Inspirational Quotes - Page 72

Life is short. Kiss slowly, laugh insanely, love truly and forgive quickly

We live in a largely addictive society that continues to reinforce the defenses we learned as children; this reinforcement comes in the form of a negative social pressure to soothe ourselves, to try to obtain instant gratification. . . Many people who suffered deprivation in childhood continue to accept substitute gratifications in the forms of drugs, alcohol, tobacco, television, video games, overwork, and other activities that distract them from experiencing their real lives.

The customer is always right...even when they're wrong.

Stop blaming outside circumstances for your inside chaos.

The secret to living is loving.

Each of us has more intelligence than we are trained to use and the part that we get graded on in school doesn’t amount to much.

We perceive our circumstances as good or bad. The circumstances in themselves are powerless unless we attach our emotions to them.A boyfriend and girlfriend witnessing the sunset together find it so very romantic. But if they are forced to stay separately, the same sunset causes pain since they are apart.A man dying of terminal illness finds it as a signal of death.A depressed man finds it as "one more day gone".A poet finds poetry in the sunset.A painter finds beautiful shades in it.It's the same sunset but the perceptions are different.Learn to see a situation as just a situation. Neither good nor bad. Then there is no pain. No ecstasy.Learn to just BE. Don't try to BE.Love and Peace to All!!!

Under chronic stress, your body is more apt to enter a state of dis-ease. Unable to achieve its natural balance, it can’t function the way it should. The ripple effects can be profound. And yet Western medicine has trained us to focus on symptomsrather than root causes like stress. Page 71

A death in reverse is the rewinding of life. I do not die of old age, in a bed surrounded by strangers my loved ones paid to take care of me. I die in reverse. I die falling backinto a younger age. From my forty-five years to twenty-five. To sixteen. When we were in love. To fourteen: when we first met. To five. To one. To the hospital my mother died at from the complications of my existence. A life for a life.

You are only as authentic as the substance you have inside you. Having others take your examinations or doing your assignments and projects is to reduce the level of authenticity of your qualification as well as your personal brand. Master your chosen area of study to the highest level and demonstrate that you have full knowledge as a specialist. Let the depth of your knowledge make you sought after and respected. Define yourself and be authentic.

Fear is how you lose your life...a little bit at a time...What we give to fear, we take away from...faith.

We are Spirit Beings walking around in fleshly attire.

The more beauty you see, the more beautiful you become.

I came looking for life and I found you

A brother is like gold and a friend is like diamond. If gold cracks you can melt it and make it just like it was before. If a diamond cracks, it can never be like it was before.

I believe that half the trouble in the world comes from people asking 'What have I achieved?' rather than 'What have I enjoyed?' I've been writing about a subject I love as long as I can remember--horses and the people associated with them, anyplace, anywhere, anytime. I couldn't be happier knowing that young people are reading my books. But even more important to me is that I've enjoyed so much the writing of them.

We all must do what we have to do to get where we need to be. Ultimately, you make that final decision yourself.

Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark in the hopeless swamps of the not-quite, the not-yet, and the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach. The world you desire can be won. It exists.. it is real.. it is possible.. it's yours.

Before that no one thought of us as colored-foreign maybe, exotic and dark, but not colored.

Here’s what's breaking into my imagination and whatever is in there; that you are not afraid you’ve seen, is yours to take.

Before you give up, let the hope shine again.

Education is experience, and the essence of experience is self-reliance.

It's not your end goal that gives life to your required actions, it's your required actions that give life to your end goal.

Love cannot be hidden. It even shines in the darkest places." ~ Carla Olson Gade, The Shadow Catcher's Daughter

Outside, the dogs whine over the wind. They sense the wolves - they sense the wild. It calls to them, like it calls to me, and I wonder sometimes if we are the only ones who hear it.

the opening,the breaking,the falling apartis always so quick.the hurting,the healing,the putting back togetheris always too long.

