Quotes on Life

It doesn't matter if the water is cold or warm if you're going to have to wade through it anyway.

The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, learn about them, or even seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.

I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief.... For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

Whatever is worth doing is worth doing well.

The power is in you. The answer is in you. And you are the answer to all your searches: you are the goal. You are the answer. It's never outside.

However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names. It is not so bad as you are.

Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar talent, and implies a need and a craving in the teacher himself.

True bravery is shown by performing without witness what one might be capable of doing before all the world.

Do you want to meet the love of your life? Look in the mirror.

We all have ability. The difference is how we use it.

Life is measured by the rapidity of change, the succession of influences that modify the being.

A man's character is his fate.

Luck is the residue of design.

The reason why we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind the scenes with everyone else's highlight reel.

We judge ourselves by our intentions. And others by their actions.

The rain will stop, the night will end, the hurt will fade. Hope is never so lost that it can't be found.

If there is love, there is hope that one may have real families, real brotherhood, real equanimity, real peace. If the love within your mind is lost and you see other beings as enemies, then no matter how much knowledge or education or material comfort you have, only suffering and confusion will ensue.

The greatest truth must be recognition that in every man, in every child is the potential for greatness.

The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly.

Prosperity in the form of wealth works exactly the same as everything else. You will see it coming into your life when you are unattached to needing it.

When you get the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance.