Healthy Habits For A Healthy Life

Which way you going? We're definitely going the success route!
Read on and let's start our journey together.

We all hear people dreaming of a kind of life where it seems too good to be true. Well that's not true at all. Nothing is ever too good to be true. Everything depends on how we think and see things. Anything is possible. The only thing that separates us from successful people is the fact thatwe just don't do whatever it takes to make it. We can't just do something productive now and leave it alone the next day. We need to have healthy habits for a healthy life. We need consistency and discipline. The simple secret is we watch, learn and study the daily habits of successful people. What we need to do is change our habits and that will change our lives.

It's as simple as that!

Once we start changing our habits and start dedicating and disciplining ourselves to what we're doing, we'll definitely start seeing good positive changes. We should definitely embrace that!

It's either we work hard, or go home…

Giving up is never an option. We highly suggest that you don't even think of that. Once it crosses your mind, divert yourself instantly! Nothing ever comes easy. Once we do the best daily habits around, there's no doubt what we choose to do and struggle on will definitely pay off in the future. Study the daily habits of successful people. They all didn't get what they wanted or dreamed of overnight. It may seem like they achieved success overnight, but they struggled day and night, lost sleep, barely ate and never even took a break to relax and chill a bit simply because they have the best daily habits available. They are dedicated and determined to reach success no matter what.

Here are some of healthy habits for a healthy life:

• Mindset – We can NEVER succeed if we don't believe in ourselves. It's just not possible if we don't believe in our selves and in what we're doing. It will drag us down and next thing we know, we're living the life of a bum. Start thinking positive now! You'll never regret it!

• Discipline – Like we said before, we can't succeed if we're inconsistent. Success is sometimes defined as consistent actions done on a daily basis. Well, that's definitely true! We don't succeed overnight by doing one right thing today and expect amazing results the whole year. We simply do productive things on a consistent basis. It's a process, not a one-time deal. It's either we work hard, or go home… do whatever it takes! Don't ever forget that. As our favorite mentor, Jim Rohn said "Discipline is the foundation upon which all success is built. Lack of discipline inevitably leads to failure."

• Learn – Learning never stops. We can graduate school again and again, but learning will never stop. Everyone in this world is learning even when we happen to be the teacher. Learning is the sign of growth and evolution. If we don't learn, we definitely will not earn and grow. The best way to do this is to invest time in your day to read books, watch seminars, talk and understand people, go to events, and to study successful people. Let's study the daily habits of successful people and start applying them in our lives. Be attractive! Become the person people want to be with, not the person people will want to avoid.

• Be Happy! – Being happy definitely helps in our success. Why? It's because if we are happy, we tend to attract way more people, positive energy, and way more results! Stop complaining, whining, and constantly thinking bad thoughts about the situation you're currently in. Instead, let's look at our lives, evaluate, and be contented with what we have. Other people in this world aren't as fortunate as we are. We're definitely in a better position considering the fact that we have an internet connection and a computer/laptop/mobile device to read this post with.

• Set your goals – When it comes to goal setting, they should be something we are really passionate about and determined to accomplish, no matter what road blocks we come across. Work hard, or go home. It purely depends on us, but when I think of my goals, I can't stop working on myself and on my future. Another awesome saying by Jim Rohn is "Goals. There's no telling what you can do when you get inspired by them. There's no telling what you can do when you believe in them. And there's no telling what will happen when you act upon them." Go For It! Don't Look Back!

• Act upon on your goals – We'll keep this one simple. Don't just sit around and expect things to happen. Go out and make them happen.

These healthy habits for a healthy life will definitely change us when we put our hearts into this and do whatever it takes to make it happen.
Become a Go Getter! Go out and make your dreams a reality! Anything is possible. How do we know? Look outside the world and see how many people actually conquered the word "Impossible". We can too, once we start seeing it is possible.  Do whatever it takes and have a good time doing it. It will definitely pay off in the future. We will soon realize that changing our daily habits will ultimately change our lives and who we are.

Pete Zafra

Smile for Spring!

