By and large. . . the good's an illusion, little fables folks tell themselves so they can get through their days without screaming too much.
Growth always involves the risk of failure.
Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what the world needs is more people who have come alive
There is something in every one of you that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself. It is the only true guide you will ever have. And if you cannot hear it, you will all of your life spend your days on the ends of strings that somebody else pulls.
When the song of the angels is stilled, When the star in the sky is gone, When the kings and princes are home, When the shepherds are back with their flock, The work of Christmas begins:. . . To find the lost, To heal the broken, To feed the hungry, To release the prisoner, To rebuild the nations, To bring peace among brothers, To make music in the heart.
In the stillness of the quiet, if we listen, we can hear the whisper of the heart giving strength to weakness, courage to fear, hope to despair.
The movement of the Spirit of God in the hearts of men and women often calls them to act against the spirit of their times or causes them to anticipate a spirit which is yet in the making. In a moment of dedication they are given wisdom and courage to dare a deed that challenges and to kindle a hope that inspires.
I am a hundred-percent Indian traditionalist! I am not "playing anything" - that is for the media to be able to say what I am doing.
Thinking is like exercise, it requires consistency and rigor. Like barbells in a weightlifting room, the classics force us to either put them down or exert our minds. They require us to think.
I read Gloria Swanson's autobiography just because I wanted to know what it was like in the time.
If the work requires smart, talented, creative people, then more than anything, you want to enable folks on the team to create.