Quotes Tagged "extraordinary"

Little minds are interested in the extraordinary; great minds in the commonplace.

Do not ask your children to strive for extraordinary lives. Such striving may seem admirable, but it is the way of foolishness. Help them instead to find the wonder and the marvel of an ordinary life. Show them the joy of tasting tomatoes, apples and pears. Show them how to cry when pets and people die. Show them the infinite pleasure in the touch of a hand. And make the ordinary come alive for them. The extraordinary will take care of itself.

Seven years, Dawn. Working with the Slayer. Seeing my friends get more and more powerful... a witch. A demon. Hell, I could fit Oz in my shaving kit, but come a full moon, he had a wolfy mojo not to be messed with. Powerful, all of them. And I'm the guy who fixes the windows. They'll never know how tough it is, Dawnie, to be the one who isn't Chosen, to live so near the spotlight and never step in it. But I know. I see more than anybody realizes because nobody's watching me. I saw you last night, and I see you working here today. You're not special; you're extraordinary.

Embedded in the larger story of redemption is a principle we must not miss: God uses ordinary people to do extraordinary things in the lives of others.

Even the smallest changes in our daily routine can create incredible ripple effects that expand our vision of what is possible.

Before I can become an expert on anything, I must first become an expert on me.

It's like I am inside this ethereal sphere wherein exists no logic, no reasoning, no typicality, no explanations, no realism, no comparisons, nothing ordinary, and no normalcy. And then if you are to understand me, you have to step into my realm and leave all of those things behind. I'm not typical. I'm not ordinary. And I'm not normal. And I never will be ‎. So I don't see the point of waking up in the morning and wishing to be so.

Extraordinary magic is woven through ordinary life. Look around!

Our key to greatness lies not in our ability to project ourselves to others as if we are putting ourselves onto a projector and creating an image of ourselves on a projector screen. Rather, our key to greatness lies in who we are which we can give to other people in a way that when they walk away from us, they are able to say in their hearts that they have taken away something with them quite extraordinary.

It never failed to amaze me how the most ordinary day could be catapulted into the extraordinary in the blink of an eye.

All things remarkable are surprisingly simple; albeit difficult to find.

Logan stopped and gazed skyward as the kite began to soar above them, and when he clapped his hands at Ben's obvious joy, she was strucked by the simple truth that sometimes the most ordinary things could be made extraordinary, simply by doing them with the right people.

If you pursue happiness, you are an ordinary person. If happiness pursues you, you are an extraordinary person. Do not chase happiness; let it chase you.

A writer's goal is to weave the ordinary into fine silk and the truly extraordinary into diaphanous clarity ...

If you want to lead an extraordinary life, find out what the ordinary do–and don't do it.

Major societal and individual enhancements are only achievable with extraordinary alteration of the thought process.

Extraordinary men do not fight ordinary battles.

Ordinary people achieve extraordinary goals when they put “Extra” first.

Formal education and current position can define your worthiness. What makes you extraordinary is defined by your attitude towards others.

If you’ve ever done anything extraordinary in your life, always remember, no amount of ridicule can ever rob you of your achievements.