NUGGETS OF WISDOM - 16

• Dare to be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not and to believe in your own individuality. — Henri-Frederic Amiel
• Does the sun ask itself, "Am I good? Am I worthwhile? Is there enough of me?" No, it burns and it shines. Does the sun ask itself, "What does the moon think of me? How does Mars feel about me today?" No it burns, it shines. Does the sun ask itself, "Am I as big as other suns in other galaxies?" No, it burns, it shines. — Andrea Dworkin
• Only that mind which freely submits itself to the spirit direction can hope to survive the mortal time-space existence as an immortal child of the eternal spirit world ...
• Rebellion against your handicaps gets you nowhere. Self-pity gets you nowhere. One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the world - making the most of one's best. — Harry Emerson Fosdick
• The charge which Jesus gave these ten women as he set them apart for gospel teaching and ministry was the emancipation proclamation which set free all women and for all time ...
• Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved. — William Jennings Bryan
• Luck is believing you’re lucky. — Tennessee Williams
• It is forever true: The past is unchangeable; only the future can be changed by the ministry of the present creativity of the inner self.
• To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
• You are never more essentially, more deeply, yourself than when you are still. - Eckhart Tolle
• Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. — Robert F. Kennedy
• If you can't do great things, do small things in a great way. — Napoleon Hill
• The divine spirit makes contact with mortal man, not by feelings or emotions, but in the realm of the highest and most spiritualized thinking. It is your thoughts, not your feelings, that lead you Godward.
• If my mind can conceive it, my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it! — Jesse Jackson
• There are appointed times and places for worship on Paradise, but these are not adequate to accommodate the ever-increasing overflow of the spiritual emotions of ... the brilliant beings of experiential ascension to the eternal Isle.
• If you start writing today, you can start changing people’s lives tomorrow. — Reid Tracy
•  And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it. — Roald Dahl