There’s only one effectively redemptive sacrifice, the sacrifice of self-will to make room for the knowledge of God.
Aldous HuxleyWhat starts the process, really, are laughs and slights and snubs when you are a kid. If your anger is deep enough and strong enough, you learn that you can change those attitudes by excellence, personal gut performance.
Richard M. NixonI believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.
Mahatma GandhiYou can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something – your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.
Steve JobsPassions are the gales of life.
Alexander PopeThe thing about Jiu Jitsu is it is also not for everybody. It can be very humiliating and humbling. If you have a hard time dealing with the fact that someone smaller than you may be able to tap you out, it is going to be difficult.
Jocko WillinkIf an idea isn’t exciting, you shouldn’t do it.
Ray BradburySpeakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.
Dale CarnegieI’ve read a lot of books on the laws of attraction, and in my home, I have a big book on Muhammad Ali, which I’ve read because he is, like, a hero of mine, but other than that, no, I’m not a big reader.
Conor McGregorIt is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others.
Joseph AddisonIf you raise your children to feel that they can accomplish any goal or task they decide upon, you will have succeeded as a parent and you will have given your children the greatest of all blessings.
Brian TracyThe American people are bigger than any president. I suppose I have faith in my country and in what it is founded on and the values we hold dear.
Angelina JolieIf you can feel that Mother Earth is in you, and you are Mother Earth, then you are not any longer afraid to die because the earth is not dying. Like a wave appears and disappears and appears again.
Thich Nhat HanhI always had music growing up, but music was also like a journal. It was like my personal diary or personal journal. A lot of the things I couldn’t express to an individual, I would express them in my music.
Kevin GatesBefore finding music, I didn’t have too many aspirations. I wanted to hang out, make a little money from whatever I had to do.
Kendrick LamarAmerica is the land of the second chance – and when the gates of the prison open, the path ahead should lead to a better life.
George W. BushI always had faith in my creative capacity.
Nipsey HussleThe best workers, like the happiest livers, look upon their work as a kind of game: the harder they play the more enjoyable it becomes.
Robert Baden-PowellLearning to live for others isn’t something that just comes naturally to anybody. You have to train yourself to do it.
Joyce MeyerThe future will be better tomorrow.
Dan QuayleIt is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward our distant goal.
Helen KellerIf selfishness is the key to being miserable, then selflessness must be the key to being happy!
Joyce MeyerI never hold a grudge.
Billy GrahamI do the very best I know how – the very best I can; and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.
Abraham LincolnWith drive and a bit of talent, you can move mountains. I know. I’ve done it.
Dwayne JohnsonWhatever work you do, you think are you doing this for the good of the nation? That’s the basic training. The other basic training is discipline. Your life should be disciplined. The other thing they say is what work you get, do it well.
Narendra ModiBy taking responsibility for how you choose to respond to anything or anyone, you’re aligning yourself with the beautiful dance of life.
Wayne DyerEnergy and persistence conquer all things.
Benjamin FranklinThere are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge.
Napoleon HillI’ve always believed that success for anyone is all about drive, dedication, and desire, but for me, it’s also been about confidence and faith.
Stephen Curry‚Victory‘ is like, you won, so the question is, what? What did you win? I think that the songs go into that. It’s just about reaching a place in myself.
Nipsey HussleTake time to gather up the past so that you will be able to draw from your experience and invest them in the future.
Jim RohnIt’s better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.
Elizabeth KennyPeople can try to reinvent themselves. I don’t think you can really change who you are, though, because who you are is pretty much where you came from and what you’ve done up to now.
EminemOne of my major keys is actually the master keys: God.
DJ KhaledWhat you have outside you counts less than what you have inside you.
B. C. ForbesThere has to be something in every role that interests you.
Clint EastwoodGood intentions never change anything. They only become a deeper and deeper rut.
Joyce MeyerGrowth is the great separator between those who succeed and those who do not. When I see a person beginning to separate themselves from the pack, it’s almost always due to personal growth.
John C. MaxwellI can do whatever I want.
Karl LagerfeldSpiritual worldliness kills! It kills the soul! It kills the Church!
Pope FrancisI find a lot of inspiration through visuals. When I was 12, I saw Aurora’s ‚Runaway‘ music video. Something inside me clicked, like, ‚That is what I want to do, no matter whether it goes anywhere or not.‘
Billie EilishIt is our choices… that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
J. K. RowlingIt’s amazing: I am a New Yorker. It’s strange; I never thought I would be.
David BowieFor a highly motivated learner, it’s not like knowledge is secret and somehow the Internet made it not secret. It just made knowledge easy to find. If you’re a motivated enough learner, books are pretty good.
Bill GatesThe eye of the master will do more work than both his hands.
Benjamin FranklinThe best of us must sometimes eat our words.
J. K. RowlingI do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.
John D. RockefellerLove is the flower you’ve got to let grow.
John LennonThey must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.
ConfuciusIt is not God’s will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.
Immanuel KantAs you pray for the Holy Spirit to make you aware of thoughts that come into your mind that don’t line up with God’s Word, you’ll begin to realize when those thoughts come and you can renew your mind with the Word.
Joyce MeyerI have short goals – to get better every day, to help my teammates every day – but my only ultimate goal is to win an NBA championship. It’s all that matters. I dream about it. I dream about it all the time, how it would look, how it would feel. It would be so amazing.
LeBron JamesWow, I get to wake up again? Ok. You have to make good with what you’ve got.
Dave GrohlSome people feel guilty about their anxieties and regard them as a defect of faith but they are afflictions, not sins. Like all afflictions, they are, if we can so take them, our share in the passion of Christ.
C. S. LewisIn the Church, and in the journey of faith, women have had and still have a special role in opening doors to the Lord.
Pope FrancisIt is only by not paying one’s bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes.
Oscar WildeFaith crosses every border and touches every heart in every nation.
George W. BushI have to keep improving myself and challenging myself.
Sunil ChhetriNo work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.
Alan Watts