NUGGETS OF WISDOM - 23

•  The best way to gain self-confidence is to do what you are afraid to do. - William Jennings Bryan
• ·         In this world everything changes except good deeds and bad deeds; these follow you as the shadow follows the body. - Ruth Benedict
  ·         Time is fatally squandered only when it is buried in neglect, when you fail so to utilize it as to make certain the survival of your soul.
  ·         Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without. — Buddha
  ·         Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding. — Albert Einstein
  ·         The human personality is not merely a concomitant of time-and-space events; the human personality can also act as the cosmic cause of such events.
  ·         When I say it's you I like, I'm talking about that part of you that knows that life is far more than anything you can ever see or hear or touch. That deep part of you that allows you to stand for those things without which humankind cannot survive.  Love that conquers hate, peace that rises triumphant over war, and justice that proves more powerful than greed. — Fred Rogers
  ·         When you have robbed a man of everything, he is no longer in your power. He is free again. – Alexander Solzhenitsyn
  ·         Nobody likes to fail but failure is an essential part of life and learning. If your uniform isn’t dirty, you haven’t been in the game. Ben Bernanke
  ·         When the winds of change blow, some people build walls, others build windmills. – Chinese Proverb
  ·         A mirror becomes a razor when it’s broken.  A stick becomes a flute when it’s loved. – Yoko Ono
  ·         All of us every single year, we’re a different person.  I don’t think we’re the same person all our lives. – Steven Spielberg
  ·         The simple path: silence is prayer, prayer is faith, faith is love, love is service,  the fruit of service is peace. — Mother Teresa
  ·         Your spirit nature-the jointly created soul-is a living growth, but the mind and morals of the individual are the soil from which these higher manifestations of human development and divine destiny must spring. The soil of the evolving soul is human and material, but the destiny of this combined creature of mind and spirit is spiritual and divine.
  ·         Take pride in how far you’ve come. Have faith in how far you can go. But don’t forget to enjoy the journey. - Michael Josephson
  ·         Fear affects every one of us. It’s nothing to hide. On the contrary, it’s worth examining so it can point you toward a better way to live.” —Lissa Rankin, M.D.
  ·         Fear grows out of the things we think; it lives in our minds. Compassion grows out of the things we are, and lives in our hearts. — Barbara Garrison
  ·         Acceptance of the unacceptable is the greatest source of grace in this world. - Eckhart Tolle
  ·         I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it. The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on. - Samuel Goldwyn