Inspirational Quotes - Page 367

How do I get to Carnegie Hall?

A committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours.

Happiness is a choice.

Don't bring negative to my door.

What you and I might rate as an absolute disaster, God may rate as a pimple-level problem that will pass. He views your life the way you view a movie after you've read the book. When something bad happens, you feel the air sucked out of the theater. Everyone else gasps at the crisis on the screen. Not you. Why? You've read the book. You know how the good guy gets out of the tight spot. God views your life with the same confidence. He's not only read your story...he wrote it.

The human species thinks in metaphors and learns through stories.

Those who do not read the news are uninformed. Those who do are misinformed.

Those who truly love us will never knowingly ask us to be other than we are

There's nothing like biting off more than you can chew, and then chewing anyway.

Healing works through a kind of detox: things have got to come up in order to be released. That is true of our personal issues, and also our collective issues. We can't just push the darkness down, pour pink paint over it and then pretend it's not there. We have to look at it, accept that it exists and then release it for healing.

Don't think small and expect to have a big life.

No man is happy who does not think himself so.

Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.

An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.

Happiness was born a twin.

There is nothing more beautiful in this world than a healthy, wise old man.

Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience.

The only question to ask yourself is, how much are you willing to sacrifice to achieve this success?

When you're the first person whose beliefs are different from what everyone else believes, you're basically saying, "I'm right, and everyone else is wrong." That's a very unpleasant position to be in. It's at once exhilarating and at the same time an invitation to be attacked.

If you correct your mind the rest of your life will fall into place.

An eye for an eye, and the whole world would be blind.

Basketball is just a platform for me to inspire people.

To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another.

To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.

Our lives are entwined with the people over the footlights. We are a part of them.