Words Of Wisdom

"More people would learn from their mistakes if they weren't so busy denying them." - Harold J. Smith

If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it.

Those who walk with God reach their destination.

When you are down to nothing, God is up to something.

Growing old is inevitable, growing up is optional.

How can anyone ever love you for who you are if you become someone else to be with them?

You can only see others as clearly as you see yourself.

"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are." - John Wooden

The world reflects what you need to see, not only what you want to see.

"The price of greatness is responsibility."- Sir Winston Churchill

Life isn’t about what happens to us. It’s about how we perceive what happens to us.

"Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim; accept no ones definition of your life; define yourself."- Harvey Fierstein

A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.

To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.

"Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain, and most fools do." - Benjamin Franklin

"Everything you’re looking for lies behind the mask you wear." - Stephen C. Paul

"When you give up your own truth to win at someone else’s game everyone loses." - Stephen C. Paul

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."- Theodore Roosevelt

"Your relationships reflect your fears and limits. How can anyone ever give you what you won’t allow?" - Stephen C. Paul

Always put yourself in others' shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it probably hurts the other person, too.

"The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way." - Karen S. Magee

Some men see things as they are, and say, "Why?" Still others dream of things that never were and say, "Why not?"

"People excel and learn, not because they are told to, but because they want to."- Peter Senge

"Live one day at a time and make it a masterpiece." - Dale West

Doubt asks who believes? Faith answers, "I".

Do not undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others.

Happiness lies ahead for those who cry; those who hurt, those who have searched, and those who tried, for only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives.

Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss and ends with a tear.

"You cannot discover oceans unless you have the courage to leave the shore."- Successories

The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past. You can't go on well in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches.

"The first step in achieving prosperity and wealth is learning to appreciate what you already have." - S. Richardson

"Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk."- Dali Lama

"When you lose, don't lose the lesson."- Dali Lama

"Follow the three R's: Respect for self, respect for others and responsibility for all your actions."- Dali Lama

"Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck."- Dali Lama

"Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly."- Dali Lama

"Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship."- Dali Lama

"When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it."- Dali Lama

"Spend some time alone every day."- Dali Lama

"Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values." - Dali Lama

"Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer."- Dali Lama

"In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don't bring up the past."- Dali Lama

"Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality."- Dali Lama

"Be gentle with the earth."- Dali Lama

"Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other."- Dali Lama

"Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it."- Dali Lama

"Anger or hatred is like a fisherman's hook. It is very important for us to ensure we are not caught by it." - Dali Lama

"If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy practice compassion." - Dali Lama

"True spirituality is a mental attitude you can practice at any time." - Dalai Lama

In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don’t try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.

"The first step toward change is acceptance." "Once you accept yourself, you open the door to change. That's all you have to do." "Change is not something you do, it's something you allow."- Will Garcia

LIVE YOUR OWN LIFE "We don't always know what makes us happy." "We know, instead, what we think SHOULD. We are baffled and confused when our attempts at happiness fail...We are mute when it comes to naming accurately our own preferences, delights, gifts, talents. The voice of our original self is often muffled, overwhelmed, even strangled, by the voices of other people's expectations. The tongue of the original self is the language of the heart." - Julie Cameron

Even if you could live to be 100, it's really a very short time. So why not spend it undergoing this process of evolution, of opening your mind and heart, connecting with your true nature - rather than getting better and better at fixing, grasping, freezing, and closing down.

We are each unique beings with a unique path in life. If we wish to be fulfilled, we need to go to our own hearts for direction.

Master your past in the present, or your past will master your future.

Your mind can only hold one thought at a time make it a positive and constructive one.

People become what they expect themselves to become.

As you begin to live in the present moment, you will experience a subtle but profound change. Your worrying about the future will cease.

The good news: God is a nag. God won't give up, if we are destined to carry out some Divine idea, we won't be able to shrug it off. For me, God doesn't just whisper within. If I'm supposed to get a message, I start to see it and hear it everywhere - books, sermons, television shows, conversations with friends.

Focus on the positive in your life, for what you focus on increases.

Fall seven times get up eight.

Ignorance breeds fear. Fear breeds hate. Hate breeds violence.

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sail. Explore. Dream. Discover." Mark Twain

Peace, joy, health and well-being can only be found inside us. They exist within us now, waiting to be discovered. Yet we tend to look to the outside world to satisfy our needs and longings.

