Humility is the courage to be honest with yourself and those around you.
We are living in the Selfie Society of Me.
Anyone can smile for a photo, but who is still smiling after the selfie?
Be humble: have the courage to speak the truth.
GPS has saved countless relationships because us men do not like to ask for directions. Now if women could only come with relationship GPS we would be one step closer to world peace.
I gave up many times but I never quit.
Don’t let past disappointments rob you of future happiness.
We are all born stars, but some refuse to shine and others make it their life’s mission to glow.
Storms are rainbow’s inside out.
When I was poor, I was rich because I was happy; when I was wealthy, I was poor because I was sad.
You were given the problems you have because you can solve them; the burdens, because you can carry them; the trials, because you can overcome them; the opponents, because you can beat them; and the enemies, because you can conquer them.
Spend time with people who enrich your mind, nourish your heart, and illuminate your soul.
Whether your glass is half full or half empty, hope can fill it up.
Only what is below you tries to pull you down.
God sometimes uses ugly vessels to carry beautiful things.
The world is already full of critics; to stand out, be an encourager.
Temporary friends sometimes bring us to permanent blessings.
If the past could be changed, it would not exist. If the future could be stopped, it would not survive. If the present could be avoided, it would not prevail.
If stars avoided the dark, they would not be visible at night.
Because no one is walking in your shoes, only you feel the sores on your feet.
You are not honored for the fruit you pick, but for the trees you plant.
Peace gives you the world, laughter gives you the sky, joy gives you the world, and love gives you the universe.
You are strong because of what you overcame, brave because of what you defeated, fierce because of what you mastered, and powerful because of what you conquered.
Wisdom is a great prophet, faith is a great warrior, knowledge is a great sage, and virtue is a great priest.
Dream while others are sleeping. Dare while others are wishing. Do while others are talking. Deliver while others are quitting.
If you want to know how fortunate you are, visit three places: the slum, the hospital, and the cemetery.
Trees generously share their fruit.Bees generously share their honey.Flowers generously share their perfume. Do likewise.
If your thoughts are higher than your problems, you can fly above them.
Use fear to become braver, pain to become stronger, trials to become wiser, and misfortune to become better.
To strengthen the body’s muscles, exercise; the mind’s muscles, read; the heart’s muscle’s, laugh; and the soul’s muscles, love.
If you rule the air, you are great; the waters, you are extraordinary; the lands, you are remarkable; but if you rule over yourself, you are remarkable.
Worry soils, even the purest mind.Envy poisons, even the purest heart.Greed sullies, even the purest soul.
In a second you can change your mind, in a minute you can change your heart, in an hour you can change your life, and in a day you can change your destiny.
The brave with all of their weaknesses are better than the cowardly with all of their strengths.
Hunger is a lesser evil than ignorance.
If you can think higher thoughts, you can do higher deeds.
The entire world above you, around you, beneath you, and beside you, is insignificant in comparison to the world within you.
When the storm runs out of breath, a rainbow is born.
You are a product of your environment, but to be great your environment has to be a product of you.
Joy gives you strength.Hope gives you fortitude.Faith gives you courage.Love gives you power.
You are no greater than the knowledge you acquire, the desires you harbor, and the experiences you cherish.
Use your mind’s talents diligently, your heart’s powers incredibly, and your soul’s genius profitably.
Stars do not hide from darkness. Roses do not hide from thorns. Diamonds do not hide from pressure.
When a flower rises from the earth, it is overcoming its greatest opponent: fear.
Wealth won’t make you happy. Power won’t make you remarkable. Fame won’t make you honorable. Education won’t make you wise.
Bless the world with your mind, heal the world with your heart, lift the world with your soul; elevate the world with your life.
Don’t mourn over the past; it has no pity for you. Don’t cry over the present; it has no sympathy for you; and don’t weep over the future, it has no mercy on you.
In thoughts, be wise. In speech, be cautious. In sentiment, be positive. In actions, be prudent.
In order for a seed to rise, it must be buried in dirt; likewise, in order for the great to rise they must be buried in adversity.
The sky is the limit only if you have a problem with reaching for the stars.
If the sky never grew dark, we would not be able to clearly see the stars.
A leaf has no power to resist when the wind blows, but when life’s storms rage, you do.
The loveliest roses sometimes bear the ugliest thorns.
A seed only begins to manifest its greatest potential the day it is buried in dirt.
Be the calm in someone else’s storm.
The struggles of the past are the gateway to the blessings of the future.
The storm is the optimist’s friend, but the pessimist’s nightmare.
To encourage people, walk beside them. To inspire people, walk in front of them. To drive people, walk behind them. To lead people, walk with them.
The poor can dream. The weak can hope. The helpless can strive. The powerless can rise.
A day in a storm strengthens you more than a thousand in sunshine.
It is in vain to hide a fruitful seed in fertile soil.
The only thing worse than unrealized hope is no hope.
Learn more. Love more. Laugh more. Live more.
Wisdom comes from making mistakes, having the courage to face them, and make adjustments moving forward based upon the knowledge aquired through those experiences.
Books and school are great for learning but there is no substitute for life and living to provide a real education.
A flower’s beauty is birthed in a seed’s ugly struggles.
Life has a meaning but do not set out to find out. Just live it out.
This life is not perfect, live it to the full, it's all we have
Have the courage to take off your mask and be humbled.
Don't spend your life wondering "what if" and worrying over something you have no control. What's done is done. Looking backwards will cause you to miss out on new blessings ahead. Move on.
Take it easy. Live life- one day at a time. It is only when we add the regrets of 'yesterday' and worries of the 'future' to the 'present' that we end up complicating things...
One day I woke up and realized no amount of love, care, pain, hurt, anger, or retribution could ever transform those who are evil into good or kind people. That day I let go; I stopped caring for them, gave up any hope for their souls, and knew they were never worthy of me or my time.
In a job you trade your freedom and time for money.
This whole life is an art of knowing when to sit and when to stand up!
I help people achieve their dreams.
The first step forward is to admit your fear, then you can take the next step to conquer it.
If size really mattered, the whale, not the shark, would rule the waters.
Capture my heart and my mind. Become my ultimate challenge, greatest vexation, strongest desire, and most precious blessing.
When we release all the negativity in our lives and notice the beauty all around us, we'll see what truly matters in life.
