Huston Smith Quotes

The goal of spiritual life is not altered states, but altered traits.

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• During a game, it comes down to your mind - the pressure. There are loads of other aspects, too. Many people say taking penalties is easy, but when you're stood over one, that's not the case. It's in no way easy. The goal really does become a lot smaller.

  

  Francesco Totti
  • People
  • Mind
  • Game

• I always work with a goal - and the goal is to improve as a player and a person. That, finally, is the most important thing of all.

  

  Rafael Nadal
  • Work
  • Important
  • Player

• Once you are satisfied with your goal, it is the real happiness.

  

  Saina Nehwal
  • Real
  • Happiness
  • Goal

• My only goal as a comedian was to stomp the life out of the model-minority myth.

  

  Eddie Huang
  • Life
  • Goal
  • Model

• Being a gentleman is a worthy goal.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Goal
  • Being
  • Gentleman

• It is natural for us, as human beings, to look forward. Our eyes naturally look ahead. In this sense, we are made for moving toward a goal.

  

  Daisaku Ikeda
  • Eyes
  • Moving
  • Goal

• The championship always goes to the team that wins the most rounds and is the most prepared. I think everybody on our team works hard towards keeping that goal. Time will tell if we're prepared or not.

  

  Larry Dixon
  • Time
  • Team
  • Goal

• Being best is a false goal, you have to measure success on your own terms.

  

  Damien Hirst
  • Success
  • Best
  • Goal

• I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.

  

  Eden Phillpotts
  • Money
  • Never
  • Goal

• My goal is to bridge the gap between social media and traditional media.

  

  Cameron Dallas
  • Goal
  • Media
  • Bridge

• I played a lot of football, and I was a goalkeeper, but I didn't really like playing in goal.

  

  Katarina Johnson-Thompson
  • Football
  • Like
  • Goal

• I'd played some very good games, at Manchester United, at Tottenham Hotspur, but they'd lacked a goal. There've been times when I could have scored myself, but I've played a pass to a team-mate instead.

  

  Eden Hazard
  • Good
  • Team
  • Myself

• Ignoring all prejudices of caste, creed, class, color, sex, or race, a swami follows the precepts of human brotherhood. His goal is absolute unity with Spirit.

  

  Paramahansa Yogananda
  • Sex
  • Goal
  • Color

• After the failure in '92, my goal was to be a good pole vaulter. I used that as motivation.

  

  Dan O'Brien
  • Good
  • Failure
  • Goal

• I've missed out on a huge goal but the desire is still there.

  

  Ian Thorpe
  • Desire
  • Goal
  • Missed

• My goal is to give young girls confidence in this world so they can be more like men in the decision-making process.

  

  Jackee Harry
  • World
  • Men
  • Decision

• All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible.

  

  Orison Swett Marden
  • Great
  • High
  • Goal

• Asked to give advice to a 13-year-old girl about how to lead her life, I say find something you love to do. The goal shouldn't be accumulating money. It might be making changes in the world, or in your country.

  

  Karen DeCrow
  • Life
  • World
  • Country

• We are all human beings, and we all have insecurities, but it's about being healthy and happy with yourself. I'm not perfect, and I will indulge in pizza and sweets on occasion. The goal is to make the majority of your decisions good for your body. So listen to your body, and treat it like your temple.

  

  Jacqueline MacInnes Wood
  • Good
  • Happy
  • Perfect

• One time I didn't leave my hotel room for four days, I was so stuck in my head. But now, with maturity and age, I've realized that winning isn't everything. It's very much about the journey, particularly in my sport. There are so many people on my team, and I've got to be conscious of them. So while winning is definitely the ultimate goal, the lessons learned when I don't win only strengthen me.

  

  Lewis Hamilton
  • People
  • Time
  • Age

• It's a wonderful life if you can find it.

  

  Nick Cave The Birthday Party
  • Life
  • Find

• This is a coca leaf. This is not cocaine. This represents the culture of indigenous people of the Andean region.

  

  Evo Morales
  • Culture
  • Cocaine
  • Regions

• The small businessman is smart; he realizes there's no free lunch. On the other hand, he knows where to go to get a good inexpensive sandwich.

  

  Adam Osborne
  • Good
  • Free
  • Small

• The goal of spiritual life is not altered states, but altered traits.

  

  Huston Smith
  • Goal
  • Spiritual Life
  • Traits