quotes

Quotes

(more to be added as and when)

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¨jack of all trades, master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one¨

¨its not about differences, its about making a difference¨ -snoop dogg on jimmy kimmel live - 14/1/2025

¨hurt people hurt people¨

¨ do what you can with what you have where you are" - theordore roosevelt

"Is the juice worth the squeeze?"

~ Chris Reck, Minnow Pond Tarot

¨ take advantage of what happens. we call these happy accidents and they can be your best friend"- bob ross

"we are not here to change the world. the world is here to change us."

~ charnjit

"a job worth doing is worth doing well"

"this too shall pass"

"Be good.

And if you can't be good be careful.

And if you can't be careful name it after me"

¨be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. when you realise there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you."- lao tzu

"If you want what you have then you already have what you want"

~ charnjit

Health is wealth, peace of mind is happiness. Yoga shows the way" ~Swami Vishnudevananda

"Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced" ~ Soren Kierkegaard

"YOGA is... Living in a masculine world on a feminine planet."

~charnjit

"Remember: No matter where you go, there you are.”

~Confucius

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"Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured" ~ B.K.S. Iyengar

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one."

~ Bruce Lee

“No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background or his religion. People learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite"

~Nelson Mandela. 1918-2013

"We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal.”

~John F. Kennedy

"There is no answer. There never was an answer. There never will be an answer. THAT IS THE ANSWER!"

~Gertrude Stein

"Fool me once shame on you. Fool me twice shame on me. Fool me three times shame on both of us."

On writing: Memoirs of the craft

~Stephen King

"Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future."

~Oscar Wilde

"The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved"

Eden Ahbez

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"Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive"

~Sir Walter Scott

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"Life is for entertainment purposes only"

~charnjit

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"Seems to me that people tend to do what they want in life. Either that, or die trying"

~charnjit

"The key to a successful love life?

LOVE LIFE!"

~charnjit

"If you own something you cannot give away, then you don't own it, it owns you" ~Albert Schweitzer

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"Emancipate yourself from mental slavery. None but our self can free our minds."

~ Bob Marley, Redemption Song

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"Nature does what it does, when it does it, how it does it, naturally"

~charnjit

“All action is prayer. All trees are desire-fulfilling. All water is the Ganga. All land is Varanasi. Love everything.”

-- Neem Karoli Baba

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"Don't practice until you get it right. Practice until you can't get it wrong"

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"Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step".

~Lao Tzu

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"We learn to do magic and we can do magic. But the first law of magic is... Never use it.... it just happens."

~Moon Bear Brother

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"The more you know the less you need"

~ Aboriginal Saying

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"If you can spend a perfectly useless afternoon in a perfectly useless manner, you have learned how to live"

~ Lin Yutang

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"The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second best time is now."

~ Chinese proverb

"Hunger is the best spice"

"An ex is an ex for a reason"

~Jez Welham

"The thread that connects us all is our mortality as humans and immortality as spirit. Embrace the day. Embrace the breath. <3 "

~charnjit

"He who works with his hands is a labourer.

He who works with his hands and head is a craftsman.

He who works with his hands, his head and his heart is an artist."

~St. Francis of Assisi

"Whether the weather be cold, or whether the weather be hot, we'll weather the weather, whatever the weather, whether we like it or not!"

"Remember, if you like it do it, if you don't like it, do it you might like it"

~Pauline Calf

Three Fights, two weddings and a funeral.

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"You catch more flies with honey than vinegar"

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"It is what it is"

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"Let the world come to you"

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"The happiest man is he who has no trace of malice in his soul"

~Plato

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"We meet ourselves time and time again in a thousand disguises on the path of life"

~Carl Jung

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"Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we do"

~Confucius

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"Why fit in, when you were born to stand out?" ~ Dr. Seuss

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"Sometimes you just have stop thinking so much and go where your heart takes you."

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"The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem. Do you understand?"

~Jack Sparrow

"When it's time for souls to meet, there's nothing on Earth that can prevent them from meeting. No matter where each may be located."

"Tough times never last, but tough people do"

"The bravest thing I ever did was continue my life when I wanted to die"

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those that matter don't mind and those that mind don't matter."

~Dr. Seuss

"Don't let a bad day make you feel like you have a bad life"

"Everyone is suffering"

~ charnjit

"There is a grain of truth in everything"

~ charnjit

"Find a job you enjoy and you'll never have to work a day in your life"

“To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance!”

~ Oscar Wilde

"Crazy people don't know they are crazy. I know I am crazy therefore I am not crazy. Isn't that crazy!"

~ Jack Sparrow

"The air is breathing for you. See it gently moving into your lungs and then slowly withdrawing."

"Honouring feelings gives power in powerless situations"

"I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything but I can do something. And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something I can do."

~Edward Everett

"Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water."

~Wu Li

"We are quite ignorant of the real power of our habits until we try to give them up."

~C.S. Lewis

"Be available to what comes your way, as it comes. And don't worry if you stumble or fall; just pick yourself up, dust yourself off, have a good laugh and carry on."

~Osho

"There is no religion higher than truth."

~Helena Blavastsky

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace"

~Jimi Hendrix

"What's the alternative?"

"Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts."

~Albert Einstein

"It's not that I am so smart, I just stay with problems longer."

~Albert Einstein

"Do what you feel in your heart to be right - for you'll be criticised anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't."

~Emma Roosevelt

"Sometimes the clothes do not make the man"

~George Michael, Freedom

"Growing old is mandatory. Growing up is optional"

~Chilli Davis

"People will hate you, rate you, shake you and break you. But how strong you stand is what makes you."

"Speak your truth, sing your love, dance your soul, free your spirit"

"Accept whatever comes to you woven in the pattern of your destiny, for what could more aptly fit your needs?"

~Marcus Aurelius

"When it comes to trust, trust the process"

~charnjit