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Inspirational Quotes for March 1, 2005
The Power Of One - Author Unknown
One SONG can spark a moment
One FLOWER can wake the dream
One TREE can start a forest
One BIRD can herald spring
One SMILE begins a friendship
One HANDCLASP lifts a soul
One STAR can guide a ship at sea
One WORD can frame the goal
One VOTE can change a nation
One SUNBEAM lights a room
One CANDLE wipes out darkness
One LAUGH will conquer gloom
One STEP must start each journey
One WORD must start a prayer
One HOPE will raise our spirits
One TOUCH can show you care
One VOICE can speak with wisdom
One HEART can know what is true
One LIFE can make a difference
Inspirational Quotes for February 22, 2005
Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the Ark. Professionals built the Titanic. -Anonymous
You have to learn how to turn the tables on the ego. The only way to forgive what is within is to forgive what seems to be without.- From Gary Renard's book The Disappearance of the Universe http://www.garyrenard.com/specialoffer.htm
Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve! - Andrew Carnegie, 1835-1919, American Industrialist, Philanthropist
Inspirational Quotes for February 14, 2005
I love you, not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with
you. - Roy Croft, 1907-1973, Poet
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even
touched. They must be felt with the heart. - Helen Keller, 1880-1968,
American Blind/Deaf Author, Lecturer, Amorist
Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other, but
in looking outward together in the same direction. - Antoine de
Saint-Exupery, 1900-1944, French Aviator and Writer
Inspirational Quotes for February 8, 2005
If there is no wind, row. – Latin Proverb
Play for more than you can afford to lose and you will learn the game. – Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, British Statesman, Prime Minister
Nothing average ever stood as a monument to progress. When progress is looking for a partner it doesn't turn to those who believe they are only average. It turns instead to those who are forever searching and striving to become the best they possibly can. – A. Lou Vickery
Inspirational Quotes for February 1, 2005
Only when we give joyfully, without hesitation or thought of gain, can we truly know what love means. - Leo Buscaglia, 1924-1998, American Author and Expert on Love and Human Relationships
We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have. - Frederick Koenig
If you raise your children to feel that they can accomplish any goal or task they decide upon, you will have succeeded as a parent and you will have given your children the greatest of all blessings. - Brian Tracy, American Author/Speaker/Businessman
Inspirational Quotes for January 25, 2005
You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. – James Allen, 1864-1912, British-born American Essayist and Author of “As a Man Thinketh”
If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin. – Ivan Turgenev, 1818-1883, Russian Author
From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached. – Franz Kafka, 1883-1924, German Novelist and Short-Story Writer
Inspirational Quotes for January 18, 2005
It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere. -Agnes Repplier, 1858-1950, American Author, Social Critic
Good timber does not grow with ease. The stronger the wind the stronger the trees. -Williard Marriott, American Businessman, Founder of Marriott Hotels
"It is an illusion to think that peace can be attained by strength of arms, it can only be found within yourself by all who are peaceful & defenseless." -Deepak Chopra, East-Indian- American M.D., New Age Author, Lecturer
Inspirational Quotes for January 11, 2005
Take the attitude of a student. Never be too big to ask questions. Never know too much to learn something new. - Og Mandino, 1923-1996, American Motivational Author, Speaker
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight
that knows not victory nor defeat. - Theodore Roosevelt, 1858-1919, Twenty-sixth President of the USA
People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success. - Norman Vincent Peale 1898-1993, American Christian Reformed Pastor, Speaker, Author
Inspirational Quotes for January 4, 2005
We all have ability. The difference is how we use it. - Stevie Wonder 1950-, American Musician, Singer, Songwriter, Producer
Talk not of wasted affection; affection never was wasted. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1819-1892, American Poet
I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him. - Galileo, 1564-1642, Italian Physicist and Astronomer
Inspirational Quotes for December 28, 2004
From small beginnings come great things. – Proverb
Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882, American Poet, Essayist
My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you'll win. Channel your energy. Focus. – Carl Lewis, 1961-, American Track Athlete
Inspirational Quotes for December 21, 2004
I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all. - Laura Ingalls Wilder, 1867-1957, American Author, ''Little House on the Prairie''
Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen. - John Steinbeck, 1902-1968, American Author
It is a man's sympathy with all creatures that truly makes him a man. Until he extends his circle of compassion to all living things, man himself will not find peace. Albert Schweitzer, 1875-1965, German Born Medical Missionary, Theologian, Musician, and Philosopher
Inspirational Quotes for December 14, 2004
Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound. -James Allen, 1864-1912, British-born American Essayist, Author of ''As a Man Thinketh''
Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says, "This is the real me," and when you have found that attitude, follow it. -William James, 1842-1910, American Psychologist, Professor, Author
He who has learned to disagree without being disagreeable has discovered the most valuable secret of a diplomat. - Robert Estabrook
Inspirational Quotes for December 7, 2004
