Inspirational Quotes 2005
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Inspirational Quotes for December 13, 2005
Don't smother each other. No one can grow in the shade. – Leo Buscaglia, 1924-1998, American Author and Expert on Love and Human Relationships
A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety. – Aesop, 620-560 B.C., Greek Fable Author
As you get older it is harder to have heroes, but it is sort of necessary. – Ernest Hemingway, American Novelist and Short Story Writer
Inspirational Quotes for December 6, 2005
Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was hëre first. – Mark Twain, 1835-1910, American Writer and Humorist
I would prefer even to fail with honor than wïn by cheating. – Sophocles, 496-406 B.C., Greek Tragic Dramatist
There are three constants in life... change, choice and principles. – Stephen R. Covey, American Speaker/Trainer/Author of "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People"
Inspirational Quotes for November 29, 2005
Love is the master key which opens the gates of happiness. – Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1809-1894, American Author and Poet
If you don't program yourself, life will program you! – Les Brown, American Speaker/Author/Motivator
Determination is the wake-up call to the human will. – Tony Robbins, American Author/Speaker/Peak Performänce Expert
Inspirational Quotes for November 22, 2005
The worst tempered people I have ever met were those who knew that they were wrong. – David Letterman, American Talk Show Host/Comedian/Television Producer
A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life. – Charles Darwin, 1809-1882, English Naturalist
The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you. – B.B. King, American Blues Guitarist and Songwriter
Inspirational Quotes for November 15, 2005
The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none. – Thomas Carlyle, 1795-1881, Scottish Author/Essayist/Historian
Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. – Rachel Carson, 1907-1964, American Biologist/Ecologist/Author
One generation plants the trees; another gets the shade. – Chinese Proverb
Inspirational Quotes for November 8, 2005
Wonder is the beginning of wisdom. – Greek Proverb
The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear. – William Jennings Bryan, 1860-1925, American Lawyer and Politician
It is always with excitement that I wake up in the morning wondering what my intuition will toss up to me, like gifts from the sea. I work with it and rely on it. It's my partner. – Jonas Salk, 1914-1995, American Microbiologist
Inspirational Quotes for November 1, 2005
Inventories can be managed, but people must be led. – H. Ross Perot, American Businessman/Politician/Founder of Electronic Data Systems
I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity. – Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962, Former First Lady of the United States
The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people. – Karl Marx, 1818-1883, German Political Philosopher and Social Theorist
Inspirational Quotes for October 25, 2005
Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together. – Woodrow Wilson, 1856-1924, 28th President of the United States
Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert. – B.C. Forbes, 1880-1954, Scottish-born Financial Journalist and Author
You can live a lifetïme and, at the end of it, know more about other people than you know about yourself. – Beryl Markham, 1902-1986, English Aviator
Inspirational Quotes for October 18, 2005
Change before you have to. – Jack Welch, American Businessman and Former CEO of General Electric
He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying. – Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844-1900, German Philosopher
Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. – Rachel Carson, 1907-1964, American Biologist/Ecologist/Author
Inspirational Quotes for October 11, 2005
The marble not yet carved can hold the förm of every thought the greatest artist has. – Michelangelo, 1474-1564, Italian Renaissance Painter and Sculptor It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse. – Adlai Stevenson, 1900-1965, American Politician and Statesman The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision. – Maimonides, 1135-1204, Spanish-born Jewish Rabbi/Physician/Philosopher
Inspirational Quotes for October 4, 2005
Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love - and to put its trust in life. – Joseph Conrad, 1857-1924, Polish Novelist and Short Story Writer
One thing you can't recycle is wasted time. – Source Unknown
Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. – Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973, Spanish Artist
Inspirational Quotes for September 27, 2005
Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it. – Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, British Statesman and Prime Minister
One of the most adventurous things left us is to go to bed. For no one can lay a hand on our dreams. – E.V. Lucas, 1868-1938, English Writer
Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go much further than people with vastly superior talent. – Sophia Loren, Italian-born Film Actress
Inspirational Quotes for September 20, 2005
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. – Robert Frost, 1874-1963, American Poet
A successful individual typically sets his next goal somewhat but not too much above his last achievement. In this way he steadily raises his level of aspiration. – Kurt Lewin, 1890-1947, German-born Psychologist
Defeat doesn't finish a man--quit does. A man is not finished when he's defeated. He's finished when he quits. – Richard M. Nixon, 1913-1994, 37th President of the United States
