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"The fish trap exists because of the fish.

Once you've gotten the fish you can forget the trap.

The rabbit snare exists because of the rabbit.

Once you've gotten the rabbit, you can forget the snare.

Words exist because of their meaning. Once you've got the meaning, you can forget the words. Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so I can talk with him?"

-Chuang Tzu

"There is a Light that shines beyond all things on earth,

beyond us all,

beyond the heavens,

beyond the highest heavens.

This is the Light that shines in our hearts."

-CHANDOGYA UPANISHAD

"Love says "I am everything". Wisdom says "I am nothing". Between the two, my life flows.

-Nisargadatta Maharaj

"There will come a time when you believe everything is

finished. That will be the beginning."

Spiritual Quotes Spiritual Thoughts By ~Louis L'Amour

"What the caterpillar calls the end of the world,

the master calls a butterfly."

Spiritual Quotes Spiritual Thoughts By ~Richard Bach

“Knock, And He'll open the door

Vanish, And He'll make you shine like the sun

Fall, And He'll raise you to the heavens

Become nothing, And He'll turn you into everything.”

― Rumi

"If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "thank you," that would suffice."

Meister Eckhart

The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself.

-Lao Tzu

Your task is not to seek for love,

but merely to seek and find

all the barriers within yourself

that you have built against it.

Rumi

There are two kinds of light-- the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.

James Thurber

"The reality of the other person lies not in what he reveals to you, but what he cannot reveal to you. Therefore, if you would understand him, listen not to what he says, but rather to what he does not say."

Kahlil Gibran

“The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.”

― E.E. Cummings

IF words come out of the heart, they will enter the heart, but if they come from the tongue, they will not pass beyond the ears.

Al-Suhrawardi

"When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills"

(Chinese proverb)

"Truth does not become error just because nobody believes it."

-Gandhi

"Many of us spend our whole lives running from feeling with the mistaken belief that you can not bear the pain. But you have already borne the pain. What you have not done is feel all you are beyond that pain."

Spiritual Quotes Spiritual Thoughts By ~ Kahlil Gibran

"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life, is when men are afraid of the Light."

-Plato

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Motivational Sports Quotes

Motivational Sports Quotes

 “Continuous effort — not strength or intelligence — is the key to unlocking our potential.”
 Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Liane Cardes
 “Good is not good when better is expected.”
 Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Vin Scully
 “The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination.”
Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Tommy Lasorda
 “Champions keep playing until they get it right.”
 Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Billie Jean King
 “Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.”
Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Bo Jackson


“Only he who can see the invisible can do the impossible.”
Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Frank L. Gaines
“The only way to prove that you’re a good sport is to lose.”
Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Ernie Banks
 “Only he who can see the invisible can do the impossible.”
 Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Frank L. Gaines
 “When you’re riding, only the race in which you’re riding is important.”
Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Bill Shoemaker
 “Age is no barrier. It’s a limitation you put on your mind.”
Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Jackie Joyner-Kersee
 “I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability.”
Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Bruce Jenner
“There may be people that have more talent than you, but theres no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do.”
Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Derek Jeter

 “Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.”
 Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Ted Williams
 “One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than  preaching it.”
 Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Knute Rockne
 “The five S’s of sports training are: stamina, speed, strength, skill, and spirit; but the greatest of these is spirit.”
 Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Ken Doherty
 “A trophy carries dust. Memories last forever.”
Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Mary Lou Retton
“An athlete cannot run with money in his pockets. He must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head.”
Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Emil Zatopek

