Inspirational QuotesInspirational quotes are all about getting people inspired. The goal of this site is to positively inspire the world! I love to inspire, as much as I love being inspired. Joy of Quotes is the product of life-long ‘quote love.’ What inspires you most?Be loyal to what you love, be true to the earth, fight your enemies with passion and laughter. Edward Abbey If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, you are a leader. John Quincy Adams Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Scott Adams The chief danger in life is that you take too many precautions. Alfred Adler Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead. Louisa May Alcott The future you see is the future you get. Robert G. Allen Words transform. Speak only with a good purpose. Say only things that serve you and others. Choose your words wisely. Robert G. Allen You were born to greatness. Having a life mission implies that that world has need of you. In fact, the world has been preparing you to fill this need with one incredible life experience after another. Finding and fulfilling your potential will lead you to your highest experience in this life. Believe it, you have a mission. It is the gateway to your personal greatness. Greg Anderson We learn the inner secret of happiness when we learn to direct our inner drives, our interest and our attention to something outside ourselves. Ethel Perry Andrus I’ve learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights. Maya Angelou To make a difference is not a matter of accident, a matter of casual occurrence of the tides. People choose to make a difference. Maya Angelou Come to the edge. We can’t. We’re afraid. Come to the edge. We can’t. We’ll fall! Come to the edge. And they came. And he pushed them. And they flew. Guillaume Apollinaire Life is not about getting through the storms, but about dancing in the rain. Bunny Armstrong I take nothing for granted. I now have only good days, or great days. Lance Armstrong That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. Neil Armstrong There is a need to find and sing our own song, to stretch our limbs and shake them in a dance so wild that nothing can roost there, that stirs the yearning for solitary wings. Barbara Lazear Ascher A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one. Mary Kay Ash Everything we see in the world is the creative work of women. Mustafa K. Ataturk Each of us has a spark of life inside us, and we must set off that spark in one another. Kenny Ausubel Knowledge is like waters; some descend from the heavens, some spring from the earth. For all knowledge proceeds from a twofold source-either from divine inspiration or external sense. Francis Bacon You must change in order to survive. Pearl Bailey Joy is the simplest form of gratitude. Karl Barth If everyone thought before they spoke, the silence would be deafening. George Barzan Genius is childhood recovered at will. Charles Baudelaire Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay. Simone De Beauvoir No one else can speak the words on your lips. Drench yourself in words unspoken. Live your life with arms wide open. Today is where your book begins. The rest is still unwritten. Natasha Bedingfield I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note, torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against me. Henry Ward Beecher The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world’s joy. Henry Ward Beecher Dreams are logs that feed the fire of our souls. Marcela Bennett Vision animates, inspires, transforms purpose into action. Warren Bennis Miracles happen to those who believe in them. Bernhard Berenson To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world. Josephine Billings A truth that’s told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent. William Blake Over-preparation is the foe of inspiration. Napoleon Bonaparte There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them. Ray Bradbury Use your imagination not to scare yourself to death, but to inspire yourself to life. Adele Brookman I do not pray for a lighter load, but for a stronger back. Phillips Brooks In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins—not through strength but by perseverance. H. Jackson Brown Let perseverance be your engine and hope your fuel. H. Jackson Brown, Jr. The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible - and achieve it, generation after generation. Pearl S. Buck Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. Buddha The master of the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his education and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly knows which is which; he simply pursues his vision of excellence in whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him he is always doing both. Buddha There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth…not going all the way, and not starting. Buddha To him in whom love dwells, the whole world is but one family. Buddha Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all—that has been my religion. John Burroughs Ancient Egyptians believed that upon death they would be asked two questions and their answers would determine whether they could continue their journey in the afterlife. The first question was, "Did you bring joy?" The second was, "Did you find joy?" Leo Buscaglia Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. Leo Buscaglia Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and of true progress. Nicholas Murray Butler Don't go through life. Grow through life. Eric Butterworth Cease trying to work everything out with your minds, it will get you nowhere. Live by intuition and inspiration and let your whole life be a revelation. Eileen Caddy I have learned, as a rule of thumb, never to ask whether you can do something. Say, instead, that you are doing it. Then fasten your seat belt. The most remarkable things follow. Julia Cameron Every failure to cope with a life situation must be laid, in the end, to a restriction of consciousness. Wars and temper tantrums are the makeshifts of ignorance; regrets are illuminations come too late. Joseph Campbell Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging. Joseph Campbell 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 Conclusions arrived at through reasoning have very little or no influence in altering the course of our lives. Carlos Casteneda That is happiness: to be dissolved into something completely great. Willa Cather The more and more each is impelled by that which is intuitive, or the relying upon the soul force within, the greater, the farther, the deeper, the broader, the more constructive may be the result. Edgar Cayce We live in a rainbow of chaos. Paul Cézanne How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone. Coco Chanel It is quite possible to leave your home for a walk in the early morning air and return a different person – beguiled, enchanted. Mary Ellen Chase There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds. G.K. Chesterton To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless. G.K. Chesterton Find something you’re passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it. Julia Child Silence is the great teacher, and to learn its lessons you must pay attention to it. There is no substitute for the creative inspiration, knowledge, and stability that comes form knowing how to contact your core of inner silence. Deepak Chopra Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. It is courage that counts. Winston Churchill These are great days. Winston Churchill Anyone who has a library and a garden wants for nothing. Cicero Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke We each have a role that requires us to change and become more responsible for shaping our own future. Hillary Rodham Clinton Experience is how life catches up with us and teaches us to love and forgive each other. Judy Collins When inspiration does not come, I go for a walk, go to the movie, talk to a friend, let go…The muse is bound to return again, especially if I turn my back. Judy Collins When you meet someone better than yourself, turn your thoughts to becoming his equal. When you meet someone not as good as you are, look within and examine your own self. Confucious Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people 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. Calvin Coolidge If something comes to life in others because of you, then you have made an approach to immortality. Norman Cousins To be nobody but myself-in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make me somebody else-means to fight the hardest battle any human can fight, and never stop fighting. e.e. cummings Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine. Anthony J. D'Angelo The highest stage in moral culture at which we can arrive is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts. Charles Darwin What is this life if, full of care, we have not time to stand and stare. W. H. Davies Out of difficulties grow miracles. Jean De La Bruyere” What moves men of genius, or rather what inspires their work, is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough. Eugene Delacroix To me faith means not worrying. John Dewey That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet. Emily Dickenson Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think. Benjamin Disraeli Luck is largely a matter of paying attention. Susan M. Dodd To succeed…You need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you. Tony Dorsett It’s the great mystery of human life that old grief passes gradually into quiet tender joy. Fyodor Dostoevsky Only through suffering can we find ourselves. Fyodor Dostoevsky Good morning, this is God. I will be handling all of your problems today. I will not need your help, so have a miraculous day. Wayne Dyer A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night and in between he does what he wants to do. Bob Dylan Always make new mistakes. Esther Dyson It is a fact of life that we find ourselves in unpleasant demoralizing situations which we can neither escape nor control. We can keep our morale and spirits high by using both coping and hoping humor. Coping humor laughs at the hopelessness in our situation. It gives us the courage to hang in there, but it does not bring hope. The uniqueness of hoping humor lies in its acceptance of life with all its dichotomies, contradictions, and incongruities. It celebrates the hope in human life. From one comes courage, from the other comes inspiration. Cy Eberhart Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time. Marion Wright Edelman At least once a day, allow yourself the freedom to think and dream for yourself. Albert Einstein I believe in intuition and inspiration. Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution. It is, strictly speaking, a real factor in scientific research. Albert Einstein I lived in solitude in the country and noticed how the monotony of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind. Albert Einstein Laws alone cannot secure freedom of expression; in order that every man present his views without penalty there must be a spirit of tolerance in the entire population. Albert Einstein Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. Albert Einstein Play is the highest form of research. Albert Einstein Strange is our situation here on Earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to divine a purpose. From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: that man is here for the sake of other men -- above all for those upon whose smiles and well-being our own happiness depends. Albert Einstein The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny. Albert Ellis Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience. Ralph Waldo Emerson Allow yourself to trust joy and embrace it. You will find you dance with everything. Ralph Waldo Emerson Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. Ralph Waldo Emerson Don’t waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you well assured that the right performance of this hour’s duties will be the best preparation for the hours and ages that will follow it. Ralph Waldo Emerson In art the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can inspire. Ralph Waldo Emerson It is a happy talent to know how to play. Ralph Waldo Emerson It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that you cannot sincerely try to help another without helping yourself. Ralph Waldo Emerson It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, Always do what you are afraid to do. Ralph Waldo Emerson Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air of your imagination. Ralph Waldo Emerson Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. Ralph Waldo Emerson Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding. Ralph Waldo Emerson Scatter joy. Ralph Waldo Emerson The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn. Ralph Waldo Emerson The meaning of good and bad, of better and worse, is simply helping or hurting. Ralph Waldo Emerson To laugh often and much, to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to have played and laughed with enthusiasm and sung with exultation; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived - that is to have succeeded. Ralph Waldo Emerson Unselfish acts are the real miracles out of which all the reported miracles grow. Ralph Waldo Emerson We lie in the lap of immense intelligence. Ralph Waldo Emerson What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters, compared to what lies within us. Ralph Waldo Emerson Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let if first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen. Epictetus Nothing is too wonderful to be true. Michael Faraday No one can persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either by argument or emotional appeal. Marilyn Ferguson Unity, not uniformity, must be our aim. We attain unity only through variety. Differences must be integrated, not annihilated, not absorbed. Mary Parker Follett Education’s purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one. Malcolm Forbes Never lend books; no one ever returns them. The only books I have in my library are books other people have lent me. Anatole France Everyone has inside him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don’t yet realize how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is! Anne Frank How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before beginning to improve the world. Anne Frank I shall not remain insignificant. I shall work in the world for mankind…I don’t want to have lived in vain like most people. I want to be useful or bring enjoyment to all people, even those I’ve never met. I want to go on living, even after my death. Anne Frank Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life to carry out a concrete assignment which demands fulfillment. Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated. Thus, everyone's task is as unique as his specific opportunity to implement it. Viktor Frankl There has never been a good war or a bad peace. Benjamin Franklin Entertain great hopes. Robert Frost Something we were withholding made us weak, until we found it was ourselves. Robert Frost Two roads diverged in a wood, and I – I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference. Robert Frost I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge – myth is more potent than history – dreams are more powerful than facts – hope always triumphs over experience – laughter is the cure for grief – love is stronger than death. Robert Fulghum One of life's best coping mechanisms is to know the difference between an inconvenience and a problem. If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you've got a problem. Everything else is an inconvenience. Life is inconvenient. Life is lumpy. A lump in the oatmeal, a lump in the throat and a lump in the breast are not the same kind of lump. One needs to learn the difference. Robert Fulghum Never forget that you are one of a kind. Never forget that if there weren’t any need for you in all your uniqueness to be on this earth, you wouldn’t be here in the first place. And never forget, no matter how overwhelming life’s challenges and problems seem to be, that one person can make a difference in the world. In fact, it is always because of one person that all the changes in the world come about. So be that person. Buckminster Fuller When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong. Buckminster Fuller To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven. Johannes A. Gaertner It is good to dream, but it is better to dream and work. Faith is mighty, but action with faith is mightier. Desiring is helpful, but work and desire are invincible. Thomas Robert Gaines In doing something, do it with love or never do it at all. Mahatma Gandhi My life is my message. Mahatma Gandhi The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. Mahatma Gandhi The pure love of one soul can offset the hatred of millions. Mahatma Gandhi Where there is love there is life. Mahatma Gandhi You must be the change you want to see in the world. Mahatma Gandhi Life is the art of drawing without an eraser. John W. Gardner True happiness involves the full use of one’s power and talents. John W. Gardner When people are serving, life is no longer meaningless. John W. Gardner I hope you will judge yourselves not on your professional accomplishments alone, but also on how well you have addressed the world’s deepest inequities…on how well you treated people a world away who have nothing in common with you but your humanity. Bill Gates Maybe as times get worse we get better. Our pain makes us feel other people’s too; our fear lets us practice valor; we are tense, and tender as well. And among the things we can no longer afford are things we never really wanted anyway… Nancy Gibbs Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it. You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestations of your own blessings. And once you have achieved a state of happiness, you must never become lax about maintaining it. You must make a mighty effort to keep swimming upward into that happiness forever, to stay afloat on top of it. Elizabeth Gilbert I’m here. I love you. I don’t care if you need to stay up crying all night long, I will stay with you. There’s nothing you can ever do to lose my love. I will protect you until you die, and after your death I will still protect you. I am stronger than Depression and I am braver than Loneliness and nothing will ever exhaust me. Elizabeth Gilbert There is so much about my fate that I cannot control, but other things do fall under the jurisdiction. I can decide how I spend my time, whom I interact with, whom I share my body and life and money and energy with. I can select what I can read and eat and study. I can choose how I'm going to regard unfortunate circumstances in my life-whether I will see them as curses or opportunities. I can choose my words and the tone of voice in which I speak to others. And most of all, I can choose my thoughts. Elizabeth Gilbert There are many wonderful things that will never be done if you do not do them. Charles D. Gill If someone listens, or stretches out a hand, or whispers a kind word of encouragement, or attempts to understand, extraordinary things begin to happen. Loretta Gizartis Action has magic, grace and power in it. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe In the realm of ideas, everything depends on enthusiasm. In the real world all rests on perseverance. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Magic is believing in yourself. If you can do that, you can make anything happen. