Quotes To Live By Quotes - Page 3

Believing is seeing" is much more effective for me than the old notion that seeing is believing.

...If only Dad hadn't cheated. If only Mom had found a way to be happier. If only Nina hadn't run away. If only I could deal with it better. 'If' and 'only' are the two most useless words in the human vocabulary, Dr. Hakim had made a habit of saying. They should never be used together in a sentence, because they speak of something that's beyond your ability to change. A waste of energy.

You won’t fail! That’s the fear in you lying to you. You will succeed! That’s why fear is trying so hard to stop you. I encourage you to take that first step. Walk into your purpose and do what you were born to do. Have faith in yourself. Have courage to move forward doubting NOTHING. Doubt has no place and serves no purpose. Give yourself a chance to uncover all of the greatness that’s within you!

Our heads are full of comparisons, needs for approval and attention, a desire to be at other places, imagining things could be better there and thus hating our reality.We are the only ones to blame for our own suffering.We hurt ourselves every time we think of how other people should behave according to our standards and then suffer when they appear to be individuals; every time we open a book with so many expectations about it from what we’ve heard and hoped it to be, and then close it in disappointment, realizing it’s something totally different (maybe beautiful, inspiring and challenging, but nothing that met our expectations).

You may be a poet and not even know it.

Since nothing is absolute There is no absolute silence, Only an appearance Of temporary peace.

The bible is so simple you have to have someone else help you misunderstand it..

There is a pledge of the big and of the small in the infinite.

If someone is speaking to you and elevating themselves at the expense of another, consider the source a non-factor; that's keepin' it 'sucka-free'.

Self-confidence will take you places where degrees and money can't. beliefs in self will always make you a winner.

Right now in this world, a child is dying from an ailment because its family cannot afford to buy charcoal for boiling water.Right now in this world, a girl is striving to find firewood from trees that no more exist, and water from sources that are poisonous.Right now in this world, a boy is out fishing in a lake rich with inedible species.Right now in this world, a mother is drowning in heavy rainfall, to save her belongings.Right now in this world, a man has lost his dignity because all his eff orts to save have been wiped away to poverty by unforeseen calamities.Right now in this world, a family is starving because drought has invaded their once fertile land.Right now in this world, a nation is planning for refugee status due to adverse climate conditions.Right now in this world, you have a choice to help alleviate environmental problems caused by humankind.

Faith is not mere belief but is that state you attain when you send your will, words, thoughts, beliefs, and actions into orbit around a chosen goal

All people are enslaved by something.

This inability to just do nothing is a direct result of our habit of externalisation. As children we are never taught in schools, or in social settings, to look within ourselves for answers. Whether it is that our answers are found in some sort of religion, or another person, or in something else, we start to make this common practice. We are indecisive in life looking to friends, family, counsellors, teachers, and even strangers for advice. We are never taught or, better yet, shown how to look after our number one relationship in life, which is the relationship with one’s self.

See the world as it is, not as you wish it would be

You’ve got to reach bedrock to become depressed enough before you are forced to accept the reality and enormity of the problem.

If you mould yourself according to time and let yourself flow with the changingcircumstances, see, what you will soon transform into.

Life is a series of such moments. And making each one matter means you’re living your life to the fullest.

We are all an unforgettable artwork and a story yet to be told.

How you matter is defined by the things that matter to you. You matter as much as the things that matter to you do.

We don’t know anything about silent sages, buried knowledge, the eye of the mute poet, serene seers, yet how many talkative destroyers, prophets and ideologues, teachers and beautifiers there are on the other side.

The companion of patience is silence.

I Am ! Two powerful words.... You must confess... I Am who God called me to be. I Am a Success. I Am not what you think of me. I Am more than a conqueror. I Am walking by Faith. I Am a Gift.

Until you commit your goals to paper, you have intentions that are seeds without soil.

Love is not love which alters when it alterations finds. Sonnet 116

Remember diamonds are created under pressure so hold on, it be your time to shine soon.

Your aspirations are deeply influenced by your inspirations. Don't produce bad situations due to a lack of creative ambitions.

There is nothing more powerful than this moment your living, now, more powerful than your convictions and truths, spend time with what your heart desires and souls screams for. Life ends a day before we know it, it's so important to chase everything that matters to you.

When do you become a man? Becoming a man means doing the right thing even though it may be hard or difficult. Boys do what is easiest. A man does what is right, whether easy or not.

Go somewhere or go nowhere, the choice is yours.

Intense, sustained focus fuels manifestation.

A woman does not become whole until she has a baby.

Rise up to wise up.

Great hopes make everything great possible.

We do not have to believe something is right- to believe a person has a right to choose it. God doesn't force us to serve him. It is a freewill choice we make, so why in the name of all that is holy and right do we think we can force other people to live by our particular brand of religion? We are commanded to Love if we are Christ servers.

To expect to be kissed having bad breath is the secret of a fool.

To hide feelings when you are near crying is the secret of dignity.

If you forget where you came from, you've gone too far.

If someone you love and care for is determined to traverse the path of despair, natural law obliges that they ‘will’ regardless of any and all efforts to redirect their lowly path.

It is not what you say, but how you say it. "Pick that pencil up! -would you mind picking up the pencil? - would you please pick up the pencil?" The way things are said, makes a huge difference in what people think of you. I told my daughter this many times.

There is always the question why And there is always life, Which doesn't need an answer.

Just one act of kindness can change someone's whole world.

The wall sawyer did not ask the little queen what she did. This was because in the little queen’s kingdom, people only volunteered their doings if they wanted to, and they never asked others their doings. It was considered impolite. Asking what one did was like asking who they were, and that was too simple a question for a very complex answer.

There’s so much to learn. So much to enjoy. So terribly much to be curious about. Take your life and run with it. Make a habit of being alive. This much of anything, I have learned. And am still learning.

Vandals listen only when others are stronger.If vandals are equal or strongerTheir word is the last word.

The night is still waiting.

Life into death— Life’s other shape, No rupture, Only crossing.

You are the most priced before God.Acknowledge this

All of a sudden,You seemed to beStranger than a fiction,to me.

If a person is not inspiring you positively. There is no reason for you to be around them. You don't need their negativity in your life. There's already too much in the world. Surround yourself with people who are going to uplift you and encourage you to move forward with your dreams and goals.

I had never seen the end of day and the beginning of the night greet each other. We were caught in the loveliness between the two. A House Like a Lotus

The results you deserve depend on your will to make your success happen."-Steven Cuoco

Look for the hidden blessings in difficult situations.

Your choices are made in a moment, and yet their consequences transcend a lifetime.

You don’t want to get to the top of the ladder only to find out you had it leaning up against the wrong wall.