Inspiring Quotes
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I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself.
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You are still young, free.. Do yourself a favor. Before it's too late, without thinking too much about it first, pack a pillow and a blanket and see as much of the world as you can. You will not regret it. One day it will be too late.
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If they can't learn the way we teach, we teach the way they learn.
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I opened up every can of worms I could. I got to the place where I would peel back one layer, and then another layer, and the stuff that would come up underneath was so inspiring, it made me want to write about it.
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Preserve the sayings of those people who are indifferent to the world. They say only that what Allah wishes them to say.
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I was really lucky that I had an aunt who was very inspiring to me. She was different than anybody in my family on either side.
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True concentration is an unbroken thread of awareness.
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I'm usually very attracted to things that I can't define. If something's too clear, it's very often not inspiring to me anymore.
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Words cannot convey the value of yoga - it has to be experienced.
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One's spiritual realization lies in none other than how one walks among and interacts with one's fellow beings.
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O Allah do not give me in excess lest I may be disobedient.
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I have a hard time with historians because they idolize the truth. The truth is not uplifting; it destroys. I could tell most of the secretaries in the church office building that they are ugly and fat. That would be the truth, but it would hurt and destroy them. Historians should tell only that part of the truth that is inspiring and uplifting.
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A lot of people refuse to do things because they don't want to go naked, don't want to go without guarantee. But that's what's got to happen. You go naked until you die.
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Archives can be inspiring but overwhelming. You have to forget them - especially when the whole world has been knocking them off. Everyone shops the same flea markets.
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If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives: Be kind anyway. If you are successful you will win some false friends and true enemies: Succeed anyway. If you are honest and frank people will try to cheat you: Be honest anyway. What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight: Build anyway. If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous of you: Be happy anyway. The good you do today, will often be forgotten by tomorrow: Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough: Give your best anyway.
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He who keeps his own counsel keeps his affairs in his own hands.
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Allah loves moderation and hates extravagance and excess.
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Do not be an arrogant scholar, for scholarship cannot subsist with arrogance.
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An inspiring word for me is to think of myself as limitless.
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But once you strip that down, you realize it's all about a voice, like a Norah Jones – that's inspiring to me.
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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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I love watching old sitcoms. It's very inspiring to watch 'Mary Tyler Moore' and 'Golden Girls.' I have watched them over and over again for years.
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When you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake.
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To design is to communicate clearly by whatever means you can control or master.