 “I became a good pitcher when I stopped trying to make them miss the ball and started trying to make them hit it.”
Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Sandy Koufax
 “If you can’t outplay them, outwork them.”
Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Ben Hogan
 “People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.”
 Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Rogers Hornsby
“You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This moment is yours.”
 Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Herb Brooks
 “What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle, and giving  percent all the time.”
Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Don Zimmer
 “If you fail to prepare, you’re prepared to fail.”
 Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Mark Spitz
“When I go out there, I have no pity on my brother. I am out there to win.”
 Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Joe Frazier
 “During my  years I came to bat almost , times. I struck out about , times and walked maybe , times. You figure a ballplayer will average about  at bats a season. That means I played seven years without ever hitting the ball.”
Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Mickey Mantle
 “I never left the field saying I could have done more to get ready and that gives me piece of mind.”
Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Peyton Manning
 “Leadership, like coaching, is fighting for the hearts and souls of men and getting them to believe in you.”
Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Eddie Robinson
 “You win some, you lose some, and some get rained out, but you gotta suit up for them all.”
 Motivational Sports Quotes By  – J. Askenberg
 “Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.”
 Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Arnold Palmer
 “Stubbornness usually is considered a negative; but I think that trait has been a positive for me.”
Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Cal Ripken Jr.
 “You’ve got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence is the difference.”
 Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Chris Evert
 “When you win, say nothing, when you lose, say less.”
 Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Paul Brown
“Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.”
Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Pat Riley
 “Win If You Can, Lose If You Must, But NEVER QUIT!”
Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Cameron Trammell
 “Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play.”
Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Mike Singletary
 “If you have everything under control, you’re not moving fast enough.”
 Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Mario Andretti
 “Just keep going. Everybody gets better if they keep at it.”
 Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Ted Williams
 “What do do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.”
 Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Dean Smith
 “The hardest skill to acquire in this sport is the one where you compete all out, give it all you have, and you are still getting beat no matter what you do. When you have the killer instinct to fight through that, it is very special.”
 Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Eddie Reese
 “The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe  percent.”
 Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Arnold Schwarzenegger
.“How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.”
Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Lou Holtz
 “Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement.”
 Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Matt Biondi
 “Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence.”
 Motivational Sports Quotes By  – George F. Will
“Most talented players don’t always succeed. Some don’t even make the team. It’s more what’s inside.”
 Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Brett Favre
 “You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.”
Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Michael Jordan
 “To uncover your true potential you must first find your own limits and then you have to have the courage to blow past them.”
Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Picabo Street
 “Show me a guy who’s afraid to look bad, and I’ll show you a guy you can beat every time.”
 Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Lou Brock
 “You can motivate by fear, and you can motivate by reward. But both those methods are only temporary. The only lasting thing is self motivation.”
Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Homer Rice
 “The principle is competing against yourself. It’s about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before.”
 Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Steve Young

 “Somewhere behind the athlete you’ve become and the hours of practice and the coaches who have pushed you is a little girl who fell in love with the game and never looked back… play for her.”
 Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Mia Hamm
 “When you’ve got something to prove, there’s nothing greater than a challenge.”
Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Terry Bradshaw
 “Never give up, never give in, and when the upper hand is ours, may we have the ability to handle the win with the dignity that we absorbed the loss.”
Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Doug Williams

“It’s not the will to win that matters—everyone has that. It’s the will to prepare to win that matters.”
Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Paul “Bear” Bryant
 “Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement.”
Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Marv Levy
 “Number one is just to gain a passion for running. To love the morning, to love the trail, to love the pace on the track. And if some kid gets really good at it, that’s cool too.”
Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Pat Tyson
 “Most people give up just when they’re about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown.”
 Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Ross Perot
 “You have to do something in your life that is honorable and not cowardly if you are to live in peace with yourself.”
Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Larry Brown
“One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team. ”
 Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
 “Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.”
 Motivational Sports Quotes By  – George Halas
 “If at first you don’t succeed, you are running about average.”
 Motivational Sports Quotes By  – M.H. Alderson

“I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.”
 Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Tom Landry
 “Make sure your worst enemy doesn’t live between your own two ears.”
 Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Laird Hamilton
“Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play.”
 Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Mike Singletary
“The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer.”
Motivational Sports Quotes By  – John Madden
 “You are never really playing an opponent. You are playing yourself, your own highest standards, and when you reach your limits, that is real joy.”
Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Arthur Ashe
 “What makes something special is not just what you have to gain, but what you feel there is to lose.”
Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Andre Agassi
 “The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.”
 Motivational Sports Quotes By  – Pele

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Motivational Quotes

    "There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them. " - Motivational Quotes By Denis Waitley


    "Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. " - Motivational Quotes By John Wooden


    "The man who has confidence in himself gains the confidence of others. " - Motivational Quotes By Hasidic Proverb


