Inspirational Quotes

God not only orders our steps, He orders our stops.

The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself - the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us - that's where it's at.

God is in all men, but all men are not in God; that is why we suffer.

I have created nothing really beautiful, really lasting, but if I can inspire one of these youngsters to develop the talent I know they possess, then my monument will be in their work.

The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except in a picture book?

Make sure you are doing what God wants you to do--then do it with all your strength.

It is our choices... that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

I think the saddest people always try their hardest to make people happy because they know what it's like to feel absolutely worthless and they don't want anyone else to feel like that.

So plant your own gardens and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.

Celebrate what you've accomplished, but raise the bar a little higher each time you succeed.

To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there.

I sought my soul, but my soul I could not see, I sought my god, but my god eluded me; And then I sought my sisters and my brothers, and in them I found all three.

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.

You have to be odd to be number one.

Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.

Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.

If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.

Every time I rise up, I have confidence that I'm going to make it.

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

You only get one sunrise and one sunset a day, and you only get so many days on the planet. A good photographer does the math and doesn't waste either.

I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.

There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.

A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.

Teach thy tongue to say 'I do not know,' and thou shalt progress.

If women ran the world, we wouldn't have wars, just intense negotiations every 28 days.

Don't pursue a heart that you're not ready to be loyal to.

To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.

The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think and what you do is who you become.

Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.

Everything matters. Nothing's important.

Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't.

Anything under God's control is never out of control.

Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality.

Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan.

Happy moments, PRAISE GOD Difficult moments, SEEK GOD Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD Painful moments, TRUST GOD Every moment, THANK GOD

The elevator to success is out of order. You'll have to use the stairs... one step at a time.

Stop hating on yourself for not being perfect. If God wanted perfection, He would have made you an angel.

There's a special place in my heart for the ones who were with me at my lowest and still loved me when I wasn't very loveable.

When you suffer, don't speak. Look inside and listen for the duaa He inspires in you. and then ask Him. Again and again. Don't stop.

From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.

Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it.

The heart is like a garden. It can grow compassion or fear, resentment or love. What seeds will you plant there?

Love in the past is only a memory. Love in the future is only a fantasy. True love lives in the here and now.

I think the worst thing you can do about a situation is nothing.

Success doesn't come to you, you go to it.

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake.

Why fit in when you were born to stand out?

Our arms start from the back because they were once wings.

Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.