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Whatever you do or dream you can do – begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe The way is not in the sky, the way is in the heart. For the traveler who knows his direction, there is always a favorable wind. Stuart Avery Gold What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make. Jane Goodall More important than talent, strength, or knowledge is the ability to laugh at yourself and enjoy the pursuit of your dreams. Amy Grant We're given second chances every day of our life. We don't usually take them, but they're there for the taking. Andrew M. Greeley Energy is the power that drives every human being. It is not lost by exertion but maintained by it, for it is a faculty of the psyche. Germaine Greer Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile. Wilfred T. Grenfell This sky where we live is no place to lose your wings so love, love, love. Hafiz We have come into this exquisite world to experience ever and ever more deeply our divine courage, freedom and light! Hafiz Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet. Thich Nhat Hanh The journey to financial freedom starts the MINUTE you decide you were destined for prosperity, not scarcity-- for abundance, not lack. Isn't there a part of you that has always known that? Can you see yourself living a bounteous life-- a life of more than enough? It only takes one minute to decide. Decide now. Mark Victor Hansen Sooner or later we must realize there is no station, no one place to arrive at once and for all. The true joy of life is the trip. Robert J. Hastings You are brilliant and the earth is hiring. Paul Hawken I have witnessed the softening of the hardest of hearts by a simple smile. Goldie Hawn Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion. Friedrich Hebbel Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals. Dorothy Height The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit. Nelson Henderson No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river, and he’s not the same man. Heraclitus All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination. Imagination is the workshop of your mind, capable of turning mind energy into accomplishment and wealth. Napoleon Hill Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul; the blueprints of your ultimate achievements. Napoleon Hill Tell me what you yearn for and I shall tell you who you are. We are what we reach for, the idealized image that drives our wandering. James Hillman My theory is that everyone at one time or another has been at the fringe of society in some way: an outcast in high school, a stranger in a foreign country, the best at something, the worst at something, the one who’s different. Being an outsider is the one thing we all have in common. Alice Hoffman The root of joy, as of duty, is to put all one's powers towards some great end. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. A mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions. Oliver Wendall Holmes A moment’s insight is sometimes worth a lifetime’s experience. Oliver Wendell Holmes Love is the master key which opens the gates of happiness. Oliver Wendell Holmes You were not born a winner, and you were not born a loser. You are what you make yourself to be. Lou Holtz Go on with a spirit that fears nothing. Homer Success is 99 percent failure. Soichiro Honda It is good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it is good to check once in awhile and make sure you have not lost the things that money cannot buy. George Horace We all have the extraordinary coded within us waiting to be released. Jean Houston He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much. Elbert Hubbard Here is my wish for you and every other child, woman, and man on the face of the earth: Spend one week saying only kind, caring things to yourself. Say thank you at least ten times an hour, direct five toward yourself and five to the world at large. Compliment yourself (and others) each time an effort is made. Notice all the wonderful qualities and characteristics about yourself and those around you. One week. You will never go back. And your whole life will be a glorious meditation. Cheri Huber To know, to think, to dream. That is everything. Victor Hugo Oh, my friend, it's not what they take away from you that counts - it's what you do with what you have left. Hubert Humphrey The great end of life is not knowledge but action. Thomas Henry Huxley My father always used to say that when you die, if you’ve got five real friends, then you’ve had a great life. Lee Iacocca Increase your joy by doing the good you wish to have done to you. Daisaku Ikeda We rise by lifting others. Robert Ingersoll Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself. Robert G. Ingersoll The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. Robert G. Ingersoll Never let your memories be greater than your dreams. Doug Ivester In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe. Michael Jackson It’s time to start living the life you’ve imagined. Henry James Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. William James In the dim background of our mind, we know what we ought to be doing but somehow we cannot start. William James The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitude. As you think, so shall you be. William James To change one’s life: 1. Start immediately. 2. Do it flamboyantly. 3. No exceptions. William James Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed. Storm Jameson The only way to live is to accept each minute as an unrepeatable miracle, which is exactly what it is: a miracle and unrepeatable. Storm Jameson Forgiveness is the way to true health and happiness. Gerald Jampolsky Saying yes means getting up and acting on your belief that you can create meaning and purpose in whatever life hands you. Susan Jeffers I am not afraid…I was born to do this. Joan of Ark Don’t settle. Stay hungry. Stay foolish. Steve Jobs I am responsible for me and must oversee with great sensitivity the impact of what I say or do on others. Barbara Jordan I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games; 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. Michael Jordan To teach is to learn twice. Joseph Joubert Your battles inspired me ~ not the obvious material battles but those that were fought and won behind your forehead. James Joyce As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being. Carl Jung You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf. Jon Kabat-Zinn A book should serve as an axe for the frozen sea within us. Franz Kafka Let us open our leaves like a flower, and be receptive. John Keats Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. Helen Keller Each time we stand up for an ideal, or act to improve the lot of others, or strike out against injustice, we send forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance. Robert F. Kennedy You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time. Charles F. Kettering If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of potential - for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possibilities. Pleasure disappoints; possibility never. Søren Kierkegaard Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced. Søren Kierkegaard Life at its best is a creative synthesis of opposites in fruitful harmony. Martin Luther King, Jr. We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now. Martin Luther King Jr. Balance, peace, and joy are the fruit of a successful life. It starts with recognizing your talents and finding ways to serve others by using them. Thomas Kinkade When Nike says, just do it, that’s a message of empowerment. Why aren’t the rest of us speaking to young people in a voice of inspiration? Naomi Klein Success, happiness, peace of mind and fulfillment – the most priceless of human treasures – are