Refreshing Outlook On Life Quotes & Sayings

Above all, man must learn once again what he is and why he was created. — Rama P. Coomaraswamy

A good executive is one who makes people contentedly settle for less than they meant to get, in return for more than they meant to give. — Mignon McLaughlin

The best designs are those that dissolve into behavior. — Naoto Fukasawa

But what is shape? Only a cup for the blazing soul that God provides us all. — Ray Bradbury

I am very aware of being black and female because that's what I am. — Susan Rice

I love playing the bitter guy. — Bill Engvall

It's a kind of zen question: if you write a book and no one reads it, is it really a book? — Lee Child

Achilles only had an Achilles heel. I have an entire Achilles body. — Woody Allen

If you do things when you're burned out, it'll make you bitter. — Juliana Hatfield

The freest government, if it could exist, would not be long acceptable, if the tendency of the laws were to create a rapid accumulation of property in a few hands, and to render the great mass of the population dependent and penniless. — Daniel Webster

This [worldly life] is a huge entanglement; every sub-atomic particle of it is an entanglement and it is impossible to break free from it. Which is why the Lord has said, 'If you encounter a Gnani Purush [the enlightened one], remain with Him'. — Dada Bhagwan

There is tremendous life and personality in a name. It should be at least as agonized over as any character trait. — Travis Beacham

There is redemption in sadness. It tells me that for nearly five months in 2003, I lived life with the open, raw, refreshing outlook of the young. The payoff, though difficult to quantify, is much greater than I expected. I have no regrets about having gone -- it was the right thing to do. I think about it every day. Sometimes I can hardly believe it happened. I just quit -- and I was on a monumental trip. I didn't suffer financial ruin, my wife didn't leave me, the world didn't stop spinning. I do think of how regrettable it would have been had I ignored the pull that I felt to hike the trail. A wealth of memories could have been lost before they had even occurred if I had dismissed as a whim my inkling to hike. It is disturbing how tenuous our potential is due to our fervent defense of the comfortable norm. — David Miller