Inspirational Quotes - Page 141

The talk you hear about adapting to change is not only stupid, it's dangerous. The only way you can manage change is to create it.

You're at your best when you don't know what you're doing.

People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy.

The day you take complete responsibility for yourself, the day you stop making any excuses, that's the day you start to the top.

People respond in accordance to how you relate to them. If you approach them on the basis of violence, that's how they'll react. But if you say, 'We want peace, we want stability,' we can then do a lot of things that will contribute towards the progress of our society.

The minute you get away from fundamentals – whether its proper technique, work ethic or mental preparation – the bottom can fall out of your game, your schoolwork, your job, whatever you’re doing.

If you are not consciously directing your life, you will lose your footing and circumstances will decide for you.

Only wonder can comprehend His incomprehensible power.

I think what's important for kids to know is that your decisions here on earth matter, your behavior matters and how you treat other people matters.

The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Families don't have to match. You don't have to look like someone else to love them.

Optimism is important. You have to be a little silly about the goals you are going to set. There is a phrase I learned in college called, 'having a healthy disregard for the impossible.' That is a really good phrase. You should try to do things that most people would not do.

In the end, The treasure of life is missed by those who hold on and gained by those who let go

Never say 'I could have done that,' because you didn't.

There will be a few times in your life when all your instincts will tell you to do something, something that defies logic, upsets your plans, and may seem crazy to others. When that happens, you do it. Listen to your instincts and ignore everything else. Ignore logic, ignore the odds, ignore the complications, and just go for it.

Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls.

There is a difference between conceit and confidence. Conceit is bragging about yourself. Confidence means you believe you can get the job done.

No doctrine is more excellent, or necessary to be preached and studied, than Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

I'm not playing for other people; if I start thinking in those terms I would put too much pressure on myself. I play basketball because that is what I love to do.

Paradise is always where love dwells.

The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.

Their elegant shape, showy colors, and slow, sailing mode of flight, make them very attractive objects, and their numbers are so great that they form quite a feature in the physiognomy of the forest, compensating for the scarcity of flowers.

We work in the dark - we do what we can - we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.

There are three values: Feel good, be good and do good.