available to all among us, without exception, who make things happen – who make ‘good’ things happen – in the world around them. Joe Klock When the mind is clear of all noise and self talk, this is when solutions are revealed, artists are inspired, paradigms are shifted. Stephen J. Kochan The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross When you are kind to others, it not only changes you, it changes the world. Harold Kushner The happiest people I know are people who don’t even think about being happy. They just think about being good neighbors, good people. And then happiness sort of sneaks in the back window while they are busy doing good. Rabbi Harold Kushner Inspiration usually comes during work, rather than before it. Madeleine L’Engle If you wait for inspiration, you're not a writer, but a waiter. Louis L'Amour If you want to see the sunshine, you have to weather the storm. Frank Lane We are all capable of much more than we think we are. Lao Tzu I promise myself…to be so strong that nothing can disturb my peace of mind; to talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person I meet; to make all my friends feel that there is something worthwhile in them; to look at the sunny side of everything and make my optimism come true; to think only of the best, to work only for the best, and to expect only the best; to be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as I am about my own; to forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future; to wear a cheerful expression at all times and give a smile to every living creature I meet; to give so much time to improving myself that I have no time to criticize others; to be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble; to think well of myself and to proclaim this fact to the world, not in loud word, but in great deeds; to live in the faith that the whole world is on my side, so long as I am true to the best that is in me. Christian D. Larson Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved. D.H. Lawrence Dream your dreams with open eyes and make them come true. T.E. Lawrence Success is how you collect your minutes. You spend millions of minutes to reach one triumph, one moment, then you spend maybe a thousand minutes enjoying it. If you were unhappy through those millions of minutes, what good is the thousand minutes of triumph? It doesn’t equate… Life is made of small pleasures. Good eye contact over the breakfast table with your wife. A moment of touching a friend. Happiness is made of those tiny successes. The big ones come too infrequently. If you don’t have all those zillions of tiny successes, the big ones don’t mean anything. Norman Lear You’re only as young as the last time you changed your mind. Timothy Leary Rustout is the slow death that follows when we stop making the choices that keep life alive. It’s the feeling of numbness that comes from always taking the safe way, never accepting new challenges, continually surrendering to the day-to-day routine. Rustout means we are no longer growing, but at best, are simply maintaining. It implies that we have traded the sensation of life for the security of a paycheck…Rustout is the opposite of burnout. Burnout is overdoing. Rustout is underbeing. Richard Leider Sometimes when we aren't looking, the holiiness comes breaking through like a rainbow. Madeleine L'Engle When I was 5 years old my mother told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote ‘happy.’ They told me I didn’t understand the assignment. I told them they didn’t understand life. John Lennon Lead yourself. If you must follow someone, follow the genuinely joyful. Joy is evidence that something is working. Eileen Lighthawk Man can live about forty days without food, about three days without water, about eight minutes without air…but only for one second without hope. Hal Lindsey The trouble with simple living is that, though it can be joyful, rich, and creative, it isn’t simple. Doris Janzen Longacre When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid. Audre Lorde Some of life’s biggest and most positive changes are propelled by mini conspiracies of a few well-meaning folks. Dr. Bernard Lown Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree. Martin Luther Yesterday is a canceled check; tomorrow is a promissory note; today is the only cash you have – so spend it wisely. Kay Lyons If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give. George MacDonald The finest gift you can give anyone is encouragement. Yet, almost no one gets the encouragement they need to grow into their full potential. If everyone received the encouragement they need to grow, the genius in most everyone would blossom and the world would produce abundance beyond our wildest dreams. Sidney Madwed Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster. Your life will never be the same again. Og Mandino Realize how good you really are. Og Mandino Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside. Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug. Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself. Og Mandino All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible. Orison S. Marden Enthusiasm is not contrary to reason. It is reason –on fire. Peter Marshall What a man can be, he must be. This need we call self-actualization. Abraham Maslow It’s a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it. Somerset Maugham My will shall shape my future. Whether I fail or succeed shall be no man’s doing but my own. I am the force: I can clear any obstacle before me or I can be lost in the maze. My choice, my responsibility; win or lose, only I hold the key to my destiny. Elaine Maxwell The world leaders in innovation and creativity will also be world leaders in everything else. Harold R. McAlindon Laughter is man’s most distinctive emotional expression. Man shares the capacity for love and hate, anger and fear, loyalty and grief, with other living creatures. But humor, which has an intellectual as well as an emotional element, belongs to man. Margaret Mead Use those talents you have. You will make it. You will give joy to the world. Take this tip from nature: The woods would be a very silent place if no birds sang except those who sang best. Bernard Meltzer We must not only give what we have, we must give what we are. Desire-Joseph Mercier Life is not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be lived. Thomas Merton The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it. Michelangelo Pour away despair and rinse the cup. Eat happiness like bread. Edna St. Vincent Millay Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life, not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens. John Homer Miller All progress occurs because people dare to be different. Harry Milner The richness I achieve comes from Nature, the source of my inspiration. Claude Monet Neither lofty degree of intelligence, nor