It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
There are two reasons why people don't talk about things; either it doesn't mean anything to them, or it means everything.
You can't fall if you don't climb. But there's no joy in living your whole life on the ground.
Worry is a misuse of the imagination.
The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.
Don't raise your voice, improve your argument.
The only time you fail is when you fall down and stay down.
I never wish to be easily defined.
There are two reasons why people don't talk about things; either it doesn't mean anything to them, or it means everything.
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.
Only those who are asleep make no mistakes.
You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.
Change your thoughts and you change your world.
Only those who are asleep make no mistakes.
Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
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.
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.
If you could be anyone, would you choose to be yourself?
Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly.
Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it.
There is more to life
than increasing its speed.
Don't raise your voice, improve your argument.
Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly.
There is more to life
than increasing its speed.
Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it.
Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you're living?
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
If you could be anyone, would you choose to be yourself?
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
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.
Change your thoughts and you change your world.
Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
It is never too late to be what you might have been.
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.
Your mind is a garden. Your thoughts are the seeds, You can grow flowers or you can grow weeds.
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.
Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
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.
Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you're living?
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
The best teachers are those who show you where to look, but don't tell you what to see.
If you hear a voice within you say "you cannot paint", then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.
Your mind is a garden. Your thoughts are the seeds, You can grow flowers or you can grow weeds.
If you could be anyone, would you choose to be yourself?
It is never too late to be what you might have been.
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.
There is more to life
than increasing its speed.
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
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.
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
Be the type of person you want to meet!
You can't fall if you don't climb. But there's no joy in living your whole life on the ground.
Don't raise your voice, improve your argument.
Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly.
The only time you fail is when you fall down and stay down.
A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty.
Be the type of person you want to meet!