Sara Hinesley, a 10-year-old student, just won an award for her flawless handwriting. But aside from the award itself, what makes the recognition more remarkable is that this girl was born without hands. Sara Hinesley writes by holding a pen between both ends of her arms, and no […] The post 10-year-old girl born without hands wins national handwriting competition appeared first on Positive Outlooks Blog. via Tumblr 10-year-old girl born without hands wins national handwriting competition
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We know that sometimes bringing our pets to a veterinary clinic can be scary for both owner and their animal friends. When you love someone, you would do anything for them, right? In the case of Randy Etter, that someone is his dog, Gemini. The pair have been […] The post Man immediately puts his car up for sale to save his dog’s life appeared first on Positive Outlooks Blog. via Tumblr Man immediately puts his car up for sale to save his dog’s life Discover some mind blowing questions that will make you rethink who you are and where you are going. When I was in fifth grade, the teacher asked the class, “what is the largest number?”. We each grabbed a pencil and a piece of paper and toiled away at our best guess. One by one we raced to the teacher’s desk and showed her various numbers with long strings of zeroes or nines and one by one we returned to our desks puzzled as to what that elusive number might be. Finally, the teacher asked “what is your number plus one? Or plus two? Or plus one hundred?”. And at that moment, I grasped the concept of infinity. It was mind-blowing to a ten year old. Mathematics would never be the same again.
Below are seven mind-blowing questions that might make you rethink your life if you take the time to give a thoughtful answer. Keep in mind that while the questions themselves might seem fairly ordinary at first glance, it is what you do with the questions that can potentially have a life-changing impact. Mind Blowing Question #1: Where do your thoughts originate?If you said “my brain” think again. It may NOT be that simple. Science has yet to explain how physical materials—brain cells and neurotransmitters—bring about the non-physical result we call “thought.” Plus, how do we explain phenomena such as telepathy or premonitions, where minds communicate with one another when there is NO physical connection to allow it? Some experts postulate that consciousness exists outside the brain and the brain operates more as a filter. In other words, our minds are not “local” to our brain but “non-local.” We simply download it from a place outside of ourselves. If you believe that your spirit lives on after your body dies, you are acknowledging that your consciousness does not originate in your brain. Many writers of songs or books cannot fully explain how they created a certain melody or beautiful turn-of-the-phrase. “It just came to me!” they would say. If you consider the idea that your thoughts can be coming from a source outside of you, does that inspire you or frighten you? Mind Blowing Question #2: If you lost everything that was important to you—money, relationships, health, etc.—what could sustain you?If you live long enough or love hard enough, you will eventually lose something or someone that means the world to you. Then what? How strongly do you embrace such things as faith, hope, gratitude, beauty, and love in order to still discover a meaningful life after a great loss? Believe it or not, cultivating such virtues now can give you strength in times of great need. Mind Blowing Question #3: Where in your life do you have peace of mind?The less at peace you are, the more stressed and unhappy you will be. The mistake people make is assuming that peace of mind can only occur when all is well, when one’s troubles are resolved and the future is completely bright. But how often does that happen? When you can learn to accept things you cannot change, to follow the light instead of the shadow, to find the beauty within the ugly, to discover the hope within the despair, and trust in the belief that you always have the capacity to change your life and the lives of others for the better, inner peace will blossom. Mind Blowing Question #4: What if you believed that you exist for a Divine purpose?Even if you don’t believe that at all, what if you believed that? What difference might that make in your actions, your attitudes, and your choices? And if you answer these mind-blowing questions, what does that tell you about the course your life is on right now? The search for that purpose may be unknown to you. If so, examine your passions—that which truly excites and fulfills you—for your Divine purpose may have something to do with those yearnings. Notice when “random” events or “coincidences” occurred that pointed you in directions you might not otherwise have taken. Those are clues to your Divine purpose. Mind Blowing Question #5: What do you wish people understood about you that they don’t (fully) understand now?The answer to this question might reveal why you have problems in certain relationships or why you feel lonely or misunderstood. It might be a clue that you haven’t made it clear to others what you need them to understand. It might indicate something about yourself that you are afraid of revealing. It might even be an aspect of yourself that even YOU don’t fully understand or appreciate. If others did understand that aspect of who you are, then what difference might it make in your relationships, happiness, goals, or your sense of fulfillment? Mind Blowing Question #6: What if you were more aware that every thought, feeling, or action of yours has a definite and timeless ripple-effect?The truth is your thoughts and deeds DO have a ripple effect. If you took that into consideration, much more than you now do, how would that change your decisions and actions? If you believed that even simple actions, such as how you treat the cashier at your favorite coffee shop, would in turn have a ripple effect that affected dozens of other people—loved ones and strangers—what effect would you want that to be?
Mind Blowing Question #7: Can you peacefully co-exist with uncertainty?If you can’t relax unless you know what an outcome will be before it happens; if you can’t make positive steps forward without knowing what you will find around the corner; if you must always have fallback plans to ensure that nothing can go wrong – then you will rarely have calm moments. You might also be unknowingly driving people around you crazy. Uncertainty is a huge part of our everyday life and impossible to eradicate. If you examine the most important things that happened in your life—good and bad—you will realize that they were unexpected and unplanned. You may be happily married but the day before you met your spouse you may never have known they existed. The same is true with your best friends. Who your parents were, where you grew up, who your teachers were—meeting them were all unplanned by you. When you can embrace uncertainty as a friend and not fear it, you can quiet your mind and have access to inner guidance or insights you wouldn’t otherwise have noticed when your mind is full of chatter and scary “what if?” thoughts. If any of these mind blowing questions made you rethink who you are and where you are going, then you are on track to make some truly amazing changes in your life. So the next question is: “what’s your next step?” The post 7 Mind Blowing Questions to Make You Rethink Life appeared first on Everyday Power. via Tumblr 7 Mind Blowing Questions to Make You Rethink Life Discover how fake news can actually improve you. “I would never, ever date a liberal” one client told me after the 2016 national election. Later that day, a woman came to me very troubled that her husband of 30 years voted the Republican ticket. She wondered aloud, “Is it possible I married a bigot and never knew?” Since then, a week doesn’t go by before some of my clients raise the issue of politics in their therapy sessions—in a manner that reveals disdain for those with differing political views and fear for the future of our country. One of the ingredients of this deepening divide is the phenomenon we now call “fake news.” Fake news runs the gamut from news that is patently false by any reasonable standard, to news that is accurate in its facts but still biased or incomplete.
