Catalyst Quotes

“Words”

“If the track is tough and the hill is rough, THINKING you can just ain’t enough!”     (Shel Silverstein)

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“Words are the most powerful things in the universe.  Words are containers.  They contain faith, or fear, and they produce after their kind.”    (Charles Capps)

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“The six greatest words on earth are:  ‘Control thyself!’ – Cicero;   ‘Know thyself’ – Socrates; ‘Give thyself!’ – Jesus.”      (Unknown Author)

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“Wisdom … may be summed up in four words:  to know, to will, to love, and to do what is true, good, beautiful and just.”     (Eliphas Levi)

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“Every word you say has a vibration that brings you what you have and what you need.  So be very careful when you speak a word, because one word spoken can make and mar the destiny of the being.”     (Yogi Bhajan)

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“Words are things, and a small drop of ink, falling like dew upon a thought, produces that which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.”    (George Byron)

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“Maybe our favorite quotations say more about us than about the stories and people we’re quoting.”     (John Green)

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“Don’t Think. Feel”

“Preach the Gospel at all times, and when necessary, use words.”    (St. Francis of Assisi)

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“Coincidence is God’s way of remaining anonymous.”    (Albert Einstein, ‘The World as I See It’)

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“By learning to contact, listen to, and act on our intuition, we can directly connect to the higher power of the universe and allow it to become our guiding force.”    (Shakti Gawain)

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“’What do you think of God,’ the teacher asked.  After a pause, the young pupil replied, ‘He’s not a think, he’s a feel.’”    (Paul Frost)

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“Soon after her brother was born, little Sachi began to ask her parents to leave her alone with the new baby.  They worried that like most four-year-olds, she might feel jealous and want to hit or shake him, so they said no.  But she showed no signs of jealousy.  She treated the baby with kindness and her pleas to be left alone with him became more urgent.  They decided to allow it.  Elated, she went into the baby’s room and shut the door, but it opened a crack – enough for her curious parents to peek in and listen.  They saw little Sachi walk quietly up to her baby brother, put her face close to his and say quietly . . .

‘Baby, tell me what God feels like.  I’m starting to forget.’”     (Dan Millman)

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“Life; I Will Not Play Tug O’War”

“Now that child reminds me of something our sages taught.  When a baby comes into the world, its hands are clenched, right?  Like this?”  He made a fist.

“Why?  Because a baby, not knowing any better, wants to grab everything, to say ‘The whole world is mine.’

But when an old person dies, how does he do so?  With his hands open. 

Why?  Because he has learned the lesson.”

What lesson? I asked.  He stretched open his empty fingers.  “We can take nothing with us.”     (Mitch Albom, Tuesday’s With Morrie)

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“How true Daddy’s words were when he said:  all children must look after their own upbringing. Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person’s character lies in their own hands.”      (Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl)

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“I will not play tug o’ war.  I’d rather play hug o’ war.  Where everyone hugs instead of tugs, where everyone giggles and rolls on the rug, where everyone kisses, and everyone grins, and everyone cuddles, and everyone wins.”    (Shel Silverstein)

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“Explore, Dream, Discover”

“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions.  Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”     (Mark Twain)

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“to be nobody but yourself  —  in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you like everybody else  —  means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting.”      (e.e. cummings)

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 “Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.”     (Dr. Seuss)

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“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.”     (Khalil Gibran)

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“Because We Trust, Because We Have Faith”

“Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I’m not living.” (Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close)

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“Most people come equipped by nature with all of the pieces of a puzzle necessary to enjoy life … but by the time they get their career and family underway, most have not only managed to scramble the puzzle … they’ve actually lost some of the pieces”     (Diane McLaren)

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“It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.”    (Paulo Coelho)

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“Faith is an oasis in the heart which can never be reached by the caravan of thinking.”   (Kahlil Gibran)

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“None of us knows what might happen even the next minute, yet still we go forward.  Because we trust. Because we have Faith.     (Paulo Coelho, Brida)

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“To love means loving the unlovable.  To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable.  Faith means believing the unbelievable.  Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.”   (G.K. Chesterton)

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“Can’t Get a Miracle; Then Become One”

“Every day is a new beginning. Treat it that way. Stay away from what might have been, and look at what can be.” (Marsha Petrie Sue)

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“In the course of history, there comes a time when humanity is called to shift to a new level of consciousness, to reach a higher moral ground. A time when we have to shed our fear and give hope to each other. That time is now.” (Wangari Maathai)

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“For attractive lips, speak words of kindness. For lovely eyes, seek the good in people. For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry. For poise, walk with the knowledge that you will never walk alone. People, even more than things have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed. Never throw out anyone.” (Audrey Hepburn)

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“Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn alot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful.” (Buddha)

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“If you can’t get a miracle, become one.” (Nick Vujicic, Life Without Limits)

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“Spring Rains Will Come Again”

“Heaven – as you call it – is nowhere. Let’s just put some space between the w and the h in that word and you’ll see that heaven is now … here.” (Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue by Neale Donald Walsch)

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“If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.” (Anne Bradstreet)

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“Greatness is more than potential. It is the execution of that potential. Beyond the raw talent. You need the appropriate training. You need the discipline. You need the inspiration. You need the drive.” (Eric A. Burns)

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“Expect hope to be rekindled. Expect your prayers to be answered in wondrous ways. The dry seasons in life do not last. The spring rains will come again.” (Sarah Ban Breathnach)

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“Never Fear the Shadows in Life”

“Sometimes life just walks up to you, excuses itself and punches you in the face.”    (Mike Kunda)

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“When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure.”     (Peter Marshall)

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“Difficulties come when you don’t pay attention to life’s whisper.  Life always whispers to you first, but if you ignore the whisper, sooner or later you’ll get a scream.”      (Oprah Winfrey)

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“Never fear the shadows.  They simply mean there’s a light somewhere nearby.”    (Ruth E. Renkee)

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“The universe will reward you for taking risks on its behalf.”    (Shakti Gawain)

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“One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.”   (Sigmund Freud)

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