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Inspirational Quotes for Tuesday, May 24, 2011
The sufferings that fate inflicts on us should be borne with patience, what enemies inflict with manly courage. - Thucydides, 471 BC-400 BC
Nothing in the world is permanent, and we're foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we're still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it. If change is of the essence of existence one would have thought it only sensible to make it the premise of our philosophy. - W. Somerset Maugham, 1874-1965
Character - the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life - is the source from which self respect springs. - Joan Didion, 1934-present
Inspirational Quotes for Tuesday, May 17, 2011
I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief. - Gerry Spence, 1929-present
There is but one temple in the universe and that is the body of man. - Novalis, 1772-1801
Resolve to edge in a little reading every day, if it is but a single sentence. If you gain fifteen minutes a day, it will make itself felt at the end of the year. - Horace Mann, 1796-1859
Inspirational Quotes for Tuesday, May 10, 2011
A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug. - Patricia Neal, 1926-2010
I've learned that you can't have everything and do everything at the same time. - Oprah Winfrey, 1954-present
The words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels. - Hazrat Inayat Khan, 1882-1927
Inspirational Quotes for Tuesday, May 3, 2011
The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right. - Hannah Whitall Smith, 1832-1911
Always be nice to those younger than you, because they are the ones who will be writing about you. - Cyril Connolly, 1903-1974
Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were. - Cherie Carter-Scott, 1949-present
Inspirational Quotes for Tuesday, April 26, 2011
In youth we learn; in age we understand. - Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, 1830-1916
Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment. - Baltasar Gracián, 1601-1658
I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions. - Dorothy Day, 1897-1980
Inspirational Quotes for Tuesday, April 19, 2011
To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe. - Marilyn vos Savant, 1946-present
The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work. - Richard Bach, 1936-present
Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry. Worry never fixes anything. - Mary Welsh Hemingway, 1908-1986
Inspirational Quotes for Tuesday, April 12, 2011
The moment of victory is much too short to live for that and nothing else. - Martina Navratilova, 1956-present
War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children - Jimmy Carter, 1924-present
Be charitable before wealth makes thee covetous. - Sir Thomas Browne, 1605-1682
Inspirational Quotes for Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Mistrust the man who finds everything good, the man who finds everything evil and still more the man who is indifferent to everything. - Johann K. Lavater, 1741-1801
The truth that makes men free is for the most part the truth which men prefer not to hear. - Herbert Agar, 1897-1980
Hate no one; hate their vices, not themselves. - John Gardiner Calkins Brainard, 1795-1828
Inspirational Quotes for Tuesday, March 29, 2011
The farther behind I leave the past, the closer I am to forging my own character. - Isabelle Eberhardt, 1877-1904
Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend. - Theophrastus, 372 BC-287 BC
The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority. - Ralph Washington Sockman, 1889-1970
Inspirational Quotes for Tuesday, March 22, 2011
You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering. - Henri Frédéric Amiel, 1821-1881
Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best. - Henry van Dyke, 1852-1933
The best way to predict the future is to invent it. - Alan Kay, 1940-present
Inspirational Quotes for Tuesday, March 15, 2011
The most profound statements are often said in silence. - Lynn Johnston, 1947-present
Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires. - Lao-tzu, 604 BC-531 BC
My mother drew a distinction between achievement and success. She said that 'achievement is the knowledge that you have studied and worked hard and done the best that is in you. Success is being praised by others, and that's nice, too, but not as important or satisfying. Always aim for achievement and forget about success.' - Helen Hayes, 1900-1993
Inspirational Quotes for Tuesday, March 8, 2011
The universe will reward you for taking risks on its behalf. - Shakti Gawain, 1948-present
You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it. - Robin Williams, 1951-present
Sow good services; sweet remembrances will grow them. - Madame de Stael, 1766-1817
Inspirational Quotes for Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of - for credit is like fire; when once you have kindled it you may easily preserve it, but if you once extinguish it, you will find it an arduous task to rekindle it again. The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear. - Socrates, 469 BC-399 BC
That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong. - William J. H. Boetcker, 1873-1962
