Inspirational Quotes - Page 586

We reap what we sow. We are the makers of our own fate. The wind is blowing; those vessels whose sails are unfurled catch it, and go forward on their way, but those which have their sails furled do not catch the wind. Is that the fault of the wind?....... We make our own destiny.

At the end of your life, you are going to want to know that you made some kind of difference.

Running gives me confidence.

How to make a million dollars: First, get a million dollars

Recruiting is hard. It's just finding the needles in the haystack. You can't know enough in a one-hour interview. So, in the end, it's ultimately based on your gut. How do I feel about this person? What are they like when they're challenged? I ask everybody that: 'Why are you here?' The answers themselves are not what you're looking for. It's the meta-data.

Our DNA is as a consumer company - for that individual customer who's voting thumbs up or thumbs down. That's who we think about. And we think that our job is to take responsibility for the complete user experience. And if it's not up to par, it's our fault, plain and simply.

When we turn to our innate wisdom for the harmony of mind and gut, we heal the entrance to the heart as it seeks to beat in rhythm with the world.

While you can think in terms of efficiency in dealing with time, a principle-centered person thinks in terms of effectiveness in dealing with people.

If you were to fault yourself in one of three areas, which would it be: (1) the inability to prioritize; (2) the inability or desire to organize around those priorities; or (3) the lack of discipline to execute around them? ... Most people say their main fault is a lack of discipline. On deeper thought, I believe that is not the case. The basic problem is that their priorities have not become deeply planted in their hearts and minds. They haven't really internalized Habit 2 [Begin with the end in mind].

Trust is the highest form of human motivation.

Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.

Make yourself a "capacity" and I will make myself a "torrent."

Keeping the mind happy makes work effortless. This is the skill for productivity!

Freedom is necessary for honesty, honesty for integrity, integrity for power, power for creativity, and all of them for intimacy.

Latin guys dance. American guys don't dance. That's a big difference.

The humble soul is blessed. The Lord loves her. The Mother of God is higher than all in humility, and therefore all races bless her on earth, while the heavenly powers serve her. And the Lord has given us this blessed Mother of His as a defender and helper.

With all your power, ask the Lord for humility and brotherly love, because God freely gives His grace for love towards one's brother. Do an experiment on yourself: one day ask God for love towards your brother, and another day - live without love. You will see the difference.

Religion is an attempt to get control over the sensory world, in which we are placed, by means of the wish-world which we have developed inside us as a result of biological and psychological necessites.

Making it through the ceiling to the other side was simply a matter of running on a path created by every other woman's footprints.

My yesterdays are all boxed up and neatly put away.

Throwing herself into learning helped Miri ignore the painful chill of solitude around her.

Change is not a threat, it's an opportunity. Survival is not the goal, transformative success is.

To wish to be well is a part of becoming well.

The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.

Wisdom teaches us to do, as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a colour.