Every 'no' I ever received was an inch closer to a 'yes.'
Every setback means you're one step closer to seeing the dream come to pass.
Our flag means all that our fathers meant in the Revolutionary War. It means all that the Declaration of Independence meant. It means justice. It means liberty. It means happiness.... Every color means liberty. Every thread means liberty. Every star and stripe means liberty.
To me, every time it goes badly I see it as a good thing - because that means I'm one step closer to where I want to be.
Mitt Romney is not going to be running for president. So you know what that means. We are getting closer and closer to 'President Trump.'
My band and I are even closer. They've grown with me over four years, so we're closer and closer and closer.
All you have to do is say "yes." Don't make some big project out of it. Don't make some big deal out of it. Just say "yes." You don't even know what it means to say "yes," but you say it anyway. You'll never know what it means to say "yes," but you do it anyway. Freedom and Love arise when you die into the unknown mystery of being.
We can be better, we can be wiser, we can be more kind. Yes we have to change. We have to grow up and stop acting like 10 years old. Yes there is much to do, much to see, much to go into.
Australia will always be closer to the U.S. than she is to China because our values and political traditions are much closer.
I think my life has been a long, slow process of trying to move closer and closer to the spirit by moving closer and closer to the heart. The heart is what's important.
With every enemy, when you get closer you understand much more, or the picture dissolves.
Every breath you take, you are getting closer to the grave. But every breath you take, you can also get closer to your liberation.
I rarely let the word NO escape from my mouth, because it is so plain to my soul that God has shouted, Yes! Yes! Yes! To every luminous movement in existence.
Every choice moves us closer to or farther away from something. Where are your choices taking your life? What do your behaviors demonstrate that you are saying yes or no to in life?
I just thank God I'm still here and the main thing is to try to get closer and closer to Him as much as I can so that I can treat my friends and my family the way they should be treated.