Questions Quotes - Page 14

Your ego does not need to be crushed, it needs to be redeemed.

Success comes with a promise and a price. The price has to be paid in full and in advance before the promise is fulfilled.

You have absolute control over your thoughts, and guarding your mind is a choice.

Questions are as supple as willow wands, it's easy to brush by them and slip them aside, and no one the worse for it.

Mind knows the questions, soul knows the answers.

You can do this by disciplining yourself to be selective in what you read, see, hear, say to yourself and the influence of others.

Be willing to give up something you believe to be of value to get something of greater value.

If you pay the price for success, you win. If you avoid payment, you lose. It’s really that simple.

To succeed in life you need five things – a burning desire, a willingness to do whatever it takes, wisdom, incredible effort, and a commitment to never ending improvement.

Accepting complete responsibility is the unsung character trait of those who find uncommon success, and failure to accept responsibility is a common trait of those who end up with a mediocre life.

Discipline is more about self-control through your inner strength and less about restriction.

Inspiration is a lifestyle that must be practised continuously and is one that is never completely mastered.

This is an everyday question and you must take note of it always. When you wake up, it should be among your number one thoughts. What are you doing for others?

Your wisdom decides your value, the size of the problems you can solve, the opportunities you create, and ultimately the level of success you experience.

How do you even start a book you know is going to be your last?

Answers to the most bewildering questions can be got only when asked to oneself

You have mastered the art of discipline when you are able to act according to what you ultimately desire rather than how you feel in the present moment.

The Lord's questions always reveal the true me to myself.

Making good decisions is a skill anyone can develop with effort.

Invest time, energy, and money into increasing your knowledge and wisdom so you can become the best you can be – it’s the best investment you could make.

Ky still looks at me and I wonder for a moment if he is going to ask me what I am thinking about. But of course, he doesn't. He doesn't learn things by asking questions... He learns by watching.

Your rewards in life will be in proportion to the effort you apply.

When I die I hope it may be said:'Her suffering was black, but her books were read'.

To achieve your dreams you must be willing to take consistent and improved action over a defined period.

By focusing your thoughts on the things you are thankful for, you attract more things to be grateful for into your life.

That thing you thought you'd doYou start to think you can't;You always say tomorrow,But you haven't got a plan.Everyone's asking questions,And all you do is dodge.That career that you'd imaginedWas only a mirage.The older that you get,The smaller that you feel;You forget what's only in your head,And what is really real.Sometimes people make it;They become who they meant to be.But most of the time,Dreamers only dream.

I want you to tell me about every person you’ve ever been in love with.Tell me why you loved them,then tell me why they loved you. I wanna know what you see when you look in the mirroron a day you’re feeling good.I wanna know what you see when you look in the mirroron a day you’re feeling bad.I wanna know the first person who taught you your beautycould ever be reflected on a lousy piece of glass.See, I wanna know more than what you do for a living.I wanna know how much of your life you spend just giving,and if you love yourself enough to also receive sometimes.I wanna know if you bleed sometimesfrom other people’s wounds,and if you dream sometimesthat this life is just a balloon —that if you wanted to, you could pop,but you never would‘cause you’d never want it to stop.If a tree fell in the forestand you were the only one there to hear —if its fall to the ground didn’t make a sound,would you panic in fear that you didn’t exist,or would you bask in the bliss of your nothingness?

Find something during the day to celebrate – something you someone did, something you observed or something you heard.

Your daily habit is one of the most important predictors of the quality of your life.

They are probably the single most important deciding factor for long-term success, and your ability to set and make plans to achieve them is the master skill to your successful future.

When we think of success, we often associate those who are successful with the things they do rather than the things they don’t, and focus is found in the latter.

The level of success you experience externally is a reflection of your level of personal development internally.

There are some questions that shouldn't be asked until a person is mature enough to appreciate the answers.

Asking questions is an art.

You should be your best critic and coach.

Sometimes you can get more answers by not asking any questions.

I may not have all the answers, but I do know the questions you no longer need answers for.

Without dreams, the future will remain mediocre. Stay inspired though your dreams.

One thing guaranteed in life is that you’ll experience twists and turns, obstacles, roadblocks, and battles.

He explained to me with great insistence that every question posessed a power that did not lie in the answer.

Success is achieved by the deliberate consistent discipline of taking small steps daily rather than one large step occasionally.

Have you questioned reality today?

what makes you my friend if you doubt my intentions?

If a palmist grasp my palm, and look into it, without seeing a single line, what would he read?

Question everything—no matter how beloved, or how long-held, or how exalted—without apology. Only those who build their world upon lies need fear an inquisitive mind. The truth will remain, even after a storm of doubt and revolution has washed over it. Only illusions need be protected. The truth need not be defended; it existed before us and will continue to exist after us.

Not only are there meaningless questions, but many of the problems with which the human intellect has tortured itself turn out to be only 'pseudo problems,' because they can be formulated only in terms of questions which are meaningless. Many of the traditional problems of philosophy, of religion, or of ethics, are of this character. Consider, for example, the problem of the freedom of the will. You maintain that you are free to take either the right- or the left-hand fork in the road. I defy you to set up a single objective criterion by which you can prove after you have made the turn that you might have made the other. The problem has no meaning in the sphere of objective activity; it only relates to my personal subjective feelings while making the decision.

When you are inspired, there is little you won’t attempt. Find what inspires you, and keep it around and with you always.

All worthwhile endeavours begin in your thoughts, and focusing your thoughts appropriately will increase your chances of success.

On account of its scale and complexity, the world will always outstrip the capacity of any single body to ask fertile questions of it.

Your environment and the associations you keep will affect how you think, feel, and act, and ultimately the results you get.

People love answers, but only as long as they are the ones who came up with them.

There is always a right answer for every question, even for the wrong ones.

She holds herself with such reserve. She smiles, but the smile doesn't reach her eyes, even in the company of the girls she's chosen to eat with. Why?I have no clue, and I really don't want to spend my time worrying about it. But my brain pushes at the question anyway.Why are people aloof?Because they don't want to let others in.Why don't they want to let others in?Well, sometimes because they're shy, and sometimes because they're convinced of their own superiority.But those aren't the only reasons. Sometimes it's because thay have something to hide.

Achieving your goal should always be of secondary importance. Your focus should be on becoming the kind of person deserving of the goal.

I didn’t look at Thanet. I couldn’t because he would see the hurt on my face.“He loves you,” Thanet said. “He’s hurting and it’s not just the Quinn thing. It’s being away from you and wondering if you’re hurting, too. Or if you’re having too much fun to hurt. What he really needed was to laugh, though. So we laughed…until he cried.”That undid me. I looked at Thanet with so many questions on my lips.

The library made me feel safe, as if every question had an answer and there was nothing to be afraid of, as long as I could sort through another volume.

Who am I to decide if he is worth my love or not when I can't even...

Life should not be measured by duration alone but by donation also, by what you do during your lifetime.

Just like life, it was over much too soon. And just like life, there weren't any answers. But like that one-in-an-eight-million great New York moment, I didn't need one. (Dark City Lights)

Creating the abundant life is achieved first by vision not sight.