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We shall never learn to feel and respect our real calling and destiny, unless we have taught ourselves to consider every thing as moonshine, compared with the education of the heart.
Our strength grows out of our weakness.
One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything everynight before you go to bed.
I used to walk down the street like I was a super star... I want people to walk around delusional about how great they can be - and then to fight so hard for it every day that the lie becomes the truth.
Some people are making such thorough preparation for rainy days that they aren't enjoying today's sunshine.
Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.
What can be added to the happiness of the man who is in health, who is out of debt, and has a clear conscience?
I think a lot of times we don't pay enough attention to people with a positive attitude because we assume they are naive or stupid or unschooled.
A positive frame of mind will definitely enhance your travelling experience. If I'm not in a positive frame of mind then the whole thing definitely becomes more of a challenge for me.
I think it would be well, and proper, and obedient, and pure, to grasp your one necessity and not let it go, to dangle from it limp wherever it takes you.
And we can see the positive impacts right here at Solyndra. Less than a year ago, we were standing on what was an empty lot. But through the Recovery Act, this company received a loan to expand its operations. This new factory is the result of those loans.
Positivity opens us. The first core truth about positive emotions is that they open our hearts and our minds, making us more receptive and more creative.
I don't think of myself as a role model. I do try to live in a compassionate, considerate and positive way. The only advice I can offer is to find what you love to do, find the joy in it, and express yourself through your passion.
The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them.
Does not the very word 'creative' mean to build, to initiate, to give out, to act - rather than to be acted upon, to be subjective? Living photography is positive in its approach, it sings a song of life - not death.
We all have different desires and needs, but if we don't discover what we want from ourselves and what we stand for, we will live passively and unfulfilled.
It comes down to building your own world out here on the road. It's who you surround yourself with. My band and crew are really positive guys.
Issue a blanket pardon. Forgive everyone who has ever hurt you in any way. Forgiveness is a perfectly selfish act. It sets you free from the past.
When you have a sense of calling, whether it's to be a musician, soloist, artist, in one of the technical fields, or a plumber, there is something deep and enriching when you realize it isn't just a casual choice, it's a divine calling. It's not limited to vocational Christian service by any means.
If you want to have world peace - peace in your family, peace in your town and peace in your own bedroom - you simply begin with whatever creates peace within yourself. This vibration will go out from you in waves, and these waves have a very positive impact on the world.
Make me immortal with a kiss.
You don't stop running because you get old, you get old because you stop running.
It is a weird feeling to have people go, 'Hey Chris' like they know me. But, number one, 99 percent of my experiences have been really cool. People couldn't be nicer and more positive.
Being positive is like going up a mountain. Being negative is like sliding down a hill. A lot of times, people want to take the easy way out, because it's basically what they've understood throughout their lives.
It is our failure to become our perceived ideal that ultimately defines us and makes us unique. It's not easy, but if you accept your misfortune and handle it right your perceived failure can become a catalyst for profound re-invention.
Success builds character, failure reveals it.
I don't just want a better deal for Britain. I want a better deal for Europe too. So I speak as British prime minister with a positive vision for the future of the European Union. A future in which Britain wants, and should want, to play a committed and active part.
Listening is a positive act: you have to put yourself out to do it.
Real success comes in small portions day by day. You need to take pleasure in life's daily little treasures. It is the most important thing in measuring success.
As Bob Dole found out, you can't keep a positive image while being your party's mouthpiece in Congress. That's why no legislative leader since James Madison has ever been elected president.
The worst times can be the best if you think with positive energy.
I learned to take those experiences that were difficult in my life and in the adversity that I had overcome to use it for a positive change.
Man is happy only as he finds work worth doing - and does it well
If you don't learn to laugh at troubles, you won't have anything to laugh at when you grow old.
The past has no power over the present moment.
Think as little as possible about yourself and as much as possible about other people.
People always say congratulations. When you're a successful bidder it means you're willing to spend more money than anyone else. I'm not sure if that's congratulations or condolences.
Everything is unfolding perfectly. And as you relax and find ease in your attitude of trust, knowing that Well-Being is your birth-right, amazing things will happen. Things the likes of which you have not seen before.
Let go of the oars... Everything you want is downstream.
Let me remember I am one with God. Our shining footprints point the way to truth, for God is our Companion as we walk the world a little while.
Today or any day that phone may ring and bring good news.
It's so easy, To think about Love, To Talk about Love, To wish for Love, But it's not always easy, To recognize Love, Even when we hold it.... In our hands.
You know I think that going into therapy is a very positive thing, and talking about it is really helpful, because the more you talk the more your fears fade, because you get it out.
If anything terrifies me, I must try to conquer it.
No matter who you meet in life, you take something from them, positive or negative.
Work hard, stay positive, and get up early. It's the best part of the day.
When a thing is done, it's done. Don't look back. Look forward to your next objective.
I want always to be positive.
All your life you think 60 is ancient, and all of a sudden you find you're 60 and you don't really feel that different. I feel stronger and more engaged. This is the best time of my life.
I think of myself as a positive agnostic. I don't know, therefore I'm open. I don't know, therefore I'm interested.
