309 quotes
“Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.”
— Pema Chodron
“My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.”
— Dalai Lama
“The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.”
— Confucius
“Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.”
— Seneca
“Be kind for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”
— Plato
“Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have.”
— Eckhart Tolle
“Every thought you produce anything you say any action you do it bears your signature.”
— Thich Nhat Hanh
“Do not be satisfied with the stories that come before you. Unfold your own myth.”
— Rumi
“Well done is better than well said”
— Benjamin Franklin
“The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.”
— Swami Vivekananda
“The highest levels of performance come to people who are centered calm and moving through life with poise.”
— Deepak Chopra
“You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops are dirty the ocean does not become dirty.”
— Mahatma Gandhi
“The tragedy of life is not death but what we let die inside us while we live.”
— Norman Cousins
“Rest satisfied with doing well and leave others to talk of you as they please.”
— Pythagoras
“The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly fine.”
— Sextus Empiricus
“If you plant goodness, you will reap goodness; if you plant evil, you will reap evil.”
— Saadi Shirazi
“To be beautiful means to be yourself. You do not need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.”
“Every action generates a force of energy that returns to us in like kind what we sow is what we reap”
“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see”
— Mark Twain
“The only thing that is constant is change.”
— Heraclitus
“The purpose of our lives is to be happy.”
“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The arrow once loosed from the bow does not return; so a word, once spoken, does not come back.”
“He who wishes to secure the good of others has already secured his own.”
“Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.”
— Mother Teresa
“Every thought you produce anything you say any action you do it bears your signature”
“He who digs a pit for others falls in himself.”
— Unknown
“The measure of a man is what he does with power.”
“Even as the holy ones of old were not combated by good and evil, so he who has reached perfection is not troubled by them.”
— Patanjali
“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”
“Whether you think you can or you think you cannot you are right.”
— Henry Ford
“How people treat you is their karma how you react is yours and your healing lies in that reaction”
— Wayne Dyer
“It is not that we have a short time to live but that we waste a great deal of it.”
“It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.”
— Jiddu Krishnamurti
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
“You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.”
“We make ourselves rich by making our wants few.”
— Henry David Thoreau
“Peace begins with a smile.”
“Act as if what you do makes a difference because it does.”
— William James
“The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.”
— Aristotle
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others”
“Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.”
“Many of lifes failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”
— Thomas Edison
“Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile”
— Albert Einstein
“The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.”
— William Shakespeare
“The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.”
“He who digs a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh a hedge, a serpent shall bite him.”
— King Solomon
“In the end these things matter most: How well did you love? How fully did you live? How deeply did you let go?”
— Buddha
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
“There is no path to happiness; happiness is the path.”
“The more I read the more I acquire the more certain I am that I know nothing.”
— Voltaire
“He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened.”
— Lao Tzu
“The butterfly counts not months but moments and has time enough.”
— Rabindranath Tagore
“Harm watch, harm catch.”
“First say to yourself what you would be and then do what you have to do.”
— Epictetus
“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.”
— Marcus Aurelius
“The man who does ill must suffer ill.”
— Aeschylus
“You have power over your mind not outside events. Realize this and you will find strength.”
“To lead people walk behind them.”
“Before you speak ask yourself is it kind is it necessary is it true does it improve upon the silence.”
— Sai Baba
“You cannot cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.”
“Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.”
“All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts.”
“Even as the holy ones of old were arranged in their due order, and the stars fight from their courses, so is the deed its own judge, the deed its own reward.”
“Every act of kindness is a piece of love we leave behind.”
“How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.”
“Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.”
“The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.”
“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.”
— Victor Hugo
“Nature does not hurry yet everything is accomplished.”
“Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.”
“Creativity is the greatest rebellion in existence.”
— Osho
“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”
“The only thing that is ultimately real about your journey is the step that you are taking at this moment.”
— Vera Nazarian
“A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.”
“The roots of education are bitter but the fruit is sweet.”
“When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive.”
“Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace.”
“The faults of others we write upon sand, our own virtues we write in marble.”
— Thomas More
“In the process of letting go you will lose many things from the past but you will find yourself.”
“Silence is the language of God. All else is poor translation.”
“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
— Socrates
“Be grateful for whoever comes because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.”
“To see what is right and not do it is a lack of courage.”
“The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves.”
— Vivekananda
“What you seek is seeking you.”
“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.”
“Always do your best. What you plant now you will harvest later.”
— Og Mandino
“The time is always right to do what is right.”
— Martin Luther King Jr.
“He who digs a pit shall fall into it, and he who rolls a stone, it will come back on him.”
“Before you embark on a journey of revenge dig two graves.”
“We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.”
“Courage is knowing what not to fear.”
“Kindness is the light that dissolves all walls between souls.”
— Paramahansa Yogananda
“Live quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you.”
“Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.”
“Look within. Within is the fountain of good and it will ever bubble up if you will ever dig.”
“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”
“If thou wouldst be borne with, then bear with others.”
— Thomas Fuller
“Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark.”
“Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck.”
“Those who act kindly in this world will have kindness.”
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit.”
“Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.”
— Sophocles
“Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life.”
— Khalil Gibran
“The arrow that has left the bow never returns.”
— Omar Khayyam
“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”
“An evil deed does not turn to cream right away, but like fire covered with ashes, it follows the fool, smoldering.”
— Gautama Buddha
“Arise awake and do not stop until the goal is reached.”
“The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.”
“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”
“Do not be deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.”