”Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live.
— Nicolas Chamfort
In forgiveness lies the stoppage of the wheel of Karma.
— Law of One
Gratitude in advance is the most powerful creative force in the universe.
— Neale Walsch
Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything…all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure…these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.
Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don’t settle.
— Steve Jobs
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.
— Elbert Hubbard
Courage. Courage is also known as fortitude. It is the ability to confront fear, pain, danger, uncertainty or intimidation. It can be divided into physical courage in the face of physical pain, hardship, and the threat of death. And moral courage in the face of shame, scandal and discouragement. Courage.
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(Source: robbinsmadanestraining.com)
Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.
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STEVE JOBS, in a commencement address at Stanford, 2005.
(via the Wall Street Journal)
(Source: inothernews, via zadi)
Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.
— Pema Chodron
“Somewhere along the line, we seem to have confused comfort with happiness.” “The human body is capable of extraordinary feats.” “Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention to arrive safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming: Wow!! What a ride!”
(Source: sivers.org)