Inspirational Quotes for September 13, 2005
Our truest life is when we are in our dreams awake. – Henry David Thoreau, 1817-1862, American Essayist/Poet/Naturalist
I will study and get ready, and perhaps my chance will come. – Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865, 16th President of the United States
Nevër feel self-pity, the most destructive emotion there is. How awful to be caught up in the terrible squirrel cage of self. – Millicent Fenwick, 1910-1992, American Diplomat and Congresswoman
Inspirational Quotes for September 7, 2005
The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth. – Niels Bohr, 1885-1962, Danish Physicist
One word frees us of all the weïght and pain of life: That word is love. – Sophocles, 496-406 B.C., Greek Tragic Dramatist
It's not what you take but what you leave behind that defines greatness. – Edward Gardner, American Businessman and Founder of Soft Sheen Products
Inspirational Quotes for August 30, 2005
There's no scarcity of opportunïty to make a living at what you love. There is only a scarcity of resolve to make it happen. – Wayne Dyer, American Psychotherapist/Author/Lecturer
Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise. – Lord Chesterfield, 1694-1773, British Statesman and Diplomat
Truth is always exciting. Speak it, then; life is dull without it. – Pearl S. Buck, 1892-1973, American Novelist
Inspirational Quotes for August 23, 2005
Without a rich heart, wealth is an ugly beggar. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882, American Poet and Essayist
Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one. – Malcolm S. Forbes, 1917-1990, American Publisher
Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born. – Anais Nin, 1903-1977, French-born Author and Diarist
Inspirational Quotes for August 16, 2005
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. – John Quincy Adams, 1767-1848, 6th President of the United States
Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn some honors. – Louisa May Alcott, 1832-1888, American Author
Wisdom is ofttimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar. – William Wordsworth, 1770-1850, British Poet
Inspirational Quotes for August 9, 2005
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future. – John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963, 35th President of the United States
Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence. – Abigail Adams, 1744-1818, Wïfe of United States President John Adams
Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes. – Peter F. Drucker, American Management Consultant and Author
Inspirational Quotes for August 2, 2005
Avoiding the phrase “I don’t have time...”, will soon help you to realize that you do have the time needed for just about anything you choose to accomplish in life. – Bo Bennett, American Businessman
A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm. – Henrik Ibsen, 1828-1906, Norwegian Playwright
Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, "Certainly, I can!" Then get busy and find out how to do it. – Theodore Roosevelt, 1858-1919, 26th President of the United States
Inspirational Quotes for July 26, 2005
Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882, American Poet and Essayist
Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others. – Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850-1895, Scottish Essayist/Poet/Novelist
Life is denied by lack of attention, whether it be to cleaning windows or trying to write a masterpiece. – Nadia Boulanger, 1887-1979, French Music Conductor and Educator
Inspirational Quotes for July 19, 2005
What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from. – T.S. Eliot, 1888-1965, American Poet/Dramatist/Literary Critic Intuition will tell the thinking mind where to look next. – Jonas Salk, 1914-1995, American Microbiologist It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it. – Lena Horne, American Singer and Actress
Inspirational Quotes for June 26, 2005
Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882, American Poet and Essayist
Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others. – Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850-1895, Scottish Essayist/Poet/Novelist
Life is denied by lack of attention, whether it be to cleaning windows or trying to write a masterpiece. – Nadia Boulanger, 1887-1979, French Music Conductor and Educator
Inspirational Quotes for June 21, 2005
Many an opp.ortunity is lost because a man is out looking for four-leaf clovers. - Source Unknown
Seize the moment of excited curiosity on any subject to solve your doubts; for if you let it pass, the desire may n.ever return, and you may remain in ignorance. - William Wirt, 1772-1834, American Politician
If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance. - Orville Wright, 1871-1948, American Co-Inventor of the first practical aeroplane
Inspirational Quotes for June 14, 2005
Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing. - Denis Waitley, American Author/Speaker/Peak Performance Expert
Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising one's levels of aspiration and expectation. - Jack Nicklaus, American Golfer
Do what you love, love what you do, and deliver more than you promise. - Harvey Mackay, American Businessman/Speaker/Author
Inspirational Quotes for June 7, 2005
The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but reveal to them their own. - Benjamin Disraeli, 1804-1881, British Statesman and Prime Minister
In life you can never be too kind or too fair; everyone you meet is carrying a heavy load. When you go through your day expressing kindness and courtesy to all you meet, you leave behind a feeling of warmth and good cheer, and you help alleviate the burdens everyone is struggling with. - Brian Tracy, American Trainer/Speaker/Author