To know the truth of one's heart, trusting their words is not always the wisest thing because words can be used to deceive you. To truly know the truth which lies deep in one's heart, you only have to look into their eyes. For even though the mouth may speak lies to hide the truth, the eyes will always reveal what the mouth tries to hide.
Divorce fear. Court courage. Pursue hope. Marry love.
Love has turned many into poets; pain has turned many into artists; charity has turned many into pacifists, and anger has turned many into activists.
To change your life, love yourself. To change your community, love others. To change the world, love everyone.
Anger is loud, rage is deafening, and wrath is thunderous; only love can silence them.
Lips may lie, but the heart always tells the truth.
Regard those who respect you.Esteem those who honor you.Cherish those who love you.Reward those who adore you.
Help when you can. Give what you have. Do what you must. Be who you ought to be.
Pray for faith, hope for peace, strive for unity, and persevere for harmony.
Love is loud; the soul hears it, even if the universe is deaf.
Truth is straight like a line. Virtue is firm like a wall. Wisdom is tall like a mountain. Love is wide like an ocean.
Learn, because life is ahead of you. Live, because death is before you. Listen, because wisdom is all around you. Love, because God is inside of you.
Love gives you knees to crawl, feet to run, legs to sprint, and wings to soar.
If you want to be happy now, love now; if you want to be happy later, love later; but if you want to be happy always, love always.
Everyone should have a place in your heart, but only a special few should have a place in your life.
Your presence only truly matters to people who feel your absence.
Marry your friend, and you will be reasonably happy. Marry your lover, and you will be abundantly happy. Marry your soulmate, and you will be infinitely happy.
Love is your greatest asset, fear is your greatest liability, and joy is your greatest reward.
When you hear love calling you, don’t pretend to be deaf.
The world’s most lethal venom is not found on the tongues of serpents, but on the tongues of a disgruntled wife.
Grief gives you a hundred reasons to cry; hope gives you a thousand reasons to smile, joy gives you a million reasons to laugh, and love gives you billion reasons to rejoice.
If you have no one, you are poor; if you have an acquaintance, you are fortunate; if you have a friend, you are privileged; if you have a lover, you are rich; if you have a soulmate, you are wealthy.
If you want to be strong, exercise; if you want to be wise, study; if you want to be happy, smile; and if you want to be invincible, love.
If a woman stands behind you, respect her; if she stands beside you, cherish her; if she stands with you, adore her.
The cheapest thing in your life is money; the most expensive, love.
Only when your love of roses is greater than your fear of thorns can you grow a beautiful garden.
Your knowledge can stir the world, your intellect can move it, your wisdom can shake it, but only your love can truly change it.
A smile is worth dozens of words, but a kiss is worth a thousand.
Jealousy says, “Compete with each other.” Envy says, “Destroy each other.” Empathy says, “Help each other.” Love says, “Empower each other.
One who does not deserve your tears does not deserve your heart.
Knowledge offers you strength. Wisdom promises you influence. Understanding assures you wealth. Love guarantees you power.
Give of yourself to others and others will give of themselves to you.
Outer beauty you see with your eyes, but inner beauty you only see with your heart.
Scars mean you fought. Wrinkles mean you lived. Heartache means you loved.
If you are too busy to love, you are too busy to live; if you are too busy to live, you are too busy to love.
Dear fear, I’m divorcing you. Dear courage, I’m courting you. Dear hope, I’m pursuing you. Dear love, I’m marrying you.
When you love, you forgive; when you forgive, you love.
Love hopes. Love helps. Love heals. Love hears.
If a man found his dream wife, it was because he was wide awake.
An inch to a man’s heart is a mile to his wallet.
Get high on love, not drugs.
If your heart has been broken nine times, muster the courage to love again for the tenth.
The loudest preacher in the world is your conscience, the cleverest is wisdom, the rowdiest is passion, the surest is truth, the purest is love, and the highest is God.
The greatest love stories are not written by the ink of the pen, but by the ink of the heart.
Plucking a rose only proves you desire it, but nurturing it proves you love it.
You spend the beginning part of your life with your mother, so love her; the middle part of your life with your girlfriend, so care for her; and the end part of your life with your wife, so adore her.
When love writes a letter, joy is its ink.
Love rewards you more in a moment than pleasure could in a lifetime.
True love is like diamonds; scarce, and priceless.
The greatest profit you make in business is not money, but happiness. The greatest riches you give in life are not possessions, but love. The greatest treasures you acquire in life are not jewels, but joy.
When love invades your life, it captures your heart, imprisons your mind, and frees your soul.
When you are in love, your eyes see him only, your ears hear him only, your mouth speaks of him only, your mind thinks of him only, your heart desires him only, your soul lives for him only, and your entire universe is about him only.
Falling in love with a woman’s body is lust, with a woman’s mind is sense, with a woman’s heart is virtue, and with a woman’s soul is wisdom.
If you have money, you are affluent; if you have joy, you are wealthy; and if you have love, you are rich.
Love makes you strong when others are weak, brave when others are scared, hopeful when others are despairing and cheerful when others are sad.
No three words have greater force than “I want you,” greater strength than “I need you,” greater might than “I miss you,” and greater power than “I love you.
When the head tries to rule the heart, emotion poisons it.
By the time you become an expert at marriage, it is too late to start a new one.
There is no gem like virtue, no wealth like happiness, no treasure like faith, and no jewel like love.
Love only knocks on your heart’s door when certain it has the right address.
Passion stimulates you, love intoxicates you, marriage sobers you, and parenthood tries you.
Love makes you the richest person in the world, no matter how poor you are.
The universe offers you three things that money cannot buy: joy, love, and life.
Embrace all. Help some. Trust few. Harm none.
Joy is a loyal companion, love is a faithful friend, fear is a terrible adversary, and hatred is a merciless enemy.
Love does these three things effectively: multiplies joy, divides trouble, subtracts grief, and adds peace.
To live a little, love a little. To live a lot, love a lot.
The most valuable things in your life are always the things that money cannot buy.
Hate is strong, fear is mighty, jealousy is powerful, but love is invincible.
If you fall for someone, make sure they’re there to catch you.
Love is like lightening; it can strike anyone, anywhere, and at any time.
Be calm when your wife yells at you, calmer when she chastens you, but be terrified when she ignores you.
Before you look for dirt in people, look for treasure.