There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness. - Josh Billings, 1818-1885
Inspirational Quotes for Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Judge of a man by his questions rather than by his answers. - Voltaire, 1694-1778
Set up as an ideal the facing of reality as honestly and as cheerfully as possible. - Dr. Karl Menninger, 1893-1990
When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere. - Francois de La Rochefoucauld, 1613-1680
Inspirational Quotes for Tuesday, February 15, 2011
It is never too late to give up our prejudices. - Henry David Thoreau, 1817-1862
To find yourself jilted is a blow to your pride. Do your best to forget it and if you don't succeed, at least pretend to. - Moliere, 1622-1673
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. - George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950
Inspirational Quotes for Tuesday, February 8, 2011
It is through creating, not possessing, that life is revealed. - Vida Dutton Scudder, 1861-1954
You are going to let the fear of poverty govern your life and your reward will be that you will eat, but you will not live. - George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950
Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with the purpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation. - Woodrow Wilson, 1856-1924
Inspirational Quotes for Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race. - Calvin Coolidge, 1872-1933
I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I shouldn't wish people dogmatically to believe any philosophy, not even mine. - Bertrand Russell, 1872-1970
He who every morning plans the transaction of the day and follows out that plan, carries a thread that will guide him through the maze of the most busy life. But where no plan is laid, where the disposal of time is surrendered merely to the chance of incidence, chaos will soon reign. - Victor Hugo, 1802-1885
Inspirational Quotes for Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake. - Victor Hugo, 1802-1885
Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people. - Jawaharlal Nehru, 1889-1964
By perseverance the snail reached the ark. - Charles Haddon Spurgeon, 1834-1892
Inspirational Quotes for Tuesday, January 18, 2011
The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger - but recognize the opportunity. - John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963
For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else. - Sir Winston Churchill, 1874-1965
Waste no more time talking about great souls and how they should be. Become one yourself! - Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, 121 AD-180 AD
Inspirational Quotes for Tuesday, January 11, 2011
If your morals make you dreary, depend on it, they are wrong. - Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850-1894
It is nobler to declare oneself wrong than to insist on being right - especially when one is right. - Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844-1900
Fight for your opinions, but do not believe that they contain the whole truth, or the only truth. - Charles A. Dana, 1819-1897
Inspirational Quotes for Tuesday, January 4, 2011
To be mature means to face, and not evade, every fresh crisis that comes. - Fritz Künkel, 1889-1956
Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless it's a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from. - Al Franken, 1951-present
Poverty cannot deprive us of many consolations. It cannot rob us of the affection we have for each other, or degrade us in our own opinion, of in that of any person, whose opinion we ought to value. - Ann Radcliffe, 1764-1823
Inspirational Quotes for Tuesday, December 28, 2010
To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others. - Anne-Sophie Swetchine, 1782-1857
People always call it luck when you've acted more sensibly than they have. - Anne Tyler, 1941-present
The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion. - Thomas Paine, 1737-1809
Inspirational Quotes for Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Liars when they speak the truth are not believed. - Aristotle, 384 BC-322 BC
The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want. - Ben Stein, 1944-present
When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen. - Ernest Hemingway, 1899-1961
Inspirational Quotes for Tuesday, December 14, 2010
He that is busy is tempted by but one devil; he that is idle, by a legion. - Thomas Fuller, 1608-1661
Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other. - John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963
You learn more quickly under the guidance of experienced teachers. You waste a lot of time going down blind alleys if you have no one to lead you. - W. Somerset Maugham, 1874-1965
Inspirational Quotes for Tuesday, December 7, 2010
If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us. The free mind is not a barking dog, to be tethered on a ten-foot chain. - Adlai E. Stevenson Jr., 1900-1965
No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut. - Sam Rayburn, 1882-1961
Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on. - Bob Newhart, 1929-present