Inspirational Quotations

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The downside, of course, is that over time religions become encrusted with precepts and ideas that are the antithesis of soul, as each faith tries to protect its doctrines and institution instead of nurturing the evolution of consciousness. If one is not careful to distinguish the genuine insights of a religion from its irrelevant accretions, one can go through life following an inappropriate moral compass.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (1934–2021) Hungarian-American Psychologist

Never follow the crowd.
Bernard M. Baruch (1870–1965) American Financier, Economic Consultant

A wealthy man will always have followers.
African Proverb

Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow.
Common Proverb

Follow the saint no further than his doorstep.
Egyptian Proverb

Follow the river and you will get to the sea.
Indian Proverb

The purpose of our lives is to add value to the people of this generation and those that follow.
Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983) American Inventor, Philosopher

Pull someone by the ears and his head will follow.
Indian Proverb

We all have the ability…we just don’t all have the courage to follow our dreams and to follow the signs.
Paulo Coelho (b.1947) Brazilian Songwriter, Novelist

Follow your own star!
Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) Italian Poet, Philosopher

You cannot attain mastery by patterning yourself after another or by following custom or tradition. Sheep do that. Masters and leaders never do.
Roger McDonald (b.1941) Australian Novelist, Poet, Screenwriter, Writer

Where the woman goes the devil follows.
French Proverb

If one sheep puts its head through the gap the rest will follow.
Irish Proverb

This above all—to thine own self be true; And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright

Too many of those with unrealized aspirations have set them aside due to fear of failure. The bigger the dream, the greater the fear. Doing less than our best allays this fear. I could have done better if I’d tried, we assure ourselves. Among the least appreciated reasons for doing superficial, second-rate work of any kind is the comfort of knowing it’s not our best that’s on the line. By not trying too hard, we avoid learning what our true potential is, and having to fulfill it. Doing our best can be deeply threatening. It forces us to consider what we’re actually capable of accomplishing. Once we learn that lesson, we can’t unlearn it. Our true potential becomes both a shining light we can follow and an oppressive burden of expectation that might, or might not, be met.
Unknown

Everything that is, desires to be. As we act, we unfold our being. Enjoyment naturally follows, for a thing desired always brings delight.
Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) Italian Poet, Philosopher

Jane Fonda, who divided her life into three acts, decided after her sixtieth birthday that she was now facing the final act, and came to the following conclusion: “I thought to myself, well if that’s the case and if what I’m scared of isn’t death, but getting to the end with regrets, then I’ve got to figure out what would be the things that I would regret when I got to the last act if I hadn’t done them or achieved them by then. And they were: having an intimate relationship and having made a difference”.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (1934–2021) Hungarian-American Psychologist

Follow effective action with quiet reflection.
From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.
Peter Drucker (1909–2005) Austrian-born Management Consultant

Just imagine you’re four years old, and someone makes the following proposal: If you’ll wait until after he runs an errand, you can have two marshmallows for a treat. If you can’t wait until then, you can have only one—but you can have it right now. It is a challenge sure to try the soul of any four-year-old, a microcosm of the eternal battle between impulse and restraint, id and ego, desire and self-control, gratification and delay… There is perhaps no psychological skill more fundamental than resisting impulse. It is the root of all emotional self-control, since all emotions, by their very nature, led to one or another impulse to act.
Daniel Goleman (b.1946) American Psychologist, Author, Science Journalist

The superior person is in harmony, but does not follow the crowd. The lesser person follows the crowd, but is not in harmony.
Confucius (551–479 BCE) Chinese Philosopher

When I am with others, they are my teachers. I can select their good points and follow them, and select their bad points and avoid them.
Confucius (551–479 BCE) Chinese Philosopher

To be a star, you must shine your own light, follow your own path, and don’t worry about the darkness, for that is when the stars shine brightest.
Unknown

Whatever your fate is, whatever the hell happens, you say, “This is what I need”. It may look like a wreck, but go at it as though it were an opportunity, a challenge. If you bring love to that moment—not discouragement—you will find the strength there. Any disaster you can survive is an improvement in your character, your stature, and your life. What a privilege!! This is when the spontaneity of your own nature will have a chance to flow. Then, when looking back at your life, you will see that the moments which seemed to be great failures, followed by wreckage, were the incidents that shaped the life you have now. You’ll see this is really true. Nothing can happen to you that is not positive. Even though it looks and feels at the moment like a negative crisis, it is not. The crisis throws you back, and when you are required to exhibit strength, it comes.
Joseph Campbell (1904–87) American Mythologist, Writer, Lecturer

Successful men follow the same advice they prescribe for others.
Unknown

Others will follow your footsteps easier than they will your advice.
Unknown

But when you think you’re supposed to do something with it and imagine that you’re the doer, that’s pure delusion. Just follow your passion. Do what you love. Inquire, and have a happy life while you’re doing it.
Byron Katie (b.1942) American Speaker, Author

Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and whatever abysses nature leads, or you will learn nothing.
Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95) English Biologist

Example has more followers than reason.—We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.—A generous habit of thought and action carries with it an incalculable influence.
Christian Nestell Bovee (1820–1904) American Writer, Aphorist

Believe…and the magic will follow.
Unknown

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.
Ted Turner (b.1938) American Businessperson, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist

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