As the sun lives on when it sets in the warmth it has given to others, you too will live on in the hearts of those whose lives you have touched.
If the final chapter of your life story is written by love, you are guaranteed a happy ending.
If you want to be happy, love. If you want to be happier, love some more.
Passion gives you what you want, lust gives you what you desire, but only love gives you what you need.
Love sets you free the moment it arrests you.
The best couples share the load, divide the grief, and add to the peace, thereby multiplying joy.
The easiest way to remember your future wife’s birthday is to marry her on Super Bowl Sunday.
The only place you will find love before sacrifice is in the dictionary.
Never fight for a girl; while pounding each other, someone is already making plans to whisk her away.
If you choose money over love, you will always be poor.
If men could be bought like clothes at an outlet, only then would women always get what they bargained for.
Be like the sun; bear with those in the dark, but keep shining your light.
Love your friends with your eyes closed, but love your enemies with both eyes open.
If all you have is money, you are among the poorest people in the world.
Love is a hook; the moment a man swallows it, a woman knows she has him forever.
Before letting someone hold your heart in their hands, make sure their hands are clean.
The best chapters in your life story are written by love.
Love is the luckiest tenant in the world, living in the hearts of men and women rent free.
If love was a sin, God Himself would be in the hottest part of Hell.
What is life but an ongoing war?
Life is a dream. We wake up when we die
If you press grapes, wine will pour out; if you crush roses, perfume will pour out; if you afflict the talented, genius will pour out.
If you have never reached rock bottom, you have never attended the school of greatness.
When reaching for the stars, beware of those who want to cut off your hands.
In poverty, friends are few; in prosperity, acquaintances are numerous; in affluence, associates are countless.
At the end of every dark storm is a bright rainbow.
Looking on the bright side of life is better than looking on the dark side of despair.
It is impossible to graduate from the University of Life with no scars.
A tree will not wither and die because the wind blew away one leaf.
A tree dances for the wind not because it enjoys it, but because it doesn’t want to break.
The richest person in the cemetery is the one who left the most happy memories.
When the nest becomes too small a bird is ready to spread its wings and fly.
In calm waters you still find sharks.
Genius is in you, but like a seed, you determine whether it dies or grows.
Stand alone when it is to your benefit, with others when it is to your advantage, and with everyone when it is to your empowerment.
Talk less. Do more. Fear less. Achieve more.
Jealousy stings, envy poisons, anger harms, and hate murders.
Water is soft, but can maneuver any obstacle; be shrewd, and be gentle, and you too will be able to do likewise.
Pain teaches you more than pleasure. Failure teaches you more than success. Poverty teaches you more than prosperity. Adversity teaches you more than comfort.
Behind you, leave your enemies. Beside you, keep your family. Around you, maintain your friends. Within you, treasure God.
A flower takes a while to grow, but can die in an instant; this is how it is with trust.
Expand your mind. Nurture your heart. Develop your body. Cultivate your soul.
Think outside of the box. Work outside of the box. Dream outside of the box. Succeed outside of the box.
Your mind is a weapon. Your heart is an asset. Your soul is a treasure. Your life is a jewel.
If you want to lead a pleasant life, be good to yourself; if you want to lead a happy life, be good to others; and if you want to lead an exceptional life, be good to everyone.
Charity is fortune, avarice is poverty, peace is treasure, and happiness is wealth.
Forgive those who hurt you yesterday.Reward those who help you today.Remember those who help you tomorrow.
Let them judge you, but remain virtuous.Let them criticize you, but remain wise.Let them misunderstand you, but remain kind. Let them hate you, but remain exceptional.
The wise are like a sprouting seed; they go forward and upward, never backward or downward.
It is wise to buy acquaintances, but foolish to buy friends.
A flower does not bloom for itself, but for the world; do likewise.
Your feet may be small, but travel much. Your hands may be little, but conquer much. Your eyes may be tiny, but perceive much. Your ears may be modest, but heed much.
The wise are like a river; they go forward and upward, never backward or downward.
If you look to money for happiness, you will be disappointed; to power, you will be disillusioned; to honor, you will be dissatisfied; to others, you will be disenchanted; but if you look to God, you will be fulfilled.
A rose would be miserable if it was forced to be a daisy, no matter how much water it was fed.
You cannot fast-forward time, you cannot rewind it, and you cannot pause it; you can only waste or benefit from it.
Knowing what to say is sense, when to say it is intelligence, how to say it is wisdom, why and how to say it is enlightenment.
Two minds are smarter than one.Two hands are stronger than one.Two hearts are mightier than one.Two souls are greater than one.
Esteem intelligence, cherish knowledge, and value understanding, but trust wisdom.
A rose, no matter how beautiful, still has to contend with thorns.
Be humble as you learn, confident as you teach, and modest when you have mastered both.
Enough pain will keep you humble.Enough grief will keep you compassionate.Enough trouble will keep you strong.Enough hardship will keep you grateful.
The soul is a great magician; transforming thoughts into reality, desires into actions, and life into experiences.
The greatest weight a bird gives up when preparing to fly is fear.
Life is temporal.Time is fleeting.God is permanent.Eternity is enduring.
If the world gives you a thousand reasons to cry, find a thousand and one reasons to smile.
A bird that sings too much will only lose its voice, but a bird that does not sing at all will lose its symphonies.
The sun is never denied the light it gives; likewise, you are never denied the kindness you bestow.
Don’t mourn over the past; it has no pity for you. Don’t cry over the present, it has no sympathy for you, and I don’t weep the future, it has no mercy on you.
Your mind has the intellect to lift the world,your heart has the wisdom to better the world, and your soul has the genius to elevate the world.
You are no greater than the friends you keep, the books you read, the heroes you admire, and the obstacles you overcome.
Don’t be afraid of being alone; remember, when the sun rises, it rises with nobody at its side.
Turn your failures into lessons, your obstacles into opportunities, your tragedies into triumphs, and in no time you will turn your dreams into reality.
A flower does not diminish in beauty, no matter how many weeds envy it.
Do not curse the well that quenches your thirst.
It is better to be a marble in a hut than a brick in a palace.
You are a product of your mind, a result of your thoughts, and a consequence of your actions.
Be wise enough to learn from the past, shrewd enough to capitalize on the present, and clever enough to prepare for the future.
Knowledge is the eldest daughter of wisdom.