imagination, nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love: that is the soul of genius. Wolfgang Amedeus Mozart Put a little fun into your life. Try dancing. Kathryn Murray Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you represents determinism; the way you play it is free will. Jawaharal Nehru Instead of competing, all we have to do is create. Earl Nightingale People living deeply have no fear of death. Anais Nin True religion is the life we lead, not the creed we profess. Louis Nizer The soul never ages. My soul dances without my feet. I am the music. Alev Oguz I am leaving this legacy to all of you…to bring peace, justice, equality, love and a fulfillment of what our lives should be. Without vision, the people will perish, and without courage and inspiration, dreams will die – the dream of freedom and peace. Rosa Parks Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities - always see them, for they're always there. Norman Vincent Peale Believe it is possible to solve your problem. Tremendous things happen to the believer. So believe the answer will come. It will. Norman Vincent Peale Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. Norman Vincent Peale Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do. Norman Vincent Peale Let your light shine. Be a source of strength and courage. Share your wisdom. Radiate love. Wilferd Peterson Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone. Pablo Picasso Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. Plato Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others. Plato Let early education be a sort of amusement. You will then be better able to discover the natural bent. Plato The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled. Plutarch All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream. Edgar Allen Poe He who laughs, lasts. Mary Poole Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what is still possible for you to do. Pope John XXIII You are not here to save the world but you are here to touch the hands that are within your reach. Motto of Mission of Love (Kathleen Price) Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are developed. Michael Pritchard No star is ever lost we once have seen. We always may be what we might have been. Adelaide Anne Proctor We don’t receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us. Marcel Proust You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair. Chinese Proverb To teach is to learn. Japanese Proverb Solvitur ambulando. It is all solved by walking. Latin Proverb All the flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seeds of today. Swedish Proverb Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more; love more, and all good things will be yours. Swedish proverb The butterfly often forgets it once was a caterpillar. Swedish Proverb Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regret. Appreciate your friends. Continue to learn. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is. Mary Anne Radmacher See stars in the changing season and dance among them, shining. Mary Anne Radmacher What if we just acted like everything was easy? Mary Anne Radmacher Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of your battle. The world you desired can be won. It exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours. Ayn Rand Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are. Bernice Johnson Reagon Once you choose hope, anything's possible. Christopher Reeve The greatest success we’ll know is helping OTHERS succeed and grow. Gregory Scott Reid Try to put well into practice what you already know. In so doing, you will, in good time, discover the hidden things you now inquire about. Rembrandt Think of the world you carry within you. Rainer Maria Rilke Action is the foundational key to all success. Anthony Robbins It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped. Anthony Robbins Live life fully while you’re here. Experience everything. Take care of yourself and your friends. Have fun, be crazy, be weird. Go out and screw up! You’re going to anyway, so you might as well enjoy the process. Take the opportunity to learn from your mistakes: find the cause of your problem and eliminate it. Don’t try to be perfect; just be an excellent example of being human. Anthony Robbins Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life’s deepest joy: true fulfillment. Anthony Robbins The more you know the less you need to say. Jim Rohn Wealth is not a matter of intelligence; it's a matter of inspiration. Jim Rohn The test of a good teacher is not how many questions he can ask his pupils that they will answer readily, but how many questions he inspires them to ask him which he finds it hard to answer. Alice Wellington Rollins What you don’t do can be a destructive force. Eleanor Roosevelt It isn’t enough to talk about peace, one must believe it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it, one must work for it. Eleanor Roosevelt Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness you are able to give. Eleanor Roosevelt Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. Theodore Roosevelt It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy course; who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat. Theodore Roosevelt To be alive, to able to see, to walk…it’s all a miracle. I have adapted the technique of living life from miracle to miracle. Arthur Rubinstein Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us. Wilma Rudolph Behind every atom of this world, hides an infinite universe. Rumi Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes around in another form. Rumi The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Rumi This human being is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they're a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture, still treat each guest honorably. He may be clearing you out for some new delight. Rumi Your mind, this globe of awareness, is a starry universe. When you push off with your foot, a thousand new roads become clear. Rumi Let go and trust; allow inspiration and imagination to lead the way…beyond the limitations of what the mind knows. Linda Saccoccio Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. Carl Sagan To read is to voyage through time. Carl Sagan Life is a challenge, meet it! Life is a dream, realize it! Life is a game, play it! Life is love, enjoy it! Sathya Sai Baba Where your pleasure is, there is your treasure; where your treasure, there your heart; where your heart, there your happiness. Saint Augustine Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope - a slight change, and all patterns alter. Sharon Salzberg Plant impossible gardens. Look forward to dreams. Cry during movies. Swing as high as you can on a swing set, by moonlight. Cultivate moods. Do it for love. Take lots of naps. Take moon baths. Giggle with children. Listen to