Inspired by the season, the topic at yoga today was new beginnings. Spring means turning a new leaf and embracing life, change, and all we have to be grateful for. On the drive home one of my favorite songs was on the radio. Little Wonders, by Rob Thomas, comes from the soundtrack of the animated movie Meet the Robinson's. The movie is all about moving forward and being HappY! I wanted to share my appreciation with everyone. Enjoy the weather and everyone around you! Have a great weekend!

Enjoy the song & video Little Wonders...these small hours...

Beautiful Woman by Fion Lim

Beautiful woman,
come out and play,
reveal your inner treasures.

The sparkle in your eyes,
the natural swing in your walk,
you radiate excitement and enthusiasm.

You need no latest fashion,
No expensive hair cuts,
No blinding big accessories.

You glow in your passions,
passionate in your pursuits,
you know what you are made of.


You are not easily bothered,
by the mindless opinions of others,
you know very well where you want to go.


You are a joy to watch,
an inspiration to others,
your pure soul an endless marvel.


Beautiful woman,
let your brilliance shine through,
your eyes speak of true inner beauty.


by Fion Lim

Thank you Caroline for sharing this at  the end of Yoga Pilates Fusion Class today.  We want to share this lovely poem with every woman, always know you are a beautiful woman.

For Your Life Choose Happiness

Life is a choice. It is YOUR life. Choose consciously, choose wisely, choose honestly. Choose happiness. Nurse reveals the top 5 regrets people make on their deathbed.

For many years I worked in palliative care. My patients were those who had gone home to die. Some incredibly special times were shared. I was with them for the last three to twelve weeks of their lives. People grow a lot when they are faced with their own mortality.
I learnt never to underestimate someone’s capacity for growth. Some changes were phenomenal. Each experienced a variety of emotions, as expected, denial, fear, anger, remorse, more denial and eventually acceptance. Every single patient found their peace before they departed though, every one of them.

When questioned about any regrets they had or anything they would do differently, common themes surfaced again and again. Here are the most common five:


1. I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.This was the most common regret of all. When people realize that their life is almost over and look back clearly on it, it is easy to see how many dreams have gone unfulfilled. Most people had not honoured even a half of their dreams and had to die knowing that it was due to choices they had made, or not made. It is very important to try and honour at least some of your dreams along the way. From the moment that you lose your health, it is too late. Health brings a freedom very few realise, until they no longer have it.

2. I wish I didn’t work so hard.
This came from every male patient that I nursed. They missed their children’s youth and their partner’s companionship. Women also spoke of this regret. But as most were from an older generation, many of the female patients had not been breadwinners. All of the men I nursed deeply regretted spending so much of their lives on the treadmill of a work existence. By simplifying your lifestyle and making conscious choices along the way, it is possible to not need the income that you think you do. And by creating more space in your life, you become happier and more open to new opportunities, ones more suited to your new lifestyle.

3. I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings. Many people suppressed their feelings in order to keep peace with others. As a result, they settled for a mediocre existence and never
became who they were truly capable of becoming. Many developed illnesses relating to the bitterness and resentment they carried as a result. We cannot control the reactions of others. However, although people may initially react when you change the way you are by speaking honestly, in the end it raises the relationship to a whole new and healthier level. Either that or it releases the unhealthy relationship from your life. Either way, you win.

4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.
Often they would not truly realise the full benefits of old friends until their dying weeks and it was not always possible to track them down. Many had become so caught up in their own lives that they had let golden friendships slip by over the years. There were many deep regrets about not giving friendships the time and effort that they deserved. Everyone misses their friends when they are dying. It is common for anyone in a busy lifestyle to let friendships slip. But when you are faced with your approaching death, the physical details of life fall away. People do want to get their financial affairs in order if possible. But it is not money or status that holds the true importance for them. They want to get things in order more for the benefit of those they love. Usually though, they are too ill and weary to ever manage this task. It is all comes down to love and relationships in the end. That is all that remains in the final weeks, love and relationships.

