One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.
© Albert Schweitzer @quote
Being in humaneness is good. If we select other goodness and thus are far apart from humaneness, how can we be the wise?
© Confucius @quote
If facts are the seeds that later produce knowledge and wisdom, then the emotions and the impressions of the senses are the fertile soil in which the seeds must grow
© Rachel Carson @quote
All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small
© Lao Tzu @quote
I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on man unless they act.
© G. K. Chesterton @quote
It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do
© Moliere @quote
There is no duty we so underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world.
© Robert Louis Stevenson @quote
The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.
© Alfred Tennyson @quote
If you correct your mind, the rest of your life will fall into place
© Lao Tzu @quote
A garden is always a series of losses set against a few triumphs, like life itself.
© May Sarton @quote
Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till some one dash it from them
© Sophocles @quote
Think as a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.
© William Yeats @quote
Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them
© Orison Marden @quote
Here is one quality that one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it
© Napoleon Hill @quote
He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.
© Marcus Aurelius @quote
Four steps to achievement: Plan purposefully. Prepare prayerfully. Proceed positively. Pursue persistently.
© William Arthur Ward @quote
Happiness mainly comes from our own attitude, rather than from external factors
© Dalai Lama @quote
The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.
© Confucius @quote
A single conversation across the table with a wise person is worth a months study of books.
© Chinese Proverb @quote
Do not give your attention to what others do or fail to do; give it to what you do or fail to do
© Dhammapada @quote
By accepting yourself and being fully what you are, your presence can make others happy.
© Jane Roberts @quote
The cosmos is neither moral or immoral; only people are. He who would move the world must first move himself.
© Edward Ericson @quote