Life Quotes - Page 34

I find few things more personally enriching than exploring the parameters of my own ignorance.

Butterfly KissesAged imperfectionsstitched upon my faceyears and years of wisdomearned by His holy grace.Quiet solitude in a humble homeall the family scattered nowlike nomads do they roam.Then a giftsent from abovea memorypure and tangiblewrapped in innocence andunquestioning love.A butterfly kisslands gently upon my cheekfrom an unseen childa kiss most sweet.Heaven grants graceand tears followas youth revisitsthis empty hollow.

Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life

If there is anything you need in life that you haven’t gotten, it is because you are yet to pay for it via the currency of time.

End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path. One that we all must take.

Quit lying to yourself and accept your power and beauty. Liberate yourself from the slow-death you call life.

Without an anchor, we can be drifted to any shore. May you find hope as anchor.

Intimidated, old traumas triggered, and fearing for my safety, I did what I felt I needed to do.

Mais, dans la mort d’un homme, un monde inconnu meurt, et je me demandais quelles étaient les images qui sombraient en lui.

Perspective makes all the difference. It’s not what you look at; it’s what you see… Remember that the sun never actually sets; it's our perspective that makes it appear to. Our sunset is another’s sunrise. It's all perspective. How would your life be different if you applied this truth to the things that cause you stress? Letting go isn’t about erasing the past; it’s about looking at the same event and seeing something different. Activate this power in your life! Take the pain and poison of the past and allow it to nourish a new found wisdom. Remember, you can't change the past, but you can change the labels you place on events. Perspective - it’s not what you look at; it’s what you see.

It is no accident that Sufis find that they can connect most constructively with people who are well integrated into the world, as well as having higher aims, and that those who adopt a sensible attitude towards society and life as generally known can usually absorb Sufi teachings very well indeed

What you see and what you listen to will determine how high you will go.

Every key belongs to a lock, and every lock contains a secret. My mind churns for the truth that you hold. Why are you here? I never desired this for you, yet I am curious to know. Is this idle gaud the answer I seek, or is it merely the old memory of a dream I thought I once lived?

Life is suffering--and yet.

Hopes and desires are the fundamental source if creation.

There is no elegance in this existence, nor grace in our lives. There is nothing poetic about feasting on blood that spills from torn flesh...

The more completely you can be yourself, the more fully and consciously you participate in the world.

Disturb my sleep but darling don't dare disturb my dreams!

Age may catch up with you, just never let it over take you.

Conflict connects us to life, just as life connects us to conflict.

Tis Fate that flings the dice,And as she flingsOf kings makes peasants,And of peasants kings.

There's no greater show on earth than observing human nature

Fate will catch up to you, souls don't have a physical address.

Imagine yourself doing what is best for you. Commit yourself to excellence. Transform yourself with dedication into excellence, from daily self-improvement and practice. Enjoy doing the process.

Often she felt as though she had been picked up and turned about like a kaleidoscope, that all her complacent assumptions had been shaken up and reassembled in a different order

Isn't it strange that I know you'd risk your life to save mine, but I don't even know what your favorite color is?

Don't overestimate everyone else and underestimate yourself

Ultimately, we are all products of the experiences we have and the decisions we make as children, and it remains a peculiar detail of human condition that something as precious as the future is entrusted to us when we possess so little foresight. Perhaps that's what makes hindsight so intriguing. When you're young the future is a blank canvas, but looking back you are always able to see the big picture.

Surely there is a knowing behind it all. There is a teacher, an expresser, a creator, an artist perhaps, a poet certainly that has designed and presented all of the clues that we need to navigate life with some degree of grace, and perhaps with a greater degree of happiness than we now have.

You can start anew at any given moment. Life is just the passage of time and it’s up to you to pass it as you please.

When a man learns to love, he must bear the risk of hatred.

Becoming a great leader doesn’t mean being perfect. it means living with your imperfections.

More than death, one fears the utter isolation that accompanies it. We try to go through life two by two, but each one of us must die alone- no one can die our death with us or for us. The shunning of the dying by the living prefigures final absolute abandonment

Without someone speaking into your life and keeping you on track with the things you believe, you have a tendency to drift into habitual sin- and you recognize this about yourself.

Someone engulfed by fury cannot think rationally.

Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness.Listen to it carefully.

i do concentrate to make my soul beautiful more than my Body just for the reason because one day my body will expire but my soul is imperishable

I don't judge people. It blurs out the center of my attention,my focus, myself.

So because you are converting it, you are winning back your time.

You can only derive pleasure from work when it is in the sphere of your calling

You can't prepare for everything life's going to throw at you. And you can't avoid danger. It's there. The world is a dangerous place, and if you sit around wringing your hands about it, you'll out on all the adventure.

Three weeks ago, he’d seen hail fall from the sky, onlyto be followed minutes later by a spectacular rainbow that seemed to frame the azalea bushes. The colors, so vivid they seemed almost alive, made him think that nature sometimes sends us signs, that it’s important to remember that joy can always follow despair. But a moment later, the rainbow had vanished and the hail returned, and he realized that joy was sometimes only an illusion.

Your calling and destiny is where your love and hate meet

Have you ever asked yourself this question "what can God do through me?" The preacher has no platform if the people has no sense of mission.

Why settle for a lesser vision? When you are destiny for greatness!

Sometimes we focus too much on the lyrics that we forget to dance to the music. And sometimes we dance to the music and don't listen to the lyrics. Let the rhythm guide you. Let the lyrics inspire you.

You are the prisoner, the prison and the prison keeper. Only you hold the key to your freedom.

The duel may go on for long, but the self-defense often wins over the self-reproach.

This is your time, right now, to get up and start moving. With motivation floating in the air around you, take a chance at your dreams. This moment may never come again. This motivation may be lost. This might be the last chance you have to change your life. Are you going to waste this chance? Are you willing to give up your dreams out of fear? Time is not going to stop. Time will keep leaving until, before you know it, your life is gone. This life is the only chance you get, this life will never restart. This is it. Is the way you are living right now worth your life?

Doing something later is not automatically the same as doing something better

I am happy because my mind is always filled with happy thoughts.

Fewer the necessities, better your life will be.

Sometimes, kids want you to hurt the way they hurt.

The main strength of the subconscious mind is that it stores all of a person’s beliefs

Every carbon atom in every living thing on the planet was produced in the heart of a dying star.

Sometimes all you've got is yourself.

The springboard for your success is between your ears.

A little bump in the road is just a bump. There's more ahead until you reach your destination.

I don’t wish for more time. I wish for more courage to live freely right now.

Your success must never be left to others. You must be able to visualize it and see it through your own eyes, whilst others assist you to see it better and make it clearer.