The Problem with Fake NewsThe problem with much of the information – and misinformation – coming our way is that reasonable people disagree about what news is actually fake. Even when people agree that some news is clearly biased, they may not care when the bias reflects their own beliefs. It is only when the bias goes against one’s cherished beliefs that fake news is considered a blight on journalistic integrity and an obstacle to those seeking truth. A well-respected survey called “The American National Election Studies” examines American’s political opinions. They found that 30 years ago, people’s feelings toward those in the opposite political party were NOT that different from how they felt about those in their own party. Not so today. People nowadays are more polarized than ever before. There are fewer people who simply “respectfully disagree” and more people who demonize those with differing views. But herein lies an opportunity for personal growth—and perhaps for reversing the ill-will that has cast a shadow over our country. One of the ways we grow spiritually (or psychologically) is to identify our blind spots and endeavor to improve our vision of who we really are and how we conduct ourselves. That takes courage and humility. What we learn about ourselves is often not very flattering. A good number of people, most of the time--and without fully realizing it—tend to do the following:
But there is hope. How Fake News Can Make You a Better PersonHope lies with your willingness to do three things: admit your own bias, strive to be fairer, and treat those you disagree with in a manner you would like to be treated. The following suggestions can help: 1.) In any news story or political debate, strive to see some merit (even if it is a small amount) in what is being conveyed. 2.) If you are in a debate, instead of arguing facts, try to understand the deeper reasons why the other person feels the way they do. Often, there is a personal story that underlies a belief system. It is more than “principled logic” that leads one to believe the things they do. Hearing their story may allow you to at least say “Now I understand.” 3.) Ask yourself, “What will I lose if I alter some of my beliefs?” Is it the need to be right? Is it loyalty to a group? Is it future safety or comfort? Sometimes, we hold stubbornly to beliefs because we are attached to a fear or a need. Can those fears or needs be addressed in ways other than clinging to a certain set of beliefs? 4.) If you find yourself labeling those you disagree with in pejorative terms, apply those same pejoratives to yourself and see if there is any accuracy. For example: if you say to another, “You are a hypocrite (or lacking compassion, or selfish…)!” ask yourself “Am I ever hypocritical?” If the answer is “yes”, then take steps to improve those traits in yourself. We often see in others aspects of ourselves we wish to hide. 5.) Stop contributing to no-win debates on social media if it only serves to inflame rather than enlighten. 6.) Pray or meditate for a greater ability to recognize your own weaknesses, correct them, and be a healing presence to others. The post How Fake News Can Make You a Better Person appeared first on Everyday Power. via Tumblr How Fake News Can Make You a Better Person Our latest collection of Drake quotes that will motivate you to work towards your dreams. Aubrey Drake Graham, known to the rest of the world simply as ‘Drake’, is a multi-Grammy-award-winning rapper, actor, singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur. He is best known for some of his biggest hits like, “Best I Ever Had”, “Successful”, “Over” and “Find Your Love”. Before making it big, he was first seen on the teen drama television series Degrassi: The Next Generation. Despite personal challenges, Drake’s career has always been pushing forward. In fact, he is rarely out of the spotlight. From his humble beginnings of trying to get into the world of hip-hop, signing Lil Wayne‘s music label, to being the biggest winner at the Billboard Music Awards in 2017, it seems that there’s no stopping Drake. In late June 2018, he released his fifth studio album, Scorpion, which broke records and experienced unprecedented success. It became the first album to surpass 1 billion streams in a single week and was only the fourth album ever to have seven top 10 Hot 100 hits simultaneously. The album has 25 tracks and a runtime that reaches almost 90 minutes. Some top tracks from the album include “Nonstop”, “Emotionless”, “In My Feelings” and “Don’t Matter To Me.” In this regard, here are some of the best Drake quotes to inspire you to work hard towards the success you want: Drake quotes about self-confidence, real love, and happiness1.) “All I want to do is work. I just want to make this album as incredible as I can. That’s really the best way to put it.” – Drake 2.) “The greatest advice that Wayne ever gave me, is actually a constant reminder, and he said ‘Just be yourself. Just please be yourself. Don’t go and get tattoos. You don’t have to dress any different.’” – Drake 3.) “I use my music as a method to update people on my life, I’ve done huge media blitz this past week but I don’t really like to get in the media and talk. Because I feel like people who talk in the media only become known for that and look forward to that. I just want people to look forward to my music.” – Drake 4.) “I’m always going to work like I have something to prove.” – Drake 5.) “Aubrey Drake Graham is a man that is constantly learning about himself, and is sharing his learning process with the world.” – Drake 6.) “It was my father who told me that there is no rapper who is singing and rapping. He told me that in order to be successful you’re going to have to do something different than what everyone else is doing.” – Drake 7.) “Sometimes I wake up and I wonder if this is the right stuff for me to be doing, but then I take a long flight and end up in a place like London and I realize I don’t give a … about what anybody has to say about me.” – Drake 8.) “Do I feel like I’m getting enough respect? No. But that’s that keeps me going. When I feel like I’m getting enough respect I don’t know what kind of music I’ll be making.” – Drake 9.) “I get to wake up and be myself.” – Drake 10.) “I don’t have relationships. I don’t have a family. I work. And at this point in my life I’m happy with that. In 10 years, who knows, we might be having a different conversation.” – Drake Drake Quotes that are positive and insightful11.) “I always felt like an outsider.” – Drake 12.) “I think the details of my background came after. What caught first was the music. And what became more appealing was like…’This is the guy?’ I remember those moments.” – Drake 13.) “If I could tell you one thing about this album it’s that I’m extremely proud of it and it’s an extremely concise body of work. Is it my best album? No, my best album will be my next album and I will continue to say that for the rest of my career.” – Drake 14.) “I sit and eat with some of the hardest working people in the business. And I observe and I try to apply it to my own craft.” – Drake 15.) “I don’t want to be number 2. I think that would be a weird thing to say. I want to make this city proud. That’s the main reason for me.” – Drake 16.) “I’ve always been observant. I watched my parents go through a lot. I guess that’s why I’m this semi-emotional guy who even cares about love. Most 23 year-olds in my position would be out like her like, ‘Man, I’m just doing whatever’. But because I saw my parents go through the ups and downs, I’m scared man, I don’t want to be alone.” – Drake 17.) “As people get older you think that they don’t really need you anymore. But what they’re probably doing is sitting at a wall thing about life and thinking why this person hasn’t called me yet.” – Drake 18.) “I think I’m addicted to success. I’ve already sacrificed so much of my time that I have to push it as far as I possibly can because I’ve ten up a lot of years.” – Drake Uplifting Drake Quotes and lyrics from his newest album, Scorpion19.) “When life comes at you from all angles and sides, it really boils down to how you plan to survive.” – Drake 20.) “The only trying that I do is me trying the hardest, the only crying I do is crying from laughing about it.” – Drake 21.) “They say take the good with the bad, I’ll take it without” – Drake 22.) “I’m in control of my destiny, never in doubt” – Drake 23.) “I wasn’t hiding my kid from the world, I was hiding the world from my kid. From empty souls who just wake up and look to debate. Until you staring at your seed, you can never