Time is your acquaintance, life is your friend, death is your enemy, and existence is your soulmate.
You’re destined for greatness,” Life said. “But first, I’m going to make you cry.
Don’t judge a tree by its size, but by its fruit.
Beautiful beginnings are often born from ugly endings.
The lightest weight anyone can carry on life’s journey is hope.
It is better to help an enemy than to harm a friend.
Dream like a child. Reason like an elder. Play like a youth. Work like an adult.
If you think too much, you will worry too much; if you worry too much, you will fear too much; if you fear too much, you will dread too much; and if you dread too much, you will suffer too much.
If an opportunity comes dressed in trouble’s apparel, do not scorn it.
Seeds you plant today determine the harvest you reap tomorrow.
Practicing what you preach is the world’s most eloquent sermon.
Teach the ignorant. Study the wise. Avoid the foolish. Embrace the enlightened.
Learn from acquaintances, and you are clever; from friends, and you are intelligent; from enemies, and you are shrewd; but learn from all, and you are wise.
In a crowd do not lose your individuality, and in your individuality do not lose the crowd.
Time is your acquaintance. Life is your friend. Death is your opponent. Eternity is your companion.
A rose started off a bud, a bird started off an egg, and a forest started off a seed.
You may be poor, but important; uneducated, but wise; lowly, but noble; simple, but insightful; and ordinary, but great.
At ten, you are foolish. At twenty, you are naive. At thirty, you are alert. At forty, you are experienced. At fifty, you are wise.
Planting your own garden is better than waiting for someone to bring you flowers.
An ounce of wisdom is worth more than a pound of knowledge.
A shrewd enemy will teach you more than a foolish friend.
Learn from a river; obstacles may force it to change its course, but never its destination.
One who is not afraid to die lives, and one who is afraid to live dies.
If birds did not believe in their ability to fly, the sky would be empty.
If you live in the desert, view the sun not as your enemy, but as your friend. If you live in the wilderness, view nature not as your adversary, but as your companion.
If the sky had no tears, the world would have no rainbows.
Learn more than others. Work more than others. Succeed more than others. Give more than others.
Water your dreams with fear, and they will wilt; with doubt, and they will wither; with hope, and they will grow; with faith, and they will flourish.
A bird will only fall from the sky when it stops believing in its ability to fly, and a fish will only drown in water when it stops believing in its ability to swim.
Know what you want. Pursue what you need. Realize what you ought. Attain what you desire.
Your mind is a gift. Your heart is a prize. Your soul is a blessing. Your life is a reward.
You were born to dream. You were born to strive. You were born to conquer. You were born to rise.
Worry makes you weaker, regret makes you sadder, hate makes you angrier, but hope makes you stronger, and love makes you happier.
Bad weather never stopped anyone from reaping a good harvest.
They know your face, but not your mind.They understand your words, but not your heart.They hear your name, but not your soul.They grasp your past, but not your future.
A kind stranger is better than an uncaring friend.
Ignore those who resent you. Avoid those who begrudge you. Excuse those who envy you. Pity those who hate you.
You are one thought away from intelligence, one word away from kindness, one deed away from excellence, one step away from brilliance, and one second away from transcendence.
A flower in a desert still has no reason to envy a thorn in a rainforest.
No matter how deep you bury good seeds, they always find a way to rise.
The weak dread the storm, the foolish invite the storm, the wise avoid the storm,the strong battle the storm, and the great overcome the storm.
The past is your teacher. The present is your opportunity. The future is your reward.
What you think is a seed, what you say is the bud, and what you do is the fruit.
No matter how beautiful a rose is it must still grow in dirt.
Only dead leaves allow the wind to blow them to and fro.
Wine had to be grapes first. Diamonds had to be rocks first. Butterflies had to be caterpillars first. Rainbows had to be storms first.
If you are waiting for the perfect spouse, you are waiting for the perfect disappointment.
Three kinds of people achieve illumination: those who learn, those who teach, and those who do both continuously.
Stir the world with your skills, shake the world with your talents, move the world with your brilliance, change the world with your genius.
Knowledge gives you the world, intelligence gives you the sky, understanding gives you the stars, but wisdom gives you the universe.
In helping yourself, you prove you are strong; in helping others, you prove you are compassionate; in helping many, you prove you are generous; if helping everyone, you prove you are enlightened.
If you can stay positive in bad situations, you are strong; if you can stay optimistic in hopeless situations, you are mighty; if you can stay hopeful in impossible situations, you are great.
Yesterday says, “Forget me, but learn from me.” Today says, “Embrace me, yet utilize me.”Tomorrow says, “Anticipate me, then prepare for me.
Life is short, death is long, days are narrow, and years are wide.
If roses tried to be sunflowers, they would lose their beauty; and if sunflowers tried to be roses, they would lose their strength.
Those who laugh with you when you laugh are acquaintances, those who cry with you when you cry are companions, and those who do both are friends.
Pain that results in success is better than pleasure that results in failure.
If you want little, give little; if you want much, give much; if you want all, give all.
Teach yourself. Help yourself. Improve yourself. Enrich yourself.
If you can stay positive in bad situations, you are strong; if you can stay positive in hopeless situations, you are mighty; if you can stay positive in impossible situations, you are great.
No one can steal your happiness unless you give them the key to your heart’s safe.
The garden of your dreams is watered by the sweat of excellence.
A lion is not afraid of walking alone, even if the whole jungle is pursuing it.
If bees only gathered nectar from perfect flowers, they wouldn’t be able to make even a single drop of honey.
The ugliest storms paint the loveliest rainbows.
Water drops erode mountains not because of their size, but their persistence.
The tallest trees sometimes grow from the smallest seeds.
Thunder roars but does not strike. Lightning strikes but does not roar. Choose to be lightning.
An archer must never blame a target for missing it.
You can paint the whole sky black, but that won’t keep stars from shinning.
If your greatest wish is to be happy, you are clever; if it is to make others happy, you are virtuous; but if it is to make yourself and others happy, you are wise.
The sun is intelligent because it never rises too early, and wise because it never sets too late.
If there is wisdom in your mind, prove it; joy in your heart, share it; love in your soul, show it; good in your life, impart it.
A small sharp axe clears a forest quicker than a big blunt one.
The early bird gets the worm, and the early fox gets the bird.
The worm’s bad luck is the bird’s good fortune.
