Khalil Gibran
“Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be.”
“Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be.”
Shareium“There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world.”
“Anyone who stops learning is old.”
Shareium“You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have.”
“Long-term consistency trumps short-term intensity.”
Shareium“It’s not who you think you are that holds you back it’s who you think you’re not.”
“Never say never because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.”
“When we give up on our dreams, we die while still alive.”
“An amateur practices until they can play it correctly, a professional practices until they can’t play it incorrectly.”
Shareium“Though you cannot go back and start again, you can start from now and have a brand new end.”
“What the caterpillar calls the end, the rest of the world calls a butterfly.”
Shareium“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
“Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.”
“The beginning is always today.”
Shareium“A weakness when understood can become a strength, but the overextension of a strength can become a weakness.”
“It’s not about how hard you can hit, it’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.”
The creative adult is the child who survived.”
“The path to wisdom is paved with humility.”
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
Shareium“Reflect upon your blessings, of which everyone has plenty, not on your past misfortunes, of which everyone has some.”
“When we get too caught up in the busyness of the world, we lose connection with one another—and ourselves.”
Shareium“No matter how bad or slow things go, you’re still way ahead of everyone who isn’t even trying.”
“Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows by itself.”
“First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.”
“The future depends on what we do in the present.”
“Everybody comes to a point in their life when they want to quit, but it’s what you do at that moment that determines who you are.”
Shareium“Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.”
“Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.”
“Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.”
“If you have a dream, don’t just sit there. Gather courage to believe that you can succeed and leave no stone unturned to make it a reality.”
“It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness; that is life.”
“Be the friend you wish you had.”
Shareium“Watch carefully the magic that occurs when you give a person just enough comfort to be themselves.”
“To reach your greatest potential you’ll have to fight your greatest fears.”
Shareium“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”
“When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.”
“On your journey through life, make sure your biography has at least one extraordinary chapter.”
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