The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.
- Marcus Aurelius
Stop to help...
The first question that the priest and the Levite asked was: "If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?" But the Good Samaritan reversed the question: "If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?"
Martin Luther King, Jr.
With & without hope
Without hope men are only half alive. With hope they dream and think and work.
-Charles Sawyer
Everywhere v/s Nowhere
The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere.
-Michel Eyquem De Montaigne (1533-1592)
...strong as purpose
You are only as strong as your purpose, therefore let us choose reasons to act that are big, bold, righteous and eternal.
-Barry Munro
Gladness & Need
"Vocation is the place where our deep gladness meets the world's deep need."
- Frederick Buechner
- Frederick Buechner
New goals...
You cannot expect to achieve new goals or move beyond your present circumstances unless you change.
-Les Brown
Only way...
The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
-Alan W. Watts (1915-1973)
Exhaustion rather than
I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.
-Thomas Carlyle
2nd worst crime
Perhaps the world's second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore.
-Sir Cecil Beaton
No excuse for...
There's no excuse to be bored. Sad, yes. Angry, yes. Depressed, yes. Crazy, yes. But there's no excuse for boredom, ever.
-Viggo Mortensen
Not meant for mediocre...
"Today is a new day. Don't let your history interfere with your destiny! Let today be the day you stop being a victim of your circumstances and start taking action towards the life you want. You have the power and the time to shape your life. Break free from the poisonous victim mentality and embrace the truth of your greatness. You were not meant for a mundane or mediocre life!"
- Steve Maraboli
- Steve Maraboli
Unless...change
You cannot expect to achieve new goals or move beyond your present circumstances unless you change.
-Les Brown
Power of mistakes
"Mistakes have the power to turn you into something better than you were before."
- Anonymous
- Anonymous
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