Takanaka Quotes & Sayings

Today I will surrender to discipline. I realize that sometimes it takes time to see the fruits of my labors, yet I still need to practice discipline. Help me to remember, God, that I'm moving forward, and that I'm learning the very important art of discipline. — Melody Beattie

A few years ago he had a big heart transplant in Chicago, a five-hour operation. It took the doctors four hours to get him on the operating table. — Bob Hope

Remember: those who build walls think differentlythan those who seek to go over, under, around, or through them — Anonymous

Heaven is not located on high, but where the good of love is, and this resides within a person, wherever he or she might be. — Emanuel Swedenborg

To belittle, you have to be little. — Kahlil Gibran

When you accept that you are not in charge of everything, you can begin to work with the one who really is in charge. This has been my experience; when I accepted that I was not in charge and started to work with someone else's plan, the Boss showed up. Now we are a team and I have less to be concerned about. He organizes my schedule. I just follow it, and when He is taking a day off my wife steps in. — Bernie Siegel

He had no notion of meeting danger half-way. When it came upon him, he confronted it, but it must come before he troubled himself. — Charles Dickens

What is courage? It is the ability to be strong in trust, in conviction, in obedience. To be courageous is to step out in faith - to trust and obey, no matter what. — Kay Arthur

I'm not so interested in how they move as in what moves them. — Pina Bausch

I love books so much. I've read more books than anyone else I know. — Daniel Tammet