"What is the best way to go beyond self-interest and obsession with personal demands, needs and disappointments? Â The answer is: Whatever you do, may it benefit everyone."

-- Gurumayi Chidvilasananda

#Disappointment Quotes #Self Quotes #Needs Quotes

“Twenty miles out of town. A million miles from the life you left behind.”
“I think 'Beyond the Blue Neon' is the best I've ever done.”
“The men who have had the most to give to their fellow men are those who have enriched their minds and hearts in solitude. It is a poor education that does not fit a man to be alone with himself.”
“They were saying, 'Keep this under your hat, but Jack Sparrow's going to die in the second movie.' I went, 'You're kidding me. The fans are going to go berserk.”
“The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.”
“Out of the chaos of post-Roman Dark Age Britain, the English had created the world's first nation-state: One king, one country, one church, one currency, one language and a single unified representative national administration. Never again in England would sovereignty descend to the merely regional level. Never again would the idea of England and the unity of England ever be challenged.”
“We all think we have time, you know. It's this miracle substance and there seems to be so much of it, and then all of a sudden, it's gone.”
“There is one sure way to identify your greatest potential for strength: Step back and watch yourself for a while. Try an activity and see how quickly you pick it up, how quickly you skip steps in the learning and add twists and kinks you haven't been taught yet. See whether you become absorbed in the activity to such an extent that you lose track of time. If none of these has happened after a couple of months, try another activity and watch-and another. Over time your dominant talents will reveal themselves, and you can start to refine them into a powerful strength.”

Source : Marcus Buckingham, Donald O. Clifton (2001). “Now, Discover Your Strengths”, p.31, Simon and Schuster

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