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The universe is full of magical things
patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
- Eden Phillpotts
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March on. Do not tarry. To go forward
is to move toward perfection.
March on, and fear not the thorns,
or the sharp stones on life's path.
- Khalil Gibran
Prejudice is a two-edged sword.
Like the steel sort of sword, it's very sharp, very useful,
and very dangerous if not properly mastered.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Take time to sharpen the saw.
- Steven Covey
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- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Ask today as you consider the many choices in your view -
what is the highest and best use
of your talents, skills and abilities?
When you answer that, seize the opportunity
to sharpen those qualities even more sharply
by applying your focused effort.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Don't Take Anything Personally.
Nothing others do is because of you.
- Miguel Angel Ruiz (don Miguel Ruiz)
Standing in the inspiring vision of my future,
I boldly take every step - large and small -
with courage and intent.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Angels can fly because they can take themselves lightly.
- Gilbert (G. K.) Chesterton
Could a greater miracle take place
than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?
- Henry David Thoreau
If you don't know where you're going,
any road will take you there.
- Lewis Carroll
(Alice in Wonderland)
Every tomorrow has two handles.
We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety
or the handle of faith.
- Henry Ward Beecher
Only he can take great resolves who has
indomitable faith in God and has fear of God.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
To lead a great life:
Dream, Take Action, Repeat.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Our "Rainbows and Butterflies" are the small miracles of our life -
the little things that are so easy to overlook,
yet so awe inspiring when we take a moment
to notice and to pay attention.
Give thanks for the rainbows, for the butterflies,
for all God's creatures - large and small,
for the bright blue sky and the soft fog and the gentle rain,
for the tree veiled in the season's first frost,
for the baby's laugh,
for the touch of a hand and the whispered "I love you."
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The enlightened give thanks
for what most people take for granted.
- Michael Beckwith
Take time to play!
Ask for what you want.
Laugh.
Live loudly.
Be avid.
Learn a new thing.
Be Yourself!
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Take your life in your own hands, and what happens?
A terrible thing: no one to blame.
- Erica Jong
I Act with Bold Courage:
Standing in the inspiring vision of my future,
I boldly take every step -
large and small - with courage and intent.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Choose Inner Peace.
Nothing is worth losing your inner peace.
Take action as circumstances require,
but never surrender your inner peace.
Stop. Breathe deeply.
Close your eyes and breathe deeply again.
Then, and only then, take action -
from a peaceful heart.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Today... maybe I can take one step
on that profoundly complex path to peace.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Take time to contemplate -
away from the opinions and influence of others -
what you really want
and what you believe to be important in your life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
We are all different - and we are all one.
Take time to understand, and to appreciate.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Take Delight in Dancing Lightly With Life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
As to marriage or celibacy, let a man
take which course he will,
he will be sure to repent.
- Socrates
Learn to become still. And to take your attention
away from what you don't want, and all the emotional charge around it,
and place your attention on what you wish to experience.
- Michael Beckwith
Anyone can heal who believes that he can
and will take the time to put that belief into motion.
- Ernest Holmes
The will of God will never take you
to where the grace of God will not protect you.
- Anonymous
Stay in the moment and all gifts are added
as you breathe and take inspired action.
- Joe Vitale
The less I take the difficulties of my life as personal affront,
and the more I use them as an opportunity to learn and grow...
the easier I sleep at night.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
The Divine is all in the perspective we take on it.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
If you take the responsibility for your life,
you can start changing it.
- Osho
Take time to laugh.
It is the music of the soul.
Take time to think.
It is the source of power.
Take time to play.
It is the source of perpetual youth.
Take time to read.
It is the fountain of wisdom.
Take time to pray.
It is the greatest power on Earth.
Take time to love and be loved.
It is a God-given privilege.
Take time to be friendly.
It is the road to happiness.
Take time to give.
It is too short a day to be selfish.
Take time to work.
It is the price of success.