A lion is born knowing how to hunt, but has to learn how to hunt well.
A dove struggling in a storm grows stronger than an eagle soaring in sunshine.
A tree is only as good as the seed it is stems from.
If you try to cultivate your talents in someone else’s shadow, they might wilt.
Faith moves mountains, intelligence goes over them, wisdom goes around them, but love levels them.
The world is full of angels; if you can’t find one, be one.
You are better than your past, greater than your present, and brighter than your future.
Be merry, because it confuses your enemies; happy, because it annoys them; cheerful, because it angers them; and joyful, because it kills them.
One who protects himself from negative thoughts protects himself from negative outcomes.
The greatest universe is not somewhere out there, but inside of yourself.
The most beautiful people are those who bring out the beauty in others.
Follow your dreams with all of your mind. Chase your dreams with all of your heart. Accomplish your dreams with all of your soul.
Your clock cannot buy you more time, your bed cannot get you more sleep, your titles cannot acquire you more influence, your fame cannot gain you more honor, and your money cannot earn you more happiness.
Think before you speak. Question before you judge. Examine before you decide.
If you have the power to think, you have the power to change your world.
If birds sing without worrying about who is listening to them, and monkeys dance without worrying about who is watching them, and hyenas laugh without worrying about who is mocking them, then you too must do what you do best without worrying about who is ridiculing you.
A flower blooming in the desert proves to the world that adversity, no matter how great, can be overcome.
When life is sweet, be thankful, and rejoice; but when bitter, be strong, and persevere.
As paint needs a canvass for its beauty to show, stars need darkness for their splendor to shine.
Reward those who help you. Forget those who use you. Ignore those who judge you. Forgive those who wrong you.
One good friend is better than a thousand acquaintances.
Listen to all, believe few, count on some, but trust none.
In my youth I had three teachers: friends, enemies, and books. In my adulthood I had three professors: God, nature, and life.
The poorest man you can marry is not the one who lacks money, but the one who lacks character.
A sailor is not defined as much by how many seas he has sailed than by how many storms he has overcome.
It is in vain to chase two birds at the same time, even if you have a thousand legs.
If you stop tending to flowers when they lose a few petals, you will never grow a garden.
The world sees you for what you are, but the universe sees you for what you can be.
When a storm shows up, always remind yourself a rainbow is hiding behind it.
If you want your inner light to shine brighter, illuminate someone else’s.
Knowledge is the path, understanding is the way, wisdom is the highway, and enlightenment is the destination.
Let go of the past, even if it offers you Heaven; embrace the future, even if it offers you Hell.
The cleanest feet in the universe are positive thoughts walking through your mind.
A beautiful rose with an ugly soul wilts quickly.
The sweeter the fruit a tree bears the greater the number of birds that eat from it.
A beautiful gift does not decrease in value because it is wrapped in ugly paper.
The most difficult door to open is the entrance to an ignorant mind.
The greatest lesson a tree can give you is to stand tall and proud, no matter how strong life’s winds blow against you.
When hunting a lion it is wise to remind yourself that you too are being hunted.
Dear past, I survived you. Dear present, I’m ready for you. Dear future, I’m coming for you.
Skill follows the rules, talent breaks the rules, mastery shatters the rules, but genius makes its own rules.
If you have power, be just; wealth, be generous; knowledge, be wise; titles, be humble; and life, be grateful.
Thoughts can only hurt you with your permission, feelings can only wound you with your consent, experiences can only damage you with your authorization; life can only ruin you with your approval.
If seeds waited for perfect conditions to grow, there would be no plants in the desert.
To avoid enemies, say nothing; to avoid critics, do nothing; to avoid haters, be nothing; but to avoid mediocrity, ignore all.
Opportunities, like roses, come with a beautiful fragrance, but also with thorns.
When perplexed, God appears to you in the form of wisdom; when troubled, in the form of peace; when sad, in the form of joy; when heartbroken, in the form of love.
One who thinks for himself is a threat to his enemies, a refuge to his acquaintances, a prize to his friends, and a gift to the world.
As only dead leaves allow the wind to blow them to and fro, never allow yourself to be swayed by popular opinion.
Don’t climb a mountain to look down on people below, but to get a clearer view of the stars above.
A lion does not earn its crown quarreling with sheep.
Stars earn their brightest colors in the dark.
If you were able to fall a hundred times as a child and rise, you are able to fall a thousand times as a grown up and soar.
If you have a dream no one else can see, a reward awaits you that no one else can have.
If a lion invites you home for dinner, it is you he wants to serve as a meal to his guests.
A rough diamond is still worth more than a polished pebble.
The greater the number of fish a river bears the greater the number of fishermen that patronize it.
The ignorant learn from none, the simple learn from some, the intelligent learn from many, but the enlightened learn from all.
If you have food on your table, clothes on your back, a roof on your head, and a dream in your heart, you have everything you need in life.
If you guide others out of the dark, you are a star, even if no one knows your name.
Ignorance is your opponent, fear is your enemy, vice is your adversary, virtue is your friend, and wisdom is your helper.
When life’s journey is wearisome, put on hope’s shoes.
Words let you know what is in someone’s mind, deeds let you know what is in someone’s heart, and character lets you know what is in someone’s soul.
To help yourself, help others; to help others, help yourself.
If your present thoughts do not lift you higher than your previous ones, rid yourself of them.
True riches belong to those who shun false ones.
A lion does not become king of the jungle hunting mice.
It is in vain to try and stop a star from rising, even with a ladder.
Learn from the ocean; when it rises, it carries more than itself along with it.
Seeds, not doubting their potential, rise and become forests.
If you have a house but no home, you are homeless; knowledge but no wisdom, you are imprudent; acquaintances but no friends, you are lonely; money but no happiness, you are poor; and life but no joy, you are lifeless.
Be happy when you work, thankful when you earn, cautious when you spend, shrewd when you save, and charitable when you give.
The less you want, the happier you are; the happier you are, the less you want.
If you shake a tree, fruit must fall, no matter how reluctant it is.
You are a gift to the universe, but a package is only valuable if it allows itself to be unwrapped.
Your strength lies in knowledge, your power lies in wisdom, your treasure lies in understanding, and your wealth lies in life.
In a world full of pebbles dare to be a diamond.
Life is like that...sometimes you have to peel off the bitterness in order to get to the part that is sweet.
