Life Quotes Quote by Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Without the desire to learn, help is powerless; with the desire to learn, obstacles are powerless.”

“Each day brings a fresh chance to shine in your own unique way.”

“No matter how tough it gets, stand firm—do not yield. Let hardship strengthen your heart, not shatter it.”

“Hold fast to faith; things can change—miraculously, and in your favor.”

“More smiling, less worrying. More compassion, less judgment. More blessed, less stressed. More love, less hate.”

“Your face shines only as brightly as the light that lives within you; let that inner light become your outward loveliness… Let the light within be your loveliness without.”

“I wish we could sometimes love the characters in real life as we love the characters in romances. There are a great many human souls whom we should accept more kindly, and even appreciate more clearly, if we simply thought of them as people in a story.”

“Lots of things can be fixed. Things can be fixed. But many times, relationships between people cannot be fixed, because they should not be fixed. You're aboard a ship setting sail, and the other person has joined the inland circus, or is boarding a different ship, and you just can't be with each other anymore. Because you shouldn't be.”

“He couldn’t save the world outright, but he could aid it by living a life of integrity and contentment. If enough people did the same, the hundredth monkey effect would reshape the world, and in this way, he would be saving the world within a collective effort. Till then, he’d dive deeper and deeper into the calming depths of the sea, safe from the storms on the surface. And when he found himself coming up for air to interact with an unbalanced person who was stuck in the methodical illusion of the game, it would be his wealth of knowledge instead of his wealth of coin that would allow him to act like a cruise liner upon the surface of the sea, too immense for waves to agitate.”

“Those candle flames were like the lives of men. So fragile. So deadly. Left alone, they lit and warmed. Let run rampant, they would destroy the very things they were meant to illuminate. Embryonic bonfires, each bearing a seed of destruction so potent it could tumble cities and dash kings to their knees.”