A President cannot always be popular.
When you wake up every day, you have two choices. You can either be positive or negative; an optimist or a pessimist. I choose to be an optimist. It's all a matter of perspective.
A mediocre person tells. A good person explains. A superior person demonstrates. A great person inspires others to see for themselves.
But I think the most important thing is to find the love of your life and have fun in love. And enjoy and appreciate what comes to you.
If the work is high and far, You must not only aim aright, But draw the bow with all your might.
There is no such thing as no chance.
But you see, our society is still trapped in this binary, black/white logic and that has had some very positive implications for our generation. It's had some very negative ones as well and one of the negative ones is that it creates enormous identity problems for people who have one black ancestor and all white ancestors for example.
If you don't accept responsibility for your own actions then you are forever chained to a position of defense.
To me, it doesn't matter how good you are. Sport is all about playing and competing. Whatever you do in cricket and in sport, enjoy it, be positive and try to win.
I can't let time move on without fighting tooth and nail and hopefully being a part of a revolution that is positive.
"When we contemplate the duration of the universe, we see it limited to the present moment, which is nothing more but the point which separates two infinities of time. The past and the future are as meaningless as if they did not exist. Is anyone more misguided than the man who barters an eternal future for a moment which passes quicker than the blink of an eye?."
An adulterer will not commit adultery when he has full faith (in Allah), and a thief will not steal when he has full faith (in Allah).
The work of the individual still remains the spark that moves mankind forward.
If you're lucky enough to get old, I think you should celebrate it.
Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising one's level of aspiration and expectation.
I think if you just look at life in a positive way, positive things will happen.
Happiness is just a positive perception from our brain. Some days, you will be unhappy. Our brain is a tool we use. It's not who we are.
There's a fine line between stubbornness and the positive side of that, which is dogged determination.
Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.
It's really important that you feel good. Because this feeling good is what goes out as a signal into the universe and starts to attract more of itself to you. So the more you can feel good, the more you will attract the things that help you feel good and that will keep bringing you up higher and higher.
You're going to go through tough times - that's life. But I say, 'Nothing happens to you, it happens for you.' See the positive in negative events.
When the negative thoughts come - and they will; they come to all of us - it's not enough to just not dwell on it... You've got to replace it with a positive thought.
A person hears only what they understand.
Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean.
And that is why marriage and family law has emphasized the importance of marriage as the foundation of family, addressing the needs of children in the most positive way.
If you travel alone, you can probably go faster. But the journey will never be as rewarding, and you probably won't be able to go as far.
I was so lucky to walk away with two Super Bowls and know that the last year was positive.
They told me I didn't understand the assignment, I told them they didn't understand life.
Sometimes the most positive thing you can be in a boring society is absolutely negative.
He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.
I get nostalgic for British negativity. There is an inherent hope and positive drive to New Yorkers. When you go back to Britain, everybody is just running everything down. It's like whatever the opposite of a hug is.
There is an inherent hope and positive drive to New Yorkers.
Let's not dismiss or attack individual ideas as being inadequate before we have had a chance to assess their positive effect as part of a whole solution.
I presume that nobody will deny the positive aspects of the North American cultural world. These are well known to all. But these aspects do not make one forget the disastrous effects of the industrial and commercial process of 'cultural lamination' that the USA is perpetrating on the planet.
Each choice has a consequence. Each consequence a destination.
Follow your bliss and don't be afraid, and door will open where you didn't know they were going to be.
Tolerance is the positive and cordial effort to understand another's beliefs, practices, and habits without necessarily sharing or accepting them.
My hope is that God will have changed people's lives through me for the better.
Certain people give off positive energy, others negative. It's the quality of someone's being, a measure of the love with which they've led their lives. It also reflects the inner work they've done, their efforts to heal anger, hatred, or self-loathing, which poison us like toxic fumes.
You don't have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces - just good food from fresh ingredients.
I faced quite a few challenging times, and in front of those, I was more positive than some people not facing those conditions. I'm actually of the belief now that it is that struggle that offers you that open-hearted hope.
Kant introduced the concept of the negative into philosophy. Would it not also be worthwhile to try to introduce the concept of the positive into philosophy?
Yes, well I really hope I can make a difference, even in the smallest way. I am looking forward to helping as much as I can.
By nature, I'm a very positive person, and because I'm happy in myself, and in my life, and I've got a great husband, and beautiful children, and I have a job that I love that calls for a certain amount of emotional expression, I get to realise a lot of my dreams and aspirations.
I try to make the good days great and take something positive from the days I'm not feeling good - work on technique or something like that.
Don't look at someone else and want to be them. Search within yourself and find out who you are and be someone positive.
Life isn't a dress rehearsal
I think sometimes in life we want to ignore the problems of society and just think about the good. I believe in positive thinking and affirmative living, I also think it's really important to remember all of our disenfranchised members of society.
I'm a 'what if' person. I have always felt that failure was a completely underrated experience. I have taken blows. I have had high moments. But I don't think the blows have ever hardened me. My enthusiasms are still big.
Play like you're positive on the victory, even though they're leading big now.