Inspirational Quotes - Page 451

Why can't they have gay people in the army? Personally, I think they are just afraid of a thousand guys with M16s going, "Who'd you call a faggot?"

Although there is no progress without change, not all change is progress.

Don't look for the big, quick improvement. Seek the small improvement one day at time. That's the only way it happens-and when it happens, it lasts.

Loretta, I love you. Not like they told you love is, and I didn't know this either, but love don't make things nice - it ruins everything. It breaks your heart. It makes things a mess. We aren't here to make things perfect. The snowflakes are perfect. The stars are perfect. Not us. Not us! We are here to ruin ourselves and to break our hearts and love the wrong people and *die*. The storybooks are *bullshit*. Now I want you to come upstairs with me and *get* in my bed!

The virtuous soul that is alone and without a master is like a long lone burning coal; it will grow colder rather than hotter.

The most exciting acting tends to happen in roles you never thought you could play.

If you want peace, you won't get it with violence.

One thing you can't hide - is when you're crippled inside.

You are helpful, and you are loved, and you are forgiven, and you are not alone.

Meekness is an unchanging state of mind, which both in honor and dishonor remains the same. Meekness consists in praying sincerely and undisturbedly in the face of afflictions from one's neighbor. Meekness is a cliff rising from the sea of irritability, against which all the that waves that strive against it break, but which is itself never broken.

Leaders don't rise to the pinnacle of success without developing the right set of attitudes and habits; they make every day a masterpiece.

As you begin changing your thinking, start immediately to change your behavior. Begin to act the part of the person you would like to become. Take action on your behavior. Too many people want to feel, then take action. This never works.

The horse does not eat cucumber salad

It may look like the difficulty is going to defeat you. But you need to keep telling yourself, "This sickness can't take my life." "This cancer can't defeat me." "No bad break, no disappointment, no accident can shorten one second of my divine destiny."

Every setback means you're one step closer to seeing the dream come to pass.

It's pitching, hitting and defense that wins. Any two can win. All three make you unbeatable.

Vital lives are about action. You can't feel warmth unless you create it, can't feel delight until you play, can't know serendipity unless you risk.

The founding of our Nation was more than a political event; it was an act of faith, a promise to Americans and to the entire world. The Declaration of Independence declared that people can govern themselves, that they can live in freedom with equal rights, that they can respect the rights of others.

We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.

Life at its essence boils down to one day at a time. Today is the day!

A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.

Only human beings can reorder their lives any day they choose by refining their philosophy.

It's easy to carry the past as a burden instead of a school. It's easy to let it overwhelm you instead of educate you.

I don't know exactly where ideas come from, but when I'm working well ideas just appear. I've heard other people say similar things - so it's one of the ways I know there's help and guidance out there. It's just a matter of our figuring out how to receive the ideas or information that are waiting to be heard.

It's not an experiment if you know it's going to work.