To accomplish our destiny it is not enough to merely guard prudently against road accidents. We must also cover before nightfall the distance assigned to each of us. Alexis Carrel More Quotes by Alexis Carrel More Quotes From Alexis Carrel Men grow when inspired by a high purpose, when contemplating vast horizons. The sacrifice of oneself is not very difficult for one burning with the passion for a great adventure. Alexis Carrel passiondreamadventure If you make a habit of sincere prayer, your life will be very noticeably and profoundly altered. Prayer stamps with its indelible mark our actions and demeanor. A tranquillity of bearing, a facial and bodily repose, are observed in those whose inner lives are thus enriched. Within the depths of consciousness a flame kindles. And man sees himself. He discovers his selfishness, his silly pride, his fears, his greeds, his blunders. He develops a sense of moral obligation, intellectual humility. Thus begins a journey of the soul toward the realm of grace. Alexis Carrel selfishprayersilly The quality of life is more important than life itself. Alexis Carrel qualityimportantlife Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor. Alexis Carrel motivational-sportswork-outmen Prayer is the most powerful form of energy one can generate....It supplies us with a flow of sustaining power in our daily lives. Alexis Carrel powerfulprayerspiritual Prayer is the force as real as terrestrial gravity. As a physician, I have seen men, after all other therapy had failed, lifted out of disease and melancholy by the serene effort of prayer. Only in prayer do we achieve that complete and harmonious assembly of body, mind and spirit which gives the frail human reed its unshakable strength. Alexis Carrel strengthrealprayer It is faith, and not reason, which impels men to action... Intelligence is content to point out the road, but never drives us along it. Alexis Carrel faithactionmen If the doctor of today does not become the dietician of tomorrow, the dietician of today will become the doctor of tomorrow. Alexis Carrel doctorsdoetoday Life leaps like a geyser for those willing to drill through the rock of inertia. Alexis Carrel motivationalpositivelife The most efficient way to live reasonably is every morning to make a plan of one's day and every night to examine the results obtained. Alexis Carrel way-to-livemorningnight In joy or sorrow, health or sickness, prosperity or the reverse, the effort must still continue. One must rise after every fall and gradually acquire courage, faith, the will to succeed and the capacity to love. Alexis Carrel capacity-to-loveeffortfall All of us, at certain moments of our lives, need to take advice and to receive help from other people. Alexis Carrel helping-othersteamworkpeople The cell is immortal. It is merely the fluid in which it floats that degenerates. Renew this fluid at regular intervals, give the cells what they require for nutrition, and as far as we know, the pulsation of life can go on forever. Alexis Carrel healthcellshealing Man offers himself to God. He stands before Him like the canvas before the painter or the marble before the sculptor. At the same time he asks for His grace, expresses his needs and those of his brothers in suffering. Such a type of prayer demands complete renovation. The modest, the ignorant, and the poor are more capable of this self-denial than the rich and the intellectual. Alexis Carrel brotherprayermen A few observation and much reasoning lead to error; many observations and a little reasoning to truth. Alexis Carrel errorstruthlittles When we pray we link ourselves with an inexhaustible motive power. Alexis Carrel motiveprayinglinks The influence of prayer on the human mind and body is as demonstrable as that of secreting glands. Its results can be measured in terms of increased physical buoyancy, greater intellectual vigor, moral stamina, and a deeper understanding of the realities underlying human relationship. Alexis Carrel understandingprayerreality Only in prayer do we achieve that complete and harmonious assembly of body, mind, and spirit which gives the frail human reed its unshakable strength. Alexis Carrel prayermindgiving Discipline brings us effort, sacrifice and suffering. Later it brings us something of an inestimable value: something of which those who live only for pleasure, profit or amusement will always be deprived. This peculiar indefinable joy which one must have felt oneself to understand is the sign with which life marks its moment of triumph. Alexis Carrel sacrificedisciplinejoy Hard conditions of life are indispensable to bringing out the best in human personality. Alexis Carrel indispensablepersonalitycharacter
