Preoccupy Greatly Quotes & Sayings

Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve. — Roger Lewin

Turn your face toward the sacred Mosque (Koran 2:144,149,150) Commentary: The word "sacred" means that a heart which has not disengaged itself from the sphere of the soul and the sphere of created beings is forbidden to penetrate into this place ... "Wherever you are, turn your face" [toward the sacred Mosque] means, "Wherever you are, in the accomplishment of works of worship or in the ordinary acts of life, contemplate Him - in what you eat, in what you drink, in him or her whom you marry, always knowing that He is at once the Contemplator and the Contemplated ... " — Abdelkader El Djezairi

The Ego is partly free. partly determined, and reaches fuller freedom by approaching the Individual who is most free: God. — Muhammad Iqbal

Praise works best at the start, before the miracle, before the breakthrough, before the restoration. — Brian Houston

Therefore 'Christ hath tasted death for every man:' not only for all kinds of men, as some vainly talk, but for every one, of all kinds; the benefit of whose offering is not only extended to such, who have the distinct outward knowledge of his death and sufferings, as the same is declared in the scriptures, but even unto those who are necessarily excluded from the benefit of this knowledge by some inevitable accident; — Robert Barclay

You are a success when you are going for your goal with passion and conviction. — Debasish Mridha

I think money, power, fame changes people a lot. — Peter Criss

I am proof that one person can rise above any challenge, and if I can, then so will others if they are given the chance. — Emmanuel Jal

But nothin' can stop you from wishin'. — Zora Neale Hurston

For what is life but a succession of change; of one thing after another; painful beginnings, fearful setting out into the unknown, leaving what we are for what we have not yet become. We sail forth boldly, keeping a steady keel and a keen eye on the horizon, to reach islands, land whose fragrance we sniff at at the edge of our dreams; and so we sail on, hoping that the next landfall will be our own bit of earth. — Suchen Christine Lim

I remember one of the first gigs I played with that amp was at a local church. They wanted someone to fill in with the guitar and my friend say, 'Ah, he can play.' And so I dragged the amplifier down and started playing and everybody started yelling 'turn it down!' — Angus Young

When pondering how the past affected us, we rarely look for OUR effect on it. We think about what we were up against versus what we stood for. We remember what we feared but not what we dreamed. We ponder how much we were loved versus how much we loved. We think, why did all that happen to me? What did I get out of it? Where will it lead me? When perhaps we should wonder, what did I make happen? What did I give? Where will I direct myself now? — Brendon Burchard

Who is going to find out? These women are trash. Nobody's going to believe them. — Hillary Clinton

I wouldn't like to live in a world where everything's as cut-and-dried as most people think it is — Charles De Lint