Inspirational Life quotes
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"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that but the really great make you feel that you too can become great. When you are seeking to bring big plans to fruition it is important with whom you regularly associate. Hang out with friends who are like-minded and who are also designing purpose-filled lives. Similarly be that kind of a friend for your friends."
"You don't have to be a 'person of influence' to be influential. In fact, the most influential people in my life are probably not even aware of the things they've taught me."
"Ultimate excellence lies not in winning every battle, but in defeating the enemy without ever fighting."
"Happiness is in your ability to love others."
"The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven is a playground."
"To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking."
"Work is love made visible."
"Goals help you channel your energy into action."
"A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval. There is nothing more satisfying than that sense of being completely "at home" in your own skin. When you achieve that as a natural state of "being", then you can finally look beyond yourself and fully contribute all your talents to the world."
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."
"I want to live my life, not record it."
"Life is not a matter of milestones, but moments."
"Sometime, somewhere you take something to be the truth. But if you cling to it too strongly, then even when the truth comes in person and knocks on your door, you will not open it."
"I am rooted, but I flow."
"Studies indicate that the one quality all successful people have is persistence. They're willing to spend more time accomplishing a task and to persevere in the face of many difficult odds. There's a very positive relationship between people's ability to accomplish any task and the time they're willing to spend on it."
"Choose people who lift you up."
"I beg you take courage; the brave soul can mend even disaster."
"Simplicity is the key to brilliance."
"You can't cross a sea by merely staring into the water."
"God's purpose for man is to acquire a seeing eye and an understanding heart." "God gave you life and bestowed upon you his attributes; eventually you will return to him." "The rewards of life and devotion to God are love and inner rapture, and the capacity to receive the light of God."