relate.” – Drake 24.) “You know a wise man once said nothing at all.” – Drake 25.) “I always hear people complain about the place that they live. That all the people here are fake and they got nothing to give. It’s because they’ve been staring at somebody else’s version of stuff that makes another city seem more exciting than it is.” – Drake 26.) “Life is too short, I got to get it before they blow the whistle” – Drake 27.) “If I can’t make it with you, I’ll make it without” – Drake 28.) “The only holding up I do is my end of the bargain.” – Drake 29.) “Love certain people but never get attached to them.” – Drake 30.) “Everybody has an addiction, mine happens to be success.” – Drake Drake quotes to motivate you to work towards your dreams31.) “When writing the story of your life, don’t let anyone else hold the pen.” – Drake 32.) “Sometimes it’s the journey that teaches you a lot about your destination.” – Drake 33.) “Live without pretending, Love without depending, Listen without defending, Speak without offending.” – Drake 34.) “Wish you would learn to love people and use things, and not the other way around.” – Drake 35.) “Life can always change, you have to adjust.” – Drake 36.) “Strength isn’t always shown in what you can hold on to, sometimes it’s shown in what you can let go of.” – Drake 37.) “Never let success get to your head and never let failure get to your heart.”– Drake 38.) “Judge me, and you’ll have no time left to love me.”– Drake 39.) “Pain makes you stronger. Fear makes you braver. Heartbreak makes you wiser.”– Drake 40.) “My life is mine to remember.”– Drake More Drake quotes to inspire and motivate you41.) “Haters will broadcast your failures, but whisper your success.” – Drake 42.) “I was born to make mistakes, not to fake perfection.” – Drake 43.) “Accept yourself. You don’t have to prove shit to no one except yourself.” – Drake 44.) “I’m trying to do better than good enough.” – Drake 45.) “Count your blessings, not problems.” – Drake 46.) “Kill them with success and bury them with a smile.”– Drake 47.) “I’m not confrontational, but if someone challenges, I’m not going to back down.”– Drake 48.) “Before you give up, think of the reason you held on so long.”– Drake 49.) “I push myself in a lot of aspects.”– Drake 50.) “Know life is just a game in which the cards are facing down. I’m in the world where things are taken, never given how long they choose to love you will never be your decision.”– Drake Which of these Drake quotes did you like best and why?Drake has definitely gone far from being relatively anonymous in the United States, to reaching celebrity status worldwide. In spite of his massive success, he keeps it cool and stays dedicated to his work. Whether you’re a struggling musician, or a thriving entrepreneur, these Drake quotes have hopefully instilled some positive vibes your way. Which of these Drake quotes was your favorite? Do you have any other inspirational quotes to add? Tell us in the comment section below. The post 50 Drake Quotes and Lyrics Celebrating Love and Life appeared first on Everyday Power. via Blogger 50 Drake Quotes and Lyrics Celebrating Love and Life Looking for inspirational C. S. Lewis quotes that will inspire and motivate you? C.S. Lewis was a prolific Irish scholar, novelist, and author of more than 30 books. He is best known for his ‘Chronicles of Narnia’ fantasy series, which have been adapted into various films. Arguably the most influential writer of his time, C.S. Lewis is known for his vast works, which continue to attract thousands of new readers every year. C.S. Lewis was born on November 29, 1898, in Belfast, Ireland, and he went on to teach at Oxford University. He died on November 22, 1963, in Oxford, England. Lewis was a pro-Christian writer who used his works to support his faith. His words can teach us about love, God, and life. In that respect, here are some of the best and most powerful C.S. Lewis quotes to inspire you. Inspirational C.S Lewis Quotes on Love and Life1.) “Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person’s ultimate good as far as it can be obtained” – C. S. Lewis 2.) “Do not waste time bothering whether you “love” your neighbor; act as if you did. As soon as we do this we find one of the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone you will presently come to love him.” – C. S. Lewis 3.) “Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives” – C. S. Lewis 4.) ““Have you not seen that in our days 5.) “Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: “What! You too? I thought I was the only one.” – C. S. Lewis 6.) “Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art…. It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.” – C. S. Lewis 7.) “What draws people to be friends is that they see the same truth. They share it.” – C. S. Lewis 8.) In friendship…we think we have chosen our peers. In reality a few years’ difference in the dates of our births, a few more miles between certain houses, the choice of one university instead of another…the accident of a topic being raised or not raised at a first meeting–any of these chances might have kept us apart. But, for a Christian, there are, strictly speaking no chances. A secret master of ceremonies has been at work. Christ, who said to the disciples, “Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you,” can truly say to every group of Christian friends, “Ye have not chosen one another but I have chosen you for one another.” The friendship is not a reward for our discriminating and good taste in finding one another out. It is the instrument by which God reveals to each of us the beauties of others.” – C. S. Lewis C. S. Lewis quotes about faith and a higher power9.) “My argument against God was that the universe seemed so cruel and unjust. But how had I got this idea of just and unjust? A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line. What was I comparing this universe with when I called it unjust?” – C. S. Lewis 10.) “It is when we notice the dirt that God is most present in us; it is the very sign of His presence.” – C. S. Lewis 11.) “We want not so much a Father but a grandfather in heaven, a God who said of anything we happened to like doing, ‘What does it matter so long as they are contented?” – C. S. Lewis 12.) “I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.” – C. S. Lewis 13.) “The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.” – C. S. Lewis 14.) “Though our feelings come and go, God’s love for us does not.” – C. S. Lewis C. S. Lewis quotes on Faith15.) “I think He made one law of that kind in order that there might be obedience. In all these other matters what you call obeying Him is but doing what seems good in your own eyes also. Is love content with that?” – C. S. Lewis 16.) “To enter heaven is to become more human than you ever succeeded in being on earth; to enter hell, is to be banished from humanity.” – C. S. Lewis 17.) “You don’t have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body.” – C. S. Lewis 18.) “Friendship is born at that moment when one man says to another: “What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”” – C. S. Lewis 19.) “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” – C. S. Lewis 20.) “To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable.” – C. S. Lewis C. S. Lewis Quotes on Happiness21.) “I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.” – C. S. Lewis 22.) “Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.” – C. S. Lewis 23.) “A children’s story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children’s story in the slightest.” – C. S. Lewis 24.) “If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.” – C. S. Lewis 25.) “The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.” – C. S. Lewis 26.) “Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art…. It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.” – C. S. Lewis C. S. Lewis Quotes About Humility27.) “Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.” – C. S. Lewis 28.) “I can’t imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once.” – C. S. Lewis 29.) “Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on; you knew that those jobs needed doing and so you are not surprised. But presently He starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably and does not seem to make any sense. What on earth is He up to? The explanation is that He is building quite a different house from the one you thought of – throwing out a new wing here, putting on an extra floor there, running up towers, making courtyards. You thought you were being made into a decent little