She had to choose what, of the things she inherited from the people who came before her, she wanted to bring forward. And what, of the past, she wanted to leave behind.
It used to be about trying to do something. Now it’s about trying to be someone.
When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.
A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.
I’m bored’ is a useless thing to say. I mean, you live in a great, big, vast world that you’ve seen none percent of. Even the inside of your own mind is endless; it goes on forever, inwardly, do you understand? The fact that you’re alive is amazing, so you don’t get to say ‘I’m bored.
Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore, seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.
This hill, though high, I covet to ascend;
The difficulty will not me offend.
For I perceive the way to life lies here.
Come, pluck up, heart; let’s neither faint nor fear.
Better, though difficult, the right way to go,
Than wrong, though easy, where the end is woe.
You can talk with someone for years, everyday, and still, it won’t mean as much as what you can have when you sit in front of someone, not saying a word, yet you feel that person with your heart, you feel like you have known the person for forever…. connections are made with the heart, not the tongue.
I’m beginning to think that maybe it’s not just how much you love someone. Maybe what matters is who you are when you’re with them.
If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.
There is no good and evil, there is only power and those too weak to seek it.
Arrogance on the part of the meritorious is even more offensive to us than the arrogance of those without merit: for merit itself is offensive.
Live all you can: it’s a mistake not to. It doesn’t matter what you do in particular, so long as you have had your life. If you haven’t had that, what have you had?
Life is very short, and there’s no time for fussing and fighting my friends
Strength is Life, Weakness is Death.
Expansion is Life, Contraction is Death.
Love is Life, Hatred is Death.
Never let anybody guess that you have a mind of your own. Above all be pure
I believe that everything that you do bad comes back to you. So everything that I do that’s bad, I’m going to suffer from it. But in my mind, I believe what I’m doing is right. So I feel like I’m going to heaven
I have already settled it for myself so flattery and criticism go down the same drain and I am quite free.
Life,” said Marvin dolefully, “loathe it or ignore it, you can’t like it.
I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life’s a bitch. You’ve got to go out and kick ass.
In school we learn that mistakes are bad, and we are punished for making them. Yet, if you look at the way humans are designed to learn, we learn by making mistakes. We learn to walk by falling down. If we never fell down, we would never walk.
You know, the mind is a remarkable thing. Just because you can’t see the wound doesn’t mean it isn’t hurting. It scars all the time, but it heals.
The Reality of The Other Person Lies Not In What He Reveals To You, But What He Cannot Reveal To You.
Therefore, If You Would Understand Him, Listen Not To What He Says, But Rather To What He Does Not Say.
A child may not know how to feed itself, or what to eat, yet it knows hunger.
You have come a long way and have won many battles. Whenever you’re faced with a difficult or challenging situation, you’ll overcome it. Yes, you can.
If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.
A wise man always has something to say, whereas a fool always needs to say something.
Maybe I made a mistake yesterday, but yesterday’s me is still me. I am who I am today, with all my faults. Tomorrow I might be a tiny bit wiser, and that’s me, too. These faults and mistakes are what I am, making up the brightest stars in the constellation of my life. I have come to love myself for who I was, who I am, and who I hope to become.
Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.
The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.
You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore
My proceeds from the PayPal acquisition were $180 million. I put $100 million in SpaceX, $70m in Tesla, and $10m in Solar City. I had to borrow money for rent.
Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. Your really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.
If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake.
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
Patience is a virtue, but there comes a moment when you must stop being patient and take the day by the throat and shake it. If it fights back; fine. I’d rather end up bloody at the end of the day, then unhurt with no progress made, no knowledge gained. I’d rather have a no, then nothing. I’d forgotten that about myself.
There’s no point in wishing. We can’t change anything about the past. We can only remember. We can only move forward.
Why are you trying so hard to fit in when you were born to stand out?
We need to help people to discover the true meaning of love. Love is generally confused with dependence. Those of us who have grown in true love know that we can love only in proportion to our capacity for independence.
Hanya orang-orang dengan hati damailah yang boleh menerima kejadian buruk dengan lega.
There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.
Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.
You have to rise above the squabbling and chaos, and keep believing. You have to always keep your goals in mind.” -Hera, goddess of marriage
Stop comparing yourself to other people, just choose to be happy and live your own life.
Happiness is the object and design of our existence; and will be the end thereof, if we pursue the path that leads to it; and this path is virtue, uprightness, faithfulness, holiness, and keeping all the commandments of God.
I want to be free Michael, just for once in my whole life I want to be free”
“You are free. You just don’t know it yet
First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. And then they attack you and want to burn you. And then they build monuments to you.
The opinion which other people have of you is their problem, not yours.
Every day People straighten up the hair, why not the heart?