If I found a job, a project, an idea or a person I wanted-I'd have to depend on the whole world. Everything has strings leading to everything else. We're all so tied together. We're all in a net, the net is waiting and it's precious to you. Do you know who is standing ready to tear it out of your hands? You can't know, it may be so involved and so far away, but someone is ready, and you're afraid of them all. And you cringe and you crawl and you beg and you accept them-just so they'll let you keep it. And look at whom you come to accept.

Knowledge is a potential power when we use it to gain wisdom through reflection and careful actions.

Life is not about tomorrow. Life is about living your fullest today.

We're so self-important. So arrogant. Everybody's going to save something now. Save the trees, save the bees, save the whales, save the snails. And the supreme arrogance? Save the planet! Are these people kidding? Save the planet? We don't even know how to take care of ourselves; we haven't learned how to care for one another. We're gonna save the fuckin' planet? . . . And, by the way, there's nothing wrong with the planet in the first place. The planet is fine. The people are fucked! Compared with the people, the planet is doin' great. It's been here over four billion years . . . The planet isn't goin' anywhere, folks. We are! We're goin' away. Pack your shit, we're goin' away. And we won't leave much of a trace. Thank God for that. Nothing left. Maybe a little Styrofoam. The planet will be here, and we'll be gone. Another failed mutation; another closed-end biological mistake.

Let the Soulful will of all that exists within - gift you the knowledge to fulfill all that is, without.

Trial and error open the portal to perfection.

We are, now, just as valuable, intelligent, and real as Eliot or any of his contemporaries. Our ideas and experiences are just as sound and true. Our passion to save our world from what we see it becoming is just as authentic. We are always the Lost Generation, but with different accoutrements.

Love' is the only weapon I have, I will defend with love, I will attack with love.

You will only attract what you think of.

Sometimes stepping away from what you desire the most, is the best action to take: because it gives the process the momentum to take its own course.

Give up to grace. The ocean takes care of each wave 'til it gets to shore. You need more help than you know.

Fault always lies in the same place: with him weak enough to lay blame.

I would rather listen to someone who tried and failed than someone who dreamed but never tried.

Man is not merely born to make money. But to fulfill is mission.

Men brave and generous live the best lives, seldom will they sorrow; then there are fools, afraid of everything, who grumble instead of giving.

Live like you want, not how others want you to live.

I am not interested in what is pleasant. I'm interested in what's useful.

We are often let down by the most trusted people and loved by the most unexpected ones. Some make us cry for things that we haven't done, while others ignore our faults and just see our smile. Some leave us when we need them the most, while some stay with us even when ask them to leave. The world is a mixture of people. We just need to know which hand to shake and which hand to hold! After all that's life, learning to hold on and learning to let go.

Beauty is irrelevant to human life, especially in a relationship.

I am forever grateful for not knowing—What would have been. WHAT WILL BE holds none of those bittersweet pangs and it is lit w joy.

All of my life God has allowed me to share prospectives with people who are different. You cannot lead people whose prospective you are not willing to understand.

All the material wealth cannot satisfy the soul.

Life is filled with endless opportunities.

The truth is, we never know what life will bring us and we don't have as much control as we might think we have. But we CAN choose how we walk through life and how we spend our time.

Religion deals with beliefs and faith, but science deals with truth and facts.

No matter what, love everyone because everyone is craving love.

It is good to be brave, it is better to be good; strive to be both.

A knowledgeable manager can lend to the success of an organization "almost" as much as a poorly trained manager can damage it.

You will never know everything. Knowledge unfolds as we move forward. Sitting back and waiting to know everything before we do anything is a waste of life.~ I Am Another You

Breaking childhood teachings is never easy, and in essence, they are like white noise that can sometimes stop us from listening to ourselves, or having to listen to ourselves.

When a storm shows up, always remind yourself a rainbow is hiding behind it.

Any obstacle is an opportunity to gain strength and think differently.

You are born for service, service is love, service is joy, service brings endless peace and happiness.

It is when things are at worst you will get the best.