Inspirational Quotes - Page 477

If anybody understands God's order for his children, it's someone who has rescued an orphan from despair, for that is what God has done for us. God has adopted you. God sought you, found you, signed the papers and took you home.

If today were your last, would you do what you're doing? Or would you love more, give more, forgive more? Then do so! Forgive and give as if it were your last opportunity. Love like there's no tomorrow, and if tomorrow comes, love again.

A man must have his dreams - memory dreams of the past and eager dreams of the future. I never want to stop reaching for new goals.

In our society those who are in reality superior in intelligence can be accepted by their fellows only if they pretend they are not.

There are half hours that dilate to the importance of centuries.

No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they'd die for.

The body is a sacred garment.

To be a visionary parent, we need to keep working on ourselves, becoming forever new and improved.

I've never let my school interfere with my education.

Never one thing and seldom one person can make for a success. It takes a number of them merging into one perfect whole.

Beyond drama and chaos, beyond anxiety and fear, lies a zone of endless peace and love. Let's all take a very deep breath, slow down for just a moment and remember this. That alone will open the door.

Speak from your mind and people will hear you with their mind. Speak from your heart and people will hear you with their heart.

Love and fear represent two different lenses through which to view the world. Which I choose to use will determine what I think I see.

Dr. King used to say, 'I was sitting in the back of the bus, but my mind was always up front.' Don't let anybody tell you that you can't do it. You aim high and you work very hard and now I think it's clear that you can be anything you want to.

We teachers can only help the work going on, as servants wait upon a master.

Borrowed thoughts, like borrowed money, only show the poverty of the borrower.

I love argument, I love debate. I don't expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that's not their job.

A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.

Do every act of your life as if it were your last.

If you expect nothing, you're apt to be surprised. You'll get it.

A life of sacrifice is the pinnacle of art, and is full of true joy.

A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.

Knowledge gained through experience is far superior and many times more useful than bookish knowledge.

The important thing is this: to be able, at any moment, to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.

The sociological evidence of the contagion of happiness and sadness suggests something quite remarkable: of all your relationships, of all the people capable of making you happiest or irritating you the most, those who have the greatest effect on your mood and even your state of health are those closest to hand.