Ali Anthony Bell > Quotes

“You have a small sailboat…you fix a destination and you set out upon the immense ocean…You have a number of tools to pilot your boat and to navigate, and perhaps a crew to help you towards reaching the place you’ve decided to go. Perhaps you will reach your destination…however, there are factors which you don’t have any control over; the weather conditions, the wind, the currents… perhaps you will end up where you set out for, perhaps at a completely different place than you had imagined, perhaps even at the bottom of the ocean. This small sailboat is your life. Your free will is to choose your destination and to navigate towards that goal. Everything that is beyond your control is what decides your destiny. What is important is to decide on your goal and to launch your boat into the unknown, into the vast waters of the ocean. Failing to decide your goal and set out to reach it is to accept a destiny of not accomplishing anything in your life. You always have the possibility to change your course by way of your navigation, and you could be led to do this either out of choice or necessity. Often we find that the destination we set out for originally is finally not where we end up.”
― Ali Anthony Bell

“May you find the strength to forgive, even if you can’t forget, and may your anger fade away, ceding its place to gratitude for every life experience.
(Article "Anger, letting go of it" 2018)”
― Ali Anthony Bell

“There are ‘big’ sacrifices and ‘little’ sacrifices. What is important is to make both with intention and mindfulness of why we are making them.
(Article "Sacrifice" 2015)”
― Ali Anthony Bell

“Sometimes someone just needs that little spark of inspiration which makes everything come together. All of us are unknowingly and constantly sparking ideas, some become ‘great’ meaning they made a success, others go unnoticed. It seems to me that destiny is at play once again.
(Article "New Ideas" 2015)”
― Ali Anthony Bell

“It is only through our positive thinking, where problems have been replaced by challenges, that we can act to create the forces which will lead us to the solutions.
(Article "Positive Thinking" 2015)”
― Ali Anthony Bell

“Failing to decide your goal and set out to reach it is to accept a destiny of not accomplishing anything in your life.
(From the Red City to the White House, Land of the Setting Sun Publishers, Morocco 2019)”
― Ali Anthony Bell

“Every great leader has both the qualities of pride and humility, they respect others out of their humility, and they show us the way forward out of their self-respect.
(Article "Pride and Humility" 2015)”
― Ali Anthony Bell

“We have the possibility, to a great extent, to choose what influences our thoughts, and consequently our words and actions.
(Article "Thoughts, Words, and Acts" 2015)”
― Ali Anthony Bell

“We are all tempted by our desires; this is part of our nature. However, what sets us apart from other creatures is our ability to reflect on the consequences of our acts, and to resist the daily temptations which risk hurting others.
(Article "Fidelity in Marriage" 2015)”
― Ali Anthony Bell

“It’s a package deal…every person has what they have been given, and for every person, this has value.”
― Ali Anthony Bell

“Being certain that everything has a reason and a purpose takes away this feeling of being treated unfairly by life, it gives us the inner peace necessary to patiently persevere.
(From the Red City to the White House, Land of the Setting Sun Publishing, Morocco 2019)”
― Ali Anthony Bell