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It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.
I love those who can smile in trouble.
All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
We lost because we told ourselves we lost.
Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.
Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
Love , creativity, and opportunity is in the air. Take it in and do your thing.
There are so many people out there who will tell you that you can't. What you've got to do is turn around and say "Watch me."
Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience.
When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
He who overcomes others has force; he who overcomes himself is strong.
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.
If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.
False. When things change, I will be happy. True. When I am happy, things will change.
Life has a much bigger plan for you. Happiness is part of that plan. Health is part of that plan. Stability is part of that plan. Constant struggle is not.
One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than a hundred teaching it.
Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy.
Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.
Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.
Rowing harder doesn't help if the boat is headed in the wrong direction.
A loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world.
Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth.
Find out what you like doing best, and get someone to pay you for it.
To love what you do and feel that it matters - how could anything be more fun?
Life is short, and it is here to be lived.
Life itself still remains a very effective therapist.
Moderation. Small helpings. Sample a little bit of everything. These are the secrets of happiness and good health.
Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
Encourage everyone you meet with a smile or compliment. Make them feel better when you leave their presence and they will always be glad to see you coming.
You are not hopeless. You are not helpless. Because there is a God who is alive and loves you!
Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.
Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own metaphors, interpreting them as facts, then you are in trouble.
There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.
If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it.
Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.
Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
One person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests.
I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.
When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.
The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.
Do not think of your faults, still less of other's faults; look for what is good and strong, and try to imitate it. Your faults will drop off, like dead leaves, when their time comes.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
But groundless hope, like unconditional love, is the only kind worth having.
The power of imagination makes us infinite.
Someday, everything will make perfect sense. So for now, laugh at the confusion, smile through the tears, be strong and keep reminding your self that everything happens for a reason.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
Every man must some time or other be trusted to himself.
God is a concept by which we measure our pain.