5. I wish that I had let myself be happier.
This is a surprisingly common one. Many did not realise until the end that happiness is a choice. They had stayed stuck in old patterns and habits. The so-called ‘comfort’ of familiarity overflowed into their emotions, as well as their physical lives. Fear of change had them pretending to others, and to their selves, that they were content. When deep within, they longed to laugh properly and have silliness in their life again. When you are on your deathbed, what  others think of you is a long way from your mind. How wonderful to be able to let go and smile again, long before you are dying.

Life is a choice. It is YOUR life. Choose consciously, choose wisely, choose honestly. Choose happiness.
Source:/www.ariseindiaforum.org/

Is a Single Heart Rejoicing...

The most influential person in my life, my beloved Grandmother, Anne M. Regan , clipped this poem from her Senior Apartment Complex Newsletter, and mailed it to me in one of the many cards she sent when I was attending college  I am not sure who the author is, but it surely is a wonderful nugget of wisdom, worth passing on. Enjoy, and take heed.

Is anybody happier because you passed their way?
Does anyone remember that you spoke to them today?
The day is almost over, and its toiling time is through,
Is there anyone that will utter a kind word about you?

Can you say tonight in parting, with the day that's slipping fast,
that you helped a single person of the many that you passed?
Is a single heart rejoicing over what you did or said?
Does the one whose hopes were fading, now with courage look ahead?

Did you win the day or lose it?
Was it well or sorely spent?
Did you leave a trail of kindness, or a scar of discontent?
As you close your eyes in slumber, do you think that God will say,
"you have earned one more tomorrow by the good you did today?"


Thank you Grandma.  I love you, Tara

Wonderful Quotes~ Impermanace

You are like a candle. Imagine you are sending light out all around you. All your words, thoughts and actions are going in many directions. If you say something kind, your kind words go in many directions, and you yourself go with them. We are ...transforming and continuing in a different form at every moment.

Thich Nhat Hanh

That nothing is static or fixed, that all is fleeting and impermanent, is the first mark of existence. It is the ordinary state of affairs. Everything is in process. Everything—every tree, every blade of grass, all the animals, insects, human beings, buildings, the animate and the inanimate—is always changing, moment to moment.

Pema Chodron

We do not know what awaits each of us after death, but we know that we will die. Clearly, it must be possible to live ethically--with a genuine concern for the happiness of other sentient beings--without presuming to know things about which we are patently ignorant. Consider it: every person you have ever met, every person you will pass in the street today, is going to die. Living long enough, each will suffer the loss of his friends and family. All are going to lose everything they love in this world. Why would one want to be anything but kind to them in the meantime?

Sam Harris

When you love someone, you do not love them all the time, in exactly the same way, from moment to moment. It is an impossibility. It is even a lie to pretend to. And yet, this is exactly what most of us demand. We have so little faith in the ebb and flow of life, of love, of relationships. We leap at the flow of time and resist in terror its ebb. We are afraid it will never return. We insist on permanency, on duration, on continuity; when the only continuity possible in life, as in love, is in growth, in fluidity – in freedom. The only real security is not in owning or possessing, not in demanding or expecting, not in hoping, even. Security in a relationship lies neither in looking back to what it was, nor forward to what it might be, but living in the present and accepting it as it is now. For relationships, too, must be like islands. One must accept them for what they are here and now, within their limits – islands surrounded and interrupted by the sea, continuously visited and abandoned by the tides. One must accept the serenity of the winged life, of ebb and flow, of intermittency.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

“Nothing really dies,” I told him. “It just turns into something else. Everything is always changing form. Do you remember the pumpkin that rotted into the earth in your garden? Tomatoes sprouted where it used to be. This bird will go back to the earth and turn into lavendar flowers and butterflies.”

Anne Cushman

“A warrior chooses a path with heart, any path with heart, and follows it; and then he rejoices and laughs. He knows because he sees that his life will be over altogether too soon. He sees that this is more important than anything else.”

