Confine yourself to the present.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do.
I have spent most of my life worrying about things that have never happened.
Never forget, your family should always have priority over your work.
You only are free when you realize you belong no place – you belong every place – no place at all. The price is high. The reward is great.
You will face many defeats in your life, but never let yourself be defeated.
I come as one, but stand as 10,000.
Every day create your history, every path you take you’re leaving your legacy.
As women, we must stand up for ourselves. We must stand up for each other. We must stand up for justice for all.
We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own ‘to do’ list.
When hope is gone, time is punishment.
Man alone measures time. Man alone chimes the hour. And, because of this, man alone suffers a paralysing fear that no other creature endures. A fear of time running out.
Some people come in our life as blessings. Some come in your life as lessons.
O Divine Providence, I ask not for more riches but more wisdom with which to make wiser use of the riches you gave me at birth, consisting in the power to control and direct my own mind to whatever ends I might desire.
The strongest oak of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It’s the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to struggle for its existence against the winds and rains and the scorching sun.
If you can’t do great things, do small things in a great way. Don’t wait for great opportunities. Seize common, everyday ones and make them great.
Don’t be afraid of a little opposition. Remember that the ‘Kite’ of success generally rises AGAINST the wind of Adversity, not with it.
It is not impermanence that makes us suffer. What makes us suffer is wanting things to be permanent when they are not.
Risk, then, is not just part of life. It is life. The place between your comfort zone and your dream is where life takes place. It’s the high-anxiety zone, but it’s also where you discover who you are.
When a goal matters enough to a person, that person will find a way to accomplish what at first seemed impossible.