Inspiring
QUOTATIONS
Kindness
“Nobody grows old by merely living a number of
years. People grow old by deserting their ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin,
but to give up wrinkles the soul.”
Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964);
American General And Field Marshal
American General And Field Marshal
Kindness
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it
living someone else's life. Don’t be trapped by dogma- which is living with the
results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions
drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow
your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to
become. Everything else is secondary.”
Steve Jobs (1955-2011);
Co Founder Apple Inc.
Co Founder Apple Inc.
“The hero is one who kindles a great light in
the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to
see by. The saint is the man who walks through the dark paths of the world, himself
a light.”
Felix Adler (1851-1933);
Intellectual, Founder Of The Society For Ethical Culture
Intellectual, Founder Of The Society For Ethical Culture
Including
others
“If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense
of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it,
rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live
in.”
Rachel Carson (1907-1964);
Marine Biologist, Author
Marine Biologist, Author
Including
others
“It's not enough to have lived. We should be
determined to live for something. May I suggest that it be creating joy for
others, sharing what we have for the betterment of personkind, bringing hope to
the lost and love to the lonely.”
Dr. Leo Buscaglia (1924-1998);
Professor, Author
Professor, Author
Including
others
“Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever
will.”
Including
others
“The best antidote I know for worry is work.
The best cure for weariness is the challenge of helping someone who is even
more tired. One of the great ironies of life is this: he or she who serves
almost always benefits more than he or she who is served.”
Gordon B. Hinckley (1910-2008);
Religious Leader
Religious Leader
Courage
“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it you
will land among the stars.”
Les Brown
Motivational Speaker
Motivational Speaker
Courage
“It is good to have an end to journey toward,
but it is the journey that matters in the end.”
Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961);
Novelist, Nobel Prize Winner
Novelist, Nobel Prize Winner
Courage
This was sent as our inspirational
daily quote on Tuesday May 20, 2014“I
was set free because my greatest fear had been realized, and I still had a
daughter who I adored, and I had an old typewriter and a big idea. And so rock
bottom became a solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.”
J.K. Rowling (born 1965);
Novelist
Novelist
Courage
“Comedy
is defiance. It's a snort of contempt in the face of fear and anxiety. And it's
the laughter that allows hope to creep back on the inhale.”
Will Durst (born 1952);
Political Satirist
Political Satirist
Courage
“Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only
to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear
less.”
Marie Curie (1867-1934);
Chemist, Physicist, Nobel Prize Winner
Chemist, Physicist, Nobel Prize Winner
Perseverance
“Don't ever give up. Don't ever give in. Don't
ever stop trying. Don't ever sell out. And if you find yourself succumbing to
one of the above for a brief moment, pick yourself up, brush yourself off,
whisper a prayer, and start where you left off. But never, ever, ever give up.”
Richelle E. Goodrich
Author
Author
Persistence
“We haven't failed. We now know a thousand
things that won't work, so we're that much closer to finding what will.”
Thomas Edison (1847-1931);
Inventor, Businessman
Inventor, Businessman
Optimism
“No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of
the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the
horizon of the spirit.”
Helen Keller (1880-1968);
Author, Lecturer, Activist
Author, Lecturer, Activist
Appreciation
“I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly,
acutely miserable, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to
be alive is a grand thing.”
Agatha Christie (1890-1976);
Writer
Writer
hope
“Expect
to have hope rekindled. Expect your prayers to be answered in wondrous ways.
The dry seasons do not last. The spring rains will come.”
Sarah Ban Breathnach
Writer
Writer
Helping
others
“To help yourself, help others. Whatever good
you do travels a circle and returns to you many times over- but remember, life
isn't about what you get, it's about what you become.”
Innovation
“Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses
its purity, and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the
vigors of the mind.”
Leonardo da da Vinci (1452-1519);
Artist, Inventor, Scientist
Artist, Inventor, Scientist
Learning
This was sent as our inspirational daily
quote on Wednesday May 07, 2014
“A
man should never be ashamed to admit he has been in the wrong, which is but
saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.”
Alexander Pope (1688-1744);
Poet, Critic, Translator
Poet, Critic, Translator
Gratitude
“Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up
having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever
have enough.”
Oprah Winfrey (born 1954);
American Television Host, Publisher
American Television Host, Publisher
Integrity
“A constructive, useful life, good works, and
good relationships are as valid as writing poetry or inventing a machine.
Anything that one does well and obtains satisfaction from is a good enough
reason for living. To be a decent human being that people like and feel better
for knowing is enough.”
Robert Gould
Poet
Poet
Ambition
“If one advances confidently in the direction
of one's dreams, and endeavors to live the life which one has imagined, one
will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862);
Naturalist, Author, Philosopher
Naturalist, Author, Philosopher
Love
“Once the realization is accepted that even
between the closest human beings infinite distances continue, a wonderful
living side by side can grow, if they succeed in loving the distance between
them which makes it possible for each to see the other whole against the sky.”
Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926);
Excerpt From Letters To A Young Poet
Excerpt From Letters To A Young Poet
Commitment
This was sent as our inspirational
daily quote on Wednesday Apr 30, 2014
“There
is a point at which everything becomes simple and there is no longer any
question of choice, because all you have staked will be lost if you look back.
Life's point of no return.”
Dag Hammarskjold (1905-1961);
Swedish Political Leader, Secretary General Of The United Nations
Swedish Political Leader, Secretary General Of The United Nations
Opportunity
“The people who get on in this world are the
people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t
find them, make them.”
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950);
Playwright, Nobel Prize Winner
Playwright, Nobel Prize Winner
Kindness
This was sent as our inspirational
daily quote on Monday Apr 28, 2014
“Do
not inflict your will. Just give love. The soul will take that love and put it
where it can best be used.”
