Inspirational
Quotes - To have what you have never had, you have to do what you have never
done.
“Of
all creatures that breathe and move upon the earth, nothing is bred that is
weaker than man.”
―
Homer, The Odyssey
“We
come spinning out of nothingness, scattering stars like dust.”
―
Rumi
“Kindness
is not a business. True kindness expects nothing in return and should never act
with conditions.”
―
Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
“Whatever
comes," she said, "cannot alter one thing. If I am a princess in rags
and tatters, I can be a princess inside. It would be easy to be a princess if I
were dressed in cloth of gold, but it is a great deal more of a triumph to be
one all the time when no one knows it.”
―
Frances Hodgson Burnett, A Little Princess
“If you hang out with chickens, you're going
to cluck and if you hang out with eagles, you're going to fly.”
―
Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human
Experience
“To
have what you have never had, you have to do what you have never done.”
―
Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
“The
power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life
lovely.”
―
Louisa May Alcott
“What
you have to decide... is how you want your life to be. If your forever was
ending tomorrow, would this be how you'd want to have spent it? Listen, the
truth is, nothing is guaranteed. You know that more than anybody. So dont be
afraid. Be alive.”
―
Sarah Dessen, The Truth About Forever
“Government
exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its
limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.”
―
Ronald Reagan
“Perfectionism
is the enemy of happiness. Embrace being perfectly imperfect. Learn from your
mistakes and forgive yourself, you’ll be happier. We make mistakes because we
are imperfect. Learn from your mistakes, forgive yourself, and keep moving
forward.”
―
Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
“If
a problem is fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about
it, then there is no need to worry. If it's not fixable, then there is no help
in worrying. There is no benefit in worrying whatsoever.”
―
Dalai Lama XIV
“How
far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary
world.”
―
William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice
“The
most important step a man can take. It's not the first one, is it?
It's
the next one. Always the next step, Dalinar.”
―
Brandon Sanderson, Oathbringer
“People
say that what we’re all seeking is a meaning for life. I don’t think that’s
what we’re really seeking. I think that what we’re seeking is an experience of
being alive, so that our life experiences on the purely physical plane will
have resonances with our own innermost being and reality, so that we actually
feel the rapture of being alive.”
―
Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth
“Everything's
a risk. Not doing anything is a risk. It's up to you.”
―
Nicola Yoon, Everything, Everything
“Any
intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It
takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage to move in the opposite
direction.”
―
E.F. Schumacher
“Never
dull your shine for somebody else.”
―
Tyra Banks
“The
rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.”
―
John F. Kennedy
“There
is no happiness like that of being loved by your fellow creatures, and feeling
that your presence is an addition to their comfort.”
―
Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
“Dare
to love yourself
as
if you were a rainbow
with
gold at both ends.”
―
Author-Poet Aberjhani, Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations
from a Life Made Out of Poetry
“It
does not matter how long you are spending on the earth, how much money you have
gathered or how much attention you have received. It is the amount of positive
vibration you have radiated in life that matters,”
―
Amit Ray, Meditation: Insights and Inspirations
“I
have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where
they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their
character.”
―
Martin Luther King Jr.
“You
are in charge of your own happiness; you don't need to wait for other people's
permission to be happy.”
―
Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
“My
father had taught me to be nice first, because you can always be mean later,
but once you've been mean to someone, they won't believe the nice anymore. So
be nice, be nice, until it's time to stop being nice, then destroy them.”
―
Laurell K. Hamilton, A Stroke of Midnight
“Shallow
men believe in luck or in circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and
effect.”
―
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Oh,
what a tangled web we weave...when first we practice to deceive.”
―
Walter Scott, Marmion
“We’re
here, and then we’re gone, and it’s not about the time we’re here, but what we
do with the time.”
―
Rick Yancey, The 5th Wave