Inspirational Poems

I have just three things to teach:
simplicity, patience, compassion.
These three are your greatest treasures.
Simple in actions and in thoughts,
you return to the source of being.
Patient with both friends and enemies,
you accord with the way things are.
Compassionate toward yourself,
you reconcile all beings in the world.Stephen Mitchell's translation of Lao Tzu's Tao te Ching


Watch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character; for it becomes your destiny.
- Upanishads



Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers,
but to be fearless in facing them.
Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain,
but for the heart to conquer it.
Let me not crave in anxious fear to be saved,
but hope for the patience to win my freedom.- Rabindranath Tagore, Indian Poet/Saint


Then it was as if I suddenly saw the secret beauty of their hearts,
the depths where neither sin nor desire can reach,
the person that each one is in God's eyes.
If only they could see themselves as they really are.
If only we could see each other that way,
there would be no reason for war, for hatred, for cruelty ...
I suppose the big problem would be that
we would fall down and worship each other.
- Thomas Merton




By the power and truth of this practice:
May all beings have happiness and the cause of happiness
May all beings be free from sorrow and the causes of sorrow
May all never be separated from the sacred happiness which is sorrow less
And may all live in equanimity with out too much attachment and too much aversion
And live believing in the equality of all that lives.
A Buddhist Prayer-The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying

Breathing in, I know I’m breathing in.
Breathing out, I know
As the in-breath grows deep,
The out-breath grows slow.
Breathing in makes me calm.
Breathing out makes me ease.
With the in-breath, I smile.
With the out-breath, I release.
Breathing in, there is only the present moment.
Breathing out, it is a wonderful moment.
-Thich Nhat Hanh



Lord, make me an instrument of your Peace,
Where there is hatred let me Love,
Where there is injury, pardon,
Where there is doubt, faith,
Where there is despair, hope,
Where there is darkness, light,
And where there is sadness, joy.
Oh divine master,
Grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console,
To be understood as to understand,
To be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned
And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi

As long as there is breath in the body, there is life.
When breath departs, so too does life.
Therefore, regulate the breath.
 Hatha Yoga Pradipika


May all beings give and receive compassion,
Live free from fear,
And dwell in peace.

Maya Angelou Poems

Phenomenal Woman 

 

Pretty woman wonder where my secret lies.

I'm not cute or built to fit a fashion model's size

But when I start to tell them,

They think I'm telling lies.

I say,

It's in the reach of my arms

The span of my hips

The stride of my step,

The curl of my lips.

I'm a woman

Phenomenally.

Phenomenal woman,

That's me.

 

I walk into a room

Just as cool as you please,

And to a man,

The fellows stand or

Fall down on their knees.

They swarm around me,

A hive of honey bees.

I say,

It's the fire in my eyes,

And the flash of my teeth,

The swing in my waist,

And the joy in my feet.

I'm a woman

Phenomenally.

Phenomenal woman,

That's me.

 

Men themselves have wondered

What they see in me.

They try so much

But they can't touch

My inner mystery.

When I try to show them,

They say they still can't see.

I say,

It's the arch of my back

The sun in my smile,

The ride of my breasts,

The grace of my style.

I'm a woman

Phenomenally.

Phenomenal woman,

That's me.

 

Now you understand

Just why my head's not bowed.

I don't shout or jump about

Or have to talk real loud.

When you see me passing,

I ought to make you proud

I say,

It's the click of my heals,

The bend of my hair,

The need for my care.

'Cause I'm a woman

Phenomenally.

Phenomenal woman,

That's me.

Still I Rise 

 

You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.

Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.

Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.

Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries.

Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
Diggin' in my own back yard.

You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.

Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?

Out of the huts of history's shame
I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.

Caged Bird

A free bird leaps

on the back of the wind

and floats downstream

till the current ends

and dips his wing

in the orange sun rays

and dares to claim the sky.

 

But a bird that stalks

down his narrow cage

can seldom see through

his bars of rage

his wings are clipped and

his feet are tied

so he opens his throat to sing.

 

The caged bird sings

with a fearful trill

of things unknown

but longed for still

and his tune is heard

on the distant hills

for the caged bird

sings of freedom.

 

The free bird thinks of another breeze

and the trade winds soft through singing trees

and the fat worms waiting on a dawn-bright lawn

and he names the sky his own.

