There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
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There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
When I look into the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes.
What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity - intellect and resources - to do some thing about them.
Do not consider painful what is good for you.
You might encounter defeats but you must never be defeated... Love a lot. Laugh a lot at the silliest things and be very serious... love life.
All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
Look here — we shall all die! Bear this in mind always, and then the spirit within will wake up. Then only, meanness will vanish from you, practicality in work will come, you will get new vigour in mind and body, and those who come in contact with you will also feel that they have really got something uplifting from you.
There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle.
So, twice a week, I go to a beauty salon and have my hair blown dry. It’s cheaper by far than psychoanalysis, and much more uplifting.
Doctors can heal the body, but it is music that uplifts the spirit.
Let it [racism] be a problem to someone else... Let it drag them down. Don't use it as an excuse for your own shortcomings.
Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little
It is a great tragedy that science, this wonderful process for finding out what is true, has ceded the spiritual uplift of its central revelations: the vastness of the universe, the immensity of time, the relatedness of all life, and life's preciousness on our tiny planet.
Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
Before you leave the house, you need to make up your mind that you’re going to stay positive and enjoy the day no matter what comes your way. You have to decide ahead of time.
If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.
How you speak and the words you use tell much about the image you choose to portray. Use language to build and uplift those around you. Profane, vulgar, or crude language and inappropriate or off-color jokes are offensive to the Lord. Never misuse the name of God or Jesus Christ. The Lord said, "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain" (Ex. 20:7).
There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique.
The essence of trade unionism is social uplift. The labor movement has been the haven for the dispossessed, the despised, the neglected, the downtrodden, the poor.
Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
Faith is an oasis in the heart which will never be reached by the caravan of thinking.
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