86Thousand400: Great Quotes 3

The Art of Happiness - The Dalai Lama

It's the very struggle of life that makes us who we are. And it is our enemies that test us, provide us with the resistance necessary for growth.

An end result or a product of patience and tolerance is forgiveness. When you are truly patient and tolerant, then forgiveness comes naturally.

Starfish Greathearts Charity Motto

An old man had a habit of early morning walks on the beach. One day, as he looked along the shore, he saw a human figure moving like a dancer. As he came closer he saw that it was a young woman and she was not dancing but was reaching down to the sand, picking up starfish and very gently throwing them into the ocean.

"Young lady," he asked, "Why are you throwing starfish into the ocean?"

"The sun is up, and the tide is going out, and if I do not throw them in they will die."

"But young lady, do you not realise that there are miles and miles of beach and starfish all along it? You cannot possibly make a difference."

The young woman listened politely, paused and then bent down, picked up another starfish and threw it into the sea, past the breaking waves, saying: "It made a big difference to that one."

Think and Grow Rich - Napoleon Hill

When a thought is released, it spreads in every direction through the medium of the ether, but it also plants itself permanently in the subconscious mind of the person releasing it. Your business in life is presumably, to achieve success. To be successful you must find peace of mind, acquire the material needs of life and, above all, attain happiness. All of these evidences of success begin in the thought of impulses. You may control your own mind; you have the power to feed it whatever thought impulses you choose. With this privilege goes also the responsibility of using it constructively. You are the master of your own earthly destiny just as surely as you have the power to control your own thoughts. You may influence, direct and eventually control your own environment, making your life what you want it to be. On the other hand, you may neglect to exercise the privilege that is yours - to make your life to order, thus casting yourself upon the broad sea of 'circumstance' where you will be tossed hither and yon, like a chip on the waves of the ocean.

Plato

In order for man to succeed in life, God provided him with two means, education and physical activity. Not separately, one for the soul and the other for the body, but for the two together. With these two means, man can attain perfection