words of wisdom part4

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