old people. Entertain your inner child. Build a fort with blankets. Get wet. Hug trees. Write love letters. SARK A garden is always a series of losses set against a few triumphs, like life itself. May Sarton I will write peace on your wings and you will fly all over the world. Sadako Sasaki A daily creative project is like a marathon. It’s a ridiculously daunting task, but making an original creation every day gives you an incredible sense of accomplishment. It also forces you to push beyond your mental and physical barriers (especially the ones you’ve erected for yourself). You’ll be amazed at what you produce and what you learn about yourself in the process. Noah Scalin Each day comes bearing its’ own gifts. Untie the ribbons. Ruth Ann Schabacker The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking. Robert H. Schuller Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future. Robert H. Schuller I realize that idealism is out of sync with the cynicism of our age. Skepticism has come to be synonymous with sophistication, and glibness is mistaken for intelligence. In such an atmosphere, why bother aiming high? Far too many people don’t. I just want to reassure people to have the courage to persevere, to keep following their hearts even when others scoff. Don’t be beaten down by naysayers. Don’t let the odds scare you from even trying. Howard Schultz (CEO Starbucks Coffee) You can’t help someone get up a hill without getting closer to the top yourself. H. Norman Schwarzkopf The truth is there is more than enough love, creative ideas, power, joy, happiness to go around. “The Secret” Man’s ideal state is realized when he has fulfilled the purpose for which he is born. And what is it that reason demands of him? Something very easy – that he live in accordance with his own nature. Seneca One needs something to believe in, something for which one can have whole-hearted enthusiasm. One needs to feel that one’s life has meaning, that one is needed in this world. Hannah Senesh We are all here for some special reason. Stop being a prisoner of your past. Become the architect of your future. Robin Sharma I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the community, and as long as I live it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. George Bernard Shaw Everyone has unique gifts and talents. What you love is what you're gifted at. To be completely happy, to live a completely fulfilled life, you have to do what you love. Barbara Sher Now is the operative word. Everything you put in your way is just a method of putting off the hour when you could actually be doing your dream. Barbara Sher You don’t need endless time and perfect conditions. Do it now. Do it today. Do it for twenty minutes and watch your heart start beating. Barbara Sher Every person is a golden link in the chain of my good. Florence Scovel Shinn Listen to the mustn’ts, child. Listen to the don’ts. Listen to the shouldn’ts, the impossibilities, the won’ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me …Anything can happen, child. Anything can be. Shel Silverstein Hope is the companion of power, and mother of success; for who so hopes strongly has within him the gift of miracles. Samuel Smiles Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression. Dodie Smith The greatest dreams are always unrealistic. Will Smith I would say that the surest measure of a man’s or woman’s maturity is the harmony, style, joy and dignity he creates in his marriage, and the pleasure and inspiration he provides for his spouse. Benjamin Spock He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much. Bessie Anderson Stanley What constitutes success? She who has achieved success has lived well; laughed often and loved much; has gained the respect of little children; has filled her niche and accomplished her task; has left the world better than she found it; has always looked for the best in others and given the best she had. Bessie Anderson Stanley I have resolved from this day on, I will do all the business I can honestly, have all the fun I can reasonably, do all the good I can willingly, and save my digestion by thinking pleasantly. Robert Louis Stevenson Make up your mind to be happy. Learn to find pleasure in simple things. Robert Louis Stevenson The man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much. Robert Louis Stevenson I wake up every morning with a great desire to live joyfully. Alexandra Stoddard Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done. Harriet Beecher Stowe Just as appitite comes by eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning. Igor Stravinsky Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over again, and you will grow stronger until you have accomplished a purpose – not the one you began with perhaps, but one you’ll be glad to remember. Anne Sullivan Attitude is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than what other people think or say or do. It is more than appearance, giftedness, or skill. It will make or break a company, a church, a home. The remarkable thing is, we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change the past. We cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play the one string we have, and that is our attitude. Chuck Swindoll The future belongs to those who give the next generation reason for hope. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing. Mother Teresa If you can’t feed a hundred people, then just feed one. Mother Teresa Joy is prayer. Joy is strength. Joy is love...She gives most who gives with joy. Mother Teresa All of us are born for a reason, but all of us don’t discover why. Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It’s what you do for others. Danny Thomas The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it. Henry David Thoreau Don’t wait for inspiration. Take action! Action generates inspiration. Frank Tibolt Worry pretends to be necessary but serves no useful purpose. Eckert Tolle Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them. Leo Tolstoy I have found the best way to give advice to children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it. Harry S. Truman There are times to cultivate and create when you nurture your world and give birth to new ideas and ventures. There are times of flourishing and abundance, when life feels in full bloom, energized and expanding. And there are times of fruition when things come to an end. They have reached their climax and must be harvested before they begin to fade. And finally of course, there are times that are cold, and cutting and empty, times when the spring of new beginnings seems like a distant dream. Those rhythms in life are natural events. They weave into one another as day follows night, bringing, not messages of hope and fear, but messages of how things are. Chogyam Trungpa Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world. Harriet