessons daily, even from our mishaps, only if we pay attention

In everybody’s life there’s a point of no return. And in a very few cases, a point where you can’t go forward anymore. And when we reach that point, all we can do is quietly accept the fact. That’s how we survive.

Every winner is inclined to think he will be triumphant forever. Every loser tends to fear that he is going to be beaten forever. But both are wrong for the same reason: Everything changes except the face of god.

They say life is a test and this is a ridiculous idea! There is neither examination nor examinant! You encounter problems in life either because you are stupid or your path just crosses with the problems’ path by luck! Nobody is sending you problems to test you! Stay loose and chuck out the irrational idea of ‘test’ at once!

If others are judgmental and do not appreciate your life's work, don't be dejected. Try to see the incapability of others who are unable to understand the things you understand, and appreciate the capability of seeing something which is not visible to others.

Failure is a sign post, directing the right road for life’s journey.

You are only earning the life you get when your inaction allows people to decide for you.

When you take control of your attitude, you take control of your life.

As for your failures - stop calling them failures. Refer to them as "experiences". That's all they really are - just experiences.

Everybody does stupid things in life. Some of us more than others. You think you're going to get away with it. Or one or both of you just stop thinking. But it happens. And when it does, you can keep drinking it like poison, or you can put it behind you and go make the most of the rest of your life.

Yes, I understand why things had to happen this way. I understand his reason for causing me pain. But mere understanding does not chase away the hurt. It does not call upon the sun when dark clouds have loomed over me. Let the rain come then if it must come! And let it wash away the dust that hurt my eyes!

The only thing that will make you successful is the believe you have in yourself

People tell you to believe in yourself for your whole life, then call you arrogant when you begin taking their advice.

We aren't either afraid or brave, we’re usually both.

You know, the mind is a remarkable thing. Just because you can't see the wound doesn't mean it isn't hurting. It scars all the time, but it heals.

Dare to courageous in life.You have nothing to lose.

The spirit of Christ dwells in a holy body.

And the memories of all we have loved stay and come back to us in the evening of our life. They are not dead but sleep, and it is well to gather a treasure of them.

I abandoned the assigned problems in standard calculus textbooks and followed my curiosity. Wherever I happened to be--a Vegas casino, Disneyland, surfing in Hawaii, or sweating on the elliptical in Boesel's Green Microgym--I asked myself, "Where is the calculus in this experience?

Some choices will either make you perish or prosper, choose properly.

It is by your own that you have to learn a lesson and they by themselves so that they will blame you not.

If it doesn't agree with your spirit let it go.

I started to walk the day I was told I was dying of cancer. I believe walking has kept me alive. I live with a constant, pressing awareness of death. Once I start to walk, I am not afraid anymore; all is well.

Blow by blow a giant is knocked down.

The heart carries heavy loads when it is being trained to carry weighty blessings.

Don't doubt yourself, that's what haters are for.

God is the one subject of reality. Take away the one subject and there is nothing real.

It is easier to deal with one with an empty bank account than with one, with a broke mind.

We are all equally rich when it comes to the currency of time: 24 hours in a day and not one iota more. It is one of life's most level playing fields, ever devised, from the standpoint of a singular day.

You want to be happy? you should first learn how to let it go

Just to say 'I believe' or 'I do not doubt' does not mean that you understand and see. To force oneself to see and accept a thing without understanding is political and not spiritual or intellectual.

Your love awakens my spirit.

Seeds are proof that God puts within you what is supposed to enrich the world around you.

If roses tried to be sunflowers, they would lose their beauty; and if sunflowers tried to be roses, they would lose their strength.

Humanism is my Religion, Good is my adoption , Bad is my Elimination, Acceptance is my Decision, Love is My Gift , Relation is my Affection ,Truth is My Strength, Help Is My Credit , Knowledge is My Treasure

We ourselve are the authors of almost all our woes and griefs, of which we so unreasonably complain.

Beauty is what you make of it. It is undefined and limitless.

I was a new person then, I knew things I had not known before, I knew things that you can know only if you have been through what I had just been through.

I believe that flowers are like people. Flowers come in different colours, shapes and sizes. Some extremely rare and some very common. They are all beautiful in their own unique way.

There are those among us who have erred, deeply and significantly. Who have wounded the world and broken themselves. The worst of them lose themselves in their errors. The best of them crawl back, one foot at a time, and seek to amend their breaches. That is the way of the brave.

Truth. Humans don't need the Truth.

Holding onto your dreams is better than holding onto your nightmares.

No ideals. No illusions. Just reality - but more perfect than you’ve ever imagined. That’s what being mindful and living in the present means.

A ship that sails without a compass will get lost at sea.

Liberty is the act of making the Government Fear what you KNOW!

Neglect of women is the major cause for the society’s downfall. The man and the woman are the two wheels of the society. If either one becomes defective, the society cannot make progress. There will be hope for the well-being of the entire world only if the humans, men and women alike, stop deeming the women as some kind of inferior creatures. We, the responsible citizens of the world can build a better future for the entire species, only by improving the condition of the women.

Don’t be too busy growing old that you forget to grow up.

Baggage is a funny thing. The more you have of it, the heavier it becomes and the longer it takes to reach your destination in life.