Sunday, August 25, 2013

Useful Quotes For Life

In school, we learned how to calculate the square root of an isosceles triangle, but did we learn how to forgive ourselves and others? We dissected frog, but perhaps never explored the dynamics of human relationship. We know how to arrange a sentence, but we may not know how to love ourselves. Did we learn the purpose why we live? We have a lot of questions in our minds and in our hearts that we can't answer immediately because we need first to reflect it in ourselves. That is why i decide to collect Quotes from different authors that may help you realize, WHAT REALLY MEANS TO LIVE.


 1. Man is his own star, and the soul that can render an honest and a perfect man commands all light, all influence, all fate. 
- John Fletcher - 

2.You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what you want. -Margaret Young-

 3. Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
 -Goethe- 

4.Gladness of the heart is the life of a man, and the joyfulness of a man prolongeth his days. 
 -Ecclesiasticus 30:22-

 5. I am open to receive with every breath i breathe. 
 -Msia Song-

 6.From birth to age 18, a girl needs good parents, from 18 to 35 she needs good looks, from 35 to 55 she needs personality, and from 55 on she needs cash. 
-Sophie Tucker-

 7.Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger. -Franklin P. Jones-

 8. Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday. 
-John Wayne- 

 9.Life is a play. It's not its length, but its performance that counts. 
 -Seneca- 

10.I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right. 
-Albert Einstein- 


The next batch of inspirational quotes are taken from the book JING SI APHORISMS - a compilation of Master Cheng Yen's words on wisdom, mercy and compassion, with emphasis on humanistic principles.

11.The living must be at peace for the deceased to depart in peace.

12. If we are mindful, the truth is near us; otherwise, the truth is distant.

13.Gratitude is the world's most beautiful language and the most genuine way for people to interact.

14. Helping others is not only a virtue, it also brings forth great spiritual joy.

15. Those who give love to other will be loved by countless others.

16. Use our time well to cultivate a deeper understanding of life, and we can help not only ourselves but also others.

17. Misfortunes in the world have the power to inspire compassion. An act of giving has the [ower to otuch our heart.

18. To respect life, we must use our time well for the benefits of humankind.

19. Being mindful of each footstep we take is the beginning of our commitment to cherish our planet.

20. We can reduce carbon emissions by reducing our wants.

21. Love is not bound by distance; compassion is free from aversion and passion.

22. One cannot grasp the true meaning of joy without suffering. What's important is knowing how to transform suffering into joy.

23. Do whatever it takes to do what is right. Do whatever is takes to not do what is wrong.

24. Inaction brings difficulty and hindrance. Action transforms even the driest land into oasis.

25. One who gives with expectations of repayment will be miserable if the expectations are not met; even if one receives what one wishes for the happiness gained will be short-lived.

26. Poverty is temporary; only by having a loving heart can one experience eternal wealth.

27. To have love in one's heart is to lead a rich life. To accumulate blessings is to create a kind and beautiful world.

28. The family is an everlasting school; parents are lifetime teachers.

29. A wasted day is worth less than a meaningful second.

30. It is never too late to cultivate ourselves diligently and to strive to advance forward.


31.  Life is playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
   -Samuel Butler-

32. Imagination is more important than knowledge.
  -Albert Einstein-

33. Nobody can be exactly like me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it.
  -Tallulah Bankhead-

34. We learn simply by the exposure of living. Much that passes for education is not education at all but ritual. The fact is that we are being educated when we know it at least.
  -David P. Gardner-

35. We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.
  -Marcel Proust-

36. Sooner or later every one of us breathes an atom that has been breathed before by anyone you can think of who has lived before us - Michelangelo or George Washington or Moses.
  -Jacob Bronowski-

37. Some problems are just too complicated for rational, logical solutions. They admit of insights, not answers.
  -Jerome Wiesner-

38. The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage.
  -Mark Russell-

39. The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
  -Socrates-

40. The only reason I always try to meet and know the parents better is because it helps me forgive their children.
  -Louis Johannot-

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