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Post by Naptaq on Dec 6, 2008 20:59:19 GMT -5
"The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another." William JamesI just thought it would be nice to have a collection of fine, motivating, inspirational, .. wise, ect and all positive, quotes here, in one place. |
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Post by HybridMoment on Dec 7, 2008 22:05:48 GMT -5
Here's my favorite, it's a new twist on an old quote:
"If at first you don't succeed, try, try a gun."
Probably not best suited for the suicidal though.
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Post by deadendphilosopher on Dec 8, 2008 11:31:10 GMT -5
It is only when we have the courage
to face things exactly as they are,
without any self-deception or illusion,
that a light will develop out of events,
by which the path to success
may be recognized.
~I Ching
Hexagram 5, Hsu
Waiting (Nourishment)
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Post by Naptaq on Dec 8, 2008 15:21:55 GMT -5
"The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping."
Dale Carnegie
"Just as no one can be forced into belief, so no one can be forced into unbelief."
Sigmund Freud
"Those who have a 'why' to live, can bear with almost any 'how."
Viktor Frankl
"Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves."
Carl Jung
"If you want a trait, act as if you already have the trait."
William James
"Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it."
M. Scott Peck
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Post by deadendphilosopher on Dec 18, 2008 17:07:57 GMT -5
"You must quiet your mind to hear your highest calling. You must open your heart to find where love resides. If you choose to follow your passions and desires, then you must be still enough to hear the answers from your soul. Walk out only as far as you can stand with your head above water and the scenery will always look the same. Dare to venture into deeper waters and a magical world awaits you."
~ Debbie Ford in The Dark Side of the Light Chasers
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Post by Naptaq on Dec 18, 2008 17:43:01 GMT -5
"A spiritual paradox is represented by the religious teaching of hating sin, which merely expresses the very thing it deplores" ~ David R. Hawkins
"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong." Gandhi
"To those who are unfriendly, other people are actually cold and unfriendly ; and to a warm, loving person, the exact, same enviorment is cordial and supportive. Thus by virtue of who we are we subtly influence events around us." ~ David R. Hawkins
"Providence has its appointed hour for everything. We cannot command results, we can only strive." ~ Gandhi
"Create an idealized image of oneself and practice it as if for a movie role" ~ David R. Hawkins
"God doesn't require us to succeed; he only requires that you try." ~ Mother Teresa
"Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall." ~ Confucius
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm." ~ Winston Churchill
"Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing." ~ Abraham Lincoln
"Who attacks success is fated to failure." ~ David R. Hawkins
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." ~ Aristotle
"Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for." ~ Socrates
"Courage is a kind of salvation." ~ Plato
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Post by Naptaq on Jan 15, 2009 9:57:05 GMT -5
"However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?" ~ Buddha
"We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves." ~ Buddha
"Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others." ~ Buddha
"There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it." ~ Buddha
"There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills." ~ Buddha
"Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace." ~ Buddha
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Post by Naptaq on Jan 23, 2009 17:32:51 GMT -5
"Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy."
Dale Carnegie
"Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears."
Les Brown
"Procrastination is the fear of success. People procrastinate because they are afraid of the success that they know will result if they move ahead now. Because success is heavy, carries a responsibility with it, it is much easier to procrastinate and live on the 'someday I'll' philosophy."
Denis Waitley
"I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do..."
Eleanor Roosevelt
"The biggest mistake you can make is continually fearing you will make one."
Unknown Author
"We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world."
Helen Keller
"It's not haveing been in the dark house, but having left it that counts."
Theodore Roosevelt
"It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause, who at best knows achievement and who at the worst if he fails at least fails while daring greatly so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat."
Theodore Roosevelt
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm."
Winston Churchill
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Post by Naptaq on Jan 30, 2009 14:45:25 GMT -5
"Happiness is an inside job"
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Post by nelo on Jan 30, 2009 18:35:22 GMT -5
Not sure I agree entirely with that one.