- Anonymous
When you are impeccable, you take
responsibility for your actions,
but you do not judge or blame yourself.
- don Miguel Ruiz
Obstacles are those frightful things
you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
- Henry Ford
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take,
but by the moments that take our breath away.
- Anonymous
He who is not courageous enough to take risks
will accomplish nothing in life.
- Muhammad Ali
We all tend to measure our worth by what we DO -
the actions we take.
We also highly value what we SAY.
However, the greatest impact we have
on our family, our friends,
and our world is our kindness and love.
A bowl of soup served with love
is a greater gift than a steak dinner served brusquely.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions.
- Alfred Adler
Become more and more innocent,
less knowledgeable and more childlike.
Take life as fun -
because that's precisely what it is!
- Osho
The majority of men meet with failure
because of their lack of persistence
in creating new plans to take
the place of those which fail.
- Napoleon Hill
Take risks: if you win, you will be happy;
if you lose, you will be wise.
- Anonymous
Take charge of your life!
You are responsible to yourself - not to others.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Whatever happens, take responsibility.
- Tony Robbins
Take some time in a quiet place to contemplate
the balance between being of service -
both to this generation and to generations yet unborn -
and renewing your vitality with play and celebration.
Without play, one becomes old and dry.
Without service, life becomes meaningless.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Trust in what you love, continue to do it,
and it will take you where you need to go.
- Natalie Goldberg
As soon as man does not take his existence for granted,
but beholds it as something
unfathomably mysterious, thought begins.
- Albert Schweitzer
Rainbows and butterflies are themselves beautiful and highly symbolic,
but they are also representative of
all the small miracles of our life -
the little things that are so easy to overlook,
yet so awe inspiring when we take a moment
to notice and to pay attention.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
It's not what you take when
you leave this world behind you.
It's what you leave behind you when you go.
- Randy Travis
If you don't take full responsibility
for your own happiness,
who do you suppose will?
Your happiness is a one person job -
it begins and ends with you.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
You miss one hundred percent of the shots you don't take.
- Wayne Gretzky
Take a deep breath and do the difficult thing first.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Take the initiative - don't wait for life to come to you.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Take a chance! All life is a chance.
The man who goes farthest is generally
the one who is willing to do and dare.
- Dale Carnegie
Take responsibility for your whole life -
regardless of circumstances.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Make the best use of what is in your power,
and take the rest as it happens.
- Epictetus
Control thy passions lest they take vengeance upon thee.
- Epictetus
Believe in yourself,
in your vision for your future
and in your ability to take a small step
each day toward achieving your vision.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Ever had a bad hair day -
a day when everything seemed to be going wrong?
Perhaps today is a day to soothe your ruffled feathers,
take a deep breath, and reaffirm that
the weight of the world is really not on your shoulders,
unless you choose to assume that burden.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
People are not disturbed by things,
but by the view they take of them.
- Epictetus
The Four Agreements
1.Be impeccable with your word.
2.Don't take anything personally.
3.Don't make assumptions.
4.Always do your best.
- don Miguel Ruiz
We can let circumstances rule us,
or we can take charge and
rule our lives from within.
- Earl Nightingale
Our compassion and acts of selflessness
take us to the deeper truths.
- Amma
Don't let anyone else take the measure
of your worth and capabilities.
Always stand proud in who you are.
- Margaret Spellings
It is against everything we stand for to take a human life.
Making an exception to that code is a bleak thing.
- Sam, from Twilight saga by Stephenie Meyer
If a man empties his purse into his head,
no man can take it away from him.
An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.
- Benjamin Franklin
Take Action - Now.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
If you would take, you must first give,
this is the beginning of intelligence.
- Lao Tzu
Don't take rejection personally.
Don't let someone else's bad day spoil your day.
As long as you never reject yourself, you'll be fine.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
We should take care not to make the intellect our god;
it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.
- Albert Einstein
Never take counsel of your fears.
- Andrew Jackson
A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams.
- Yiddish Proverb
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- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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