 

But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams

his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream

his wings are clipped and his feet are tied

so he opens his throat to sing.

 

The caged bird sings

with a fearful trill

of things unknown

but longed for still

and his tune is heard

on the distant hill

for the caged bird

sings of freedom.

Inspiring Poems

Simplicity

Glorious beauty that can't be made nor bought,
Splendid galore that isn't pressured nor taught,
The most amazing things in life, are always highly sought,
Ironically they are free, simple - forever hot
Of course I am talking about nature,
A contagious bug I caught.

A walk through the woods,
A stroll on the beach,
Climb a mountain,
It really isn't outta reach.

Open your eyes to the splendor that is all around,
Let it enthrall you, enlighten you,
Embodying joy abound,
You don't have to look further, it is easily found
Just put one foot in front of the other, on this solid ground
Invigorating all your senses,
Your whole being resonates peaceful sound.

By Tara Gurry

The Journey

One day you finally knew
what you had to do, and began,
though the voices around you
kept shouting
their bad advice --
though the whole house
began to tremble
and you felt the old tug
at your ankles.
"Mend my life!"
each voice cried.
But you didn't stop.
You knew what you had to do,
though the wind pried
with its stiff fingers
at the very foundations,
though their melancholy
was terrible.
It was already late
enough, and a wild night,
and the road full of fallen
branches and stones.
But little by little,
as you left their voices behind,
the stars began to burn
through the sheets of clouds,
and there was a new voice
which you slowly
recognized as your own,
that kept you company
as you strode deeper and deeper
into the world,
determined to do
the only thing you could do --
determined to save
the only life you could save.

By Mary Oliver

Life Just Isn't

Life isn't about keeping score.
It's not about how many friends you have
Or how accepted you are.
It isn't about who your family is
or how much money they have
Or what kind of car you drive.
Or where you are sent to school.
It's not about how beautiful you are.
Or if your skin is too light or too dark.
Or what clothes you wear,
or even what your political views are.
It’s not about how smart you are,
how smart everybody else thinks you are,
It's not about what clubs you're in
or how good you are at your sport.
Life just isn't those things

Life is about who you love and who you hurt.
It's about who you make happy or unhappy purposefully.
It's about keeping or betraying trust.
It's about friendship, used as a sanctity or a weapon.
It's about what you say and mean,
maybe hurtful, maybe heartening.
About starting rumors and contributing to petty gossip.
It's about what judgments you pass and why.
And who your judgments are spread to.
It's about who you've ignored or acknowledged
with full control and intention.
It's about whether you carry love or fear
letting it grow, and spreading it.
Yes, it's about using Your Life to touch
or poison other people's hearts in such a way
that it could have never occurred alone.
You, and only you,
choose the way those hearts are affected,
and those choices are what life's all about.

And there is only one correct choice, think about it,
and make the right choice everyday.

By Arthur Rohling (paraphrased)

Kindness

The kindness you show
Leads to love that will grow
The beauty in your heart, let it shine
And become a part, of this constant whole
Revolving as we go, through the changing seasons
Some come without reason
So find comfort on that solid ground
Never far, simply found
Yes, I'm talking about your peace of mind
Counted on to stand the test of time

"The secret", you ask?
All you need do, is be kind.

Sparkles in Eyes

Wow, I inspired you
And you, me.
For when we give, gifts come flowing our way,
In magical muses and beautiful days,
In horizons unchartered and gardens buds a blooming,
In Sparkles in Eyes

In laughter and joys abound
When you can look at that someone and know
Yes, a true treasure I've found.

We can make it glorious and special
Or we can pass it by and look for other ground
Or we can give it a chance and believe
This is, "An Island to Discover"
Then be ready to be amazed every day as it unfolds.

