Inspirational Quotes - Page 69

Death, there will be death, aye. Your lordship lost a son at the Red Wedding. I lost four upon the Blackwater. And why? Because the Lannisters stole the throne. Go to King’s Landing and look on Tommen with your own eyes, if you doubt me. A blind man could see it. What does Stannis offer you? Vengeance. Vengeance for my sons and yours, for your husbands and your fathers and your brothers. Vengeance for your murdered lord, your murdered king, your butchered princes. Vengeance!

They flew to avoid the horrors of land and sea, Daedalus and Icarus were for few moments free. Though the sun was Icarus' ultimate bane, we came to always remember his name. For he felt the sun's burn, a lesson Daedalus would never learn. When he found his son's corpse and looked upon his face, he saw a smile there fastened in place. He continued his life wondering what his son had seen, hoping it was worth it since his dead smile was so serene. The sun always seemed to mock him after, shining, brilliant, blinding laughter. Daedalus grew withered and haunted by light, preferring the sea's air in the depths of night. He watched lunar birds soar through the stars and away, forever regretting his decision to take flight during the day. He had lost his son to the sun in a twist of anomaly, he wondered which of them truly escaped that day, in all honesty.

No one can win every battle, but no man should fall without a struggle

Maybe this is a second doctoral program: advanced learning about life, death, marriage, mothering, family, faith, patience, prayer. My degree will be 'Doctor of Life,' and I will be in good company. So many of us earn our 'Doctor of Life' degrees.

The willingness to burn your ships, cut off all sources of retreat, and take decisive action is often the only assured path to success.

Listen to your inner self, it knows you best.

Questions control how you think, and thinking is the root contributor to the results and outcomes of your life

One subtle arena of attack is in the area of pride. Praying people can become prideful about their praying. Non-participants can become prideful in their resistance. The enemy seeks to divide and conquer every initiative of prayer.

The nonpermanent appearance of happiness and distress, and their disappearance in due course, are like the appearance and disappearance of winter and summer seasons.They arise from sense perception,and one must learn to tolerate them without being disturbed.

On October 14th, the sweetest thing happened to me. On that day at sunset, I met you by the sea. It was that day I found a great purpose and a wonderful reason to be.

Never let your success interfere with your humanness.

Like love, like talent, like any other virtue, like anything else in this life, happiness needs to be nurtured - this is the truth of the whole matter.

Unforgiveness is so much stress, I tell you. You just keep going round in circles instead of taking a straight path which forgiveness offers.

When good things are on the horizon you keep walking towards the sun.

If attempting to make the world a civilized one, makes you a bad woman in the eyes of the dumb patriarchal society, then, by all means, be it.

God helps those who strut their stuff.

The lesson here is clear: If you want people to understand that you value their contributions and that they are important, the recognition and praise you provide must have meaning that is specific to each individual.

If you want a new life you need to hurry up and close the door on your old life.

I used to feel afraid of the future, always assuming the worst. But now I've realized that my worst fears have already happened, and I've survived them! I've walked into the fire and made it out alive. Only the loss of a close loved one could have "woken me up" to reality in the same way.

Cheat your landlord if you can and must, but do not try to shortchange the Muse. It cannot be done. You can't fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal.

All one can really leave one's children is what's inside their heads. Education, in other words, and not earthly possessions, is the ultimate legacy, the only thing that cannot be taken away.

Never you fight a man that knows and understand the mysteries about God.

Change is the rule. Permanence is an illusion.

Live with Fulfillment, Serve with Passion so in this Lifetime you will have the ablility to Die with NO Regrets.

Graciously honor the freedom at which Christmas so peacefully - came into being.

A little belief, a little faith, a little hope is sometimes all we need, to see the light.

Your life begins to change the day you take responsibility for it.

Love is the greatest treasure of humanity.

The only test is what you see when you look in a mirror.

Be simple and kind with a loving heart. These attributes make you more beautiful and attractive than any make up.

I will once again keep my eyes open to the changes so that I won't miss even a single spec of chance. Life is possible, believe it, LIFE'S POSSIBLE!

My wish for you is that your life will always be filled with an abundance of love, joy, and wonderful, amazing moments.

Believe is the first step of faith.

How much others love you is not very important, but how much you love yourself will define your success.

The culture of women in the church today is crippled by some very pervasive lies. "To be spiritual is to be busy. To be spiritual is to be disciplined. To be spiritual is to be dutiful." No, to be spiritual is to be in Romance with God. The desire to be romanced lies deep in the heart of every women. It is for such that you were made. Are you ARE romanced, and ever will be.

If you have the choice between humble and cocky, go with cocky. There's always time to be humble later, once you've been proven horrendously, irrevocably wrong.

I believe in the possible. I believe, small though we are, insignificant though we may be, we can reach a full understanding of the universe. You were right when you said you felt small, looking up at all that up there. We are very, very small, but we are profoundly capable of very, very big things.

Self-pity imprisons us in the walls of our own self-absorption. The whole world shrinks down to the size of our problem, and the more we dwell on it, the smaller we are and the larger the problem seems to grow. Awareness of others is a healthy antidote to this self-focus.

Believe in your dream and define yourself endlessly.

Life is about cherishing memories, getting lost in moments of beauty, and enjoying profound joy and happiness.

Our lessons come from the journey, not the destination.

You know that you won’t remain Centered all the time, and it is a normal part of human life to drift left or right of Center sometimes.

It’s your responsibility and no one else’s to keep yourself inspired.

I stood in my garden as the rain poured down, eyes closed, and when I opened them I thought to myself how I'd never seen anything more beautiful. Green flashed before my eyes; trees, leaves and grass, glittering with raindrops, the tears of angels weeping with sadness and joy; green, the colour of love, to remind me why I'm here.

Opportunities will never notify you before knocking, but you need to be ready to open the doors.

Live your life in such a way that you'll be remembered for your kindness, compassion, fairness, character, benevolence, and a force for good who had much respect for life, in general.

If you can't do great things, do small things in a great way.

Beauty cannot be limited to physical appearances... because beauty can be felt without being seen.

Be focused and learn what it takes to excel in your calling. Be patient and persistent in your drive to succeed. Be ready to pay the price of success because wealth without sweat is wishful thinking. Never give up on your dreams so you don’t lose what can actually bring you true success.

Skills do not qualify or disqualify any of us from our purpose.

There remains unique questions calling for a unique mission like yours to answer – and that is your key to significance. Find them and be the answer.

Science, in all its greatness, is still subject to human creativity. It starts the first moment a child tries to reach up and grab at the clouds. Soon, the child learns that his own hands cannot reach the sky, but his hands are not the limit of his potential. For the human brain observes, considers, understands, and adapts. Locked within the mind is infinite possibility.

The Acceptance of who you are is in the embrace of who you will become.

Hearing voices no one else can hear isn't a good sign, even in the wizarding world.

If you see only problems, then the doors of opportunities will close. If you see only opportunities, then problems will fly away.

Gratitude is a spiritual heaven.

We're better than Galileo. Because he's dead.

Encouraging words are hands that pool others from the despair of life.

Fear is a disease of mind we inherit from society.

It is not so much what happens to you as how you think about what happens." Epictetus