Reality is harsh. It can be cruel and ugly. Yet no matter how much we grieve over our environment and circumstances nothing will change. What is important is not to be defeated, to forge ahead bravely. If we do this, a path will open before us.
Daisaku Ikeda
Related With love and patience, nothing is impossible. -Daisaku Ikeda. DAISAKU IKEDA To be who we should be, realize first that we all have paths in life we can go down the good or bett... GARY F EVANS... 37. It is better to be single and unhappy than unhappily married. JAMES C. DOBSON We cannot change trying to be better, it is our nature, but we can change what is important to us an... JIM GENOVESE I know now: what is is all that matters. Not the thing you know is meant to be, not what could be, n... AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an... LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD If we could have the ability to change the past and right our wrongs would it make us learn from any... GARY F EVANS... To stand on the brink of what is coming, feeling eager, optimistic anticipation—with no feeli... ASK AND IT IS GIVEN It has been said that marriages are arranged by Heaven, that destiny will bring even the most distan... LISA SEE It is what it is, it is what you make it. JAMES DURBIN Next generations will not know what is to have childhood. DANIEL MELGAçO I believe that the people, instead of pretty lies, should be told the truth, no matter how ugly it m... ALIJA IZETBEGOVIC 35. God is entitled to a portion of our income—not because He needs it but because we need to give... JAMES C. DOBSON Even if she leaves our center and goes ahead with an abortion - and some do - we want her to know, n... LIZ OSBORN Nothing is ever as good or as bad as it appears to be. JEFFREY FRY My friends, no matter how rough the road may be, we can and we will, never, never surrender to what ... DAN QUAYLE Unpredictability means what it means. I don't know how you define it. It is what it is. MICHAEL KEATON It's important to both Secretary Baker and me that we not raise expectations here. We know that what... LEE HAMILTON Though our character is formed by circumstances, our own desires can do much to shape those circumst... JOHN STUART MILL Men will lust no matter what. Men lust over artistic photography and 5 year old children. We cant ch... NERISSA IRVING If we work so hard and put all the money in the hospital to buy medicine - it will be a disaster. Wh... JACK MA This is our big chance to see what people think of us. The real us. We have to show em there's nothi... LISI HARRISON This culture that is mingling in our society has no justification. Our society will confront them an... MARWAN MUASHER I regret that I wasn't more successful with my marriages, but it is what it is. TED TURNER One day at a time--this is enough. Do not look back and grieve over the past for it is gone; and do ... DR. SEUSS Change needs us. Change needs people who are willing to invest themselves and their time and their e... SHARAD VIVEK SAGAR Hindsight, I think, is a useless tool. We, each of us, are at a place in our lives because of innume... R.A. SALVATORE When we cannot find joy in our circumstances, we can find joy in God who is unchanged and unchanging... KATIE DAVIS MAJORS All we are, all we can be, are the stories we tell," he says, and he is talking as if he is talking ... NORA RALEIGH BASKIN This is nothing new and it will continue to be a problem. The fact of the matter is, these programs ... JAMES PREISSLER With '10,000,' our aim was to make a film that was entertaining and a roller-coaster ride; i... STEVEN STRAIT No matter how ugly a fruit is, worms will seek it out. MATSHONA DHLIWAYO What if the thing that God wants us to receive most in our conversations with Him is not some altern... TRISTAN SHERWIN Tell your story to the universe and Let your actions speak LOVE.' No matter what it is. NAPZ CHERUB PELLAZO I don't know if this (streak) is any different this time around or not. How long this will last? I d... FREDRIK MODIN We are not mentally tired, although physically we might be a bit. This will be our Cup final, not ou... GEORGE BOATENG Congress can't do much more damage to us than they already have. To this extent we're liberated to d... HENRY KISSINGER Do not look back and grieve over the past, for it is gone; and do not be troubled about the future, ... IDA SCOTT TAYLOR MCKINNEY Do not look back and grieve over the past, for it is gone; and do not be troubled about the futu... IDA SCOTT TAYLOR This is a grand test for our souls; can we remember and keep the soul-truth - no matter what our liv... JOY PAGE How are you expected to love life, if life does not love you in return.All we can do is clear away t... GARY F EVANS... It is a lie. ARTHUR MILLER It is extremely important to be able to make negative assertions. We must be able to say what is ‘... HENRY CLOUD Our enemy is motivated by hatred and will not stop planning more plots against until they are ultima... TIMOTHY MURPHY Be what you are. Never change yourself for anybody because you will miss yourself if you miss them, ... ANANDHA Nothing in this world is permanent but of course, change. At some point in our lives, we will encoun... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Sheep don’t need the shepherd to be what they are. The shepherd needs sheep to be what he is. LJUPKA CVETANOVA When we think of failure; Failure will be ours. If we remain undecided; Nothing will ever change. Al... MAHARISHI MAHESH YOGI What love is it, then, that has no need of words to call us? In whose image are we made, to take suc... CHRISTIAN BOBIN When we die our money, fame, and honors will be meaningless. We own nothing in this world. Everythin... MICHAEL HUFFINGTON Let your actions speak LOVE. No matter what it is. NAPZ CHERUB PELLAZO Danger will come upon us when it will. We can't stop it. We can only try to be prepared. There's no ... CHITRA BANERJEE DIVAKARUNI There is nothing that we are enduring that Jesus does not understand, and He waits for us to go to o... ROBERT D. HALES Being one step ahead of a fashion trend is not so important to me. What matters is to always forge a... SONIA RYKIEL We casually laugh at things, but we do not realize how much a laugh contributes. We turn a blind eye... LASHAN DIA GRAY I know how much you grieve over those who are under your care: those you try to help and fail, those... IRIS MURDOCH We think that at this point in our lives, the sooner we get back to what we think our gift is, is wr... BARRY GIBB War is no solution to peace. BEN OAK No matter how much we love someone, or think we know them, we can never know what it is like to be i... SUZANNE LAFLEUR The environment there is very harsh, with temperatures about minus 45 degrees, so we don;t know if l... HIDEAKI MOTOYAMA I'm probably the least harsh on myself, and I try not to scrutinize everything about my body. As... KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN Everyone is waiting for someone to change the world and no one seems to be doing much. Now what if e... JERONINIO ALMEIDA Fox News is nothing if not impressive. No matter how harsh the criticism it endures, the network som... ERIC ALTERMAN blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much... JACK CANFIELD A craven can be as brave as any man, when there is nothing to fear. And we all do our duty, when the... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN We have already had an amazing amount of support come from the community, but the only way our dream... JO VANDVER Circumstances will continue to change. They will not adjust to you; you will have to adjust to them.... DADA BHAGWAN Sometimes you have to grieve and let go of the path you have envisioned, and prepare yourself for an... JAMILA CARVELLI What mattered was not what happens to you, but how you handle it. Self-command is required to overco... DANIEL AKST Time is Eternal. Time is what governs us our existence whether in space or hear, so how can time be ... GARY F EVANS... Wise sir, do not grieve. It is always better to avenge dear ones than to indulge in mourning. For ev... BEOWULF Life is as precious to us as it is for an animal. An animal is as loving, caring, and kind to her ch... DEBASISH MRIDHA It's all open to negotiate until we can look at the tournament and what we can do to improve the pro... FRANKLIN JOHNSON There are times when external circumstances can overwhelm us, and we do things we never thought. If ... PHILIP ZIMBARDO Ques eso? Queso? NOLAN J. VANDER HAAGEN As for courage and will - we cannot measure how much of each lies within us, we can only trust there... OVID As for courage and will -- we cannot measure how much of each lies within us, we can only trust ther... ANDRE NORTON Yes! Very funny this terrible thing is. A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls i... JOSEPH CONRAD If we do not drastically change, there will be no labor movement in this country, JOSEPH HANSEN No graduation speaker will ever tell you that the future is anything but uncertain. It never is. But... TAYLOR MALI Let everyone regulate his conduct... by the golden rule of doing to others as in similar circumstanc... WILLIAM WILBERFORCE Let everyone regulate his conduct . . . by the golden rule of doing to others as in similar circumst... WILLIAM WILBERFORCE The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more impor... CHARLES SWINDOLL The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more impor... CHARLES R. SWINDOLL The longer I love, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more impor... CHARLES R. SWINDOLL ... what kind of life do we live if we let fear break us down? The truth is there will be tough time... CHRISTENE HOUSTON Peleus acknowledged this. "Yet other boys will be envious that you have chosen such a one. What will... MADELINE MILLER Whenever your foundation is laid in God, there will be nothing that can shake it, no matter how stro... ANGELO M. SWINSON The opportunity to decieve others is ever present and often tempting, and each instance of deception... SAM HARRIS No matter how small and unimportant what we are doing may seem, if we do it well, it may soon become... CHANNING POLLOCK Intuition directs us to take the appropriate path to be successful in what we happen to do...But, ta... NISHI DE SILVA The reality is no one knows how much it will cost us to wage war with Iraq. KENT CONRAD Brand is just a perception, and perception will match reality over time. Sometimes it will be ahead,... ELON MUSK We're balanced and deep. We don't have great size, but I think we will be all right on the boards if... DAVE JOSEPH It is time for us Christians to face up to our responsibility for holiness. Too often we say we are ... CHARLES W. COLSON I do not accept any absolute formulas for living. No preconceived code can see ahead to everything t... MARTIN BUBER There is no justification whatever in any circumstances for this kind of terrorism and of course we ... JACK STRAW It is by no means over yet. We have an enormous day ahead of us. MARIO ANCIC Life is about happiness—not about success. DEBASISH MRIDHA The question is not, will there be difficulties and threats to our existence, but how will we deal w... BERNIE SIEGEL
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