Quote of the Day - Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
“Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.”
“Life is an obstacle course. You succeed at one thing and then you move on to the next. When an obstacle is tough, you try harder. When an obstacle is insurmountable, you change course. But you never sit down and refuse to finish.”
“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”
“Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.
Life is beauty, admire it.
Life is a dream, realize it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is a tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it.”
“The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly.”
“The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.”
“Words are dangerous things, equally capable of bringing peace and inciting violence. They get under your skin, make you feel, make you hurt, make you love, make you feel alive. Be careful with how you choose to use them.”
“And if you are ever going to have other people trust you, you must feel that you can trust them, too —even when you’re in the dark. Even when you’re falling”
“Patience is power. Patience is not an absence of action; rather it is “timing” it waits on the right time to act, for the right principles and in the right way.”
“There are times to stay put, and what you want will come to you, and there are times to go out into the world and find such a thing for yourself.”
“What is it that makes a man, a man? What is it that makes human beings human? One is that he is free to choose to be rational or not. So when people say “a man is born free” yes he is free, but that is only half the sentence. He is free to do something. That is he is free to either use his intelligence, or not to use it, that’s what he is free to do. Most men as you look upon today, are choosing NOT to think. More importantly, they are choosing not to feel.”
“You should sit in meditation for twenty minutes every day - unless you’re too busy; then you should sit for an hour.”
“We have too many high sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.”
“The world is a dangerous place to live. Not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it.”
“Do not dwell on the past. Do not dream of the future. Concentrate the mind on the present moment.”
“It’s very hard in the beginning to understand that the whole idea is not to beat the other runners. Eventually you learn that the competition is against the little voice inside you that wants you to quit.”