Inspirational Quotes - Page 446

A certain monk told me that when he was very sick, his mother said to his father, "How our little boy is suffering. I would gladly give myself to be cut up into pieces if that would ease his suffering." Such is the love of God for people. He pitied people so much that he wanted to suffer for them, like their own mother, and even more. But no one can understand this great love without the grace of the Holy Spirit.

Fear of death has been the greatest ally of tyranny past and present.

When you do not realize that you are one with the river, or one with the universe, you have fear. Whether it is separated into drops or not, water is water. Our life and death are the same thing. When we realize this fact, we have no fear of death anymore.

Life is like stepping onto a boat which is about to sail out to sea and sink.

I really feel like life will dictate itself. You should allow it to unfold as naturally as possible. Just go with the flow. When you're really desperate, you say a few prayers and hope for the best. That's the way I've always lived my life.

When you're following your energy and doing what you want all the time, the distinction between work and play dissolves.

You have everything you need to build something far bigger than yourself.

There are more things to alarm us than to harm us, and we suffer more often in apprehension than reality.

Voyage, travel, and change of place impart vigor

Tomorrow is another day, and there will be another battle!

Women and people of color and young people especially are about to have this amazing opportunity to shift the political conversation in this country for the good of all of us, toward more progressive policies, and it's a really amazing and important time to be part of that.

The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once.

No person who is enthusiastic about his work has anything to fear from life.

Essentially what photography is is life lit up.

When someone beats a rug, the blows are not against the rug, but against the dust in it.

An aspiration is a joy forever, a possession as solid as a landed estate.

If you want to be rich the rule of thumb is to teach others how to be rich.

If you want to be financially-free, you need to become a different person than you are today and let go of whatever has held you back in the past.

Face your fears and doubts, and new worlds will open to you.

The most successful people in life are the ones who ask questions. They're always learning. They're always growing. They're always pushing.

The decisions that you make each day can actually catapult you to that next level of achievement.

Underneath it all, we are wild and we know it.

Don't walk through life just playing football. Don't walk through life just being an athlete. Athletics will fade. Character and integrity and really making an impact on someone's life, that's the ultimate vision, that's the ultimate goal - bottom line.

There's a lot of talk these days about giving children self-esteem. It's not something you can give; it's something they have to build.

Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief in denying them.