    "Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. " - Motivational Quotes By Peter F. Drucker


    "A journey of a thousand leagues begins beneath one’s feet. " - Motivational Quotes By Lao Tzu


    "Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind. " - Motivational Quotes By Emily P. Bissell

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. " - Motivational Quotes By Henry Stanley Haskins


    "Challenge yourself with something you know you could never do, and what you’ll find is that you can overcome anything. " - Motivational Quotes By Anonymous


    "It is never too late to be what you might have been. " - Motivational Quotes By George Eliot


    "All our dreams can come true–if we have the courage to pursue them. " - Motivational Quotes By Walt Disney


    "The best way to predict the future is to invent it. " - Motivational Quotes By Alan Kay


    "Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it. " - Motivational Quotes By Charles R. Swindoll


    "If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way. " - Motivational Quotes By Napoleon Hill


    "You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. " - Motivational Quotes By Wayne Gretzky

If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door. " - Motivational Quotes By Milton Berle


    "An obstacle is often a stepping stone. " - Motivational Quotes By Prescott

     "Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. " - Motivational Quotes By Truman Capote


    "You make a living by what you earn; you make a life by what you give. " - Motivational Quotes By Anonymous


    "You see things; and you say “Why?” But I dream things that never were; and I say “Why not?” " - Motivational Quotes By George Bernard Shaw

"Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are. " - Motivational Quotes By John Wooden


    "A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him. " - Motivational Quotes By Sidney Greenberg


    "Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get. " - Motivational Quotes By Ray Kroc

     "Winners lose much more often than losers. So if you keep losing but you’re still trying, keep it up! You’re right on track. " - Motivational Quotes By Matthew Keith Groves

    "The real opportunity for success lies within the person and not in the job. " - Motivational Quotes By Zig Ziglar


    "The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. " - Motivational Quotes By Anonymous


    "The elevator to success is out of order. You’ll have to use the stairs . . . one step at a time. " - Motivational Quotes By Joe Girard

"Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever. "

    "If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them. " - Motivational Quotes By Henry David Thoreau

"What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. " - Motivational Quotes By Napoleon Hill


    "Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you’ll be a success. " - Motivational Quotes By Albert Schweitzer

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Optimistic Quotes

Optimistic Quotes

Start your day on a positive note by reading collection of optimistic quotes positive quotes and sayings. These quotes are like positive affirmations, they focus your thoughts and guide you towards  positive side  in life. , When your mind is with positive thoughts you will find yourself to be positive thinking and behave positively in life..

An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity." Optimistic Quotes

Sir Winston Churchill

"A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles." Optimistic Quotes

William Hazlitt

"I'm an optimist. I've always believed the future is going to be better than the past. And I also believe I have a role in that. The great thing about human beings, myself in particular, is that I can change. I can do better. If you can get up every day, stay optimistic, and believe the future is better than the past, those few things get you through a lot of tough times." Optimistic Quotes

Jeffrey Immelt

"To the question whether I am a pessimist or an optimist, I answer that my knowledge is pessimistic, but my willing and hoping are optimistic." Optimistic Quotes

Albert Schweitzer

"Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant." Optimistic Quotes

Robert Louis Stevenson

"When you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it." Optimistic Quotes

Theodore Roosevelt

"A healthy attitude is contagious but don’t wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier." Optimistic Quotes

Author Unknown

 "Optimist: A man who is chased up a tree by a lion but enjoys the scenery anyway." Optimistic Quotes The quote drives home the point is it how you look at your situation and what benefit you see. Certainly a positive attitude tip is to have an optimist outlook on life.

