The Secret - Collection Of Inspirational Quotes ( Part 34 )
What is the secret of life? It's not to get what you want, but to want what you have.
W. Clement Stone
The key to living a fulfilled life with no regrets is this quote by W. Clement Stone. It's not about achieving goals, though that is a component to being fulfilled. It's about knowing what you have and be content in that moment.
It's not the destination but the journey with this quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson. It encourages us to live our lives the way we want and not worry about how it will turn out for us. We can't control everything, but we can control how we act right now and make decisions accordingly.
Insecurity is only an illusion created by a person who doesn't love themselves enough or accept who they are because of some flaw they see in themselves - Unknown Author
This quote reminds us that insecurity is just a belief in yourself that should be challenged. It doesn't have to be stemmed from a flaw you see in yourself, but it should stem from an insecurity you feel within yourself regardless of how great you are.
"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear." - Mark Twain
Courage does not mean to ignore your fears, but to fight them instead. We are never going to become fearless, but by facing our fears and conquering them with courage we will make accomplishments out of our lives. No one will ever know that you've overcome your fears and accomplished a large goal if they don't even know you had them in the first place.
Letting go is a hard thing because we always want what is "not ours. " Some people wish to keep everything they have, even if it weighs them down. Letting go of things is knowing you can't always have something, but you will always want it. This quote summarize what letting go is, and it's not a gentle process.
"Success has no value unless achieved." - Bertrand Russell
Success should not be valued because of how much money or how much fame you get from it. Success is measured by your personality and the quality of life you create for yourself regardless of what happens with money or fame.
"What we do today can strengthen or destroy the tomorrow that we dreamed about yesterday. " - Unknown Author
We are growing every day and therefore we need to be conscious of the decisions that we make. Our decisions must work for our future, or we will end up having nightmares about them.
"Everything has beauty, but not everyone can see." - Confucius
Each living thing has a purpose, even if it doesn't seem to be for the greater good of all things. But it's there and you should always remember that little creature in some corner of your house just because you don't necessarily see it. "He who rejects change is the architect of decay." - Harold Wilson
Change is life; acceptance is key to growth and learning. Don't fight against change because you are unable to forget what has happened in the past, but accept that it's happening and be at peace with it.
"Every real problem in life is not a problem to be solved, but a discovery to be made." - Unknown Author
Life is not about having everything go smoothly, but about embracing the good and bad moments that happen with it.
"Live for today for tomorrow will look after itself." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Too many people live for tomorrow because of what happened yesterday, which can lead them to resentful of their current life. Instead of living for tomorrow, live for this moment because you never know when it's going to end.
"Children are our future. They are not ours, they aren't even in it – they're coming. " - John Lennon
Childhood is a time of happiness and ignorance, but rather than be happy with what you have, we need to remember that nothing is guaranteed to stay the way you have it right now and always have someone coming after you to take what's yours.
"Don't call me crazy, I call myself crazy." - Salvador Dali
To be called crazy means that other people do not respect you and do not value your opinion. It doesn't mean that they see the world differently than you or don't care if the rest of the world thinks what they do is wrong. It just means that they are different and have a different perspective on life.
"If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?" - Isaac Asimov
If you're unsure of what you should do in life, then why not figure out what it is you want to do before you start doing anything? If you're unsure about something when you get started, then try to figure out what you want to do beforehand. You can only experience one decision within a certain period of time anyways. It doesn't matter if you make the wrong decision because there's other decisions that can come up down the line that will change things for the better.
"Give me a stock clerk with a goal, and I will give you a man who will make history. Give me a man without a goal, and I will give you a stock clerk." - Napoleon Hill
A stock clerk can make history, but only if they have something to strive for. If they just do what needs to be done with every day not caring about the future, then they are stuck as that stock clerk. "How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these. " - George Washington Carver
You're going to live a good portion of your life with many different people. Be kind to everyone you meet, both the weak and strong, and you will be able to live a happy life. Life is not always going to be easy but it's a lot more enjoyable when you're not alone or without friends.
"We should embrace our inner geek… and true artists are almost by definition obsessive-compulsive." - David Byrne
Life can only be enjoyed if you embrace each little part of yourself that makes you unique from the next person. If you try to change everything about yourself just because it's wrong, then life cannot be experienced as it should. "I have never let my schooling interfere with my education." - Mark Twain
School teaches you many things, but that doesn't mean you can't learn on your own. If you find something that interests you and that's not your current curriculum, then find something to do about it instead of just letting it go.
"The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
A lot of people think they're smarter than they really are and a lot of people think they're not as smart as they really are. Regardless of whether you're one or the other, the difference between average intelligence and a genius is having a limit on what's possible to be done.
Conclusion
These quotes are not to be memorized and regurgitated back when you have nothing else to say. These quotes are to be digested and absorbed into every day life in order for you to grow and achieve success in what you wanted from the beginning. The ability to learn from the past is one of man's greatest abilities, but so few people take the time to learn it or practice it.
"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." - William Butler Yeats
This compilation of quotes shouldn't be seen as something that ends with this article, but rather something that begins with it.