cottage: but He is building a palace. He intends to come and live in it Himself.” – C. S. Lewis 30.) “No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally – and often far more – worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond.” – C. S. Lewis 31.) “To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.” – C. S. Lewis 32.) “We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.” – C. S. Lewis 33.) “A man can no more diminish God’s glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word ‘darkness’ on the walls of his cell.” – C. S. Lewis 34.) “Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person’s ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.” – C. S. Lewis 35.) “There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.” – C. S. Lewis C. S. Lewis Quotes About Faith36.) “God can’t give us peace and happiness apart from Himself because there is no such thing.” – C. S. Lewis 37.) “Crying is all right in its way while it lasts. But you have to stop sooner or later, and then you still have to decide what to do.” – C. S. Lewis 38.) “Atheism turns out to be too simple. If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning…” – C. S. Lewis 39.) “It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between. – C. S. Lewis 40.) “Pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.” – C. S. Lewis 41.) “I’m on Aslan’s side even if there isn’t any Aslan to lead it. I’m going to live as like a Narnian as I can even if there isn’t any Narnia.” – C. S. Lewis C. S. Lewis Quotes on Friendship42.) “I have learned now that while those who speak about one’s miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more.” – C. S. Lewis 43.) “You can make anything by writing.” – C. S. Lewis 44.) “The homemaker has the ultimate career. All other careers exist for one purpose only – and that is to support the ultimate career. ” – C. S. Lewis 45.) “He died not for men, but for each man. If each man had been the only man made, He would have done no less.” – C. S. Lewis 46.) “What draws people to be friends is that they see the same truth. They share it.” – C. S. Lewis 47.) “You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you.” – C. S. Lewis C. S. Lewis Quotes About Life, Love and Friendship48.) “The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.” – C. S. Lewis 49.) “You would not have called to me unless I had been calling to you,” said the Lion.” – C. S. Lewis 50.) “I have come home at last! This is my real country! I belong here. This is the land I have been looking for all my life, though I never knew it till now…Come further up, come further in!” – C. S. Lewis 51.) “Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours.” – C. S. Lewis 52.) “No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good.” – C. S. Lewis 53.) “Don’t let your happiness depend on something you may lose.” – C. S. Lewis 54.) “The heart never takes the place of the head: but it can, and should, obey it.” – C.S Lewis C. S. Lewis quotes that will uplift your thinking55.) “We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst.” – C.S Lewis 56.) “The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.” – C. S. Lewis 57.) “We are what we believe we are.” – C. S. Lewis 58.) “Each day we are becoming a creature of splendid glory or one of unthinkable horror.” – C. S. Lewis 59.) “Always prefer the plain direct word to the long, vague one. Don’t implement promises, but keep them.” – C. S. Lewis 60.) “Isn’t it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back, everything is different…” – C. S. Lewis 61.) “If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.” – C. S. Lewis 62.) “Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.” – C. S. Lewis 63.) “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C. S. Lewis 64.) “We are mirrors whose brightness is wholly derived from the sun that shines upon us.” – C.S Lewis Other inspirational C. S. Lewis quote65.) “There is but one good; that is God. Everything else is good when it looks to Him and bad when it turns from Him.” – C.S Lewis 66.) “Joy is the serious business of Heaven.” – C. S. Lewis 67.) “God intends to give us what we need, not what we now think we want.” – C. S. Lewis 68.) “Do not waste time bothering whether you ‘love’ your neighbour; act as if you do, and you will presently come to love him.” – C.S Lewis 69.) “True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.”― C.S. Lewis 70.) “Do not let us mistake necessary evils for good.” ― C.S. Lewis Which C. S. Lewis quote was your favorite? What other C. S. Lewis quotes would you add to the list?As you can see from these quotes, C.S. Lewis was big on love, faith, and life. His words are full of life-changing wisdom. Hopefully, you’ve been inspired by reading these C.S. Lewis quotes. Which of these C.S. Lewis quotes was your favorite? Do you have any other inspirational quotes to add to the list? Let us know in the comment section below. The post 70 C. S. Lewis Quotes About Love, God, & Life appeared first on Everyday Power. via Blogger 70 C. S. Lewis Quotes About Love, God, & Life Our latest collection of Drake quotes that will motivate you to work towards your dreams. Aubrey Drake Graham, known to the rest of the world simply as ‘Drake’, is a multi-Grammy-award-winning rapper, actor, singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur. He is best known for some of his biggest hits like, “Best I Ever Had”, “Successful”, “Over” and “Find Your Love”. Before making it big, he was first seen on the teen drama television series Degrassi: The Next Generation. Despite personal challenges, Drake’s career has always been pushing forward. In fact, he is rarely out of the spotlight. From his humble beginnings of trying to get into the world of hip-hop, signing Lil Wayne‘s music label, to being the biggest winner at the Billboard Music Awards in 2017, it seems that there’s no stopping Drake. In late June 2018, he released his fifth studio album, Scorpion, which broke records and experienced unprecedented success. It became the first album to surpass 1 billion streams in a single week and was only the fourth album ever to have seven top 10 Hot 100 hits simultaneously. The album has 25 tracks and a runtime that reaches almost 90 minutes. Some top tracks from the album include “Nonstop”, “Emotionless”, “In My Feelings” and “Don’t Matter To Me.” In this regard, here are some of the best Drake quotes to inspire you to work hard towards the success you want: Drake quotes about self-confidence, real love, and happiness1.) “All I want to do is work. I just want to make this album as incredible as I can. That’s really the best way to put it.” – Drake 2.) “The greatest advice that Wayne ever gave me, is actually a constant reminder, and he said ‘Just be yourself. Just please be yourself. Don’t go and get tattoos. You don’t have to dress any different.’” – Drake 3.) “I use my music as a method to update people on my life, I’ve done huge media blitz this past week but I don’t really like to get in the media and talk. Because I feel like people who talk in the media only become known for that and look forward to that. I just want people to look forward to my music.” – Drake 4.) “I’m always going to work like I have something to prove.” – Drake 5.) “Aubrey Drake Graham is a man that is constantly learning about himself, and is sharing his learning process with the world.” – Drake 6.) “It was my father who told me that there is no rapper who is singing and rapping. He told me that in order to be successful you’re going to have to do something different than what everyone else is doing.” – Drake 7.) “Sometimes I wake up and I wonder if this is the right stuff for me to be doing, but then I take a long flight and end up in a place like London and I realize I don’t give a … about what anybody has to say about me.” – Drake 8.) “Do I feel like I’m getting enough respect? No. But that’s that keeps me going. When I feel like I’m getting enough respect I don’t know what kind of music I’ll be making.” – Drake 9.) “I get to wake up and be myself.” – Drake 10.) “I don’t have relationships. I don’t have a family. I work. And at this point in my life I’m happy with that. In 10 years, who knows, we might be having a different conversation.” – Drake Drake Quotes that are positive and insightful11.) “I always felt like an outsider.” – Drake 12.) “I think the details of my background came after. What caught first was the music. And what became more appealing was like…’This is the guy?’ I remember those moments.” – Drake 13.) “If I could tell you one thing about this album it’s that I’m extremely proud of it and it’s an extremely concise body of work. Is it my best album? No, my best album will be my next album and I will continue to say that for the rest of my career.” – Drake 14.) “I sit and eat with some of the hardest working people in the business. And I observe and I try to apply it to my own craft.” – Drake 15.) “I don’t want to be number 2. I think that would be a weird thing to say. I want to make this city proud. That’s the main reason for me.” – Drake 16.) “I’ve always been observant. I watched my parents go through a lot. I guess that’s why I’m this semi-emotional guy who even cares about love. Most 23 year-olds in my position would be out like her like, ‘Man, I’m just doing whatever’. But because I saw my parents go through the ups and downs, I’m scared man, I don’t want to be alone.” – Drake 17.) “As people get older you think that they don’t really need you anymore. But what they’re probably doing is sitting at a wall thing about life and thinking why this person hasn’t called me yet.” – Drake 18.) “I think I’m addicted to success. I’ve already sacrificed so much of my time that I have to push it as far as I possibly can because I’ve ten up a lot of years.” – Drake Uplifting Drake Quotes and lyrics from his newest album, Scorpion19.) “When life comes at you from all angles and sides, it really boils down to how you plan to survive.” – Drake 20.) “The only trying that I do is me trying the hardest, the only crying I do is crying from laughing about it.” – Drake 21.) “They say take the good with the bad, I’ll take it without” – Drake 22.) “I’m in control of my destiny, never in doubt” – Drake 23.) “I wasn’t hiding my kid from the world, I was hiding the world from my kid. From empty souls who just wake up and look to debate. Until you staring at your seed, you can never relate.” – Drake 24.) “You know a wise man once said nothing at all.” – Drake 25.) “I always hear people complain about the place that they live. That all the people here are fake and they got nothing to give. It’s because they’ve been staring at somebody else’s version of stuff that makes another city seem more exciting than it is.” – Drake 26.) “Life is too short, I got to get it before they blow the whistle” – Drake 27.) “If I can’t make it with you, I’ll make it without” – Drake 28.) “The only holding up I do is my end of the bargain.” – Drake 29.) “Love certain people but never get attached to them.” – Drake 30.) “Everybody has an addiction, mine happens to be success.” – Drake Drake quotes to motivate you to work towards your dreams31.) “When writing the story of your life, don’t let anyone else hold the pen.” – Drake 32.) “Sometimes it’s the journey that teaches you a lot about your destination.” – Drake 33.) “Live without pretending, Love without depending, Listen without defending, Speak without offending.” – Drake 34.) “Wish you would learn to love people and use things, and not the other way around.” – Drake 35.) “Life can always change, you have to adjust.” – Drake 36.) “Strength isn’t always shown in what you can hold on to, sometimes it’s shown in what you can let go of.” – Drake 37.) “Never let success get to your head and never let failure get to your heart.”– Drake 38.) “Judge me, and you’ll have no time left to love me.”– Drake 39.) “Pain makes you stronger. Fear makes you braver. Heartbreak makes you wiser.”– Drake 40.) “My life is mine to remember.”– Drake More Drake quotes to inspire and motivate you41.) “Haters will broadcast your failures, but whisper your success.” – Drake 42.) “I was born to make mistakes, not to fake perfection.” – Drake 43.) “Accept yourself. You don’t have to prove shit to no one except yourself.” – Drake 44.) “I’m trying to do better than good enough.” – Drake 45.) “Count your blessings, not problems.” – Drake 46.) “Kill them with success and bury them with a smile.”– Drake 47.) “I’m not confrontational, but if someone challenges, I’m not going to back down.”– Drake 48.) “Before you give up, think of the reason you held on so long.”– Drake 49.) “I push myself in a lot of aspects.”– Drake 50.) “Know life is just a game in which the cards are facing down. I’m in the world where things are taken, never given how long they choose to love you will never be your decision.”– Drake Which of these Drake quotes did you like best and why?Drake has definitely gone far from being relatively anonymous in the United States, to reaching celebrity status worldwide. In spite of his massive success, he keeps it cool and stays dedicated to his work. Whether you’re a struggling musician, or a thriving entrepreneur, these Drake quotes have hopefully instilled some positive vibes your way. Which of these Drake quotes was your favorite? Do you have any other inspirational quotes to add? Tell us in the comment section below. The post 50 Drake Quotes and Lyrics Celebrating Love and Life appeared first on Everyday Power. via Tumblr 50 Drake Quotes and Lyrics Celebrating Love and Life Looking for inspirational C. S. Lewis quotes that will inspire and motivate you? C.S. Lewis was a prolific Irish scholar, novelist, and author of more than 30 books. He is best known for his ‘Chronicles of Narnia’ fantasy series, which have been adapted into various films. Arguably the most influential writer of his time, C.S. Lewis is known for his vast works, which continue to attract thousands of new readers every year. C.S. Lewis was born on November 29, 1898, in Belfast, Ireland, and he went on to teach at Oxford University. He died on November 22, 1963, in Oxford, England. Lewis was a pro-Christian writer who used his works to support his faith. His words can teach us about love, God, and life. In that respect, here are some of the best and most powerful C.S. Lewis quotes to inspire you. Inspirational C.S Lewis Quotes on Love and Life1.) “Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person’s ultimate good as far as it can be obtained” – C. S. Lewis 2.) “Do not waste time bothering whether you “love” your neighbor; act as if you did. As soon as we do this we find one of the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone you will presently come to love him.” – C. S. Lewis 3.) “Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives” – C. S. Lewis 4.) ““Have you not seen that in our days 5.) “Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: “What! You too? I thought I was the only one.” – C. S. Lewis 6.) “Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art…. It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.” – C. S. Lewis 7.) “What draws people to be friends is that they see the same truth. They share it.” – C. S. Lewis 8.) In friendship…we think we have chosen our peers. In reality a few years’ difference in the dates of our births, a few more miles between certain houses, the choice of one university instead of another…the accident of a topic being raised or not raised at a first meeting–any of these chances might have kept us apart. But, for a Christian, there are, strictly speaking no chances. A secret master of ceremonies has been at work. Christ, who said to the disciples, “Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you,” can truly say to every group of Christian friends, “Ye have not chosen one another but I have chosen you for one another.” The friendship is not a reward for our discriminating and good taste in finding one another out. It is the instrument by which God reveals to each of us the beauties of others.” – C. S. Lewis C. S. Lewis quotes about faith and a higher power9.) “My argument against God was that the universe seemed so cruel and unjust. But how had I got this idea of just and unjust? A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line. What was I comparing this universe with when I called it unjust?” – C. S. Lewis 10.) “It is when we notice the dirt that God is most present in us; it is the very sign of His presence.” – C. S. Lewis 11.) “We want not so much a Father but a grandfather in heaven, a God who said of anything we happened to like doing, ‘What does it matter so long as they are contented?” – C. S. Lewis 12.) “I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.” – C. S. Lewis 13.) “The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.” – C. S. Lewis 14.) “Though our feelings come and go, God’s love for us does not.” – C. S. Lewis C. S. Lewis quotes on Faith15.) “I think He made one law of that kind in order that there might be obedience. In all these other matters what you call obeying Him is but doing what seems good in your own eyes also. Is love content with that?” – C. S. Lewis 16.) “To enter heaven is to become more human than you ever