The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men who can dream of things that never were and ask why not?”.”
—John F. Kennedy (American Head of State)
Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.
—Ronald Reagan (American Head of State)
Mistakes are not just the spice of life. Mistakes are life. Mistakes are not to be tolerated. They are to be encouraged.
—Tom Peters (American Management Consultant)
The wise should surrender speech in mind, mind in the knowing self, the knowing self in the Spirit of the universe, and the Spirit of the universe in the Spirit of peace.
—The Upanishads
If you want your eggs hatched, sit on them yourself.
—Haitian Proverb
It’s not what happens to you, but what you do about it.
—W. O. Mitchell (Canadian Novelist)
If you realize that you aren’t as wise today as you thought you were yesterday, you’re wiser today.
—Anonymous
I now appreciate all that I have. I am grateful for the smallest things today. I can always find something in my life for which to be grateful. I give thanks for everything that is now coming into my life. I rejoice in the wonders of life.
—Unknown
More are the names of God and infinite are the forms through which He may be approached. In whatever name and form you worship Him, through them you will realise Him.
—Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (Indian Hindu Philosopher)
Happiness is to be found along the way, not at the end of the road, for then the journey is over and it is too late. Today, this hour, this minute is the day, the hour, the minute for each of us to sense the fact that life is good, with all of its trials and troubles, and perhaps more interesting because of them.
—Robert R. Updegraff