Words of Wisdom

Everyone has their favourite words of wisdom, and everyone needs them throughout their life. Here are some of my favourites. They all have the power to change your life (they're an inspiration in mine!), so read them and remember them - you may just need them some day! *Smile*

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

We, each and every one of us leave footprints in the sands of time. Some leave imprints of a great soul, others only a heel.
-Unknown

And one day there shall come a great awakening when we shall realise that life itself was a great dream.
-Chuang-Tzu

A true friend is one who knows all about you and loves you just the same.
-Unknown

Dance like no one's watching
Love like you'll never be hurt
Sing like no one's listening
And live like heaven on earth
-Unknown

We don't inherit this world from our parents, we borrow it from our children.
-Mahatma Ghandi

Do not be deceived by appearances, for true beauty is found within.
-Unknown

Come to the edge, he said.
They said: we are afraid.
Come to the edge, he said.
They came.
He pushed them...and they flew.
-Guillaume Apollinaire

If you ever thought you were too small to be effective, then you have never been to bed with a mosquito.
-Anita Roddick

Perfect kindness acts without thinking of kindness.
-Lao-Tse

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from medicore minds.
-Albert Einstein

If you see me on my knees, it's not because I'm weak:
I'm gaining strength
-Unknown

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world...
Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
-Margaret Mead

Learn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb.
-Pythagorus

Man cannot discover new oceans until he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
-Unknown

There is but one cause of human failure and that is man's lack of faith in his true self.
-William James

The fates lead him who will - him who won't they drag.
-Seneca

Do unto others as you expect them to do unto you.
-Unknown

Ask, and it shall be given you;
Seek, and ye shall find;
Knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
For everyone that asketh, receiveth;
and he that seeketh, findeth;
and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
-Matthew 7:7,8

You believe that you live in the world, when in fact the world lives within you.
-Deepak Chopra

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do if you do not act upon them?
-The Dhammapada