Greg Anderson
Everything is created twice -- first mentally, then physically.
Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives : where we focus our attention.
When we place blame, we give away our power.
Living a life of integrity is one of the greatest missions we can undertake.
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Learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.
Like snowflakes, my Christmas memories gather and dance each beautiful, unique and too soon gone.
Each person born into this world represents something new, something that never existed before, something original and unique.
He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes. He who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.
Till I loved, I never lived, enough.
Every choice one makes either expands or contracts the area in which he can make and implement future decisions. When one makes a choice, he irrevocably binds himself to the consequences of that choice.
I feel like a tiny bird with a big song !
This is this.
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth, for thy love is better than wine.
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human experience.
Do first things first, and second things not at all.
Wherever there's a fight so hungry people can eat, I'll be there.
Nothing is more honorable than enlightenment, nothing is more beautiful than virtue.
All things are created twice. There's a mental or first creation, and a physical or second creation of all things. You have to make sure that the blueprint, the first creation, is really what you want, that you've thought everything through. Then you put it into bricks and mortar. Each day you go to the construction shed and pull out the blueprint to get marching orders for the day. You begin with the end in mind.
Is it just me or is the grim reaper a straight-up hottie ?
All-righty then !
I love great music and art, but I think 'cubist' songs and paintings are hideous.
You can't express every feeling that you have every moment that you have them.
Most people are about as happy as they make up their mind to be.
Love is an electric blanket with somebody else in control of the switch.
I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.
They are able because they think they are able.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect.
Why don't you go outside and jerk yourself a soda ?
Without the human community one single human being cannot survive.
If you aren't good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you'll resent the time and energy you give another person that you aren't even giving to yourself.
Every artist was first an amateur.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. -
Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.
And for an hour, for an hour, I'm the best actress in the world.
You are what you are and you are where you are because of what has gone into your mind. You change what you are and you change where you are by changing what goes into your mind.
Learning karate requires self-control and discipline Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by.
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.
We must all suffer one of two things : the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.
Each action can be the one on which all depends , what is decisive is only the strength and concentration of hallowing with which I do it. To the question of what had been the most essential matter for his late teacher, a disciple answered, 'Always just what he was engaged in at the moment'.
If you want to be enthusiastic, act enthusiastic.
The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking, the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker.
To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.
The soul is covered with the color of its leisure thoughts.
I believe that it is better to learn from the diverse people around us than to try in vain to emulate them, better to be a teacher than a role model. As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.
Insist on yourself, never imitate. Every great man is unique.
When you are afraid, do the thing you are afraid of and soon you will lose your fear of it.
There is not a breathing of the common wind that will forget thee.
Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.
It is well for the heart to be naive and for the mind not to be.
There is no security on this earth, there is only opportunity.
One, two, Freddy's coming for you.
We do our best that we know how at the moment, and if it doesn't turn out, we modify it.
Sooner or later the truth comes to light.
The worst part of life is waiting. The best part of life is having someone worth waiting for.
Why don't you come up sometime and see me ?
For things to change you've got to change. Otherwise, nothing much will change
Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right.
Never Quit.
Because I readily absorb ideas from every source - frequently starting where the last person left off - I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it.
If I know what love is, it is because of you.
I was never tired of listening to his wisdom or imparting my own.
You must be the change you want to see in the world.
All or our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them. -
We can do no great things. Only small things with great love.
Find out what it means to die - not physically, that's inevitable - but to die to everything that is known, to die to your family, to your attachments, to all the things that you have accumulated, the known, the known pleasures, the known fears. Die to that every minute and you will see what it means to die so that the mind is made fresh, young, and therefore innocent, so that there is incarnation not in a next life, but the next day.
The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
Doomed are the hotheads ! Unhappy are they who lose their cool and are too proud to say, ''I'm sorry. ''
Tell me your friends, and I'll tell you who you are.
This was love at first sight, love everlasting, a feeling unknown, unhoped for, unexpected in so far as it could be a matter of conscious awareness, it took entire possession of him, and he understood, with joyous amazement, that this was for life.
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.
Never bring the problem solving stage into the decision making stage. Otherwise, you surrender yourself to the problem rather than the solution.
All great truths are simple in final analysis, and easily understood ; if they are not, they are not great truths.
Love conquers all.
Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.
Union gives strength.
The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
Life is not accountable to us. We are accountable to life.
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
A fellow doesn't last long on what he has done. He has to keep on delivering.
If it is to be it is up to me.
To live for results would be to sentence myself to continuous frustration. My only sure reward is in my actions and not from them.
People will exercise great effort and creativity to make our plan work, and sometimes expend just as much effort and creativity to make your plan fail.
An obstacle is often a stepping stone.
Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the world's work, and the power to appreciate life.
Everyone's life is an object lesson to others.
No one became poor by giving alms.
The land where humanity has attained its highest towards gentleness, towards generosity, towards purity, towards calmness - it is India.
Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born.
Keep the Faith.
We are still masters of our fate. We are still captains of our souls.
Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself.
When you wholeheartedly adopt a 'with all your heart' attitude and go all out with the positive principle, you can do incredible things.
When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened. Winston Churchill When I want to read a novel, I write one.
Man is a creature of hope and invention, both of which belie the idea that things can not be changed.
Love always creates, it never destroys. In this lie's man's only promise.
Life is too short to ponder the "what if's " and fear rejection.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.
People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
Passion is the genesis of genius.
Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.
Joy can be real only if people look on their life as a service, and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness.