Quotes on “living”

Kindness is not a business. True kindness expects nothing in return and should never act with conditions.

Create your own miracles; do what you think you cannot do.

Shine your light and make a positive impact on the world; there is nothing so honorable as helping improve the lives of others.

It doesn’t matter how many times you get knocked down. All that matters is you get up one more time than you were knocked down.

When the going gets tough, put one foot in front of the other and just keep going. Don’t give up.

Associate Yourself with People Who Think Positively: Associate yourself with people who think positively. You cannot surround yourself with negative people and expect positive outcomes.

You cannot control the behavior of others, but you can always choose how you respond to it.

Keep your mind open. The meaning of things lies in how people perceive them. The same thing could mean different meanings to the same people at different times.

Until you step into the unknown, you don’t know what you’re made of.

Pursue what catches your heart, not what catches your eyes.

When things do not go your way, remember that every challenge — every adversity — contains within it the seeds of opportunity and growth.

The strongest people find the courage and caring to help others, even if they are going through their own storm.

Changing your outside world cannot make you happy if you are an unhappy person. The real personal change can only happen from the inside out. If you firstly create the change within yourself, you can turn your life around.

Don't ask for guarantees. And don't look to be saved in any one thing, person, machine, or library. Do your own bit of saving, and if you drown, at least die knowing you were heading for shore.

Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.

We shouldn't live as if [other worlds] mattered more than this life in this world, because where we are is always the most important place.

You've a good heart. Sometimes that's enough to see you safe wherever you go. But mostly, it's not.

Oh, for the years I have not lived, but only dreamed of living.