Forget the resolutions. Forget control and discipline... too much work. Instead try experimenting. Go in search of something to fall in love with... something about yourself, your career, your spouse. - Dale Dauten, Nationally Syndicated Columnist and Author
Inspirational Quotes for June 1, 2005
Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing, it's when you've had everything to do and you've done it! – Margaret Thatcher, Former Prime Minister of Great Britain
It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about. – Dale Carnegie, 1888-1955, American Author and Trainer
Be kind and merciful. Let no one ever come to you without coming away better and happier. – Mother Teresa, 1910-1997, Albanian-born Roman Catholic Missionary
Inspirational Quotes for May 24, 2005
The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world. – Marianne Williamson, American Author and Lecturer on Spirituality
Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength. – Henry Ward Beecher, 1813-1887, American Preacher/Orator/Writer
Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another. – Walter Elliott, 1888-1958, Prominent British Politician
Inspirational Quotes for May 17, 2005
People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost. - H. Jackson Brown, Jr., American Author of “Life's Little Instruction Book®” Series
One of the most adventurous things left us is to go to bed. For no one can lay a hand on our dreams. – E.V. Lucas, 1868-1938, British Journalist and Essayist
Look at everything as though you were seeing it for the first time or the last time. Then your time on earth will be filled with glory. – Betty Smith, American Novelist
Inspirational Quotes for May 10, 2005
Happiness is something that comes into our lives through doors we don't even remember leaving open. – Rose Lane, 1886-1968, American Author and Journalist
Optimism means expecting the best, but confidence means knowing how to handle the worst. Never make a move if you are merely optimistic. – The Zurich Axioms
The successful person has the habit of doing the things failures don't like to do. They don't like doing them either necessarily. But their disliking is subordinated to the strength of their purpose. – E.M. Gray
Inspirational Quotes for May 3, 2005
The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. – Honoré de Balzac, 1799-1850, French Novelist
Whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more; hate less, love more; and all good things are yours. – Swedish Proverb
There is more to life than increasing its speed. – Mahatma Gandhi, 1869-1948, Indian Political and Spiritual Leader
Inspirational Quotes for April 26, 2005
Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it. – Michael Jordan, Legendary American Basketball Player
When you follow your bliss... doors will open where you would not have thought there would be doors; and where there wouldn't be a door for anyone else. – Joseph Campbell, 1904-1987, American Folklorist and Mythology Expert
There comes that mysterious meeting in life when someone acknowledges who we are and what we can be, igniting the circuits of our highest potential. – Rusty Berkus, Writer/Author
Inspirational Quotes for April 19, 2005
My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness. – Dalai Lama, Spiritual and Temporal Leader of the Tibetan People
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult. – Marcus Annaeus Seneca, 3 B.C. - 65 A.D., Roman Philosopher/Dramatist/Statesman
Remember that fear always lurks behind perfectionism. Confronting your fears and allowing yourself the right to be human can, paradoxically, make you a far happier and more productive person. – David M. Burns
Inspirational Quotes for April 12, 2005
The rock that is an obstacle in the path of one person becomes a stepping stone in the path of another. – Source Unknown
Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a lion or a gazelle-when the sun comes up, you’d better be running. – Source Unknown
Every job is a self-portrait of the person who did it…Autograph your work with excellence. – Source Unknown
Inspirational Quotes for April 5, 2005
Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power. – Lao Tzu, Chinese Taoist Philosopher
The best way to predict the future is to invent it. – Alan Kay, American Computer Scientist
Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is. – Ernest Hemingway, 1898-1961, American Writer
Inspirational Quotes for March 29, 2005
If you cannot be a poet, be the poem. – David Carradine, American Actor and Ex-Marine
Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labor is immense. – Thomas A. Bennett
There is no such thing in anyone's life as an unimportant day. – Alexander Woollcott, 1887-1943, American Columnist and Critic
Inspirational Quotes for March 22, 2005
Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. – Warren Buffett, American Investment Entrepreneur
Do not confuse motion and progress. A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress. – Alfred A. Montapert, American Author
You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love. – Henry Drummond, 1786-1860, British Banker, Politician, Religious Leader
Inspirational Quotes for March 15, 2005
That which we persist in doing becomes easier - not that the nature of the task has changed, but our ability to do has increased. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882, American Poet, Essayist
What most people need to learn in life is how to love people and use things, instead of using people and loving things. – Author Unknown.
