• on your deathbed you will never wish you spent more time at the office.”
• “It is only when you have mastered the art of loving yourself that you can truly love others. It’s only when you have opened your own heart that you can touch the hearts of others.
• how can you really know the joy of being on the summit of the mountain unless you have first visited the lowest valley.
• “Enlightened thinkers know that their thoughts form their world and the quality of one’s life comes down to the richness of one’s thoughts. If you want to live a more peaceful, meaningful life, you must think more peaceful, meaningful thoughts.”
• The very fact that you have a desire or a dream means that you have the corresponding capacity to realize it.
• concentration is at the root of mental mastery.”
• ‘Success, like happiness, cannot be pursued. It must ensue. And it only does so as the unintended side effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.’
• ‘There is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self
• doesn’t matter what other people say about you. What is important is what you say to yourself. Do not be concerned with the judgment of others as long as you know what you are doing is right.
• Never be ashamed of doing that which is right; decide on what you think is good and then stick to it.
• ‘Every second you spend thinking about someone else’s dreams you take time away from your own.’”
• “Only those who seek shall find.”
• the purpose of life is a life of purpose
• Those who are truly enlightened know what they want out of life, emotionally, materially, physically and spiritually. Clearly defined priorities and goals for every aspect of your life will serve a role similar to that played by a lighthouse, offering you guidance and refuge when the seas become rough.
• anyone can revolutionize their lives once they revolutionize the direction in which they are moving. But if you don’t even know where you are going, how will you ever know when you get there?”
• Their collective conscience told them that their lives had a purpose and they had a duty to fulfill.
• Enthusiasm is one of the key ingredients for a lifetime of successful living
• “The main reason people do not follow through on any resolutions they make is that it is too easy to slip back into their old ways.
• when you train your mind to associate pleasure with good habits and punishment with bad ones, your weaknesses will quickly fall by the wayside.”
• ‘The only limits on your life are those that you set yourself.’ When you dare to get out of your circle of comfort and explore the unknown, you start to liberate your true human potential