For "The true joy of discovery lies not in seeing new landscapes but having new eyes."
Sparkles in Eyes

LOVE Quotes

A kiss makes the heart young again and wipes out the years.
Rupert Brooke

A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.
Thomas Carlyle

A man reserves his true and deepest love not for the species of woman in whose company he finds himself electrified and enkindled, but for that one in whose company he may feel tenderly drowsy.
George Jean Nathan

A pair of powerful spectacles has sometimes sufficed to cure a person in love.
Friedrich Nietzsche

A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love.
Stendhal

A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.
Honore de Balzac

Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives.
C. S. Lewis

All love shifts and changes. I don't know if you can be wholeheartedly in love all the time.
Julie Andrews

All mankind love a lover.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

All my life, my heart has yearned for a thing I cannot name.
Andre Breton

As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with words.
William Shakespeare

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.
Plato

Before I met my husband, I'd never fallen in love. I'd stepped in it a few times.
Rita Rudner

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.
Lao Tzu

Can miles truly separate you from friends... If you want to be with someone you love, aren't you already there?
Richard Bach

Come live in my heart, and pay no rent.
Samuel Lover

Do all things with love.
Og Mandino 

Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.
Mother Teresa

Life is the flower for which love is the honey.
Victor Hugo

Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.
Khalil Gibran

Looking back, I have this to regret, that too often when I loved, I did not say so.
David Grayson

Love can sometimes be magic. But magic can sometimes... just be an illusion.
Javan

Love conquers all.
Virgil

Love consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other.
Rainer Maria Rilke

Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.
James A. Baldwin

Love does not dominate; it cultivates.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.
Voltaire

Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible - it cannot be seen or measured, yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment, and offer you more joy than any material possession could.
Barbara de Angelis

Love is a game that two can play and both win.
Eva Gabor

Love is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else.
George Bernard Shaw

Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs.
William Shakespeare

Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other.
Euripides

Love is always bestowed as a gift - freely, willingly and without expectation. We don't love to be loved; we love to love.
Leo Buscaglia

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.
Peter Ustinov

Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.
Robert Frost 

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Experience Quotes

We are each responsible for all of our experiences.
Louise L. Hay
A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

A woman's life can really be a succession of lives, each revolving around some emotionally compelling situation or challenge, and each marked off by some intense experience.
Wallis Simpson

All experience is an arch wherethrough gleams that untravelled world whose margin fades for ever and for ever when I move.
Alfred Lord Tennyson

We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

All that I know I learned after I was thirty.
Georges Clemenceau

An optimist is a guy that has never had much experience.
Don Marquis

Bitter experience has taught us how fundamental our values are and how great the mission they represent.
Jan Peter Balkenende

Color is an intense experience on its own.
Jim Hodges

Conviction without experience makes for harshness.
Flannery O'Connor

Deep experience is never peaceful.
Henry James

Do you know the difference between education and experience? Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you don't.
Pete Seeger

Every moment is an experience.
Jake Roberts

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.
Andre Gide

Everything is discursive opinion instead of direct experience.
A. R. Ammons

Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude.
Ralph Marston

Experience - the wisdom that enables us to recognise in an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced.
Ambrose Bierce

Experience comprises illusions lost, rather than wisdom gained.
Joseph Roux

Experience enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
Franklin P. Jones

Man learns through experience, and the spiritual path is full of different kinds of experiences. He will encounter many difficulties and obstacles, and they are the very experiences he needs to encourage and complete the cleansing process.
Sai Baba

Most of the images of reality on which we base our actions are really based on vicarious experience.
Albert Bandura

My experiences have taught me a lot and I'm happy with my learnings, if not with what I went through to learn.
Ally Sheedy

My path has not been determined. I shall have more experiences and pass many more milestones.
Agnetha Faltskog

Not the fruit of experience, but experience itself, is the end.
Walter Pater

Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced.
John Keats

Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.
Auguste Rodin

Real love is a permanently self-enlarging experience.
M. Scott Peck

Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in their operation.
John Ruskin

The experience of God, or in any case the possibility of experiencing God, is innate.
Alice Walker

The main thing experience has taught me is that one has to sort of hone their relationship to time, you know.
John Frusciante

The only source of knowledge is experience.
Albert Einstein

The sky is the limit. You never have the same experience twice.
Frank McCourt

The value of experience is not in seeing much, but in seeing wisely.
William Osler

