Inspirational Quotes

Life is nasty, brutish, and short. Death is easy.

Hope can be bruised and battered. It can be forced underground and even rendered unconscious, but hope cannot be killed.

Support the type of thinking that leads you to feeling good, peaceful & happy.

The day we stop learning is the day we die.

When people's love is divided by law, it is the law that needs to change.

The things that matter don't necessarily make sense.

This will be my last year, Lord. I have gotten what I can. Thank You.

Christlike attributes come into our lives as we exercise our agenncy righteously.

Wherever and however any one of us may be conceived, it is the same. We come into being in the arms of God.

Isn't it interesting that all of the biblical prophets and psalmists were poets?

The opinions of others cannot damage you.

There are no gods, we are told, so I must make my own salvation.

Genius is always accompanied by enthusiasm.

Beheading, burying and burning humans alive are extreme acts of cruelty. Such crimes against humanity must be investigated and the guilty parties brought to justice. May ALL victims rest in peace!

Jesus' miracles provide us with a sample of the meaning of redemption: a freeing of creation from the shackles of sin and evil and a reinstatement of creaturely living as intended by God.

If anyone can overcome a fear for the ocean, you can, little lady. Courage is being scared to death and saddlin' up anyway.

I haven't celebrated coming in No. 2 too many times.

To surrender is not giving up the struggle, but finding peace within the struggle.

It's a rare gift to understand that your life is wondrous, and that it won't last forever.

Comparing how you feel on the inside (bad) to the way someone else looks on the outside (great) is a losing proposition. It's an impossible standard.

My Maman told me that only the crazy ones and the passionate ones accomplish anything in life.

Growing older is mandatory, but growing up is optional.

Too often in my life, love has been defined as "humiliation with occasional roses".

So I put up with bad behavior in the name of loving the way I thought you were supposed to love.

You must take responsibility for removing I can't from your vocabulary.

We have no future because our present is too volatile. We have only risk management. The spinning of the given moment's scenarios. Pattern recognition.

Some of the most relaxing weekends I have ever enjoyed were those I spent quietly with a sense of all work to date completed, and an absorbing mystery.

When we illuminate the road back to our ancestors, they have a way of reaching out, of manifesting themselves...sometimes even physically.

At the heart of the matter is a battle between wish and fear. Fear generally proves stronger than a wish, but it leaves a taste of disappointment on the tongue.

Friendship isn't a science mudboy. Just do what you think is right.

But [Everett] and McCandless, at least they tried to follow their dream. That’s what was great about them. They tried. Not many do.

Let us not rest until we are free to live in dignity in the land of our birth.

But that's the challenge -- to change the system more than it changes you.

True patriotism is not worship of our nation but rather, in the light of our worship of the God of justice, to conform our nation's ways of justice.

As surely as there is a voyage away, there is a journey home.

It is hard to remember that you are a cherished spiritual being when you're burping up apple fritters and Cheetos.

Music is everywhere. It’s in the air between us, waiting to be sung.

Then the singing enveloped me. It was furry and resonant, coming from everyone's very heart. There was no sense of performance or judgment, only that the music was breath and food.

The manager has a short-range view; the leader has a long-range perspective.

BE A STUDENT BY STAYING OPEN AND WILLING TO LEARN FROM EVERYONE AND ANYONE.

Upon awakening, let the words Thank You flow from your lips, for this will remind you to begin your day with gratitude and compassion.

Anything that has been accomplished by any other human being in the physical realm is within the field of possibility.

You can't choose up sides on a round world.

Everything you need you already have.

We're going to do it. We're going to get to the World Cup.

It's strange but I suppose I'm one of those senior players now and I'll be helping the young players as much as I can.

I've matured since joining United, on and off the field.

The maxim that the "best is the cheapest" does not apply to food.

Does college pay? They do if you are a good open-field runner.

One thing I will say about the Germans, they are always perfectly willing to give somebody's land to somebody else