"When you live your life with an appreciation of coincidences and their meanings, you connect with the underlying field of infinite possibilities." Optimistic Quotes

Deepak Chopra

"You must not under any pretense allow your mind to dwell on any thought that is not positive, constructive, optimistic, kind." Optimistic Quotes

Emmet Fox

"Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many, not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some." Optimistic Quotes

Charles Dickens

"You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses." Optimistic Quotes

Ziggy

"Whatever qualities the rich may have, they can be acquired by anyone with the tenacity to become rich. The key, I think, is confidence. Confidence and an unshakable belief it can be done and that you are the one to do it." Optimistic Quotes

Felix Dennis

"As I look forward, I'm very optimistic about the things I see ahead." Optimistic Quotes

Bill Gates

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined." Optimistic Quotes

Ralph Waldo Emerson

"A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the will's freedom after it." Optimistic Quotes

Aldous Huxley

"The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy." Optimistic Quotes

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

"It isn't the mountains ahead that wear you out, it's the grain of sand in your shoe." Optimistic Quotes

Author Unknown

"Explain to people that everything they say is an affirmation. Everything they think is an affirmation. Everything! What you want to do is to get control of what you are saying and thinking, so these things bring you good experiences in life rather than rotten experiences." Optimistic Quotes

Louise Hay

"Too often we jump to the conclusion that something is impossible simply because we cannot see the solution. No one knows enough to be a pessimist.

Wayne W Dyer

"It's easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline when you're a winner, when you're number one. What you've got to have is faith and discipline when you're not yet a winner." Optimistic Quotes

Vince Lombardi

I found that when you start thinking and saying what you really want then your mind automatically shifts and pulls you in that direction. And sometimes it can be that simple, just a little twist in vocabulary that illustrates your attitude and philosophy.

Jim Rohn

The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead.

Robert Brault 

"Life is too short to spend your precious time trying to convince a person who wants to live in gloom and doom otherwise. Give lifting that person your best shot, but don't hang around long enough for his or her bad attitude to pull you down. Instead, surround yourself with optimistic people." Optimistic Quotes

Zig Ziglar

"The measure of mental health is the disposition to find good everywhere." Optimistic Quotes

Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Positive things happen to positive people." Optimistic Quotes

Sarah Beeny

"Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!"

Andrew Carnegie

"People who have drawn wealth into their lives used The Secret, whether consciously or unconsciously. They think thoughts of abundance and wealth, and they do allow any contradictory thoughts to take root in their minds." Optimistic Quotes

Rhonda Byrne

"I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter." Optimistic Quotes

Walt Disney

Every problem has a gift for you in its hands." Optimistic Quotes

Richard Bach

"When you have vision it affects your attitude. Your attitude is optimistic rather than pessimistic." Optimistic Quotes

Charles R. Swindoll

"All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible." Optimistic Quotes

Orison Swett Marden

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Be Thankful Always

Quotes By Mother Teresa

“I know God won't give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much.”
― Mother Teresa

“People are often unreasonable and self-centered.Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.
If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway.
If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.
The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway.
For you see, in the end, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.”
― Mother Teresa

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Best Optimistic Quotes

Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many. Not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

 – Charles Dickens

 I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the wisdom of indifference. 

– Oscar Wilde

Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. 

– Robert Louis Stevenson

The measure of mental health is the disposition to find good everywhere. 

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. 

- Albert Einstein

The pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. 

– Winston Churchill

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

 - William James

We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world. 

-  Gautama Buddha

 Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

 – Hellen Keller

I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else. 

– Winston Churchill

 The point of living, and of being an optimist, is to be foolish enough to believe the best is yet to come. 

– Peter Ustinov

 My sun sets to rise again.

 – Robert Browning

 I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning how to sail my ship. 

– Louisa May Alcott

 What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.

 – Oscar Wilde

 The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose.

 – Kahlil Gibran

Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut; the pessimist the hole! 

– Oscar Wilde

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces,I would still plant my apple tree.

 – Martin Luther

 All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible. 

– Orison Swett Marden

They can because they think they can.

 -Virgil

Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve! 

-Andrew Carnegie

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Duty And Dediaction

If one does not perform duty to one whom the duty is due, one becomes a thief of the duty.

Avesta, Videvidad 4.1 
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Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it. That's the mark of a true professional.

Gautama Buddha * Doing is very good, but that comes from thinking...fill the brain, therefore, with high thoughts, highest, ideals; place them day and night before you; and out of that will come great work.

Swami Vivekananda
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Hard work is painful when life is devoid of purpose. But when you live for something greater than yourself and the gratification of your own ego, then hard work becomes a labour of love.

Steve Pavlina

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