Learn like an amateur. Train like a champion. Fight like a warrior. Triumph like a conqueror.
Don’t waste time watering a weed hoping to transform it into a flower.
If you want to shine, sit before a lamp; if you want to shine brighter, sit before a fire; but if you want to shine the brightest, sit before a sage.
If you want to be strong, love yourself; if you want to be powerful, love others; if you want to be invincible, love everyone.
Confuse them with your intelligence, baffle them with your excellence, bewilder them with your brilliance, and perplex them with your transcendence.
To be ordinary, be normal; to be original, be different; to be valuable, be unique; to be priceless, be yourself.
Don’t miss the opportunity to fly with eagles tomorrow because chickens invited you to run with them today.
A small sharp axe can cut down more trees than a big dull one.
It is on the canvass of the darkest storms that the brightest rainbows are painted.
If Noah waited for signs of rain to build an ark, he would have been swept away by the flood.
You don’t command wind in the direction it blows, but you command a ship in the direction it sails.
Great winds only challenge great trees.
To be happy: the simple pursue pleasure, the common pursue riches, the uncommon pursue knowledge, and the exceptional pursue wisdom.
If you fail a thousand times, find a thousand and one ways to succeed.
To achieve success, ignore doubt; fame, ignore haters; greatness, ignore fear; and immortality, ignore hardship.
If the road to your dreams is full of potholes, take the highway.
A wolf can only mock a lion thousands of miles away.
Snails do not despair for having short legs, but rejoice for being able to travel long distances in spite of them.
A flower blooming in a storm is stronger than a tree blossoming under a rainbow.
Happy is he who marries the woman he wants, happier is he who marries the woman he needs, and happiest is he who marries the woman he wants and needs.
No matter how tall and wide darkness is, it cannot block the stars.
The greater the fruit a trees bears, the greater the number of stones thrown at it.
Cheerfulness will help you draw strangers, cleverness will help gain acquaintances, faithfulness will help you keep companions, and kindness will help you multiply friends.
Make your wife happier, children wiser, yourself kinder, and you will make your life better.
Where the world only sees a seed, an optimist sees a tree.
One who conquers the sea today is ready to conquer the ocean tomorrow.
You have little control over the world around you, but full control over the world within you.
If you tend to a flower, it will bloom, no matter how many weeds surround it.
A warrior is defined by his scars, not his medals.
Cowards shrink from challenges, weaklings flee from them, and warriors wink at them.
Never give a negative thought an inch or it will take a mile.
When you count your blessings, count life twice.
If you have never walked a mile in someone’s shoes, do not mock the soars on his feet.
You are beloved; even if you were the last person on earth, the sun would rise for you.
When you have the world on your shoulders, God alone can help you carry it.
A tree is honored for the size of its fruit, not the size of its leaves.
One who fishes in shallow waters limits the kind of fish he can catch.
Helping yourself is common sense, helping others is virtue, helping yourself and others is enlightenment.
Ears for wisdom, hands for work, eyes for opportunities, and a mouth for thanks.
If you have nothing but joy in this life, you are still rich.
A bird will only eat from a hand it trusts.
If you kick a lion when it is down, God help you when it gets up.
If beautiful lilies bloom in ugly waters, you too can blossom in ugly situations.
A lion conquers more in one day than a sheep in a lifetime.
Fear is an assassin; if you let it in your life, it will kill your dreams.
An inch of light can conquer a mile of darkness.
Make your own luck, and then share it with others.
Seeds are proof that God sometimes packages miracles in small things.
The greater the fruit a tree bears, the greater the number of stones thrown at it.
Diamonds are proof that the most valuable things are sometimes formed in the dark.
The storm only comes to teach you how to skillfully sail your ship.
It is in the roots, not the branches, that a tree’s greatest strength lies.
The early bird gets the first worm, but the wisest bird gets the fastest one.
There are three things that a beggar and a rich person share every day: the sun, the moon, and the stars.
As inside of every seed is the power to rise from darkness, inside of everyone is the power to rise from adversity.
A rock that perseveres under heat and pressure soon becomes a diamond.
If the storm forgets to bring a rainbow, paint your own.
Never set fire to a bridge while you are still crossing it.
Learn what you can, teach what you know, live how you ought.
If you want to double your happiness, pour it into someone else.
If you have much, be generous; if you have little, be grateful; even if you have nothing, be hopeful.
Whether the glass is half empty or half full, you have the power to fill it up.
Tigers cannot afford to care about what sheep think.
When the sails are strong a ship has no reason to fear turbulence.
When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and use it to hang your troubles.
The louder the dogs bark the less a lion feels threatened.
Your end can be greater than your beginning: butterflies are the greatest proof of this.
The bad chapters of your life lead to the good ones if you keep turning the pages.
The sun announces its presence with light, not words; do likewise.
When the world told the caterpillar its life was over, the butterfly objected, “My life has just begun.
When all seems to be against you, remember, a ship sometimes has to sail against the current, not with it.
An Oak tree is a daily reminder that great things often have small beginnings.
A bird does not give up flying because it failed on its first attempt.
Every seed must rise through dirt to enjoy the sunshine.
Never allow yourself to be defined by your past; ‘yesterday’ is just a word, not a dictionary.
If the grass is greener on the other side, try planting better seeds.
Ignore your haters. Resist your fears. Embrace your dreams.
A daisy blooming in a desert is worth more than a rose blossoming in a rainforest.
When night comes do not despair; rejoice instead and say to yourself, “At least now I can see the stars.
It can’t be done,” they told the caterpillar. “It can,” replied the butterfly.
If they ask you how rich you are, tell them to look inside your heart.
There is no smarter professor than life, and no wiser sage than experience.
You are as the sun; the world is your stage; even without an audience, shine.
In a world full of daisies dare to be a rose.
When you look up and don’t see the stars, the universe may have cleared the sky for you to replace them.
While the whole world was asleep, the caterpillar was awake, working towards becoming a butterfly.
A rose does not answer its enemies with words, but with beauty.
If seeds despaired in their darkest hours, they would never rise to enjoy their brightest days.
Darkness is a prison from which only light escapes.
Today’s storms usher in tomorrow’s sunshine.
When a rock transforms into a diamond, lesser stones will not speak of its beauty, but speak of its unpolishedness.
