Inspirational Quotes
We are not taught to be thinkers, but reflectors of our culture. Let's teach our children to be thinkers.
Put it before them briefly so they will read it, clearly so they will appreciate it, picturesquely so they will remember it and, above all, accurately so they will be guided by its light.
But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep.
I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.
The difference between doing something and not doing something is doing something.
Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder. Help someone's soul heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd.
Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
Do not think your single vote does not matter much. The rain that refreshes the parched ground is made up of single drops.
Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company, and reflection must finish him.
Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.
How quickly we forget God's great deliverances in our lives. How easily we take for granted the miracles he performed in our past.
A warrior lives by acting, not by thinking about acting, nor by thinking about what he will think when he has finished acting.
A concept is a brick. It can be used to build a courthouse of reason. Or it can be thrown through the window.
We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.
Do not raise your children the way your parents raised you; they were born for a different time.
It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared.
You can imprison a man, but not an idea. You can exile a man, but not an idea. You can kill a man, but not an idea.
A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.
Don't settle for average. Bring your best to the moment. Then, whether it fails or succeeds, at least you know you gave all you had. We need to live the best that's in us.
You know what ? Certain people think they will feel good if certain things happen The trick is : you have to feel good for no reason
This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes.
If you have nothing but love for your avocados, and you take joy in turning them into guacamole, all you need is someone to share it with.
Rest in this - it is His business to lead, command, impel, send, call... It is your business to obey, follow, move, respond.
If to be feelingly alive to the sufferings of my fellow-creatures is to be a fanatic, I am one of the most incurable fanatics ever permitted to be at large.
As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
When we seek for connection, we restore the world to wholeness. Our seemingly separate lives become meaningful as we discover how truly necessary we are to each other.
I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream.
Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it gets you nowhere.
If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.