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Post by livinginloneliness on Jan 30, 2009 18:54:20 GMT -5
"Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy." Dale Carnegie "Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears." Les Brown "Procrastination is the fear of success. People procrastinate because they are afraid of the success that they know will result if they move ahead now. Because success is heavy, carries a responsibility with it, it is much easier to procrastinate and live on the 'someday I'll' philosophy." Denis Waitley "I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do..." Eleanor Roosevelt "The biggest mistake you can make is continually fearing you will make one." Unknown Author "We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world." Helen Keller "It's not haveing been in the dark house, but having left it that counts." Theodore Roosevelt "It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause, who at best knows achievement and who at the worst if he fails at least fails while daring greatly so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat." Theodore Roosevelt "Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm." Winston Churchill Great and powerful quotes! I feel inspired. : ) |
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Post by livinginloneliness on Jan 31, 2009 2:27:28 GMT -5
This is not a quote but this is a very positive song. : )
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Post by Naptaq on Jan 31, 2009 17:30:12 GMT -5
Here's a quote that comes from sports
"Hard work beats talent, when talent fails to work hard."
"Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it."
Leonardo Da Vinci
"To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals - this alone is worth the struggle."
William Penn
"When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another."
Helen Keller
"Do not wait; the time will never be "just right'. Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along."
Napoleon Hill
"Laziness may appear attractive but work gives satisfaction."
Ann Frank
"Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best."
H. Jackson Brown
"The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools."
Confucius
"I do not know anyone who has gotten to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but it will get you pretty near."
Margaret Thatcher
"I'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it."
Thomas Jefferson
"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant."
Robert Louis Stevenson
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Post by airburst on Jan 31, 2009 19:49:14 GMT -5
"The answer might be that often, your perceived failures might not be so much genetic as they are sociological, might not be so physiological as the are psychological, and armed with that knowledge, maybe you're not necessarily destined to be the loser society thought you were." -TC Luoma
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Post by Naptaq on Mar 11, 2009 16:36:27 GMT -5
"The biggest risk in life is not taking one."
One of the taglines for the movie Proof (2005).
"Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice. "
William James
"Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver."
William James
"Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter."
Mark Twain
"All you need is ignorance and confidence and the success is sure."
Mark Twain
"Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain."
Mark Twain
"The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it."
William James
"These then are my last words to you. Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact."
William James
"Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them."
Bruce Lee
"Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment modifies life but does not govern life. The soul is stronger than its surroundings."
William James
"Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people."
Carl Jung
"Shrinking away from death is something unhealthy and abnormal which robs the second half of life of its purpose."
Carl Jung
"Don't let schooling interfere with your education."
Mark Twain
"Wisdom is learning what to overlook."
William James
"Life is a mirror and will reflect back to the thinker what he thinks into it."
Ernest Holmes
"The end of science is not to prove a theory, but to improve mankind."
Manly Hall
"To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs."
Sri Aurobindo
"Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real."
Thomas Merton
"The biggest human temptation is to settle for too little."
Thomas Merton
"The tighter you squeeze, the less you have."
Thomas Merton
"We are not at peace with others because we are not at peace with ourselves, and we are not at peace with ourselves because we are not at peace with God."
Thomas Merton
"All that you accomplish or fail to accomplish with your life is the direct result of your thoughts."
James Allen
"All causes are essentially mental, and whosoever comes into daily contact with a high order of thinking must take on some of it."
Charles Fillmore
"Men who accomplish great things in the industrial world are the ones who have faith in the money producing power of ideas."
Charles Fillmore
"An intellectual is a person who's found one thing that's more interesting than sex."
Aldous Huxley
"I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself."
Aldous Huxley
"An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling lie."
Aldous Huxley
"Beauty is worse than wine, it intoxicates both the holder and beholder."
Aldous Huxley
"Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing."
William James
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