Gautama buddha motivational quotes

Buddha Quotes have a meaning that is deeply and far reaching. Just read them leisurely to grasp the exact meaning.Gautama Buddha, also known as Siddhārtha Gautama, Shakyamuni, or simply the Buddha, was a sage on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. Born: 563 BC, Lumbini, Nepal. Died: 483 BC, Kushinagar. Full name: Siddhattha Gotama

• “You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” 
• “Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.”

• “An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.” 
• “Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.”
• “All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.”

• “Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.”
• “However many holy words you read, However many you speak, What good will they do you If you do not act on upon them?”
• “We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.”
• “When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky”

• “The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.”
• “Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.”

• “Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little.”
• “Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.”
• “The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.”
• “No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.”
• “There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.”

• “Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.” 
• “To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.” 
• “The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.”
• “Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it.”

• “To conquer oneself is a greater task than conquering others”
• “There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.”

• “Hatred does not cease through hatred at any time. Hatred ceases through love. This is an unalterable law.”
• “Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.”
• “Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.”
• “All things appear and disappear because of the concurrence of causes and conditions. Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else.”
• “All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?”
• “Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.”
• “Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.”

• “Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.” 
• “Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.”
• “He who experiences the unity of life sees his own Self in all beings, and all beings in his own Self, and looks on everything with an impartial eye.” 
• “Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.”
• “Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.”

• “I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.”
• “I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.”
• “In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.” 
• “It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.“

• “On life's journey faith is nourishment, virtuous deeds are a shelter, wisdom is the light by day and right mindfulness is the protection by night. If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him.”
• “Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.”