Matters somehow

"Every piece of the universe, even the tiniest little snow crystal, matters somehow. I have a place in the pattern, and so do you…"  - T A Barron -

Thinking of you this holiday season!

Kind regards, vkn
http://inspiringwords.blogspot.com

Appreciation

"There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread."  - Mother Teresa -

Enemies

"I will destroy my enemies by converting them to friends."  - Maimonides -
 

Be thankful

"Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough."  - Oprah Winfrey -

Student

"When the student is ready, the teacher will appear."  - A Buddhist saying -

Strength

"The reason that the lion does not fear the hyena is not because he knows that he is the King of the jungle but because he is aware of his own strengths."  - Mr. Paulo Coelho -

Perfection

"Nothing is invented and perfected at the same time."  - Author unknown -

Kind Gods

"The noblest work of man is to create kind Gods."  - Robert Ingersoll-

Learning

"A young man who graduated yesterday and stops learning today will become uneducated tomorrow."  - Author unknown -

Habit

"Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time." - Mark Twain -

Living simply

"Look at the world around you. It supplies all your bodily needs. It feasts your eyes with its beauty. And its glory reflects the glory of God, so it feasts your soul also. Look at the plants and the trees. Can you count all the different species? Can you describe al the different shapes of the leaves, the color and fragrances of the flowers? Look, too, at the animals
and the insects. Are you not enthralled by their different sizes and shapes, by the different colors and textures of their skin and fur, by the different ways in which they move about and gather food? And the wonder why God has created all this. Has he created the marvelous universe just to supply our needs and to feast our eyes and souls? or is there some other purpose in it all? The answer is that he has created all things--for their own sake. Each creature has its own purpose and destiny, which God in his infinite wisdom
and love has planned. Do not try to understand God's plans; the human mind is hardly better than that of an ant in discerning the ways of God. Simply accept all his plans and rejoice in them."  - Chrysostom, On Living Simply-

Society

"The test of a good society is that the great majority are engaged in the basic arts, and only a few in the arts of luxury. When large numbers are engaged in producing luxuries for the rich, that society has become corrupt."  - Chrysostom, On Living Simply -

Try

When the world says, "Give up," hope whispers, "Try it one more time."

Hang on

"When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on." - Franklin D. Roosevelt -

Success

"Success is what you attract by the person you become."  - Jim Rohn -

Awareness

"Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness." - James Thurber -

Life

Michalangelo was once asked, "How do you produce statues that are so full of life?"

"The rough marble already contains the statues," Michalangelo said, "it is just a matter of extracting them."

Mistake

"If you don't make mistakes, you're not working on hard enough problems. And that's a big mistake." – Frank Wilczek, Nobel prize winner in Physics -

Effort

"Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit."  - Napoleon Hill -

Task

"I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble."  - Helen Keller -