We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust, sacred to our touch. Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals the human spirit. – E.E. Cummings, 1894-1962, American Poet
Inspirational Quotes for March 8, 2005
To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking. - Johann von Goethe, 1749-1832, German Poet, Dramatist, Novelist
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense. - Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882, American Poet, Essayist
How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world. - William Shakespeare, 1564-1616, British Poet, Playwright, Actor
Inspirational Quotes for March 1, 2005
The Power Of One - Author Unknown
One SONG can spark a moment
One FLOWER can wake the dream
One TREE can start a forest
One BIRD can herald spring
One SMILE begins a friendship
One HANDCLASP lifts a soul
One STAR can guide a ship at sea
One WORD can frame the goal
One VOTE can change a nation
One SUNBEAM lights a room
One CANDLE wipes out darkness
One LAUGH will conquer gloom
One STEP must start each journey
One WORD must start a prayer
One HOPE will raise our spirits
One TOUCH can show you care
One VOICE can speak with wisdom
One HEART can know what is true
One LIFE can make a difference
Inspirational Quotes for February 22, 2005
Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the Ark. Professionals built the Titanic. -Anonymous
You have to learn how to turn the tables on the ego. The only way to forgive what is within is to forgive what seems to be without.- From Gary Renard's book The Disappearance of the Universe http://www.garyrenard.com/specialoffer.htm
Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve! - Andrew Carnegie, 1835-1919, American Industrialist, Philanthropist
Inspirational Quotes for February 14, 2005
I love you, not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with
you. - Roy Croft, 1907-1973, Poet
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even
touched. They must be felt with the heart. - Helen Keller, 1880-1968,
American Blind/Deaf Author, Lecturer, Amorist
Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other, but
in looking outward together in the same direction. - Antoine de
Saint-Exupery, 1900-1944, French Aviator and Writer
Inspirational Quotes for February 8, 2005
If there is no wind, row. – Latin Proverb
Play for more than you can afford to lose and you will learn the game. – Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, British Statesman, Prime Minister
Nothing average ever stood as a monument to progress. When progress is looking for a partner it doesn't turn to those who believe they are only average. It turns instead to those who are forever searching and striving to become the best they possibly can. – A. Lou Vickery
Inspirational Quotes for February 1, 2005
Only when we give joyfully, without hesitation or thought of gain, can we truly know what love means. - Leo Buscaglia, 1924-1998, American Author and Expert on Love and Human Relationships
We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have. - Frederick Koenig
If you raise your children to feel that they can accomplish any goal or task they decide upon, you will have succeeded as a parent and you will have given your children the greatest of all blessings. - Brian Tracy, American Author/Speaker/Businessman
Inspirational Quotes for January 25, 2005
You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. – James Allen, 1864-1912, British-born American Essayist and Author of “As a Man Thinketh”
If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin. – Ivan Turgenev, 1818-1883, Russian Author
From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached. – Franz Kafka, 1883-1924, German Novelist and Short-Story Writer
Inspirational Quotes for January 18, 2005
It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere. -Agnes Repplier, 1858-1950, American Author, Social Critic
Good timber does not grow with ease. The stronger the wind the stronger the trees. -Williard Marriott, American Businessman, Founder of Marriott Hotels
"It is an illusion to think that peace can be attained by strength of arms, it can only be found within yourself by all who are peaceful & defenseless." -Deepak Chopra, East-Indian- American M.D., New Age Author, Lecturer
Inspirational Quotes for January 11, 2005
Take the attitude of a student. Never be too big to ask questions. Never know too much to learn something new. - Og Mandino, 1923-1996, American Motivational Author, Speaker
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight
that knows not victory nor defeat. - Theodore Roosevelt, 1858-1919, Twenty-sixth President of the USA
People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success. - Norman Vincent Peale 1898-1993, American Christian Reformed Pastor, Speaker, Author
Inspirational Quotes for January 4, 2005
We all have ability. The difference is how we use it. - Stevie Wonder 1950-, American Musician, Singer, Songwriter, Producer
Talk not of wasted affection; affection never was wasted. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1819-1892, American Poet
I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him. - Galileo, 1564-1642, Italian Physicist and Astronomer