Roses do not bloom hurriedly; for beauty, like any masterpiece, takes time to blossom.
The happiest people in the world are those who give happiness to others.
Your deepest scars tell the world of your greatest triumphs.
When people try to bury you, remind yourself you are a seed.
If you have the power to put a smile on one person’s face, you have the power to change the world.
Be like seeds; do not see dirt thrown at you as your enemy, but as ground to grow.
When people try to pull you down, remember, they had to look up to do so.
Thoughts are powerful; before you were born, you were one.
The beauty all around you is insignificant in comparison to the beauty within you.
The rainbow’s colors are hidden in the storm.
The darkest part of the storm paints the brightest part of the rainbow.
A book is the only vehicle that can take you around the world in one hour.
To be knowledgeable, sit before scholars; to be wise, sit before life.
You don’t choose the music your enemies play, but you choose which songs you dance to.
Yesterday, I was clever, I wanted to be rich. Today, I am wise, I want to be happy.
The world accommodates you for fitting in, but only rewards you for standing out.
When excellence comes in at the door, failure flies out the window.
God hides treasure in dirt, so that only those humble enough to dig through it find it.
It’s hurtful somehow to admit this thing and anyway that doesn’t mean i’m losing my faith in this beautiful world. But these days now is the time where people have become so much more-excuse me-shallow. When all of the fancy things and outer beauty are demanded, and those who are lost enough to chase and manage to get those things, they will happen to get very nice response from social and able to expand their images and get famous and be seen as someone who has value. Meanwhile those who could see deeper and their souls are insecure of this mad world, they will have smaller space in width but they will dig deeper and deeper into their self, making space in height, finding the true meaning of their souls, the true essential unshakable truth that’s beyond the fragile material worldly things.
The calmest part of the storm is not in its eye, but in your own soul.
Thunder is noise to a pessimist but music to an optimist.
If a lion turned every time small dogs barked at it, it would be the laughing stock of the jungle.
Your talent is a seed; cultivate it, and in no time, you will harvest success.
The greatest weight a bird has to drop before it can fly is fear.
Singing in a storm silences thunder’s threats.
On the path to greatness, life teaches you to walk with stones in your shoes.
If the light within you is greater than the darkness around you, you are a star.
Shine your light so bright, and no one will need a telescope to see you.
A bird does not give up flying today because it couldn't find any worms yesterday.
An oak tree is just a small nut that persevered against the taunts of doubt and fear.
Rainbows are birthed in storms, not in sunshine.
When everybody is planting apples a visionary plants oranges.
A bird in a nest is secure, but that is not why God gave it wings.
A lion will only retreat if you stare it in the eyes; likewise, so will fear.
Count your smiles, not your frowns.
A star that is determined to shine cannot be hidden, not even by darkness.
If you are going through hell, keep walking until you reach heaven.
When excellence becomes a habit, success becomes a lifestyle.
Blow by blow a giant is knocked down.
Don’t expect success to fall from the sky if it didn't evaporate from the sweat of your hands.
Reach for the stars, not your fears.
Seeds are proof that the greatest growth takes place in the dark.
A flower can only grow through concrete if it believes in itself, not its obstacles.
A bird that fears turbulence will never know how high it can fly.
Use the arrows failure throws at you to hunt for success.
Harsh winters precede pleasant springs.
Life hands us storms so we can paint rainbows.
Family is the only why of life
Each man lives in his own universe and when he dies the world is over
Truth is, life is going shake you, it will rip you right out of your comfort zone;just when you feel settled, it will shock you with some trauma and make you face adversity in the most undesirable of ways... And here is the question of it all? What's it all for... Not many search long enough to know but the wise ask you.. Are you going to be a slave to your journey or the pioneer to your dream, if God handed you a lesson ;he knew before your time, your strength could endure i. so next time you doubt another thought or feed your heart with negative emotions think about it... You are here, alive, breathing and if that's not enough than you should think about what is.
In this week I see such a picture of life, hard and joyful pressed up together and sleeping in the same bed. They come knit together. The lines of pain run through the joy and remind us to go all in, because life is short. The joy edges the pain and gives us a reason to rise.
Be like stars; when darkness tries to stop you from shining, shine all the more.
You cannot control the ocean, but you can guide the rivers that feed it.
To see a man’s true colors, tell him you’re saving yourself for marriage. To see a woman’s true colors, tell her you’re poor.
Busy hands achieve more than idle tongues.
Spring is proof that there is beauty in new beginnings.
If you don't take inventory of your blessings, ingratitude will try to steal them from you.
Intelligence is the icing, but wisdom is the cake.
The loveliest gifts sometimes come wrapped in the ugliest paper.
If God wanted the woods to be quiet, He would not have given birds songs to sing.
A few hours spent reading a book is better than a lifetime of ignorance.
A storm is an artist who passes by on her way to paint your rainbow.
By the time most people say 'I'm sorry' it is already too late.
People spend their entire lives searching the world for the pieces that will make them whole, yet those pieces are only found within them.
Life is a sweet sour adventure. When you want to go it becomes sweet, when you remain, it becomes sour
If you don't build your dreams, regret will build your nightmares.
Use the dirt life throws at you to plant the seeds of your success.
Success is to wake up each morning and consciously decide that today will be the best day of your life.
Don’t complain against life, it may hear you and double your suffering
You will never really think hard about your life until your oxygen mask is taken away from you when you are at the bed of the ocean. At that exact moment, your true self will be revealed. You will really know if you are a believer or an atheist, whether you really love life or hate it as you usually say. All your claims will be tested
We don't know where we come from and where we go, we fill the missing links with whatever our imaginations can provide us
Then nothing became something, and I was born, and I wrought great havoc in the world in the time allotted to me, and I returned to nothingness
Water in, water out until there is no water to run and the riverbed runs dry. That's life
Life has no map; it's made of random events, always caused by something beyond your control.
Life is just a dream, to some it's a sweet dream, to others, a nightmare. But whatever it is, it's always short and dissipates quickly.
We live like sheep in line waiting to be slaughtered in a slaughterhouse. We eat and laugh and fight as we see those in front of us fall to the knife
A small event as tiny as a drop of a pin can change the direction of your entire life
When you finally understand the meaning of life, you come to the conclusion it has none after all
Most of our waking life is make believe. If there was a way to record every dream that crosses our minds, the true nature of humans would be laid bare
Do you know why we show respect to life when it shows none to us? Family is the answer
Isn't it ironic that a nightmare can masquerade as a dream?