The years teach much which the days never know.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.
John Stuart Mill

There is nothing so easy to learn as experience and nothing so hard to apply.
Josh Billings

There's a beauty to wisdom and experience that cannot be faked. It's impossible to be mature without having lived.
Amy Grant

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Inspirational Quotes

And now, this is the sweetest and most glorious day that ever my eyes did see.
Donald Cargill

Belief creates the actual fact.
William James

Believe you can and you're halfway there.
Theodore Roosevelt

Change your thoughts and you change your world.
Norman Vincent Peale

Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
Democritus

Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.
Lao Tzu

Hope is a waking dream.
Aristotle

Hope is some extraordinary spiritual grace that God gives us to control our fears, not to oust them.
Vincent McNabb

How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
John Muir

I have looked into your eyes with my eyes. I have put my heart near your heart.
Pope John XXIII

I pray God may preserve your health and life many years.
Junipero Serra

Ideas shape the course of history.
John Maynard Keynes

If it were not for hopes, the heart would break.
Thomas Fuller

In a gentle way, you can shake the world.
Mohandas Gandhi

It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.
Harry Emerson Fosdick

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.
Aristotle Onassis

It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder.
Joseph Wood Krutch

Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm.
Jean Paul

Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.
Robert Louis Stevenson

Just what future the Designer of the universe has provided for the souls of men I do not know, I cannot prove. But I find that the whole order of Nature confirms my confidence that, if it is not like our noblest hopes and dreams, it will transcend them.
Henry Norris Russell

Let each man exercise the art he knows.
Aristophanes

Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.
Marcus Aurelius

Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit.
Bern Williams

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.
Rabindranath Tagore

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.
Robert Louis Stevenson

Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.
Henry Ward Beecher

Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in his soul.
Thomas Merton

Faith is love taking the form of aspiration.
William Ellery Channing

For a gallant spirit there can never be defeat.
Wallis Simpson

Give light and people will find the way.
Ella Baker

God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with him.
Jim Elliot

God sleeps in the minerals, awakens in plants, walks in animals, and thinks in man.
Arthur Young

Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom.
Friedrich Schiller

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
Henry Ward Beecher

Great hopes make great men.
Thomas Fuller

Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.
Jim Rohn 

Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed.
Blaise Pascal

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!
Audrey Hepburn

Nothing makes one feel so strong as a call for help.
Pope Paul VI

Of all human activities, man's listening to God is the supreme act of his reasoning and will.
Pope Paul VI

On the recollection of so many and great favours and blessings, I now, with a high sense of gratitude, presume to offer up my sincere thanks to the Almighty, the Creator and Preserver.
William Bartram

Plant thy foot firmly in the prints which His foot has made before thee.
Joseph Barber Lightfoot

Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.
Swami Sivananda

Show me your hands. Do they have scars from giving? Show me your feet. Are they wounded in service? Show me your heart. Have you left a place for divine love?
Fulton J. Sheen

Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.
Henry Ward Beecher

Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams.
Hosea Ballou

The best way out is always through.
Robert Frost

The essential elements of giving are power and love - activity and affection - and the consciousness of the race testifies that in the high and appropriate exercise of these is a blessedness greater than any other.
Mark Hopkins

The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another's, smile at someone and receive a smile in return, are to me continual spiritual exercises.
Leo Buscaglia

The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.
Thomas Jefferson

The only thing that ultimately matters is to eat an ice-cream cone, play a slide trombone, plant a small tree, good God, now you're free.
Ray Manzarek

The power of imagination makes us infinite.
John Muir

The truth is on the march and nothing will stop it.
Emile Zola

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
Edith Wharton 

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Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities.
Aristotle

I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.
-- Helen Keller

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Feeling grateful or appreciative of someone or something in your life actually attracts more of the things that you appreciate and value into your life.
-- Christiane Northrup

Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.
-- Denis Waitley

Even if I don't reach all my goals, I've gone higher than I would have if I hadn't set any.
-- Danielle Fotopoulis

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
-- Helen Keller

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