Nobody deserves your tears, but whoever deserves them will not make you cry.
Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.
Do what you love to do and give it your very best. Whether it’s business or baseball, or the theater, or any field. If you don’t love what you’re doing and you can’t give it your best, get out of it. Life is too short. You’ll be an old man before you know it.
The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.
To live in the light of a new day and an unimaginable and unpredictable future, you must become fully present to a deeper truth – not a truth from your head, but a truth from your heart; not a truth from your ego, but a truth from the highest source.
You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul.
Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan.
I always feel like it’s two key ingredients when it comes to following your dreams, making something happen that the average person deems difficult. If you truly believe it, that’s step one. Step two, is, you know, the hard work that goes along with it.
A person isn’t who they are during the last conversation you had with them – they’re who they’ve been throughout your whole relationship.
Home is where your family is. Wherever you are, it’s about the people you’re surrounded by, not necessarily where you lay your head.
Everything about your life, about your body, grows! Your cells regenerate; your hair, your nails, everything grows for your entire life. And your soul needs exploration and growth. And the only way you’ll get it is by forcing yourself to be uncomfortable. Forcing yourself to get outside, out of your head.
Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
The more you know of your history, the more liberated you are.
Your attitude is like a box of crayons that color your world. Constantly color your picture gray, and your picture will always be bleak. Try adding some bright colors to the picture by including humor, and your picture begins to lighten up.
Drag your thoughts away from your troubles… by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can manage it.
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.
You can’t make positive choices for the rest of your life without an environment that makes those choices easy, natural, and enjoyable.
No matter what has happened to you in the past or what is going on in your life right now, it has no power to keep you from having an amazingly good future if you will walk by faith in God. God loves you! He wants you to live with victory over sin so you can possess His promises for your life today!
Let your mind alone, and see what happens.
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
To go out with the setting sun on an empty beach is to truly embrace your solitude.
When marrying, ask yourself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to converse well with this person into your old age? Everything else in marriage is transitory.
Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.
Remember, sex is like a Chinese dinner. It ain’t over ’til you both get your cookie.
To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.
Work hard for what you want because it won’t come to you without a fight. You have to be strong and courageous and know that you can do anything you put your mind to. If somebody puts you down or criticizes you, just keep on believing in yourself and turn it into something positive.
You never completely have your rights, one person, until you all have your rights.
Never stop fighting until you arrive at your destined place – that is, the unique you. Have an aim in life, continuously acquire knowledge, work hard, and have perseverance to realise the great life.
If you carry joy in your heart, you can heal any moment.
My theory on life is that life is beautiful. Life doesn’t change. You have a day, and a night, and a month, and a year. We people change – we can be miserable or we can be happy. It’s what you make of your life.
Love me or hate me, both are in my favour. If you love me, I will always be in your heart, and if you hate me, I will be in your mind.
Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person.
But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
Smile in the mirror. Do that every morning and you’ll start to see a big difference in your life.
Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have. Make the Now the primary focus of your life.
Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.
Growing up, my dad was ‘get a real job, don’t go pursuing your dreams, that’s how you become homeless.’ So, do I pick my family or do I pick my own happiness, and how much does my own happiness depend on my family?
I feel as though, if you’re able to control your dreams, you have more power and control over your mind, like you could reach more areas of your mind. Therefore, I feel like it creates the ability for you to achieve more things in reality.
You will always have ups and downs in your life and your career, but just stay positive and go for it.
You will find peace not by trying to escape your problems, but by confronting them courageously. You will find peace not in denial, but in victory.
Your smile will give you a positive countenance that will make people feel comfortable around you.
It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance.
Never regret yesterday. Life is in you today and you make your tomorrow.
Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else’s.
If you never change your mind, why have one?
Don’t limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time.
You always have two choices: your commitment versus your fear.
Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.
Looking back is a way to sharpen the focus on the things you want to change in your life. I think there’s something about nostalgia that really puts a fine point on the here-and-now, and that can be incredibly fascinating and interesting and engaging for the mind.
Good, better, best. Never let it rest. ‘Til your good is better and your better is best.
Yield to temptation. It may not pass your way again.
At the end of the day, you can’t control the results; you can only control your effort level and your focus.
If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner and wink your eye at some homely girl.
Entertainment is there to improve people’s quality of life. After your basic needs, there’s entertainment.
Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.
Don’t worry about being famous or making money; the most important thing is being the best. You have to become a master of your craft, and everything else will come.
It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.
If I can’t dance, I don’t want to be part of your revolution.
You should learn from your competitor, but never copy. Copy and you die.
It only takes one person to mobilize a community and inspire change. Even if you don’t feel like you have it in you, it’s in you. You have to believe in yourself. People will see your vision and passion and follow you.
Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
If you think technology can solve your security problems, then you don’t understand the problems and you don’t understand the technology.
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.
Follow your dreams. Just make sure to have fun too.
To my young friends out there: Life can be great, but not when you can’t see it. So, open your eyes to life: to see it in the vivid colors that God gave us as a precious gift to His children, to enjoy life to the fullest, and to make it count. Say yes to your life.
