Beautiful Illustrated Quotations: How Do Your Words & Actions Become Your Destiny?

Thursday, July 9, 2009

How Do Your Words & Actions Become Your Destiny?

Stylized deity like veneration of Lao Tze Image via Wikipedia

From Denny: I guess this ancient Chinese philosopher ought to know what he's talking about! As people we really are a collection of what we focus upon over time. As a result we can experience disastrous consequences or bountiful rich happy experiences. Most of us experience Life somewhere in the middle zone.

Our decisions can make us or break us. In the end, our decisions certainly teach us all. And what is Life but one long-running classroom anyway? Keep smiling no matter what; sooner or later you will work your way out of a bad decision Karma backlash. It happens to the best of us. :)

Quote

"Watch your thoughts; they become words.

Watch your words; they become actions.

Watch your actions; they become habits.

Watch your habits; they become character.

Watch your character; it becomes your destiny."

— Lao-Tze

3 comments:

Sunflower Ranch said...: Words to live by!! Thanks for sharing today! :D; July 10, 2009 12:31 AM
Nina P. said...: This quote was given to me in my Reiki class. It is so true. Your words and this quote ring so true: That which we focus on becomes part of us. I know someone that always is expecting the worst to happen…. And guess what?; for them, it’s amazingly true. Things that should only happen at most once in a life time, happen to them frequently… negative karma, negative thoughts = negative experiences. I’ve tried to show them a different way and let them know there is power to thought. Slowly I’m seeing changes as they consciously try to change their negative thoughts. I too see this in my own life. Once I replace negative or destructive thoughts with positive one’s… I too change as does the world around me…. Peace, Hope, Love, Light are things I try to keep in my mind, one day, one moment at a time… Thank you for your posts they always bring insight into this wonderful crazy mixed up world… Love and Light, Nina P.; July 10, 2009 5:52 AM
Denny Lyon said...: Hi, Nina, yes, there are those folks who are trained by family culture to be pessimists and contrarians. Many times it's just a habit; other times they are afraid of the responsibility when opportunities come their way! If you deny opportunities then you don't have to do anything. It's a weird psychology but true. I prefer happiness to unhappiness and have never found it a burden to live so. Thanks for your comment and visiting!

Hi, Sunflower Ranch, thanks for visiting, much appreciated! :); July 10, 2009 7:02 PM

Welcome!

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My Life Philosophy is to feed the world: body, soul and spirit. One person well fed - spirit, soul and body - goes out into the world and a better society is born! ~ Denny Lyon

Enjoy these awesome quotations! Many will be familiar to you and many others will be so obscure you didn't know they existed. Sit back, enjoy, get inspired to write or paint, get a mind refreshment from your problems of the day and most of all: get inspired to change your world!

Keep grinning,

Denny Lyon

Beautiful Quotes

A compliment is like a kiss through a veil. - Victor Hugo
A major part of the meaning of life is contained in the very process of discovering it. - Ira Progoff
Courage is knowing what not to fear. - Socrates, Greek philosopher
Eventually you will come to understand that love heals everything, and love is all there is. - Gary Zukav
Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same. - Francesca Reigler
If you smile when you are alone, then you really mean it. - Andy Rooney
It is better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all. - Alfred Lord Tennyson, poet
It's kind of fun to do the impossible. - Walt Disney
Kindness in words creates confidence, Kindness in thinking creates profoundness, Kindness in giving creates love. - Lao-tzu, Chinese philiospher
Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forward. - Soren Kierkegaard
More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth. - Napolean Hill
Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them. - Orison Swett Marden
No one is ready for a thing until he believes he can acquire it. - Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
The love we give away is the only love we keep. - Elbert Hubbard
The subtle difference in our attitude can make a major difference in our future. It can be as simple as the language we use. - Jim Rohn
Things turn out best for the people who make the best out of the way things turn out. - Art Linkletter
Those who wish to sing, always find a song. - Swedish Proverb
To love abundantly is to live abundantly. - Henry Drummond
To love someone deeply gives you strength. - Lao Tzu
We tend to judge others by their behaviour and ourselves by our intentions. - Albert F. Schlieder
Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine. - Anthony J. D'Angelo
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something. - Plato (429-347 BC), Greek Philosopher
You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses. - Zig Ziglar
You know you are in love when you see the world in her eyes, and her eyes everywhere in the world. - David Levesque