Tubman Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born. Dale Turner To believe yourself to be brave is to be brave; it is the only essential thing. Mark Twain Great knowledge is universal. Small knowledge is limited. Great words are inspiring; small words are chatter. Chuang Tzu I feel like tiny bird with a big song! Jerry Van Amerongen What am I doing? I am letting life rain upon me. Rahel Varnhagen You must think of yourself as becoming the person you want to be. David Viscott Let us read and let us dance – two amusements that will never do any harm to the world. Voltaire I am more and more convinced that our happiness or unhappiness depends far more on the way we meet the events of life, than on the nature of those events themselves. Alexander Von Humboldt Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude. Denis Waitley It’s important the people should know what you stand for. It’s equally important that they know what you won’t stand for. Mary H. Waldrip A five-word sentence that could change the world tomorrow is What would love do now? Neale Donald Walsch Anyone can cut an apple open and count the number of seeds. But, who can look at a single seed and count the trees and apples? Dottie Walters A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition. William Arthur Ward Before you speak, listen. Before you write, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you invest, investigate. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try. Before you retire, save. Before you die, give. William Arthur Ward The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. William Arthur Ward Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him and to let him know that you trust him. Booker T. Washington The very best thing you can do for the whole world is to make the most of yourself. Wallace Wattles There’ll be two dates on your tombstone. And all your friends will read ‘em. But all that’s gonna matter is that little dash between ‘em. Kevin Welch Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can. John Wesley If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you’ll never enjoy the sunshine. Morris West A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy man but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world. Dudley White A morning glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books. Walt Whitman Re-examine all that you have been told. Dismiss that which insults your soul. Walt Whitman We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. Oscar Wilde And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence actually liberates others. Marianne Williamson In every community there is work to be done. In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In every heart there is the power to do it. Marianne Williamson Miracles occur naturally as expressions of love. The real miracle is the love that inspires them. In this sense every thing that comes from love is a miracle. Marianne Williamson Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we’re liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others. Marianne Williamson There is absolutely nothing that can be taken for granted in this world. Robert Anton Wilson We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers. They see things in the soft haze of a spring day or in the red fire of a long winter’s evening. Some of us let these great dreams die, but others nourish and protect them; nurse them through bad days til they bring them to the sunshine and light which comes always to those who sincerely hope that their dreams will come true. Woodrow Wilson You are not here merely to make a living, you are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself when you forget that errand. Woodrow Wilson Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and dance. Oprah Winfrey Have the courage to follow your passion – and if you don’t know what it is, realize that one reason for your existence on earth is to find it. Oprah Winfrey I live in the space of thankfulness – and I have been rewarded a million times over for it. I started out giving thanks for small things, and the more thankful I became, the more my bounty increased. That’s because what you focus on expands, and when you focus on the goodness in your life, you create more of it. Opportunities, relationships, even money flowed my way when I learned to be grateful no matter what happened in my life. Oprah Winfrey I trust in the ebb and flow of the universe. I trust that life’s bigger than what I can see. I trust that there is a divine order beyond my control. And I trust that no matter what happens, I will be all right. Oprah Winfrey Ignoring your passion is like dying a slow death…Passion whispers to you through your feelings, beckoning you toward your highest good. Pay attention to what makes you feel energized, connected, stimulated- what gives you your juice. Do what you love, give it back in the form of service, and you will do more than succeed. You will triumph. Oprah Winfrey Leadership is about empathy. It is about having the ability to relate to and connect with people for the purpose of inspiring and empowering their lives. Oprah Winfrey Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher. Oprah Winfrey Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness. Oprah Winfrey What I know for sure is that you feel real joy in direct proportion to how connected you are to living your truth. Oprah Winfrey What I know for sure is that your life is a multipart series of all your experiences- and each experience is created by your thoughts, intentions, and actions to teach you what you need to know. Your life is a journey of learning to love yourself first and then extending that love to others in every encounter. Oprah Winfrey When you make loving others the story of your life, there’s never a final chapter, because the legacy continues. You lend your light to one person, and he or she shines it on another and another and another. Oprah Winfrey 1. The path is not straight, 2. Mistakes need not be fatal. 3. People are more important than achievements or possessions. 4. Be gentle with your parents. 5. Never stop doing what you care most about. 6. Learn to use a semicolon. 7. You will find love. Marion Winik What you risk reveals what you value. Jeanette Winterson A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove…but the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child. Forest E. Witcraft There is no such thing in anyone’s life as an unimportant day. Alexander Woollcott Believe in your dreams. Believe in today. Believe that you are loved. Believe that you make a difference. Believe we can build a better world. Believe when others might not. Believe there’s a light at the end of the tunnel. Believe that you might be that light for someone else. Believe that the best is yet to be. Believe in each other. 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