Inspirational Quotes - Page 528

Trials, temptations, disappointments -- all these are helps instead of hindrances, if one uses them rightly. They not only test the fibre of a character, but strengthen it. Every conquered temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.

To desire is to obtain; to aspire is to achieve.

Even though people may be well known they still hold in their hearts the emotions of a simple person for the moments that are the most important of those we know on earth - birth, marriage, death.

Giving people self-confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do. Because then they will act.

Everyone has an idea, but it's really about executing the idea and attracting other people to help you with the idea.

Most everything that you want is just outside your comfort zone." "Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it." "Our job is not to figure out the 'how'. The 'how' will show up out of the commitment and believe in the 'what

Curiosity is not a sin.... But we should exercise caution with our curiosity... yes, indeed.

I don't believe in the kind of magic in my books. But I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book.

The world isn't split into good people and Death Eaters.

There are three things I always forget. Names, faces and... the third I can't remember.

If you took acting away from me, I'd stop breathing.

He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.

Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately after they are expressed, a little distorted, a little foolish.

I have always thirsted for knowledge, I have always been full of questions.

Seeking means: to have a goal; but finding means: to be free, to be receptive, to have no goal.

Writing is good, thinking is better. Cleverness is good, patience is better.

A great many people mistake opinions for thoughts.

The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.

Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.

Profit is a by-product of work; happiness is its chief product.

Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it, a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.

The poet's body even is not fed like other men's, but he sometimes tastes the genuine nectar and ambrosia of the gods, and lives adivine life. By the healthful and invigorating thrills of inspiration his life is preserved to a serene old age.

Don't worry about how inexperienced you are or think you are, but think about what, with the Lord's help, you can become.

Leaders must invoke an alchemy of great vision.

Somewhere we know that without silence, words lose their meaning.