Showing posts with label More Great Quotes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label More Great Quotes. Show all posts

Saturday, October 10, 2009

  • “Be careful what you pretend to be because you are what you pretend to be.” -- Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
  •  Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open..
  • The best ornament is Humility. The richest wealth is Wisdom. The strongest weapon is Patience. The best security is Faith. The best tonic is Laughter.
  • It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers. — James Thurber
  • To think clearly without hurry or confusion; To love everybody sincerely; To act in everything with the highest motives; To trust God unhesitatingly.
  • The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.
  • Integrity is shown when no one is looking.
  • Forget about all the reasons why something may not work. You only need to find one good reason why it will.
  • Whoever does not try, does not learn.m
     

Thursday, September 17, 2009

More Great Quotes

  • Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not, and a sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is.
  • There are three ingredients for a long and healthy life: live with attention but without worry, use time in a worthwhile way, keep your thoughts pure, positive and filled with strength. 
  • Find at least one good quality in everyone, no matter how many defects are visible to you. The more you focus on the good, the more power you give to people, the sooner they will be able to change.
  • Instead of being afraid of situations, consider them to be your teacher and learn a lesson from them.
  • Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else’s can shorten it.
  • A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.
  • The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new lands but seeing with new eyes.
  • The easy way to remain happy is to remain constantly light. Pure thoughts are light and waste thoughts are heavy. Therefore, keep your intellect busy with pure thoughts and you will become light and continue to dance in happiness.
  • All that is gold does not glitter; not all those that wander are lost.
  • Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
  • Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.
  • "You and I possess within ourselves, at every moment, under all circumstances, the power to transform the quality of our lives."
  • When the fight begins within himself, a man’s worth something.
  • If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it
  • Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
  • Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm ... As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands. One for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
  • You were not born a winner, and you were not born a loser. You are what you make yourself be.
  • To welcome an enemy is to take the opportunity to expand your heart.