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not enough to know what to do — we must act on that knowledge in order to have the lives we want.
Aldous Huxley
A meaningful life is made up of a series of daily acts of decency and kindness, which, ironically, add up to something truly great over the course of a lifetime.
Why not start being more of the person you truly are during your days and doing what you can to enrich the world around you?
Kindness, quite simply, is the rent we must pay for the space we occupy on this planet.
tithing
To live happier, more fulfilling lives, when we encounter a difficult circumstance, we must keep shifting our perspective and continually ask ourselves, “Is there a wiser, more enlightened way of looking at this seemingly negative situation?”
In the overall scheme of things, our lives are mere blips on the canvas of eternity.
By being stricter with yourself, you will begin to live life more deliberately, on your own terms rather than simply reacting to life the way a leaf floating in a stream drifts according to the flow of the current on a particular day.
Effective, fulfilled people do not spend their time doing what is most convenient and comfortable. They have the courage to listen to their hearts and to do the wise thing.
essayist and thinker E. M. Gray.
nineteenth-century English writer Thomas Henry Huxley
Maintaining a daily journal is one of the best personal growth initiatives you will ever take.
A journal is not a diary. A diary is a place where you record events while a journal is a place where you analyze and evaluate them.
Saying things we don’t really mean becomes a habit when we practice it long enough. The real problem is that when you don’t keep your word, you lose credibility. When you lose credibility, you break the bonds of trust. And breaking the bonds of trust ultimately leads to a string of broken relationships.
Mother Teresa said, “there should be less talk; a preaching point is not a meeting point. What do you do then? Take a broom and clean someone’s house. That says enough.”
Life’s greatest setbacks reveal life’s biggest opportunities.
Euripides
if you have failed more than others, there is a very good chance you are living more completely than others.
Herodotus
Booker T. Washington
Meditations by the Roman philosopher Marcus Aurelius, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin and Walden by Henry David Thoreau.
start your day well. You will never be the same.
Chinese sage Chuang-tzu
Michael Jordan, the best basketball player in the game’s history,
Jazz great Louis Armstrong
Who cares if others don’t understand what you are trying to accomplish by making the weekly sabbatical an essential part of your life. Do it for yourself, you are worth it.
As a Man Thinketh by James Allen.
Hazrat Inayat Khan said, “The words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels.”
powerful words of Leo Rosten,
desire became almost an obsession for most of them.
Jonas Salk, who discovered the polio vaccine,
“Those who don’t make time for exercise must eventually make time for illness.”
Thoreau said: “It is not enough to be busy, so are the ants. The question is what are you so busy about?”
saying that you don’t have enough time to be silent on a regular basis is a lot like saying you are too busy driving to stop for gas — eventually it will catch up with you.
The first step to realizing your life vision is defining it. And the first step to becoming the person you want to be is identifying the traits of the person you want to be.
Getting up early is a gift you give to yourself.
Ted Turner and Mary Kay Ash.
It is during life’s most trying times that we discover who we really are and the fullness of the strength that lies within us.
Rainer Maria Rilke,
Comedian Steve Martin reportedly laughs for five minutes in front of the mirror every morning to get his creative juices flowing and to start his day on a high note (try it — it works).
“We don’t laugh because we are happy. We are happy because we laugh.”
Gary Larson’s Far Side series or the much-read Dilbert cartoons, to stimulate your laughter habit.
moments of synchronicity where something perfect happens at just the right time.
marrow of life,
in the words of Sophocles, “Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.”
André Gide observed, “One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore
Remember, there are no real failures in life, only results. There are no true tragedies, only lessons. And there really are no problems, only opportunities waiting to be recognized as solutions by the person of wisdom.
as Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”
