My quotes collection 18

 

(Collection of quotes by Turlapati Sambasivarao garu)

The tragedy of human history is decreasing happiness in the midst of increasing comforts...swami chinmayananda

I just got one last thing, I urge all of you, all of you, to enjoy your life, the precious moments you have. To spend each day with some laughter and some thought, to get you'r emotions going. Jim Valvano  

"Never look back unless you are planning to go that way." - Henry David Thoreau

Good words are worth much, and cost little. George Herbert

Oh, how great peace and quietness would he possess who should cut off all vain anxiety and place all his confidence in God. Thomas a Kempis

"Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence." - Bhimrao R. Ambedkar

Faith is different from proof; the latter is human, the former is a Gift from God. Blaise Pascal 

"I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe." - Dalai Lama, 

The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another's, smile at someone and receive a smile in return, are to me continual spiritual exercises. Leo Buscaglia

Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy. Leo Buscaglia

     

I've always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative. James A. Baldwin

"The secret of life is not enjoyment but education through experience." - Swami Sivananda

Don't forget to love yourself. Soren Kierkegaard

"Every intention is a trigger for transformation." - Deepak Chopra

All human wishdom isin two words : " WAIT & HOPE " 

God and Nature first made us what we are, and then out of our own created genius we make ourselves what we want to be. Follow always that great law. Let the sky and God be our limit and Eternity our measurement. Marcus Garvey

Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind. Francois de La Rochefoucauld

One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion. Simone de Beauvoir

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule. Samuel Butler

Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait. The grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of will and energy to execute your ideas. Henry Ford

All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not seen. Ralph Waldo Emerson 

Step with care and great tact ,and remember that Life's a Great Balancing Act. Dr. Seuss

Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent. Napoleon Hill

  

There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate. Robert Frost

The Buddha is in me, the Buddha is in you. Live up to it. Huston Smith

One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. Elbert Hubbard

"One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity." - Albert Schweitzer

"May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house." - George Carlin

Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally. David Frost

We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are. Honore de Balzac

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave. Calvin Coolidge

   

In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don't. Blaise Pascal

Happy is the person who knows what to remember of the past, what to enjoy in the present, and what to plan for in the future. Arnold H. Glasow

Elegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped from adolescence, but of those who have already taken possession of their future. Coco Chanel

Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding. Francois de La Rochefoucauld

While the river of life glides along smoothly, it remains the same river; only the landscape on either bank seems to change. Max Muller

To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth. Pearl S. Buck

The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it. Pearl S. Buck

To add value to others, one must first value others. John C. Maxwell

We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another. Jean Paul

Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life. Buddha

The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

 

Always render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter what your task may be. Og Mandino

Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later. Og Mandino

 

I don't believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be. Ken Venturi  

There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning. Christopher Morley

 "If God made anything better than women, I think he kept it for himself." - Kris Kristofferson, 

All great men are gifted with intuition. They know without reasoning or analysis, what they need to know. Alexis Carrel

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality. Plutarch

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts. Charles Dickens

"If you're really spiritual, then you should be totally independent of the good and the bad opinions of the world... you should have faith in yourself." - Deepak eChopra

"There is a polish for everything that takes away rust, and the polish for the heart is the remembrance of God." - Prophet Muhammad

True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment. William Penn 

"If we can really understand the problem, the answer will come out of it, because the answer is not separate from the problem." - Jiddu Krishnamurti

Men create real miracles when they use their God-given courage and intelligence. Jean Anouilh

"We do not consider our principles as dogmas contained in books said to come from heaven. We derive our inspiration, not from heaven, or the unseen world, but directly from life." - Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

"Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth." - Chanakya

Taking joy in living is a woman's best cosmetic. Rosalind Russell

Ramadan is, in its essence, a month of humanist spirituality. Tariq Ramadan

God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with him. Jim Elliot

The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mode but the true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives the passion that she shows. The beauty of a woman grows with the passing years. Audrey Hepburn

This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. Hannah Arendt

I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if one is to amount to something; I don't know where I would be without it. Francois de La Rochefoucauld

With faith, discipline and selfless devotion to duty, there is nothing worthwhile that you cannot achieve. Muhammad Ali Jinnah 

My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me. Henry Ford  

It is one of the most beautiful facts in this human existence of ours, that we remember the earliest and freshest part of it most vividly. Doubtless it was meant that our childhood should live on in us forever. Lucy Larcom

The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself. Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us. Charles Spurgeon

A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble. Charles Spurgeon

Our entire life - consists ultimately in accepting ourselves as we are. Jean Anouilh

The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person. Abraham Lincoln

Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that day, which must be done, whether you like it or not. James Russell Lowell

Happiness is a matter of one's most ordinary and everyday mode of consciousness being busy and lively and unconcerned with self. Iris Murdoch

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. Carl Jung

Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world. Epictetus

We are more closely connected to the invisible than to the visible. Novalis

You can speak well if your tongue can deliver the message of your heart. John Ford

What is a soul? It's like electricity - we don't really know what it is, but it's a force that can light a room.

Ray Charles

Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less. C. S. Lewis

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see. - Arthur Schopenhauer

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. Leo Buscaglia

God and Nature first made us what we are, and then out of our own created genius we make ourselves what we want to be. Follow always that great law. Let the sky and God be our limit and Eternity our measurement. Marcus Garvey

Sometimes we may ask God for success, and He gives us physical and mental stamina. We might plead for prosperity, and we receive enlarged perspective and increased patience, or we petition for growth and are blessed with the gift of grace. He may bestow upon us conviction and confidence as we strive to achieve worthy goals. David A. Bednar