Inspirational Quotes - Page 544

A powerful idea communicates some of its strength to him who challenges it.

Truly successful decision-making relies on a balance between deliberate and instinctive thinking.

Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served.

Not to have control over the senses is like sailing in a rudderless ship, bound to break to pieces on coming in contact with the very first rock.

Religion is a matter of the heart. No physical inconvenience can warrant abandonment of one's own religion.

A leader is useless when he acts against the promptings of his own conscience.

I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following.

If at first you don't succeed, you're obviously not me.

Artistic temperament sometimes seems a battleground, a dark angel of destruction and a bright angel of creativity wrestling.

It is impossible for us to fail when we do our best when we are on the Lord's errand.

Pollinate the world with the pure love of Christ.

We have to slow the rhythm of rush in our lives so that the best of who are can emerge.

So often we look at a calendar of days as merely a symbol of the passage of time. We forget why we are on this earth. We forget that there is a reason for all the pain and the struggle.

The perfect man? A poet on a motorcycle.

You have to do what you love to do, not get stuck in that comfort zone of a regular job. Life is not a dress rehearsal. This is it.

Simple, genuine goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when fame and money fail, and is the only riches we can take out of this world with us.

Science belongs to no one country.

Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on

Never play a thing the same way twice.

Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh.

Stepping on that line for me, it will be about facing my fears.

Create a vision and never let the environment, other people's beliefs, or the limits of what has been done in the past shape your decisions. Ignore conventional wisdom.

Every action needs to be prompted by a motive.

Just as eating against one's will is injurious to health, so studying without a liking for it spoils the memory, and it retains nothing it takes in.

In her (nature's) inventions nothing is lacking and nothing is superfluous.