Inspirational Quotes
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment...Ralph Waldo Emerson You see things; and you say 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?' ...George Bernard Shaw
Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't, you're right....Henry Ford Try not to become a man of success but a man of value....Albert Einstein If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them...Henry David Thoreau
Inspiration and genius- one and the same...Victor Hugo
To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says:"Leave no stone unturned...."Edward Bulwer Lytton
If you would create something,you must be something....Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Every artist was first an amateur....Ralph Waldo Emerson
The more difficulties one has to encounter, within and without, the more significant and the higher in inspiration his life will be....Horace Bushnell
Life has no smooth road for any of us; and in the bracing atmosphere of a high aim the very roughness stimulates the climber to steadier steps, till the legend, over steep ways to the stars, fulfills itself...W. C. Doane
Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration?...George Eliot
No great man ever complains of want of opportunities....Ralph Waldo Emerson
Men do less than they ought,unless they do all they can....Thomas Carlyle
Men's best successes come after their disappointments...Henry Ward Beecher.
Let thy words be few....Ecclesiastes 5:2 from Words of Wisdom
Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true....Leon J. Suenes
The power of imagination makes us infinite....John Muir
First say to yourself what you would be;and then do what you have to do... Epictetus
The task of genius and humanity is nothing if not genius, if to keep the miracle alive, to live always in the miracle, to make the miracle more and more miraculous. To swear allegiance to nothing, but live only miraculously, think only miraculously, die miraculously....Henry Miller
Our own heart, and not other man's opnion form our true honor....Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Keep life simple - be aware - read and listen to music....David Helfgott
Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.
Try not to become a man of success but a man of value....Albert Einstein
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them....Henry David Thoreau
Inspiration and genius--one and the same....Victor Hugo
To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says:"Leave no stone unturned...."Edward Bulwer Lytton
If you would create something,you must be something....Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Every artist was first an amateur....Ralph Waldo Emerson
The more difficulties one has to encounter, within and without, the more significant and the higher in inspiration his life will be....Horace Bushnell
Life has no smooth road for any of us; and in the bracing atmosphere of a high aim the very roughness stimulates the climber to steadier steps, till the legend, over steep ways to the stars, fulfills itself...W. C. Doane
Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration?...George Eliot
No great man ever complains of want of opportunities....Ralph Waldo Emerson
Men do less than they ought,unless they do all they can....Thomas Carlyle
Men's best successes come after their disappointments...Henry Ward Beecher.
Let thy words be few....Ecclesiastes 5:2 from Words of Wisdom
Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true....Leon J. Suenes
The power of imagination makes us infinite....John Muir
First say to yourself what you would be;and then do what you have to do... Epictetus
You cannot open a book without learning something. Confucius
The wisdom of the wise and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation. Benjamin Disraeli
To laugh often; to win the admiration of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the respect of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to apprehend beauty; to find the best in others; to leave this world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived....that is said to have succeeded........ Ralph Waldo Emerson
The way to happiness: keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, give much. Fill your life with love. Scatter sunshine. Do as you would be done by........ H.C. Mattern
If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential, for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible...what wine is so sparkling, so fragrant, so intoxicating, as possibility!........Soren Kierkegaard
Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it. Confucius
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted...... Aesop
Silence is a friend who will never betray. Confucius
Words have wings......so speak good things....... Anon
You must be the change you wish to see in the world....... Gandhi
Kindness is the light that dissolves all walls between souls, families and nations......Paramahansa Yogananda
The best effect of fine persons is felt after we have left their presence......Ralph Waldo Emerson
Go placidly amid the noise & haste, & remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly & clearly; and listen to others...Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees & the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should...Strive to be happy.....from Desiderata Scroll
The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it: so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it. Elbert Hubbard
Get happiness out of your work or you may never know what happiness is...Elbert Hubbard
He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers......Cameroon Proverb
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity...... Albert Einstein
The aim of life is self-development, to realize one's nature perfectly........Oscar Wilde
Nothing in this world is so powerful as an idea whose time has come......Victor Hugo
What is essential is invisible to the eye......Antoine de Saint Exupery
Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question...... E.E. Cummings
Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig......An ancient saying
We shall not cease from exploration; and the end of all our exploration, will be to arrive where we started, only to know the place for the first time...... T.S. Eliot
When you can bring yourself to get beyond your own ego, you raise yourself to a whole new level of awareness, experience and effectiveness......Ralph Marston
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself......Leo Tolstoy
As soon as you trust yourself you will know how to live........Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
There is no instinct like that of the heart......Lord Byron
Every time you don't follow your inner guidance, you feel a loss of energy, loss of power, a sense of spiritual deadness......Shakti Gawain
Let your soul be your pilot......Sting
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters, compared to what lies within us......Ralph Waldo Emerson
Man's mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions......Oliver Wendell Holmes
All perception of truth is the detection of an analogy.....Henry David Thoreau
Character is doing the right thing when nobody is looking...... J.C. Watts
A man's true greatness lies in the consciousness of an honest purpose in life, founded on a just estimate of himself and everything else, on frequent self-examinations, and a steady obedience to the rule which he knows to be right without troubling himself about what others may think or say, or whether they do or do not do that which he thinks and says and does......Marcus Aurelius
It is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself rightly, then you are indeed a man of true wisdom...... Antoine De Saint-Exupery
Things do not change; we change......Henry David Thoreau
If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves......Thomas A. Edison
Experience is not what happens to a man;it is what a man does with what happens to him.....Aldous Huxley
For the resolute and determined there is time and opportunity........Ralph Waldo Emerson
In a full heart there is room for everything and in an empty heart there is room for nothing.....Antonio Porchia
There are two things to aim at in life; first, to get what you want; and after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second......Logan Persall Smith
We are what and where we are because we have first imagined it......Donald Curtis
If you can dream it, you can do it......Walt Disney
If you don't have a dream, how are you going to make a dream come true?........Oscar Hammerstein II
Words form the thread on which we string our experiences......Aldous Huxley
The belief that becomes truth for me...is that which allows me the best use of my strength, the best means of putting my virtues into action......Andre Gide
When written in chinese, the word 'crises' is composed of two characters - one represents danger, and the other represents opportunity......John F. Kennedy
A Lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes......Mark Twain
You cannot solve problems with the same level of intelligence that created them.......Albert Einstein
Overcome the Angry by Non-Anger. Overcome the Wicked by Goodness. Overcome the Miser by Generosity. Overcome the Liar by Truth......The Budda
He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still......Lao-Tzu
The softest thing in the Universe overcomes the hardest thing in the Universe. In the World there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it......Lao-Tzu
I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul......William Ernest Henley
Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance......Bruce Barton
Mistrust all in whom the desire to punish is imperative...... Goethe
If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it. This you have the power to revoke......Marcus Aurelius
There are two days in the week about which and upon which I never worry. Two carefree days, kept sacredly free from fear and apprehension. One of these days is yesterday ... and the other is tomorrow!.......John Bunyan
If you reflect within yourself and find nothing to be ashamed of, how could you have anxiety or fear. Confucius
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself........Franklin Delano Roosevelt
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so........Hamlet - Act II, Sc. 2
Every day, in every way, things are getting better and better......Emile Coue
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