When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.
In the age of information, ignorance is a choice.
If you want ot go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.
Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.
Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.
A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty.
You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.
Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you're living?
Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
Wherever you are, be there totally
Don't raise your voice, improve your argument.
Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth, dwelling deeply in the present moment and feeling truly alive.
Wherever you are, be there totally
If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have, you'll never have enough.
Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it.
The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.
The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
I never wish to be easily defined.
I used to walk into a room full of people and wonder if they liked me... now I look around and wonder if I like them.
I never wish to be easily defined.
Your mind is a garden. Your thoughts are the seeds, You can grow flowers or you can grow weeds.
Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down 'happy'. They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand life.
Change your thoughts and you change your world.
It is never too late to be what you might have been.
Only those who are asleep make no mistakes.
There is more to life
than increasing its speed.
Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
Worry is a misuse of the imagination.
If you hear a voice within you say "you cannot paint", then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.
When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down 'happy'. They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand life.
There is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way.
What a caterpillar calls the end of the world we call a butterfly.
The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.
Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly.
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it.
Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
It's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it.
A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty.
Focus on problems, you'll have more problems. When you focus on possibilities, you'll have more opportunities.
If you love something let it go. If it comes back to you,it's yours. If it doesn't, it never was.
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.
May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.
I used to walk into a room full of people and wonder if they liked me... now I look around and wonder if I like them.
Don't raise your voice, improve your argument.
Wherever you are, be there totally
Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
The only time you fail is when you fall down and stay down.
If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have, you'll never have enough.
The only time you fail is when you fall down and stay down.