"It is important to understand that counterproducti ve actions of body, speech and mind do not arise of their own accord, but spring up in dependence on our motivation. Faulty states of mind give rise to faulty actions. To control negative physical and verbal actions, we need to tame our minds."

-- Dalai Lama

#Motivation Quotes #Spring Quotes #Giving Quotes

“Nothing is more precious than being in the present moment. Fully alive, fully aware.”
“I'm a believer in paying your dues.”
“No man is happy but by comparison.”

Source : Thomas Shadwell (1966). “The Virtuoso”, p.53, U of Nebraska Press
“Sustainable development is a process which enables all people to realise their potential and to improve their quality of life in ways which protect and enhance the Earth's life support systems”
“It may be that without a vision men shall die. It is no less true that, without hard practical sense, they shall also die. Without Jefferson the new nation might have lost its soul. Without Hamilton it would assuredly have been killed in body.”

Source : "Jeffersonian Principles and Hamiltonian Principles". Book edited by James Truslow Adams, p. 17, 1932.
“I'm a New Yorker now, and believe me, there's no comparison between the Big Apple and Kalamazoo, no similarity at all. New York City's hectic, always in fast-forward, and Kalamazoo's more laid-back, smaller, slower.”
“I'm not a writer where I feel particularly blessed by great inspiration every day. I don't. I have to work really hard at it to try and say the things I'm concerned with.”
“Marriage was ordained for a remedy and to increase the world and for the man to help the woman and the woman the man, with all love and kindness.”

Source : William Tyndale (1848). “Doctrinal Treatises and Introductions to Different Portions of the Holy Scriptures”, p.254

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