Inspirational Quotes

If we had not winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.

There is no greater calling than to serve your fellow men. There is no greater contribution than to help the weak. There is no greater satisfaction than to have done it well.

Success is more permanent when you achieve it without destroying your principles.

There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.

The greatest danger to our future is apathy.

One of the secrets of life is to make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks.

When you're young, there's so much that you can't take in. It's pouring over you like a waterfall. When you're older, it's less intense, but you're able to reach out and drink it. I love being older.

Love is an emerald. Its brilliant light wards off dragons On this treacherous path.

The worst has happened. The best is next.

One common mistake is to think that one reality is the reality. You must always be prepared to leave one reality for a greater one.

That one man scorned and covered with scars Still strove with his last ounce of courage To reach the unreachable star.

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

Sometimes, the most profound of awakenings come wrapped in the quietest of moments.

The road to enlightenment is long and difficult, and you should try not to forget snacks and magazines.

Trees are not known by their leaves, nor even by their blossoms, but by their fruits.

To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing and be nothing.

And the winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

You cannot save people. You can only love them.

Earth is so thick with divine possibility that it is a wonder we can walk anywhere without cracking our shins on altars.

We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security.

I love deadlines. I like the whooshing noise they make as they go by.

You will never 'find' time for anything. If you want time, you must make it.

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.

I've seen and met angels wearing the disguise of ordinary people living ordinary lives.

Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.

All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.

And so rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.

Some of it's magic and some of it's tragic but I had a good life all the way.

True power and true happiness are when you use your success to make others around you feel even more significant.

Your own positive future begins in this moment. All you have is right now. Every goal is possible from here.

When you are on your path, and it is truly your path, doors will open for you where there were no doors for someone else.

You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible.

From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.

Every generation must recognize and embrace the task it is peculiarly designed by history and by providence to perform.

Lose your mind and come to your senses.

Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need.

He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.

I have far more respect for the person with a single idea who gets there than for the person with a thousand ideas who does nothing.

To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.

You never have to advertise a fire. Everyone comes running when there's a fire. Likewise, if your church is on fire, you will not have to advertise it. The community will already know it.

Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself.

Whatever does not kill me makes me stronger.

Healing may not be so much about getting better, as about letting go of everything that isn’t you - all of the expectations, all of the beliefs - and becoming who you are.

Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.

It is difficult to understand the universe if you only study one planet

Like the marathon, life can sometimes be difficult, challenging and present obstacles, however if you believe in your dreams and never ever give up, things will turn out for the best.

Labels are for filing. Labels are for clothing. Labels are not for people.

History is the long and tragic story of the fact that privileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily.

I would like to show the world today as an ant sees it and tomorrow as the moon sees it.

Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.