When we surrender to God, we let go of our attachment to how things happen on the outside, and we become more concerned with what happens on the inside.
But still, like air, I’ll rise.
Focus like a laser, not a flashlight.
If you can’t stop thinking about it, don’t stop working on it.
I see only my objective – the obstacles must give way.
Deliberately seek the company of people who influence you to think and act on building the life you desire.
The jack-of-all-trades seldom is good at any. Concentrate all of your efforts on one definite chief aim.
Achieve self-mastery over your thoughts, and constantly direct them toward your goals and objectives. Learn to focus your attention on the goals that you want to achieve and on finding ways to achieve those goals.
The deepest secret is that life is not a process of discovery, but a process of creation. You are not discovering yourself, but creating yourself anew. Seek therefore, not to find out Who You Are, but seek to determine Who You Want to Be.
Remember, you are constantly in the act of creating yourself. You are in every moment deciding who and what you are. You decide this largely through the choices you make regarding who and what you feel passionate about.
If you don’t go within, you go without.
To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.
Go back and take care of yourself. Your body needs you, your feelings need you, your perceptions need you. Your suffering needs you to acknowledge it. Go home and be there for all these things.
Live the actual moment. Only this moment is life.
What you focus on expands, and when you focus on the goodness in your life, you create more of it.
Self-realization is, in fact, the only religion. For it is the true purpose of religion, no matter how people define their beliefs.
Seek spiritual riches within. What you are is much greater than anyone or anything else you have ever yearned for.
When the mind is calm, how quickly, how smoothly, how beautifully you will perceive everything.
If someone comes along and shoots an arrow into your heart, it’s fruitless to stand there and yell at the person. It would be much better to turn your attention to the fact that there’s an arrow in your heart...
A man should never be appointed into a managerial position if his vision focuses on people’s weaknesses rather than on their strengths.