Famous quotes & Sayings Blog

“ A friend is someone we turn to when our spirits need a lift. A friend is someone we treasure for our friendship is a gift. A friend is someone who fills our lives with beauty, joy, and grace. And makes the whole world we live in a better and happier place. ”

Jean Kyler McManus

“ Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence. ”

Sydney Smith

“ Your friends will know you better in the first minute you meet than your acquaintances will know you in a thousand years. ”

Richard Bach

“ When a friend is in trouble, dont annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it. ”

E. W. Howe

“ Dont be dismayed by good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends. ”

Richard Bach

“ I cannot afford to overlook the influence that other people may have on me. It might seem like a simple everyday occurrence - my friends tell me in the strictest confidence that such and such a person is like this and does so-and-so. I listen and accept without question because of the friendship. My attitude and actions then become influenced by my friend’s words, and I find myself acting and reacting in accordance with the information fed to me. This is the negative influence of gossip in action. ”

Innerspace

“ You are not accidental. Existence needs you. Without you something will be missing in existence and nobody can replace it. Thats what gives you dignity, that the whole existence will miss you. The stars and sun and moon, the trees and birds and earth - everything in the universe will feel a small place is vacant which cannot be filled by anybody except you. This gives you a tremendous joy, a fulfillment that you are related to existence, and existence cares for you. Once you are clean and clear, you can see tremendous love falling on you from all dimensions. ”

Osho

“ There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved. ”

Thomas Fuller

“ But my experience is that people who have been through painful, difficult times are filled with compassion. ”

Amy Grant

“ Love is union with somebody, or something, outside oneself, under the condition of retaining the separateness and integrity of one’s own self. ”

Erich Fromm

“ Silence is the great teacher, and to learn its lessons you must pay attention to it. There is no substitute for the creative inspiration, knowledge, and stability that come from knowing how to contact your core of inner silence. The great Sufi poet Rumi wrote, ”Only let the moving waters calm down, and the sun and moon will be reflected on the surface of your being. ”

“ I believe that being successful means having a balance of success stories across the many areas of your life. You can’t truly be considered successful in your business life if your home life is in shambles. ”

Zig Ziglar

“ I don’t care how much power, brilliance or energy you have, if you don’t harness it and focus it on a specific target, and hold it there you’re never going to accomplish as much as your ability warrants. ”

Zig Ziglar

“ If you want to reach a goal, you must see the reaching’ in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal. ”

Zig Ziglar

“ It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through. ”

Zig Ziglar

“ Its not what you’ve got, its what you use that makes a difference. ”

Zig Ziglar

“ Its your aptitude, not just your attitude that determines your ultimate altitude ”

Zig Ziglar

“ After enlightenment, the laundry ”

Zen Proverbs

“ Before enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. ”

Zen Proverbs

“ Better to see the face than to hear the name. ”

Zen Proverbs

“ Chop wood, carry water. ”

Zen Proverbs

“ Do what you will;
but not because you must. ”

Zen Proverbs

“ Know who you are. Be what you know. ”

Zen Proverbs

“ Only when you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard and strong. ”

Zen Proverbs

“ Do not seek the truth. Only cease to cherish opinions. ”

Zen Wisdom

“ Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. ”

Zen Wisdom

“ Sit quietly doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by itself. ”

Zen Wisdom

“ The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his information and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence at whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him he is always doing both. ”

Zen Wisdom

“ Those who know don’t tell and those who tell don’t know. ”

Zen Wisdom