Saturday 7 April 2012

The Dalai Lama

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

Richard J. Foster

God's heart is the most sensitive and tender of all. No act goes unnoticed, no matter how insignificant or small.

Thomas R Kelly

For God Himself works in our souls, in the deepest depths, taking increasing control as we are progressively willing to be prepared for His wonder.

Charles Wesley

Faith, mighty faith, the promise sees, And looks to God alone; Laughs at impossibilities, And cries it shall be done.

Frederick Buechner

Doubts are the ants in the pants of faith. They keep it awake and moving.

Becky Laird

By living fully, recognizing that all we do is by His power, we honor God; He in turn blesses us.

Joseph Fort Newton

Belief is truth held in the mind; faith is a fire in the heart.

John Fischer

A good man is not a perfect man; a good man is an honest man, faithful, and unhesitatingly responsive to the voice of God in his life.

Mahatma Gandhi

A friendly study of the world's religions is a sacred duty.

Henry Ward Beecher

Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.

Simeon Ben Eleazar

Greater is he who acts from love than he who acts from fear.

Samuel Johnson

Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance.

Fernando Flores

Great work is done by people who are not afraid to be great.

Vincent Van Gogh

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.

William Blake

Great things are done when men and mountains meet.

Albert Einstein

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

John L. Motley

Deeds, not stones, are the true monuments of the great.

James Harvey Robinson

Each of us is great insofar as we perceive and act on the infinite possibilities which lie undiscovered and unrecognized about us.

Abraham Lincoln

Character is like a tree and a reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

Winston Churchill

It's not good enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required.

Abraham Lincoln

I am for those means which will give the greatest good to the greatest number.

Winston Churchill

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.

Theodore Roosevelt

The only man who makes no mistakes is the man who never does anything.

Socrates

The nearest way to glory is to strive to be what you wish to be thought to be.

Peter F. Drucker

The most serious mistakes are not being made as a result of wrong answers. The truly dangerous thing is asking the wrong question.