Our outer life reflects back to us the way we think, feel and behave. The outer world is all effects. Go to the source inside for all of life's treasures.

"Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless."- Mother Teresa

Those who confess ignorance show it once. The person who conceals it shows it many times.

"We cannot achieve more in life than what we believe in our heart of hearts we deserve to have." - James R. Ball

"A person's worth is contingent upon who he is, not upon what he does, or how much he has. The worth of a person, or a thing, or an idea, is in being, not in doing, not in having." - Alice Mary Hilton

To change our lives, we must first change our minds.

Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace.

Trust because you are willing to accept the risk, not because it’s safe or certain.

"It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees."- Dolores Ibarruri

Honor your feelings. They tell the truth about how you really experience the world.

When we encounter someone greater than ourselves, turn your thoughts to becoming his equal. When you encounter someone lesser than you, look within and examine your own self.

Your behavior while people are watching is important. However, your behavior while no one is watching is more important, for it reveals your true character.

Humans cannot create matter. We can, however, create value. Creating value is in fact, our very humanity. When we praise people for their strength of character we are actually acknowledging their ability to create value.

Dream more of becoming than of obtaining.

To a great extent, the people with whom you choose to associate influence the direction of your life.

Align your personality and soul purpose and experience more synchronicity, fulfillment and happiness. It is never too late to become the person you were meant to be.

"Knowing others is wisdom; Knowing the self is enlightenment." - Tao Te Ching

Know the difference between instinct and habit. Trust your instincts - question your habits.

"He, who fears he will suffer, already suffers from his fears."- Michel Eyquen

The fool who knows he is a fool is for that very reason wise. The fool who thinks himself wise is the greatest fool of all.

Let go of anger - it is an acid that burns away the delicate layers of your happiness.

"Re-examine all that you have been told... dismiss that which insults your soul."- Walt Whitman

We can try many ways to get rid of darkness, but none is as effective as simply increasing the light.

"Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission." - Eleanor Roosevelt

"The day firing becomes easy is the day to fire yourself." - Tom Peters.

In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man - if you want anything done, ask a woman.

"People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered; forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives: Be kind anyway. What you spend years creating others could destroy overnight: Create anyway. If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous. Be happy anyway. The good you do today, will often be forgotten. Do good anyway. Give the best you have, and it may never be enough: Give your best anyway. In the final analysis, it is between you and God: it was never between you and them anyway." - Mother Teresa

"The world we are experiencing today is the result of our collective consciousness, and if we want a new world, each of us must start taking responsibility for helping create it." - Rosemary Fillmore Rh

"There is no limit to what can be accomplished when no one cares who gets credit." - John Wooden

Life gives us time only love gives us meaning.

"Success isn't permanent and failure isn't fatal." - Mike Ditka

Humor is contagious... Laughter is infectious... Both are good for your health.

That which you resist will persist.

A smile increases your face value.

If you haven’t any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.

"It is easier to fight for one's principals than to live up to them."- Alfred Adler

We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go we take a little of each other everywhere.

"Things don't have to change the world to be important."- Steve Jobs

Strangers are just friends waiting to happen.

Don’t walk in front of me I may not follow. Don’t walk behind me I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend.

If we truly realized how precious the "Gift" of life is, we would not waste a moment trying to improve it. If we really understood how precious we are to the "Gift" of life we would not waste time trying to fix ourselves.

Our one choice: All men and women are born, live, suffer and die; what distinguishes us one from another is our dreams. Weather they be dreams about worldly or unworldly things, and what we do to make them come about.

Do not wish to be anything but what you are and to be that perfectly.

When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.

"Even if you're on the right track you'll get run over if you just sit there."- Will Rogers

The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.

While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.

There is no way to peace. Peace is the way.

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

It is not how much you have that makes people look up to you, it’s who you are.

To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.

It is not what you gather but what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived.

People may fail many times, but they become failures only when they begin to blame someone else.

The only way to find the limits of the possible is by going beyond them to the impossible.

"If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door." - Milton Berle

In the pursuit of happiness, the difficulty lies in knowing when you have caught up.

Angels have no boundaries but are willing to respect yours.

Enlightenment is not achieved by repeating the word "God" but by directly experiencing God.

We can not take credit for our talents. It’s how we use them that counts.