You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one. - James A. Froude, 1818-1894, English Historian
Experience isn't interesting until it begins to repeat itself. In fact, till it does that, it hardly is experience. - Elizabeth Bowen, 1899-1973, Anglo-Irish Novelist
Begin somewhere. You cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do. Liz Smith, 1923-, American Journalist, Gossip Columnist
Inspirational Quotes for November 30, 2004
We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open. --Jawaharlal Nehru, 1889-1964, Indian Nationalist, Statesman
High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation. -Jack Kinder
One person with a belief is equal to a force of ninety-nine who have only interests. -John Stuart Mill, 1806-1873, British Philosopher, Economist
Inspirational Quotes for November 23, 2004
Serenity is not freedom from the storm, but calmness within the storm. -Anonymous
Only when your consciousness is totally focused on the moment you are in can you receive whatever gift, lesson, or delight that moment has to offer. Barbara De Angelis, American Expert on Relationship & Love, Author
CHAMPIONS RISK what others DARE not; DREAM what others think impossible; DO what others say can't be done. Jason James Hun, Author
Inspirational Quotes for November 22, 2004
One cool judgment is worth a dozen hasty councils. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat. - Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924), 1856-1924, Twenty-eighth President of the USA
It is well to remember that the entire population of the universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others. - John Andrew Holmes
If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? And if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when? -Rabbi Hillel, 30B.C - 9 A.D., Jewish Rabbi, Teacher
Inspirational Quotes for November 16, 2004
Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why. -Bernard M. Baruch, 1870-1965, American Financier
There is real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment. - Norman Vincent Peale, 1898-1993, American Christian Reformed Pastor, Speaker, Author
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reasons for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality.- Albert Einstein, 1879-1955, German-born American Physicist
Inspirational Quotes for November 9, 2004
Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you."- Nathaniel Hawthorne -{1804-1864 American Novelist}
"You are the only real obstacle in your path to a fulfilling life. -Les Brown {American Motivator Lecturer}
In the final analysis there is no solution to man's progress but the day's honest work, the day's honest decisions, the day's generous utterances and the day's good deed.- Clare Booth Luce
Inspirational Quotes for October 26, 2004
Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun. - Mary Lou Cook
The best opportunities in life are the ones we create. Goal setting provides for you the opportunity to create an extraordinary life. -Gary Ryan Blair {Goals Coach & Founder of The Goals Guy}
Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil; our great hope lies in developing what is good. -Calvin Coolidge, 1872-1933, Thirtieth President of the USA
Inspirational Quotes for October 19, 2004
People deal too much with the negative, what is wrong.... Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom. -Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Buddhist Monk, Teacher
At the age of 20, we don't care what the world thinks of us; at 30, we worry about what it is thinking of us; at 40, we discover that it wasn't thinking of us at all. - Unknown
Ask, and it will be given you; Seek, and you will find; Knock, and it will be opened to you. - Bible
Inspirational Quotes for October 12, 2004
If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants. -Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
You see things and you say, "Why?" But I dream things that never were and say, "Why not?" George Bernard Shaw
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. - Galileo Galilei
Inspirational Quotes for October 4, 2004
Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. , 1809-1894, American Author, Wit, Poet
It's never too late to realize your ambitions. Take the first step by daring to dream big dreams. Then have the confidence to take a few risks and make those dreams a reality. You'll be glad you did. -- Don MacRae, President of the Lachlan Group
We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it -- and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove lid. She will never sit on a hot stove lid again -- and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore. - Mark Twain, 1835-1910, American Humorist, Writer
Inspirational Quotes for September 28, 2004
I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will. - Clint Eastwood, Actor
It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others. - John Andrew Holmes
Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty- Anne Herbert
Inspirational Quotes for September 21, 2004
You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. - James Allen
If you put a small value upon youself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price. - Unknown
Every morning you are handed 24 golden hours. They are one of the few things in this world that you get free of charge. If you had all the money in the world, you couldn't buy an extra hour. What will you do with this priceless treasure? Remember, you must use it, as it is given only once. Once wasted you cannot get it back.-Unknown
Inspirational Quotes for September 14, 2004
Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours." - John Locke, 1632-1704, British Philosopher
If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don't, they never were.~ Kahlil Gibran, 1883-1931, Lebanese Poet, Novelist
I have often been afraid, but I would not give in to it. I made myself act as though I was not afraid and gradually my fear disappeared. -Theodore Roosevelt, 1858-1919, Twenty-sixth President of the USA