Inspirational Quotes - Page 606

When I was a child people simply looked about them and were moderately happy; today they peer beyond the seven seas, bury themselves waist deep in tidings, and by and large what they see and hear makes them unutterably sad.

The hardest-working people don't work hard because they're disciplined. They work hard because working on an exciting problem is fun.

Teeth are always in style.

It's opener, out there, in the wide, open air.

A better world shall emerge based on faith and understanding.

If the person who runs a company has a belief system and everything he does stays fairly truly to that system, it will attract like-minded people who buy into it and then keeps selling itself in concentric circles.

Ever notice how your senses are heightened when you are in challenging situations? You're experiencing an adrenaline rush that gives you extra energy. If you see every day as a challenge, you'd be surprised how efficient you can become, and how much can be accomplished.

I wish I were either rich enough or poor enough to do a lot of things that are impossible in my present comfortable circumstances.

Jet lag is for amateurs.

"I have three messages," said the breathless Nyad."One is we should never ever give up. Two is you are never too old to chase your dreams. And three is it looks like a solitary sport but it takes a team."

Come through for others and they will come through for you.

Highly motivated achievers are looking not to receive but to contribute. They are looking for problems that are personally satisfying to solve.

When you make a mistake or get ridiculed or rejected, look at mistakes as learning experiences, and ridicule as ignorance. Look at rejection as part of one performance, not as a turn down of the performer.

You must stick to your conviction, but be ready to abandon your assumptions.

Nature and education are somewhat similar. The latter transforms man, and in so doing creates a second nature.

It's a complete life change when you really want to better yourself and completely change the patterns that you have had in the past. Do I think I still need work? I think everyone needs work. I just keep working on myself.

Music is my life. Music runs through my veins. Music inspires me. Music is a part of me. Music is all around us. Music soothes me. Music gives me hope when I lose faith. Music comforts me. Music is my refuge.

What other people think of you is not your business. If you start to make that business your business, you will be offended for the rest of your life.

Always go with your passions. Never ask yourself if it's realistic or not.

Don’t let a day go by without asking who you are…each time you let a new ingredient to enter your awareness.

You do not have to be superhuman to do what you believe in.

If you read someone else's diary, you get what you deserve.

It's important to realize that we adopt not because we are rescuers. No. We adopt because we are rescued.

I like to make films because I like to go into another world. I like to get lost in another world. And film to me is a magical medium that makes you dream... allows you to dream in the dark. It's just a fantastic thing, to get lost inside the world of film.

Ride on! Rough-shod if need be, smooth-shod if that will do, but ride on! Ride on over all obstacles, and win the race!