Everywhere, truly those of integrity stand apart. They the good don’t chatter in hopes of favor or gains. When touched by pleasure or by pain the wise give no sign of highs or lows.

Recognize that you have the courage within you to fulfill the purpose of your birth. Summon forth the power of your inner courage and live the life of your dreams.

First I gave up action. Then idle words, and lastly thought itself. Now I am here.

Often we need to wait for things to unfold gloriously and to take time to listen to the angels. Good things come to those who wait to accept them with a grateful heart.

Although there are countless teachings that instruct how to obtain enlightenment in a future life, almost all of them are nothing more than expedients, as the ultimate instruction there is simply no teaching that is superior to the true practice of the awakening to one’s own nature.

Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending. - Carl Bard

"When the heart grieves over what it has lost, the spirit rejoices over what it has left." - Sufi

Neglecting valuable advice, an ignorant man becomes the cause of his own misery.

"There may be more to learn from climbing the same mountain a hundred times then by climbing a hundred different mountains." - Richard Nelson

"Learn to look with an equal eye upon all beings, seeing the one Self in all." - Srimad Bhagavatam

Heading in the wrong direction? God allows U turns.

The Ten Commandments are not multiple choice.

"My way is the highway" - God

"Doubt limits you from what is already yours, but faith unlocks the doors allowing you to walk in and receive it." - Jeannette Tyson Gregory

We have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past. We cannot change the fact that people act in a certain way, we cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is remember to keep a positive attitude. It will keep our burdens light.

You can tell that you’re doing the right thing if it feels effortless.

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

"If you are doing your best you will not have time to worry about failure." - Robert S. Hillyer

"Before you speak ask yourself, is it kind, is it necessary, is it true, does it improve on the silence?" - Sai Baba

It’s impossible to have too much fun.

Faith doesn't get you around trouble, it gets you through it.

"It’s not enough to know your truth, you must live it." - Stephen C. Paul

"If you keep doing what you've always done - you'll keep getting what you've always gotten." - Kenneth Blanchard

"If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that." - Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Happiness isn’t getting what you want, but experiencing who you are.

"When you relinquish the desire to control your future you obtain happiness." - Nicole Kidman

"Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people." — Admiral Hyman G. Rickover - 1900-1986

"To be blind is bad, but worse is to have eyes and not see." - Helen Keller

"Love is the will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth." - Scott Peck

"The value of the personal relationship to all things is that it creates intimacy and intimacy creates understanding and understanding creates love." - Anais Nin

"To me, wholeness is the key to aliveness. It is more than just physical vitality, it is radiance, coming from being at one with yourself and your experience. Life then flows through you." - Richard Moss, How Shall I Live

"Birth and death are not different states, but they are different aspects of the same state." - Ghandi

"Failure is a part of success. There is no such thing as a bed of roses all your life. But failure will never stand in the way of success if you learn from it." - Hank Aaron

"I like who I am as a person. And because I believe that there's much more to me than my looks, other people believe it too." - Felicia P. Fields

"Allowing the truth of who you are--your spiritual self--to rule your life means you stop the struggle and learn to move with the flow of your life." - Oprah Winfrey

"Spirituality for me is recognizing that I am connected to the energy of all creation, that I am a part of it-?and it is always a part of me." - Oprah Winfrey

"Be a witness, not a judge. Focus on yourself, not on others. Listen to your heart, not to the crowd." - Ma Zu

"The divine is not something high above us. It is in heaven, it is in earth, it is inside us..." - Morihei Ueshiba

"You don't need organized religion to connect with the universe. Often a church is the only place you can go to find peace and quiet... But it shouldn't be confused with connecting with one's spirit." - Alice Walker

"Meditation is the joy to be yourself. Meditation is the courage to be yourself. Meditation will make you unique and will make you rejoice in being different from the others. Meditation is the way to be yourself." - Tishan

“Fear grows out of the things we think; it lives in our minds. Compassion grows out of the things we are, and lives in our hearts.” – Barbara Garrison

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Learn from Mistakes

 

Thomas Edison tried two thousand different materials in search of a filament for the light bulb. When none worked satisfactorily, his assistant complained, “All our work is in vain. We have learned nothing.”
Edison replied very confidently, “Oh, we have come a long way and we have learned a lot. We know that there are two thousand elements which we cannot use to make a good light bulb.”