You were meant to be right here right now...so make the most of it!
I feel the reason we are all here, our purpose of being, is to help others find their little piece of happiness and heaven right here on earth...
The Time (T) and Energy (E) we invest in others, people will take it and carry it with them.
We can't change yesterday, but we can change tomorrow...
If you still have fear, you love life
Nature has endowed us with some measure of insanity to cope with the realities of daily life
Life is a war. Guerrilla warfare, the strategy
Life is existence with meaning
Some people start to live when they die
Sometimes the rope seems the only option when at the bottom of the pit. Climb it to safety.
What's the use of life without health? It's like living dead
Live your life without ever having to ask, 'What if?
Often in life the pleasure of the journey is only eclipsed by the ecstasy of the destination.
Though you are as a drop in the ocean, without you, the universe would be empty.
A tree does not despair when a few of its leaves fall off because there is more room for greener ones to take their place.
The real strength of a man is not in the size of his muscles, but in the size of his heart.
When you have higher thoughts, rid yourself of anything that threatens to lower them.
Keep negative people in your prayers, not in your life.
I am still not good enough. I am still not whole enough. I am still not pure enough. I am still weakness and sharp edges and broken, but He is good and pure and whole, all that I strive for but am not. I wake up every morning and I sit in silence and I choose to believe. I may speak. I may not. I let Him wrap up all my broken in to His grace. He takes me imperfect. This is the great mystery I never knew.
Nothing ever happens like you imagine it will," she says.The sky is like a monochromatic contemporary painting, drawing me in with its illusion of depth, pulling me up. "Yeah, that's true," I say. But then after I think about it for a second, I add, "But then again, if you don't imagine, nothing ever happens at all.
Happiness is surrounding yourself only with those who bestow their unconditional love and support.
Hope, tell me how could it be possible that grief and happiness are scattered all over the world so unevenly? Why do some people get all the troubles and misfortunes while the others are intoxicated with the abundance of material belongings, fat bellies and money? Why is there such injustice? Or, maybe, we are mistaken it’s unfair!?
People! Please. Listen. Our life, our bodies are the most authentic clinical record ever! Why do you have to ask for any other one, alien, fake, distorted by illegible handwriting belonging to someone who has never been us and has never tried to understand us? Do you think that is right?
Sometimes it feels like you and I are at the movie theater, sitting next to each other and watching the same movie. People say something, argue incessantly, even fight, but this is all somewhere far away, on the other side of the screen, and we are just passive onlookers unable to affect the course of events.
And now, it turns out that our mother’s name means benevolence and generosity to people as objects of love! This is both a unique and beautiful name, Charity. “It was one of life’s cruel ironies,” I thought, “that a midwife, or whoever filled in the documents, must have known our mom’s name. I suppose she had a lot of fun naming us Hope and Faith! Or, on the contrary, she sympathized.
Oh, this tormenting concern that your neighbor’s life might be better than yours! And how great it feels when you realize that the truth is exactly the opposite; and we’re not so different after all. Nоthing brings true neighbors together like a little friendly competition.
All our life we had been dreaming to get through every little hole into this beautiful and unfamiliar world where parents and children love each other not for something but in spite of everything, to plunge into this fairy world entirely, settle down and live there. So why didn’t I feel happy when it happened for real?
People have no limits either in love or in hatred. But is it their fault? They despise us because they are afraid, for we remind them that getting crippled or sick might happen to anyone; or, perhaps, the true reason of their hatred lies much deeper inside, stemming from the hidden ugliness of their own souls?
Would he as well neglect the perishing person, wouldn’t he help to get up, would he turn away? I think I know the answer is obvious. He was flying so high above each of us that after falling down he got below everybody else. To be precise, he was simply knocked down. And we, none of us, just did nothing. Thus, with everybody’s silent acquiescence, the best of us were eliminated in order to let others decay.
What if initially they had named you Faith and me Hope, but afterwards they forgot who of us had which name and swapped them around by mistake? You always believe that everything is going to be all right, and your faith helps me.”“And you hope that it will be that way. We have this close bond between us,” and, after thinking a while, you added, “All people need hope, no one can live without it; and our hope is way stronger when it is warmed up by faith. So it isn’t really important who is Faith and who is Hope; the main thing is that we are connected together.
What is the point of living if we are going to die anyway? What difference does it make if it’s going to happen now or later? All we have to do is to take a step and jump off; that will resolve all problems, answer all questions at a time. And what if we are already flying down? We have jumped off, – perhaps, right after the birth, – not even knowing about it! The ground is already near; we just have the last moment to live and finally realize we are already dead for a long time.
Hope, what if initially they had named you Faith and me Hope, but afterwards they forgot who of us had which name and swapped them around by mistake? You always believe that everything is going to be all right, and your faith helps me.”“And you hope that it will be that way. We have this close bond between us,” and, after thinking a while, you added, “All people need hope, no one can live without it; and our hope is way stronger when it is warmed up by faith. So it isn’t really important who is Faith and who is Hope; the main thing is that we are connected together.
You don’t have to wait for a storm to pass to paint your own rainbow.
Look for something good in each person, even if for some people you have to look a little harder.
Raise your thoughts. Ennoble your desires. Better your actions. Elevate your life.
There are many fish in the sea, but never let a good one swim away.
I was my own boss, but that all changed the day I got married.
Count your summers, not your winters.
If money could buy happiness, the rich would not drown their sorrows in expensive wine.
You are like a seed; your greater beauty lies not on the outside, but within.
A star never lets anything dull its sparkle, not even darkness.
When someone refuses listening to reason disaster will surely follow.
Gracie's father was an engineer, her mother an accountant. I couldn't picture either one of them yelling or throwing things or having affairs. I could see my dad doing stuff like that. Trish sure did. But Dad carried a war in his skull, and Trish was a drunk. Gracie's parents didn't have anything like that to deal with, but their daughter was falling apart on the bathroom floor.
It’s funny how we think life works a certain way because of TV and movies. Most people don’t really think about how scripts are edited and how people get to practice their lines and rehearse. If one doesn’t get it right they get to redo the scene until they do. In real life what’s missing or not working only comes up when we’re going along full blast. We end up being the editors of our lives only while we’re running in real time.