We carry within us the wonders we seek around us.
The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.
Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.
No man is an island, entire of itself.
All you need is love.
The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.
Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
To be able to look back upon one’s life in satisfaction, is to live twice.
He who knows others is clever, but he who knows himself is enlightened.
The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.
Just be who you want to be, not what others want to see.
Not all those who wander are lost.
Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world.
You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
Don’t dream it, be it.
There is no shame in not knowing. The shame lies in not finding out.
To thine own self be true.
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
Laughter is sunshine; it chases winter from the human face.
It is better to ask some of the questions than to know all the answers.
I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good, therefore, that I can do or any kindness I can show to any fellow creature,let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.
The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.
Love a little more each day.
I am an expression of the divine.
If you ever feel lost, let your heart be your compass.
Everything you can imagine is real.
If thou follow thy star, thou canst not fail of glorious haven.
Find your greatness.
We all have the same roots, and we are all branches of the same tree.
Man can learn nothing unless he proceeds from the known to the unknown.
To be loved, be lovable.
The smile is the shortest distance between two persons.
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Keep a green tree in your heart and a singing bird may come.
It’s not what happens to you, but how you react that matters.
Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.
To me, every hour of the light and dark is a miracle, every inch of space is a miracle.
A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Life is a ticket to the greatest show on earth.
To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are but tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Good actions are the invisible hinges on the doors of heaven.
Be the person who can smile on the worst day.
Where there is love, there is joy.
Hope is like the sun. When it’s behind the clouds, it’s not gone, you just have to find it.
Your best takes your time.
The man who moves a mountain must start by moving small stones.
No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.
Life is like a roller coaster...with all its ups and downs.
Tis always morning somewhere in the world.
Knowledge, in truth, is the great sun in the firmament. Life and power are scattered with all its beams.
Nothing can make our life, or the lives of other people, more beautiful than perpetual kindness.
Be the change you want to see in the world.
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.
Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.
It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.
The world is good-natured to people who are good-natured.
The universe is what you illustrate it to be.
The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.
You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can be grateful because thorn bushes have roses.
Do a deed of simple kindness; though its end you may not see, it may reach, like widening ripples, down a long eternity.
There are many great deeds done in the small struggles of life.
To each, his own is beautiful.
Do all the good you can,
By all the means you can,
In all the ways you can,
In all the places you can,
At all the times you can,
To all the people you can,
As long as you ever can.
There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness.
Winners never quit and quitters never win.
Cherish that which is within you.
It’s not the load that breaks you down. It’s the way you carry it.
Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.
You were born an original, don’t become a copy.
The purpose of life is a life of purpose.
Making a million friends is not a miracle...the miracle is to make such a friend who can stand with you when millions are against you.
A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month’s study of books.
Just love life and it will love you back.
Kindness is a language the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
Start by doing the necessary, then the possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
A bit of fragrance clings to the hand that gives flowers.
Life moves forward. If you keep looking back, you won’t be able to see where you’re going.
One of the secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others.
Fall seven times. Stand up eight.
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.
Be humble, for you are made of earth.
Be noble, for you are made of stars.
The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.
He who travels has stories to tell.
Courage is found in unlikely places.
Sail the ocean even when others stay on the shore.
Life is not colourful. Life is colouring.
The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.
Kindness is like snow. It beautifies everything it covers.
Every day may not be glorious, but there’s something glorious in every day. Find the glory.
It is always easier to fight for one’s principles than to live up to them.
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right using of strength.
Be a lamp unto yourself.
There’s only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.
At the end of the game, pawns and kings go back into the same box.
To the world, you are one person. But to one person, you may be the world.
The best things in life are not things.
If you want to learn about the world go out in it.
You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take.
Remember there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.
Success does not come through grades, degrees or distinctions. It comes through experiences that expand your belief in what is possible.
Believe you can and you’re halfway there.
An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine but because people fail to see it.
You’re never a loser until you quit trying.
That is the beginning of knowledge—-the discovery of something we do not understand.
Just as there is no loss of basic energy in the universe, so no thought or action is without its effects,present or ultimate, seen or unseen, felt or unfelt.
I am part of all that I have met.
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying “I will try again tomorrow.”
The more I wonder, the more I love.
You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.
One of the most essential prerequisites to happiness is unbounded tolerance.
Be kind and carry on.
If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.
A stumble may prevent a fall.
Kindness, like a boomerang, always returns.
The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.
Nothing in nature is unbeautiful.
When given the choice between being right or being kind,choose kind.
Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise.
Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.
Accept what you can’t change. Change what you can’t accept.
You can’t have a rainbow without a little bit of rain.
If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
Find beauty in the world, and the world will find beauty in you.
Sometimes the questions are complicated but the answers are simple.
Strong people don’t put others down. They lift them up.
To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is a perpetual morning.
Treat others how you want to be treated.
Nothing happens unless first a dream.
Come forth into the light of things. Let Nature be your teacher.
There are always flowers for those who want to see them.
What you do every day matters more than what you do every once in a while.
Don’t cry, because it’s over; smile, because it happened.
If you can’t change your fate, change your attitude.
Rise above the little things.
Inward happiness almost always follows a kind action.
I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders.
What makes night within us may leave stars.
Don’t choose the one who is beautiful to the world. But rather, choose the one who makes your world beautiful.
Seek not, my soul, immortal life, but make the most of what is within thy reach.
We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers.
The soul aids the body, and at certain moments, raises it. It is the only bird which bears up its own cage.
The mind is everything. What you think you become.
Have no friends not equal to yourself.
No one is good at everything but everyone is good at something.
Turn your wounds into wisdom.
Don’t strive for love, be it.
Good friends are like stars. You don’t always see them, but you know they’re always there.
When life gives you lemons, make orange juice. Be unique.
If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.
To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone.
When you are living the best version of yourself, you inspire others to live the best version of themselves.
To love another person is to see the face of God.
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
When it’s dark, be the one who turns on the light.
Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.
Fortune favours the bold.
Kindness is difficult to give away because it keeps coming back.
The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world’s joy.
True wisdom lies in gathering the precious things out of each day as it goes by.
Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.
One little word can light up someone’s day.
Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold. Happiness dwells in the soul.
A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.
Happiness is someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.
Let us always meet each other with a smile....
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