succeeded in being on earth; to enter hell, is to be banished from humanity.” – C. S. Lewis 17.) “You don’t have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body.” – C. S. Lewis 18.) “Friendship is born at that moment when one man says to another: “What! You too? I thought that no one but myself …”” – C. S. Lewis 19.) “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” – C. S. Lewis 20.) “To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable.” – C. S. Lewis C. S. Lewis Quotes on Happiness21.) “I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.” – C. S. Lewis 22.) “Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.” – C. S. Lewis 23.) “A children’s story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children’s story in the slightest.” – C. S. Lewis 24.) “If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.” – C. S. Lewis 25.) “The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.” – C. S. Lewis 26.) “Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art…. It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.” – C. S. Lewis C. S. Lewis Quotes About Humility27.) “Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.” – C. S. Lewis 28.) “I can’t imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once.” – C. S. Lewis 29.) “Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on; you knew that those jobs needed doing and so you are not surprised. But presently He starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably and does not seem to make any sense. What on earth is He up to? The explanation is that He is building quite a different house from the one you thought of – throwing out a new wing here, putting on an extra floor there, running up towers, making courtyards. You thought you were being made into a decent little cottage: but He is building a palace. He intends to come and live in it Himself.” – C. S. Lewis 30.) “No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally – and often far more – worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond.” – C. S. Lewis 31.) “To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.” – C. S. Lewis 32.) “We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.” – C. S. Lewis 33.) “A man can no more diminish God’s glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word ‘darkness’ on the walls of his cell.” – C. S. Lewis 34.) “Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person’s ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.” – C. S. Lewis 35.) “There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.” – C. S. Lewis C. S. Lewis Quotes About Faith36.) “God can’t give us peace and happiness apart from Himself because there is no such thing.” – C. S. Lewis 37.) “Crying is all right in its way while it lasts. But you have to stop sooner or later, and then you still have to decide what to do.” – C. S. Lewis 38.) “Atheism turns out to be too simple. If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning…” – C. S. Lewis 39.) “It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between. – C. S. Lewis 40.) “Pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.” – C. S. Lewis 41.) “I’m on Aslan’s side even if there isn’t any Aslan to lead it. I’m going to live as like a Narnian as I can even if there isn’t any Narnia.” – C. S. Lewis C. S. Lewis Quotes on Friendship42.) “I have learned now that while those who speak about one’s miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more.” – C. S. Lewis 43.) “You can make anything by writing.” – C. S. Lewis 44.) “The homemaker has the ultimate career. All other careers exist for one purpose only – and that is to support the ultimate career. ” – C. S. Lewis 45.) “He died not for men, but for each man. If each man had been the only man made, He would have done no less.” – C. S. Lewis 46.) “What draws people to be friends is that they see the same truth. They share it.” – C. S. Lewis 47.) “You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you.” – C. S. Lewis C. S. Lewis Quotes About Life, Love and Friendship48.) “The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.” – C. S. Lewis 49.) “You would not have called to me unless I had been calling to you,” said the Lion.” – C. S. Lewis 50.) “I have come home at last! This is my real country! I belong here. This is the land I have been looking for all my life, though I never knew it till now…Come further up, come further in!” – C. S. Lewis 51.) “Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours.” – C. S. Lewis 52.) “No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good.” – C. S. Lewis 53.) “Don’t let your happiness depend on something you may lose.” – C. S. Lewis 54.) “The heart never takes the place of the head: but it can, and should, obey it.” – C.S Lewis C. S. Lewis quotes that will uplift your thinking55.) “We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst.” – C.S Lewis 56.) “The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.” – C. S. Lewis 57.) “We are what we believe we are.” – C. S. Lewis 58.) “Each day we are becoming a creature of splendid glory or one of unthinkable horror.” – C. S. Lewis 59.) “Always prefer the plain direct word to the long, vague one. Don’t implement promises, but keep them.” – C. S. Lewis 60.) “Isn’t it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back, everything is different…” – C. S. Lewis 61.) “If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.” – C. S. Lewis 62.) “Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.” – C. S. Lewis 63.) “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C. S. Lewis 64.) “We are mirrors whose brightness is wholly derived from the sun that shines upon us.” – C.S Lewis Other inspirational C. S. Lewis quote65.) “There is but one good; that is God. Everything else is good when it looks to Him and bad when it turns from Him.” – C.S Lewis 66.) “Joy is the serious business of Heaven.” – C. S. Lewis 67.) “God intends to give us what we need, not what we now think we want.” – C. S. Lewis 68.) “Do not waste time bothering whether you ‘love’ your neighbour; act as if you do, and you will presently come to love him.” – C.S Lewis 69.) “True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.”― C.S. Lewis 70.) “Do not let us mistake necessary evils for good.” ― C.S. Lewis Which C. S. Lewis quote was your favorite? What other C. S. Lewis quotes would you add to the list?As you can see from these quotes, C.S. Lewis was big on love, faith, and life. His words are full of life-changing wisdom. Hopefully, you’ve been inspired by reading these C.S. Lewis quotes. Which of these C.S. Lewis quotes was your favorite? Do you have any other inspirational quotes to add to the list? Let us know in the comment section below. The post 70 C. S. Lewis Quotes About Love, God, & Life appeared first on Everyday Power. via Tumblr 70 C. S. Lewis Quotes About Love, God, & Life Our latest collection of spiritual quotes that will help you develop a stronger connection to everything inside and outside of you. We don’t always need to be inspired or motivated; sometimes we just need to slow down and reconnect… During our quest for greater happiness, success and freedom many times we neglect our spiritual side. As human beings, it’s important for us to develop spiritually. Below you’ll find our collection of inspirational, wise, and powerful spiritual quotes, spiritual sayings, and spiritual proverbs, collected from a variety of sources over the years. These beautiful spiritual quotes will remind us how powerful it is to develop a stronger connection to everything inside and outside of us. Spiritual Quotes About Inner Peace and Love1.) The spiritual life does not remove us from the world but leads us deeper into it. ― Henri J.M. Nouwen 2.) You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul. – Swami Vivekananda 3.) The greatest disease in the West today is not TB or leprosy; it is being unwanted, unloved, and uncared for. We can cure physical diseases with medicine, but the only cure for loneliness, despair, and hopelessness is love. There are many in the world who are dying for a piece of bread but there are many more dying for a little love. The poverty in the West is a different kind of poverty — it is not only a poverty of loneliness but also of spirituality. There’s a hunger for love, as there is a hunger for God. ― Mother Teresa 4.) Step out of the circle of time and into the circle of love. –Rumi 5.) Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude. – Denis Waitley 6.) It took me forty years on earth – Jan Struther 7.) We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience. – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin 8.) Surrender is the most difficult thing in the world while you are doing it and the easiest when it is done. – Bhai Sahib 9.) If you want others to be happy, practise compassion. If you want to be happy, practise compassion. – The Dalai Lama 10.) It is not the end of the physical body that should worry us. Rather, our concern must be to live while we’re alive – to release our inner selves from the spiritual death that comes with living behind a facade designed to conform to external definitions of who and what we are. – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Spiritual Quotes About Inner Peace11.) Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life. – Ludwig van Beethoven 12.) Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force. – Franklin D. Roosevelt 13.) One of the most spiritual things you can do is embrace your humanity. Connect with those around you today. Say, “I love you”, “I’m sorry”, “I appreciate you”, “I’m proud of you”…whatever you’re feeling. Send random texts, write a cute note, embrace your truth and share it…cause a smile today for someone else…and give plenty of hugs. ― Steve Maraboli 14.) My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind. ― Albert Einstein 15.) Your sacred space is where you can find yourself over and over again. ― Joseph Campbell 16.) You and your purpose in life are the same thing. Your purpose is to be you. ― George Alexiou 17.) As soon as you look at the world through an ideology you are finished. No reality fits an ideology. Life is beyond that. … That is why people are always searching for a meaning to life… Meaning is only found when you go beyond meaning. Life only makes sense when you perceive it as mystery and it makes no sense to the conceptualizing mind. ― Anthony de Mello 18.) If you obsess over whether you are making the right decision, you are basically assuming that the universe will reward you for one thing and punish you for another. The universe has no fixed agenda. Once you make any decision, it works around that decision. There is no right or wrong, only a series of possibilities that shift with each thought, feeling, and action that you experience. If this sounds too mystical, refer again to the body. Every significant vital sign- body temperature, heart rate, oxygen consumption, hormone level, brain activity, and so on- alters the moment you decide to do anything… decisions are signals telling your body, mind, and environment to move in a certain direction.” 19.) I would rather feel compassion than know the meaning of it. –– St. Thomas Aquinas 20.) You are one thing only. You are a Divine Being. An all-powerful Creator. You are a Deity in jeans and a t-shirt, and within you dwells the infinite wisdom of the ages and the sacred creative force of All that is, will be and ever was. ― Anthon St. Maarten 21.) Re-examine all you have been told. Dismiss what insults your soul. ― Walt Whitman Spiritual quotes to awaken your inner self22.) Take care of your inner, spiritual beauty. That will reflect in your face. – Dolores del Rio 23.) Maturity is the ability to think, speak and act your feelings within the bounds of dignity. The measure of your maturity is how spiritual you become during the midst of your frustrations. – Samuel Ullman 24.) Spirituality does two things for you. One, you are forced to become more selfless, two, you trust to providence. The opposite of a spiritual man is a materialist. If I was a materialist I would be making lots of money doing endorsements, doing cricket commentary. I have no interest in that. – Imran Khan 25.) Realize deeply that the present moment is all you have. Make the NOW the primary focus of your life. – Eckhart Tolle 26.) You can’t have a physical transformation until you have a spiritual transformation. – Cory Booker 27.) Friendship has always belonged to the core of my spiritual journey. – Henri Nouwen 28.) Part of spiritual and emotional maturity is recognizing that it’s not like you’re going to try to fix yourself and become a different person. You remain the same person, but you become awakened. – Jack Kornfield 29.) I realized then that even though I was a tiny speck in an infinite cosmos, a blip on the timeline of eternity, I was not without purpose. – R.J. Anderson 30.) The spiritual life is not a life before, after, or beyond our everyday existence. No, the spiritual life can only be real when it is lived in the midst of the pains and joys of the here and now. – Henri Nouwen 31.) Soul is the central point of spiritual discipline. – Mahavira Spiritual quotes to brighten your life32.) “Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, man cannot live without a spiritual life.” – Buddha 33.) “God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas but for scars.“ – Elbert Hubbard 34.) “When you connect to the silence within you, that is when you can make sense of the disturbance going on around you.“ – Stephen Richards 35.) “We are an impossibility in an impossible universe.“ – Ray Bradbury 36.) “Human spirit is the ability to face the uncertainty of the future with curiosity and optimism. It is the belief that problems can be solved, differences resolved. It is a type of confidence. And it is fragile. It can be blackened by fear and superstition. By the year 2050, when the conflict began, the world had fallen upon fearful, superstitious times.“ 37.) “The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.“ 38.) Big-heartedness is the most essential virtue on the spiritual journey. – Matthew Fox 39.) When a man is willing and eager, the Gods join in. – Aeschylus 40.) Within you there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself. – Herman Hesse Spiritual quotes to inspire and uplift41.) Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself and know that everything in this life has a purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences. All events are blessings given to us to learn from. – Elizabeth Kübler-Ross 42.) Be guided by Spirit and not driven by ego. – All1son 43.) If peace is our single aim in all we do, we will always know what to do because we will do whatever will protect and deepen our peace. – Gerald Jampolsky 44.) Looking deeply at life as it is in this very moment, the meditator dwells in stability and freedom. – Buddha 45.) We are not human beings trying to be spiritual. We are spiritual beings trying to be human. – Jacquelyn Small 46.) You are never alone or helpless. The force that guides the stars, guides you too. – Shrii Shirr Anandamurti 47.) Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us. – St Teresa of Avila 48.) “The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you really are.”- Carl Jung 49.) “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is.”- Albert Einstein 50.) You can read books without ever stepping into a library; and practice spirituality without ever going to a temple. – ANTHONY DE MELLO Other inspirational spiritual quotes51.) “You are never alone. You are eternally connected with everyone.”- Amit Ray 52.) “The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware; joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.”- Henry Miller 53.) On the spiritual path, all the dreck and misery is transformed, maybe not that same day, but still transformed into spiritual fuel or insight. – ANNE LAMOTT 54.) “Character can not be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.”- Helen Keller 55.) “If you lose money you lose much, If you lose friends you lose more, If you lose faith you lose all.”- Eleanor Roosevelt 56.) It is in our wild nature that we best recover from our un-nature, our spirituality. – FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE 57.) No individual can ultimately fail. The Divinity which descends into humanity is bound to re-gain its original state. – N. Sri Ram 58.) Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. – Kahlil Gibran 59.) Most importantly, the meaning of spirituality lays the seeds for our destiny and the path we must follow. – Dennis Banks 60.) It is the inner life that is to spark the change in consciousness that will permit us to advance. – Brother Wayne Teasdale Spiritual teachings: Radhanath Swami at TEDxLondonBusinessSchoolWhich are your favorite spiritual quotes?Spiritual development doesn’t have to be hard or confusing. If we can just learn to break out of our shells and see the bigger picture, we will all have an easier time developing a stronger connection to everything inside and outside of us. The pursuit of spiritual growth is a highly profitable undertaking. Hopefully, these spiritual quotes have inspired you to seek greater happiness. Did you enjoy these quotes? Which are your favorite spiritual quotes. We would love to hear all about it in the comment section below. Take a second to Like, Comment and Share! The post 60 Spiritual Quotes About Inner Peace and Love appeared first on Everyday Power. via Tumblr 60 Spiritual Quotes About Inner Peace and Love Looking for inspirational Mark Twain quotes? Here’s our collection of Mark Twain quotes that will inspire and motivate you. So often I find myself quoting the words of Mark Twain in my writings. He has so many funny, useful, and instructive thoughts that he left behind as a gift for us. It dawned on me that some of you might have some favorite Mark Twain quotes yourselves; and if not, you were really losing out. So, I decided to put a list together of what I consider his 50 best sayings. I hope that you find the one you love, help give you a new one that inspires you, or simply just make you think and laugh. Below is our collection of inspirational, wise, and thought-provoking Mark Twain quotes and sayings, collected from a variety of sources over the years. Enjoy! Mark Twain Quotes on Life
