Inspirational Quotes - Page 465

Don't go into the new year holding a grudge from last year. Leave the hurts and disappointments behind.

The only difference between black coal and a precious diamond is the amount of pressure it endured.

Leave your excuses behind, and you will begin to attract wealth.

Some lessons can't be taught, they simply have to be learned.

It seems to me that no matter what religion you subscribe to, acts of kindness are the stepping-stones to making the world a better place--because we become better people in it.

we are imperfect mortal beings, aware of that mortality even as we push it away, failed by our very complication, so wired that when we mourn our losses we also mourn, for better or for worse, ourselves. as we were. as we are no longer. as we will one day not be at all.

When the promise is clear, the price gets easy

Better understated than overstated. Let people be surprised that it was more than you promised and easier than you said.

If you learn to set a good sail, the wind that blows will always take you to the dreams you want, the income you want, and the treasures of mind, purse, and soul you want.

Since I will be no one's slave, I will be no one's master.

If you want things to change, You have to change. If you want things to be better, You have to be better.

You know the trouble with real life? There's no danger music.

While I was drying off Maddie after her bath tonight, she said, 'I love you' to me for the first time. It sounded like 'All lub boo,' but I didn't care. To reciprocate, I showed her what an ex-Marine looks like when he cries.

It is a full time job being honest one moment at a time, remembering to love, to honor, to respect. It is a practice, a discipline, worthy of every moment.

Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody.

Indulge your imagination in every possible flight.

A wise man travels to discover himself.

We are either progressing or retrograding all the while; there is no such thing as remaining stationary in this life.

Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes.

It is a process of diverting one's scattered forces into one powerful channel.

A man of courage flees forward in the midst of new things.

If you want to be really successful, and I know you do, then you will have to give up blaming and complaining and take total responsibility for your life -- that means all your results, both your successes and your failures. That is the prerequisite for creating a life of success.

One of the things that may get in the way of people ... is that they're not in touch with their passion. If you're passionate about what it is you do, then you're going to be looking for everything you can to get better at it.

Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself.

Let them push you, but do not push; Let them crucify you, but do not crucify. Let them insult, but do not insult. Let them slander, but do not slander. Be meek, and do not be zealous in evil.