Quotes quotes quotes to live by

the secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.
-buddha


I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.
-Leonardo da Vinci

He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.
-Leonardo da Vinci


People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered.  Forgive them anyway.
            If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. 
Be kind anyway.
            If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies. 
Succeed anyway.
            If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you.  Be honest and sincere anyway.
            What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight. 
Create anyway.
            If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous.  Be happy anyway.
            The good you do today, will often be forgotten. 
Do good anyway.
         Give the best you have, and it will never be enough. 
Give your best anyway.
-Mother Teresa

Only from the heart
Can you touch the sky.
Rumi

Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius.
Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

“This is my simple religion.
There is no need for temples;
no need for complicated philosophy.
Our own brain, our own heart
is our temple;
the philosophy is kindness.”
Dalai Lama

True morality consists, not in following the beaten track, but in finding out the true path for ourselves and in fearlessly following it.
Gandhi

The weak never forgive.  Forgiveness is an attribute of the strong.
-Gandhi

To believe in something and not live it, is dishonest.
-Gandhi

He who has health has hope; and he who has hope has everything.
~Arabian Proverb

If you believe in peace, act peacefully; if you believe in love, act lovingly; if you believe every which way, then act every which way... If you want to change the world, change yourself.

- Tom Robbins

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"Your vision will become clear when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside dreams; who looks inside awakens."

~Carl Jung

As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves. gandhi

We can never obtain peace in the world if we neglect the inner world and don't make peace with ourselves. World peace must develop out of inner peace. dalai lama


Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them. Dalai Lama

An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

The highest reward for a person’s toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.
John Ruskin

walk with the dreamers, the believers, the courageous, the cheerful, the planners, the doers, the successful people with their heads in the clouds and their feet on the ground. let their spirit light a fire within you to leave this world better than when you found it...
- wilfred Peterson

the adventure of life is to learn. the goal of life is to grow. the nature of life is to change. the challenge of life is to overcome. the essence of life is to care. the secret of life is to dare. the beauty of life is to give. the joy of life is to love!
-william ward

People who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world are usually the ones who do.