Top 629 Quotes & Sayings by Famous Speakers - Page 8

It is the nature of babies to be in bliss.

He who chooses to be a master never does 'just enough' to get by - nor does he cut corners or attempt to cheat the system. He who chooses mastery lives his life asking, 'How can I do more, give more, be more, and thereby accelerate the achievement of my ultimate destiny?

Your entire life only happens in this moment. The present moment is life itself. Yet, people live as if the opposite were true and treat the present moment as a stepping stone to the next moment - a means to an end.

People hate you for 1 of 3 reasons. 1) They hate themselves 2) They want to be you 3) They see you as a threat When you love yourself you are incapable of hating anyone no matter what they've done.

I wrote my first book when I was 22 years old. I have a way with words and I love to write. I can write without getting writers block so I knew, it was a gift.

Credit is an 'I love debt' score.

Life has no limitations, except the ones you make.

Money doesn’t just buy you a better life, better food, better cars, better pussy — it also makes you a better person.

Man up and settle down. The sooner a man can gain control, identify his wife, and be faithful to her, the more successful, and happy you will be in life. Being with one woman in a faithful relationship will cause you to be the happiest version of yourself.

There's always something that needs attention when you own a property.

Fear depends on time for it's strength! Confront that which you fear with speed.

Not to know what things in life require remedying is a crime... It leaves you at the mercy of events - it lets life manipulate you - instead of training you to manipulate life.

More people have access to education today than ever before. But I cannot help but feel that the modern educational experience is not preparing us adequately to attend the rich banquet of life. Certainly the young people of today have mastered the use of technology and are capable of solving complex scientific and mathematical problems, but who and what do these serve if they cannot think for themselves? If they have no understanding of the meaning and purpose of their own lives? If they do not know who they are as individuals?

When you shift your focus, you change your life.

Two incomplete people can't complete one another. Complete yourself and then let someone else complement you.

Never let someone’s opinion become your reality. Never sacrifice who you are because someone else has a problem with it. Love who you are inside and out.

A dream becomes a goal the moment you write it down. A goal becomes a plan the moment you break it down into doable steps. A plan becomes a reality only when you take action.

I challenge you to make your life a masterpiece. I challenge you to join the ranks of those people who live what they teach, who walk their talk.

You need to see things as they are, not worse than they are, than see them better than they are, and make them that way.

Never take a loan against your retirement! When you pay interest against your retirement, you cost yourself interest.

Dogmas are collective conceptual prisons. And the strange thing is that people love their prison cells because they give them a sense of security and a false sense of 'I know.' Nothing has inflicted more suffering on humanity than its dogmas.

Virtually all top achievers know that to really get ahead, you've got to be willing to color outside the lines. Here's why

Ladies: If a man really wants to be with you, you WILL know it! If you have to question it, let it go!

Happiness is a continuation of happenings which are not resisted.

You are the universe, you aren't in the universe.

When you wash your hands, when you make a cup of coffee, when you're waiting for the elevator - instead of indulging in thinking, these are all opportunities for being there as a still, alert presence.

You will never see what you are capable of, although you must seek to.

We don't want to think about our weaknesses. We don't want to talk about them, and we certainly don't want anyone else to point them out. This is a classic sign of mediocrity, and this mediocrity has a firm grip on the Church and humanity at this moment in history.

No one hangs up the phone until the customer buys or dies.

There is just no getting around that turning bad things into good things is up to you.

Be interested rather than interesting

I contend that the time has come to develop what I call "integrated spiritual masters." These are individuals that have a full-on experience of all levels of life spiritually, intellectually, emotionally, and yes... physically. In other words they can soar into the realms of the mystic and yet still keep their feet in the sand.

Failure makes excuses. Success just keeps swinging the bat.

Your brother doesn't have to be speaker for your voice to be heard in Congress

It’s easier to have courage and trust the process when you feel you’re making headway. Mastery is not persistence when you see a light at the end of the tunnel. True mastery is persistence when you don’t yet see the light.

In moments of transcendence, when time stands still, your biological clock will stop. The spirit is that domain of our awareness where there is no time.

It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives.

Some people claim that expectations are the reason for unhappiness. However, I can assure you from personal experience that you’ll suffer greatly by setting subpar targets.

My children were taught at an early age how money works and that it comes from hard work. They've been on a commission - not an allowance - since they were little. They learned that if they worked around the house, they got paid. If they didn't work, they didn't get paid.

There is no such thing as failure. There are only results.

The power of faith is suspending judgment long enough to gain the rewards available.

The only way faith can be relevant is by preparing the mind to receive it.

To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.

With constant repetition and reinforcement, new habits are easily formed.

Passion is the genesis of genius.

In the egoic state, your sense of self, your identity, is derived from your thinking mind - in other words, what your mind tells you about yourself: the storyline of you, the memories, the expectations, all the thoughts that go through your head continuously and the emotions that reflect those thoughts. All those things make up your sense of self.

You want a woman who, if needed, will be the CEO of the home. In essence, you want a woman who understands the difference between ambition and busyness. You also want a woman who understands that submission is strength, not weakness. Meaning, she understands the importance of your leadership but she is also strong enough not to allow you to run over her.

If you want to be successful, find someone who has achieved the results you want and copy what they do and you'll achieve the same results.

You'll get humbled right before you're blessed. It's just a test to make sure you can handle what's next.

True Love gives you Peace! It doesn't consume you with anxiety, that's lust!

Every journey to something is a journey away from something

I have to live my books before I write them.

While the cat's away, the mice will play.

You and I are essentially infinite choice-makers. In every moment of our existence, we are in that field of all possibilities where we have access to an infinity of choices.

Where do we enroll in Life 101? Where are the classes dealing with the loss of a job, the death of a loved one, the failure of a relationship? Unfortunately, those lessons are mostly learned through trial by fire and the school of hard knocks.

You cannot expect to achieve new goals or move beyond your present circumstances unless you change.

To be content does not mean that you don't desire more, it means you're thankful for what you have and patient for what's to come.

You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action.

Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.

We were all born with a certain degree of power. The key to success is discovering this innate power and using it daily to deal with whatever challenges come our way.