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“Whatever their bodies do affects their souls. It is funny how mortals always picture us as putting things into their minds: in reality our best work is done by keeping things out...”
C.S. Lewis

“If my theory of relativity is proven successful, Germany will claim me as a German and France will declare me a citizen of the world. Should my theory prove untrue, France will say that I am a German, and Germany will declare that I am a Jew.”
Albert Einstein

“A person without a purpose is a human being merely breathing because he does not know where he is, let alone knowing where he is going. Purposelessness is lifelessness.”
Israelmore Ayivor

“[...most men do not try] to recognize the truth, but to persuade themselves that the life they are leading, which is what they like and are used to, is a life perfectly consistent with truth.”
Leo Tolstoy

“The great men and women of history were not great because of what they earned and owned, but rather for what they gave their lives to accomplish.”
John C. Maxwell

“Your subject should always answer the question “What is the problem to be solved?” or “What is the job to be done?” A”
Brian Tracy

“Look for the good in every person and every situation. You'll almost always  find it.”
Brian Tracy

“We are always falling in love or quarreling, looking for jobs or fearing to lose them, getting ill and recovering, following public affairs. If we let ourselves, we shall always be waiting for some distraction or other to end before we can really get down to our work. The only people who achieve much are those who want knowledge so badly that they seek it while the conditions are still unfavorable. Favorable conditions never come.”
C.S. Lewis

“How Successful People Think: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life (Maxwell, John C.) - Your Highlight on page x | Location 32-32 | Added on Wednesday, September 3, 2014 8:56:47 PM 2. Changed Thinking Is Difficult”
John C. Maxwell

“Man lives consciously for himself, but serves as an unconscious instrument for the achievement of historical, universally human goals. ”
Leo Tolstoy

“Everything is useful which contributes to fix in the principles and practices of virtue.”
Thomas Jefferson

“The search for the purpose of life has puzzled people for thousands of years. That’s because we typically begin at the wrong starting point—ourselves. We ask self-centered questions like What do I want to be? What should I do with my life? What are my goals, my ambitions, my dreams for my future? But focusing on ourselves will never reveal our life’s purpose.”
Rick Warren

“Choose to stop fighting and trust God to fight for you. That is how to win a battle.”
Joyce Meyer

“Whatever people think of us is between them and God and not our concern.”
Joyce Meyer

“The subject of history is the life of peoples and mankind.”
Leo Tolstoy

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