Og Mandino
I was not delivered unto this world in defeat, nor does failure course in my veins. I am not a sheep waiting to be prodded by my shepherd. I am a lion and I refuse to talk, to walk, to sleep with the sheep. I will hear not those who weep and complain, for their disease is contagious. Let them join the sheep. The slaughterhouse of failure is not my destiny.
Og Mandino
Remind thyself, in the darkest moments, that every failure is only a step toward success, every detection of what is false directs you toward what is true, every trial exhausts some tempting form of error, and every adversity will only hide, for a time, your path to peace and fulfillment.
Joel Osteen
You must make a decision that you are going to move on. It won't happen automatically. You will have to rise up and say, "I don't care how hard this is, I don't care how disappointed I am. I'm not going to let this get the best of me. I'm moving on with my life."
Dr. Wayne W Dyer
With everything that has happened to you, you can either feel sorry for yourself or treat what has happened as a gift. Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose.
Buddha
When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings; when one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is free of fear.
W. Somerset Maugham
The complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity. The beauty of the morning and the radiance of the moon are good, but it would be a very silly person who drew the curtains and turned on the light in order to shut out the tranquility of the evening. Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth.
Nelson Mandela
No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background or his religion. People learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.
Martin Luther King Jr.
The curse of poverty has no justification in our age. It is socially as cruel and blind as the practice of cannibalism at the dawn of civilization... The time has come for us to civilize ourselves by the total, direct and immediate abolition of poverty.
Leo Tolstoy
- War and Peace
Man consciously lives for himself; but, at the same time, he serves as an unconscious instrument for the accomplishment of historical and social ends. An action once completed is fixed; and when a man's activity coincides with others, with the millions of actions of other men, it requires historical significance. The higher a man stands on the social ladder, the more men he is connected with, the more evident is the predestined and unavoidable necessity of his every action.
Anonymous
Darling, open your eyes. You are not made up of those words that hurt you. Or the number on the scale. The expectations that you feel you will never meet. You are made up of nothing more than you. Simply, beautifully, wonderfully, uniquely you. You are a lovely and complex soul. An individually fascinating combination of ideas, feelings, and emotions. No other is as beautiful as you. Look past the mirror. Only then will you see yourself as you truly are. And don't forget to love yourself.
House, MD
- Everybody Lies.
It's a basic truth of the human condition that everybody lies. The only variable is about what. I don't ask why patients lie, I just assume they all do. Truth begins in lies. I've found that when you want to know the truth about somebody, that somebody is probably the last person you would ask. Reality is almost always wrong. Everybody lies.
Mahatma Gandhi
I believe in the fundamental Truth of all the great religions of the world. I believe that they are all God given. I came to the conclusion long ago... that all religions were true and also that all had some error in them.
John Lennon
When I was five years old, my mother told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up; I wrote down "happy!" They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand life.
Anonoymous
Promise yourself to be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. Look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true. Think only of the best, work only for the best, and expect only the best. Forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future. Give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others. Live in the faith the whole world is on your side.
Anonoymous
If you look close enough to the world around you, you might find someone like you. Someone trying to find their way. Sometimes it's like you're the only one in the world who's struggling, who's unsatisfied, barely getting by. But that feeling's a lie. And if you just hold on, just find the courage to face it all for another day, someone or something will find you and make it all okay. Because we all need a little help sometimes. That someone is out there. And that someone will find you.
Anonymous
- Being a Kid
I miss being a kid. I miss birthday parties in class with cupcakes and spelling tests with the extra credit word being "happiness." I miss being able to run around playing freeze tag all day without getting tired then putting my head on the pillow at night and knocking right out with no worries or cares. I miss eating however much I wanted without a thought. I even miss my short homework. But what I miss the most of all, is that time never seemed to run out.
Nikos Kazantzakis
As long as our souls remain strong, that is all that matters; as long as they don't decline. Because with the fall of certain souls in this world, the world itself will collapse. These are the pillars which support it. They are few, but enough.
Randall Munroe
- Choices: Part 4
Take wrong turns. Talk to strangers. Open unmarked doors. And if you see a group of people in a field, go find out what they are doing. Do things without always knowing how they'll turn out. You're curious and smart and bored, and all you see is the choice between working hard and slacking off. There are so many adventures that you'll miss because you're waiting to think of a plan. To find them, look for tiny interesting choices. And remember that you are always making up the future as you go.
Anonymous
You are the books you read, the films you watch, the people you meet, the dreams you have, the conversations you engage in. You are what you take from these. You are the sound of the ocean, the breath of fresh air, the brightest light and the darkest corner. You are a collective of every experience you have had in your life. You are every single second of every single day. So drown yourself in a sea of knowledge and existence. Let the words run through your veins and the colors fill your mind.
Anonoymous
Give me a man or woman who has read a thousand books and you give me an excellent companion. Give me a man or woman who has read only three and you give me a dangerous enemy indeed.
