There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.
- Topic: Goals, Life, Purpose
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Love is never wasted, for its value does not rest upon reciprocity.
My prayer is that when I die, all hell rejoices that I am out of the fight.
Evil comes from the abuse of free will.
The Son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God.
And then she understood the devilish cunning of the enemies’ plan. By mixing a little truth with it they had made their lie far stronger.
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Most men die at 27, we just bury them at 72.
An aspiration is a joy forever, a possession as solid as a landed estate, a fortune which we can never exhaust and which gives us year by year a revenue of pleasurable activity.
It matters not what goal you seek It's secret here reposes; You've got to dig from week to week To get Results and Roses.
If there is anything in the world a person should fight for, it is freedom to pursue his ideal, because in that is his great opportunity for self-expression, for the unfoldment of the greatest thing possible to him.
Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.
By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination.
Be happy with what you have while working for what you want.
A winner never taught me how to quit.
Man, unlike any other thing organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, emerges ahead of his accomplishments.
Some people live as though they are already dead. There are people moving around us who are consumed by their past, terrified of their future, and stuck in their anger and jealousy. They are not alive; they are just walking corpses.
The less you respond to negative people, the positive your life will become.
Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
There is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life.
Those who forget good and evil and seek only to know the facts are more likely to achieve good than those who view the world through the distorting medium of their own desires.
The only way to live, is knowing you’re going to die. If you're afraid to die, you'll never be able to live.
Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.
Find out who you are and do it on purpose.
Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served.
This is the thing that I was born to do.
What signifies knowing the names, if you know not the nature of things?
How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy.
Unsuccessful people make decisions based on current situations. Successful people make decisions based on where they want to be.
Four steps to achievement: Plan purposefully. Prepare prayerfully. Proceed positively. Pursue persistently.
