Activity Quotes - Page 35

• Our minds influence the key activity of the brain, which then influences everything; perception, cognition, thoughts and feelings, personal relationships; they’re all a projection of you.

  Deepak Chopra

  Keys, Feelings, Perception

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• Each activity of daily life in which we stretch ourselves on behalf of others is a prayer in action.

  Richard J. Foster

  Prayer, Action, Daily Life

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• Force yourself to be humble, until it becomes second nature. Then it will be an unconscious activity.

  Hamza Yusuf

  Humble, Force, Unconscious

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• The purpose of a business is to create and keep a customer. All business activities must be focused on this central purpose.

  Brian Tracy

  Purpose, Customers, Focused

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• Compassion and love constitute non-violence in action. They are the source of all spiritual qualities: forgiveness, tolerance, all the virtues. They give meaning to our activities and makes them constructive. There is nothing amazing about being rich or highly educated; only when the individual has a warm heart do these attributes become worthwhile.

  Dalai Lama

  Love, Forgiveness, Spiritual

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• It is easy to have calmness in inactivity, it is hard to have calmness in activity, but calmness in activity is true calmness.

  Shunryu Suzuki

  Easy, Calmness, Inactivity

  Shunryu Suzuki (2010). “Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind”, p.31, Shambhala Publications

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• Every activity worth doing has a learning curve.

  Seth Godin

  Curves, Learning Curve

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• Activity is the enemy of investment returns.

  Warren Buffett

  Enemy, Investing, Return

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• There are only two feelings, Love and fear:
  There are only two languages, Love and fear:
  There are only two activities, Love and fear:
  There are only two motives, two procedures,
  two frameworks, two results, Love and fear,
  Love and fear.

  Michael Leunig

  Two, Feelings, Language

  Michael Leunig (2006). “When I Talk to You: A Cartoonist Talks to God”, p.45, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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• Everyone holds his fortune in his own hands, like a sculptor the raw material he will fashion into a figure. But it's the same with that type of artistic activity as with all others: We are merely born with the capability to do it. The Skill to mold the material into what we want must be learned and attentively cultivated.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Fashion, Hands, Skills

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• If you want your life to have impact, focus it! Stop dabbling. Stop trying to do it all. Do less. Prune away even good activities and do only that which matters most. Never confuse activity with productivity. You can be busy without a purpose, but what's the point?

  Rick Warren

  Impact, Focus, Trying

  Rick Warren (2012). “The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?”, p.30, Zondervan

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• Of all human activities, apart from the procreation of children, gardening is the most optimistic and hopeful. The gardener is by definition one who plans for and believes and trusts in a future, whether in the short or the longer term.

  Susan Hill

  Children, Believe, Optimistic

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• Zazen practice and everyday activity are one thing. We call zazen everyday life, and everyday life zazen.

  Shunryu Suzuki

  Practice, Everyday, One Thing

  Shunryu Suzuki (2010). “Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind”, p.109, Shambhala Publications

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• Waking up early on Saturday gives me an edge in finishing my work with a very relaxed state of mind. There is a feeling of time pressure on weekdays that aren’t there on weekends. If I wake up early in the morning before anybody else, I can plan the day or at least my activities with relaxed mind.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Morning, Weekend, Up Early

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• Rest and activity are the steps of progress.

  Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

  Progress, Steps

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• Invention is activity of mind, as fire is air in motion; a sharpening of the spiritual sight, to discern hidden aptitudes.

  Martin Farquhar Tupper

  Spiritual, Fire, Sight

  Martin Farquhar Tupper (1839). “Proverbial philosophy: a book of thoughts and arguments”, p.216

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• The Holy Ghost does not come upon methods, but upon men. He does not anoint machinery, but men. He does not work through organizations, but through men. He does not dwell in buildings, but men. He indwells the Body of Christ, directs its activities, distributes its forces, empowers its members.

  Samuel Chadwick

  Men, Organization, Empowering

  Samuel Chadwick (2007). “The Way to Pentecost”, CLC Publications

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• Writing is like praying, because you stop all other activities, descend into silence, and listen patiently to the depths of your soul, waiting for true words to come. When they do, you thank God because you know the words are a gift, and you write them down as honestly and cleanly as you can.

  Helen Prejean

  Writing, Silence, Waiting

  Helen Prejean (2006). “The Death of Innocents: An Eyewitness Account of Wrongful Executions”, p.195, Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd

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• Sustainability is now a big baggy sack in which people throw all kinds of old ideas, hot air and dodgy activities in order to be able to greenwash their products and feel good.

  Kevin McCloud

  Air, Order, Ideas

  Kevin McCloud (2010). “Kevin McCloud’s 43 Principles of Home: Enjoying Life in the 21st Century”, p.2, HarperCollins UK

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• The impact of space activities
  is nothing less than the galvanizing
  of hope and imagination for human life continuum
  into a future of infinite possibility.

  Vanna Bonta

  Impact, Space, Imagination

  "The Impact of Space Activities Upon Society". Book co-sponsored by The International Academy of Astronautics and The European Space Agency, February 2005.

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• All revolutions are spiritual at the source. All my activities have the sole purpose of achieving a union of hearts.

  Vinoba Bhave

  Spiritual, Heart, Purpose

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• Power from on high . . . It is God inserting into you divine activity with
  mightiness.

  Smith Wigglesworth

  Divine

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• God wants His people to be ablaze with Holy Ghost activity.

  Smith Wigglesworth

  People, Want, Ghost

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• Praise is God's sunlight in the heart. It destroys sin germs. It ripens the fruits of the Spirit. It is the oil of gladness that lubricates life's activities.

  Smith Wigglesworth

  Heart, Oil, Fruits Of The Spirit

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• Don't compare yourself with anyone else. The world is full of runners, so you'll probably see one every time you circle the block or your favorite park. Some will be thinner than you, some smoother-striding, some faster. But don't let this get you down. There's only one runner who really counts: you. Running is your activity. Make it work for you, and don't worry about anyone else.

  Amby Burfoot

  Running, Block, Circles

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