Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
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.
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
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If we are going to teach 'creation science' as an alternative to evolution, then we should also teach the stork theory as an alternative to biological reproduction.
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
The more alternatives, the more difficult the choice.
Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter can not understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.
Love like you've never been hurt, dance like no one is watching, live as though heaven is on earth.
Must you flirt ?
Constant dripping hollows out a stone.
Your world is a living expression of how you are using and have used your mind
Something happened to me. It was the sweetest thing that ever could be. It was a fantasy a dream come true, it was the day I met you !
Our real problem is not our strength today ; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure strength tomorrow.
It takes a strong fish to swim against the current. Even a dead one can float with it.
Every hero becomes a bore at last.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
No man is wise enough by himself.
Hearts are not had as a gift but hearts are earned.
Even when change is elective, it will disorient you. You may go through anxiety. You will miss aspects of your former life. It doesn't matter. The trick is to know in advance of making any big change that you're going to be thrown off your feet by it. So you prepare for this inevitable disorientation and steady yourself to get through it. Then you take the challenge, make the change, and achieve your dream.
I don't want to move to a city where the only cultural advantage is being able to make a right turn on a red light.
If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn't need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around.
He is an atheist who does not believe in himself. The old religions said that he was an atheist who did not believe in god. The new religion says that he is an atheist who does not believe in himself.
Beliefs have the power to create and the power to destroy. Human beings have the awesome ability to take any experience of their lives and create a meaning that disempowers them or one that can literally save their lives.
Chance is the fool's name for fate.
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you do not try.
Life without a purpose is a languid, drifting thing , every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves, 'This day let me make a sound beginning
Honor the ocean of love.
I can't believe it. Right here where we live -- right here in St. Louis.
Whatever you think that you will be. If you think yourself weak, weak you will be , if you think yourself strong, you will be.
There is no pain equal to that which two lovers can inflict on one another. This should be made clear to all who contemplate such a union. The avoidance of this pain is the beginning of wisdom, for it is strong enough to contaminate the rest of our lives.
Honesty is the best image.
A man is not old until regrets start taking place of dreams.
A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.
There are no gains without pains.
He must have a truly romantic nature, for he weeps when there is nothing at all to weep about.
An Indian's dress of deer skins, which is wet a hundred times upon his back, dries soft; and his lodge also, which stands in the rains, and even through the severity of winter, is taken down as soft and as clean as when it was first put up.
Anything in life worth having is worth working for.
It is not the job of the general to be winning. It is his job to win.
One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is Love.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
The person who will not stand for something will fall for anything.
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, and live on idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success. tremendous stream is flowing toward the ocean, carrying us all along with it , and though like straws and scraps of paper we may at times float aimlessly about, in the long run we are sure to join the ocean of life and bliss.
The past does not equal the future.
It not knowing what to do, it's doing what you know.
Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.
Live as if you were to die tomorrow , Learn as if you were to live forever.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.
Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.
Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours.
Knowledge is proud that she knows so much , Wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
Change yourself, change your fortunes.
Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war, love is a growing up
I don't like the man. I must get to know him better.
Your family and your love must be cultivated like a garden. Time, effort, and imagination must be summoned constantly to keep any relationship flourishing and growing.
Experience is the best teacher.
It is astonishing how little one feels alone when one loves.
If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster.
There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.
If one has to submit, it is wasteful not to do so with the best grace possible.
We are the only beings on the planet who lead such rich internal lives that it's not the events that matter most to us, but rather, it's how we interpret those events that will determine how we think about ourselves and how we will act in the future.
Try to be happy in this present moment, and put not off being so to a time to come, as though that time should be of another make from this which has already come and is ours.
Success is counted sweetest by those who ne'er succeed.
There is no luck except where there is discipline.
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
Know thyself.
Dependent people need others to get what they want. Independent people can get what they want through their own efforts. Interdependent people combine their own efforts with the efforts of others to achieve their greatest success.
How many doctors does it take to screw in a light bulb ? That depends on whether it has medical insurance.
The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.
Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.
The person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image.
Winning is not everything, but the effort to win is.
I am a great believer in luck and I find that the harder I work the more I have of it.
Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.
Action, to be effective, must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.
I gave her my heart, and she gave me a pen.
The illiterate of the century will not be those who can not read and write, but those who can not learn, unlearn, and relearn.
Intelligence without ambition is like a bird without wings.
One of the main reasons people are not rich is that they worry too much about things that might never happen. quotes
When a man comes to a conscious vital realization of those great spiritual forces within himself and begins to use those forces in science, in business, and in life, his progress in the future will be unparalleled.
The heights by great men reached and kept were not obtained by sudden flight. But they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.
We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities.
One sure-fire way to stay creative force yourself to learn something new.
We must be bright and cheerful, long faces do not make religion.
A good idea is never lost. Even though its originator or possessor may die, it will someday be reborn in the mind of another.
When I hear somebody sigh, life is hard, I am always tempted to ask, compared to what ?
Where there is life, there is hope. Where there are hopes, there are dreams. Where there are vivid dreams repeated, they become goals. Goals become the action plans and game plans that winners dwell on in intricate detail, knowing that achievement is almost automatic when the goal becomes an inner commitment. The response to the challenges of life -- purpose -- is the healing balm that enables each of us to face up to adversity and strife.
Determine never to be idle... It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.
The grand essentials of happiness are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.
I am quite correctly described as 'more of a sponge than an inventor'.
Enduring habits I hate.... Yes, at the very bottom of my soul I feel grateful to all my misery and bouts of sickness and everything about me that is imperfect, because this sort of thing leaves me with a hundred backdoors through which I can escape from enduring habits.
Never put off to tomorrow what you can do today.
To be a leader, you must stand for something, or fall for anything.
The miracle is this the more we share, the more we have.
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.
We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities.
If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes.
Love is most nearly itself when here and now cease to matter.
The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities.
I know it was you, Fredo. You broke my heart. You broke my heart.