Meditation Quotes

Men do not shape destiny,

destiny produces the man for the hour.

Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.

We find ourselves under the government of

a system of political institutions,

conducing more essentially to the ends of civil and religious liberty,

than any of which the history of former times tells us.

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight

it’s the size of the fight in the dog.

We always overestimate the change

that will occur in the next two years and underestimate

the change that will occur in the next ten.

Let us raise a standard to

which the wise and honest can repair;

the rest is in the hands of God.

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

I have been complimented many times

and they always embarrass me;

I always feel that they have not said enough.

Change is never easy,

but it is necessary.

Children are all foreigners.

Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world.

I know because I've done it thousands of times.

You learn more from mistakes than victories.

My philosophy is that not only,

are you responsible for your life,

but doing the best at this moment,

puts you I the best place for the next moment.

I don't understand why the press is so interested

in speculating about my appearance,

anyway.

What does my face have to do with my music or my dancing?

We want to be a giant machine

that is a gold standard for how to treat customers.

Friendship may,

and often does,

grow into love,

but love never

subsides into

friendship.

Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement and success have no meaning.

I see a picture right now that's not parallel,

so I'm going to go straighten it.

Things must be in order.

There may sometimes be ungenerous attempts to

keep a young man down; and they will succeed,

too, if he allows his mind to be diverted from

its true channel to brood over the attempted injury.

Thunder is good,

thunder is impressive;

but it is lightning that does the work.