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Foolishly we believe that wisdom is the amassing of knowledge. We want to know more, but we do not want to live what we already know.
want to live in peace. This is my single greatest desire. Perhaps it sounds simplistic, but when I have this peace I am happy and in love with life. Without this peace, life is a drudgery.
I believe that everything good comes from knowing and living in the will of God. I believe that I was created for a purpose. I believe that there is a plan for each of us—a divine blue-print—a mission.
Noise is the mouthpiece of the world. Silence is the mouth-piece of God. It is in the classroom of silence that God bestows His infinite wisdom on men and women.
There is nothing more fundamental than breathing. Breathe. Don’t forget to breathe. The way you breathe can change your state more quickly than any other controllable physiological aspect of the human person.
Thought determines action. Do not let your whole life be a reaction to the things that happen around you each day. Let your life be an action.
Faith is a liberating force. Religion is a liberating force. Spirituality is a liberating force. It is natural for human beings to pray: we are naturally spiritual beings. We live in a material world, but we are not solely material.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Where there is injury, let me sow pardon; where there is doubt, let me sow faith; where there is despair, let me sow hope; where there is darkness, let me sow light; and where there is sadness, let me sow joy.
Not every person with their eyes closed is asleep, and not every person with their eyes open can see.
If you don’t break from the tensions of daily living, they will break you.
Our lives have a habit of gathering a momentum of their own, plunging forward, with or without our consent. Learn to slow down and access life.
They realize they cannot do it alone. They take time to love and be loved. They cherish people—realizing that nothing worthwhile can be achieved without the love and help of others.
Truly successful people have character. Part of that character is an unwavering commitment to excellence. They know the art of discipline. Successful people just have better habits than the rest. You are your habits.
Have courage, smile, keep your chin up, laugh often, be kind to yourself, stay focused, be gracious and appreciative, think happy thoughts, and carry on regardless.
They allow themselves to dream. They imagine perfect circumstances. They place no limitations upon their decision-making process. They ask: What would be best? What is the will of God? If I could do anything, what would I do?
The whole world will get out of the way for someone who knows what he wants and where he is going.
Who you become is infinitely more important than what you do or what you have.
You are here for some reason. You have been born to live one life. Out of the infinite possible lives you could construct out of the opportunities that will present themselves to you, you must choose your one life.
Even when you cannot understand people, accept them, cherish them.
People are a gift. Each person who crosses through your life is a chance to love, a chance to really live. Cherish people.
steady. Let things have their place. Be present in your own life. It is an amazing and rare gift. When you meet a person who has this gift, there is no mistaking it. People who are present to their own lives have this striking ability to focus on who and what is before
True greatness is achieved by making a difference in other people’s lives. What moves a person from success to significance? Making a difference in the lives of other people.
“And so shines a good deed in a weary world.” This is what our world needs. It is what we need. It is what makes the world a joy to live in. It is what fills us with a tangible sense of our own worth and wealth.
there is no faster, surer way to share in the life, the power, and the infinite joy of God than to give.
The good we do is never lost; it never dies. In other people, in other places, in other times—the good we do lives on forever. Be the difference that makes the difference!
People hear what you say, and they listen, and they are affected. People watch how you live, and they learn, and they are influenced.
Those who wish to be free from criticism inevitably end up doing nothing worthwhile.
do the very best I know how—the best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end. If the end brings me out all right, what is said against me won’t amount to anything. If the end brings me out wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank among those timid souls who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.
The most wonderful thing about love is that it is highly contagious. Love demands a response. Love determines the response. Love begets love.