2.) “All kings is mostly rapscallions.”- MARK TWAIN, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 3.) “The common eye sees only the outside of things, and judges by that, but the seeing eye pierces through and reads the heart and the soul, finding there capacities which the outside didn’t indicate or promise, and which the other kind couldn’t detect.” – MARK TWAIN, Joan of Arc 5.) “Whoever has lived long enough to find out what life is, knows how deep a debt of gratitude we owe to Adam, the first great benefactor of our race. He brought death into the world.”- MARK TWAIN, The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson 6.) “Do not put off till tomorrow what can be put off till day-after-tomorrow just as well.”- MARK TWAIN, Mark Twain’s Notebook Mark Twain quotes that will change the way you think7.) “Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.” – MARK TWAIN, editorial in the Hartford Courant, Aug. 24, 1897
9.) “Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.”- MARK TWAIN, Mark Twain’s Notebook 10.) “Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing the matter with this, except that it ain’t so.”- MARK TWAIN, Mark Twain’s Notebooks 11.) “Golf is a good walk spoiled.”- MARK TWAIN, Greatly Exaggerated: The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain 13.) “Its name is Public Opinion. It is held in reverence. It settles everything. Some think it is the voice of God.”- MARK TWAIN, Europe and Elsewhere 14.) “When we remember that we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.”- MARK TWAIN, Mark Twain’s Notebook 15.) “Put all your eggs in one basket — and watch that basket!”- MARK TWAIN, The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson 16.) “The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven.”- MARK TWAIN, Following the Equator
Mark Twain quotes on how we think18.) “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”- MARK TWAIN, Innocents Abroad 19.) “After a few months’ acquaintance with European “coffee,” one’s mind weakens, and his faith with it, and he begins to wonder if the rich beverage of home, with its clotted layer of yellow cream on top of it, is not a mere dream after all, and a thing which never existed.”- MARK TWAIN, A Tramp Abroad 21.) “Grief can take care of itself; but to get the full value of a joy you must have someone to divide it with.”- MARK TWAIN, The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson 22.) “The lack of money is the root of all evil.”- MARK TWAIN, Mark Twain’s Notebook 23.) “It is better to have old second-hand diamonds than none at all.”- MARK TWAIN, Following the Equator 24.) “Don’t part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.”- MARK TWAIN, The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson 25.) “Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence in society.”- MARK TWAIN, Mark Twain’s Notebook 26.) “There is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress.”- MARK TWAIN, Following the Equator Mark Twain Quotes on Education27.) “Classic.” A book which people praise and don’t read. – MARK TWAIN, Following the Equator 28.) “What’s the use you learning to do right, when it’s troublesome to do right and ain’t no trouble to do wrong, and the wages is just the same?”- MARK TWAIN, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 29.) “I have been studying the traits and dispositions of the “lower animals” (so called) and contrasting them with the traits and dispositions of man. I find the result humiliating to me.”- MARK TWAIN, Letters from the Earth 30.) “Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.”- MARK TWAIN, The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson More Mark Twain quotes32.) “When a humorist ventures upon the grave concerns of life he must do his job better than another man or he works harm to his cause.”- MARK TWAIN, letter to W. D. Howells, Aug. 23, 1876 33.) “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” – MARK TWAIN, Autobiography 34.) “What a man wants with religion in these breadless times, surpasses my comprehension.”- MARK TWAIN, letter to Orion Clemens, Mar. 1860 35.) “I always did hate for anyone to know what my plans or hopes or prospects were—for, if I kept people in ignorance in these matters, no one could be disappointed but myself, if they were not realized.”- MARK TWAIN, letter to Mrs. Moffett, Oct. 25, 1861
37.) “We chase phantoms half the days of our lives. It is well if we learn wisdom even then, and save the other half.”- MARK TWAIN, letter to Orion Clemens, Feb. 21, 1868 38.) “Who would find out that I am a natural fool if I kept always cool and never let nature come to the surface? Nobody.”- MARK TWAIN, letter to Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Jan. 28, 1870 39.) “Ah, well, I am a great and sublime fool. But then I am God’s fool, and all His works must be contemplated with respect.”- MARK TWAIN, letter to W. D. Howells, 1877 40.) “My mind changes often … People who have no mind can easily be steadfast and firm, but when a man is loaded down to the guards with it, as I am, every heavy sea of foreboding or inclination, maybe of indolence, shifts the cargo.”- MARK TWAIN, letter to James Redpath, Aug. 8, 1871 41.) “I would rather have my ignorance than another man’s knowledge, because I have got so much more of it.” – MARK TWAIN, letter to William Dean Howells, Feb. 10, 1875 43.) “People who always feel jolly, no matter where they are or what happens to them—who have the organ of hope preposterously developed—who are endowed with an uncongealable sanguine temperament—who never feel concerned about the price of corn—and who cannot, by any possibility, discover any but the bright side of a picture—are very apt to go to extremes, and exaggerate with 40-horse microscopic power.”- MARK TWAIN, letter to Mrs. Jane Clemens and Mrs. Moffett, Feb. 8, 1862 44.) “I am as prompt as a clock, if I only know the day a thing is wanted—otherwise I am a natural procrastinaturalist.”- MARK TWAIN, letter to W. D. Howells, Dec. 8, 1874 Mark Twain Quotes on Writing45.) “Words are only painted fire; a look is the fire itself.”- MARK TWAIN, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court 46.) “The very ink with which all history is written is merely fluid prejudice.”- MARK TWAIN, Following the Equator 47.) “It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either.”- MARK TWAIN, Following the Equator
49.) “To string incongruities and absurdities together in a wandering and sometimes purposeless way, and seem innocently unaware that they are absurdities, is the basis of the American art, if my position is correct.”- MARK TWAIN, “How to Tell a Story” 50.) “Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising.”- MARK TWAIN, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court Did you enjoy these Mark Twain quotes?Samuel Langhorne Clemens AKA Mark Twain was a brilliant and clever man of his time. Through his works, his legacy and love of words will certainly live on. I hope you enjoyed these great – and sometimes funny – quotes on life, writing, and education. Which of these Mark Twain quotes was your favorite? Do you have any other inspirational quotes to add to the list? Tell us in the comment section below. The post 50 Best Mark Twain Quotes on Writing and Education appeared first on Everyday Power. via Tumblr 50 Best Mark Twain Quotes on Writing and Education |
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