Words of encouragement

Life is full of challenges and obstacles. It is human nature, many times we know we should not give up but we find it hard to stay positive and optimistic.
Words of encouragement can help to relieve stress and boost our morale. Below are my favorite encouragement quotes, I hope these help to make you feel a lot more confident in your ability to achieve your dreams.
Don’t give up! Did you know that Thomas Edison tried over 2000 materials before he found one that he could make the light bulb? At one point, there was a fire accident and his lab was destroyed completely. He started rebuilding the lab the next day and kept going.
Abraham Lincoln is in our hearts, one of the greatest presidents but we rarely know that he faced many failures and defeat throughout his life: born into poverty, twice failed in business, lost eight elections and suffered a nervous breakdown.
“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.”
Henry Ford
“One has to remember that every failure can be a stepping stone to something better.”
Col. Harland Sanders
“When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.”
Harriet Beecher Stowe
“A diamond is merely a lump of coal that did well under pressure.”
Unknown
“I am grateful for all of my problems. After each one was overcome, I became stronger and more able to meet those that were still to come. I grew in all my difficulties.”
James Cash Penney
“A bend in the road is not the end of the road… unless you fail to make the turn.”
Unknown
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
Mark Twain
“Use what talent you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.”
Henry Van Dyke
“Forget about all the reasons why something may not work. You only need to find one good reason why it will.”
Dr. Robert Anthony
“Extraordinary struggles bring an extraordinary purpose for those who wait.”
Brianna Gazvoda
“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.”
Henry David Thoreau
“Count the garden by the flowers, never by the leaves that fall. Count your life with smiles and not the tears that roll.”
Unknown
“Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty.”
Sicilian Proverb
“The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning.”
Ivy Baker Priest
“It doesn’t matter how many say it cannot be done or how many people have tried it before; it’s important to realize that whatever you’re doing, it’s your first attempt at it.”
Wally Amos
“If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you. You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call ‘failure’ is not the falling down, but the staying down.”
Mary Pickford
“He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.”
William James
“When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.”
Alexander Graham Bell
“Instead of giving myself reasons why I can’t, I give myself reasons why I can.”
Unknown

Healing Quotes for Your Depressed Heart

What is it about a short quotation that carries so much power? Anyone who has ever been moved by "I have a dream" or "I think, therefore I am" knows that a single, simple quote can change a day, a life, a world.
For those who suffer from depression, words of uplift and inspiration are always welcome. Explore these quotations and see if a few simple words might change your day, your life, or your world.

Begin Each Day Anew
"Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them -- every day begin the task anew."
Saint Francis de Sales

A Treasured Pearl
"A pearl is a beautiful thing that is produced by an injured life. It is the tear [that results] from the injury of the oyster. The treasure of our being in this world is also produced by an injured life. If we had not been wounded, if we had not been injured, then we will not produce the pearl."
Stephan Hoeller

Find Your Joy
"Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy."
Thich Nhat Hanh

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Make Humor an Asset
"Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keep friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment."
Greenville Kleisser

The Building Blocks of Character
"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved."
Helen Keller

Listen to Pain
"Pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world."
C.S. Lewis

Be Healed by Compassion
"The greatest degree of inner tranquility comes from the development of love and compassion. The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being."
Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

Change Your Thoughts
"What you thought before has led to every choice you have made, and this adds up to you at this moment. If you want to change who you are physically, mentally, and spiritually, you will have to change what you think."
Dr. Patrick Gentempo

What Saves You?
"Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime,
Therefore, we are saved by hope.
Nothing true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history;
Therefore, we are saved by faith.
Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone.
Therefore, we are saved by love.
No virtuous act is quite as virtuous from the standpoint of our friend or foe as from our own;
Therefore, we are saved by the final form of love, which is forgiveness."
Reinhold Niebuhr

The Power of a Touch
"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

Uplifting Quotes for Hard Times
Quotes to Lift You Up When You’re Feeling Down
As we strive to make it through difficult times, hearing the wisdom of those who have struggled, questioned and dreamed before us can make the journey easier. When you feel the struggle is wearing you down, explore these quotations for the inspiration and hope you need to continue on.

Never lose hope
"We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope."
Martin Luther King

Hope
"Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings."
Elie Weisel

Stand up!
"Fall seven times, stand up eight."
Japanese proverb
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