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Inspirational Quotes for September 8, 2004
I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble. -Helen Keller {1880-1968 American Blind/Deaf Author & Lecturer}
If you don't understand yourself you don't understand anybody else. -Nikki Giovanni {American Poet}
Everything you are against weakens you. Everything you are for empowers you. -Wayne Dyer {American Psychotherapist & Author}
Inspirational Quotes for August 30, 2004
In every person who comes near you look for what is good and strong; honor that; try to imitate it, and your faults will drop off like dead leaves when their time comes. -John Ruskin, 1819-1900, English Philosopher
There's no such thing as Perfection. But, in striving for perfection, we can achieve excellence. -Vince Lombardi, 1913-1970, American Football Coach}
I wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving.
-Kahlil Gibran, 1883-1931, Lebanese Poet, Novelist
Inspirational Quotes for August 24, 2004
The most essential factor is persistence, - the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come. -James Whitcomb Riley, 1849-1916, American Poet
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing." --Albert Schweitzer, 1875-1965, German Born Medical Missionary, Theologian, Musician, and Philosopher
Plant the seed of desire in your mind and it forms a nucleus with power to attract to itself everything needed for its fulfillment.- -Robert Collier, American Writer, Publisher
Inspirational Quotes for August 17, 2004
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness had genius, power and magic in it. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749-1832, German Poet, Dramatist, Novelist
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. - Henry David Thoreau, 1817-1862, American Essayist, Poet, Naturalist
Persistence is the twin sister of excellence. One is a matter of quality; the other, a matter of time.- Marabel Morgan
Inspirational Quotes for August 10, 2004
Better to do SOMETHING imperfectly than to do NOTHING flawlessly. -Robert Schuller ,1926-, American Minister (Crystal Cathedral), Author, Social Leader
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are. - John Wooden, 1910- ,American Basketball Coach
Two men looked from prison bars. One saw mud...the other, stars. - Unknown
Inspirational Quotes for August 3, 2004
He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave. - Andrew Carnegie, 1835-1919, American Industrialist, Philanthropist
If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven played music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well. - Martin Luther King, Jr. 1929-1968, American Civil Rights Leader
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. --Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882, American Poet, Essayist
Inspirational Quotes for July 24, 2004
Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.-Ralph Waldo Emerson {1803-1882 American Poet & Essayist}
A life lived in fear is a life half lived' -Tara Morice as Fran, from the movie "Strictly Ballroom"
No matter what you've done for yourself or for humanity, if you can't look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished? -Lee Iacocca Retired Automobile Executive
Inspirational Quotes for July 20, 2004
Use what talent you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best. - Henry Van Dyke, American Poet, Author
Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get. -Dale Carnegie, 1888-1955, American Author, Trainer
There is only one small letter between the words CAN and CAN'T...and that one letter will TOTALLY change your destiny. -Doug Firebaugh, Author, Speaker
Inspirational Quotes for July 13, 2004
That best portion of a good man's life; His little, nameless, unremembered acts; Of kindness and love. - William Wordsworth, 1770-1850, British Poet
But the only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible. -Arthur C. Clark 1917-, British Science Fiction Writer
You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late. -Ralph Waldo Emerson {1803-1882 American Poet & Essayist}
Inspirational Quotes for July 7, 2004
The U.S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. - Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, American Scientist, Publisher, Diplomat
It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man’s life is made up of nothing but the habits he has accumulated during the first half. -Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski, 1821-1881, Russian Novelist
I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.-Thomas Paine, 1737-1809, Anglo-American Political Theorist, Writer
Inspirational Quotes for June 29, 2004
"I am more and more convinced that our happiness or our unhappiness depends far more on the way we meet the events of life than on the nature of those events themselves." - Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt, 1767-1835, German Statesman, Philologist
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. --George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish-born British Dramatist
"There are powers inside of you, which, if you could discover and use, would make of you everything you ever dreamed or imagined you could become." – Orison Swett Marden, 1850-1924, American Author, Founder of Success Magazine
Inspirational Quotes for June 22, 2004
When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us. - Alexander Graham Bell, 1847-1922, British-born American Inventor of Telephone
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. - Ann Landers, American Advice Columnist
Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without
action. - Benjamin Disraeli, 1804-1881, British Statesman, Prime Minister
Inspirational Quotes for June 15, 2004
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude. Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1826, Third President of the USA
Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to his work, body and soul." -Charles Buxton, 1823-1871, British Author
A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner. - English proverb
Inspirational Quotes for June 12, 2004
You can have anything you want ?if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose. - Abraham Lincoln
Learn to self-conquest, persevere thus for a time, and you will perceive very clearly the advantage which you gain from it. - St. Teresa of Avila
No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change. - Barbara De Angelis
Inspirational Quotes for June 5, 2004
Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul; the blue prints of your ultimate accomplishments. - Napoleon Hill
In every person who comes near you look for what is good and strong, honor that; try to imitate it, and your faults will drop off like dead leaves when their time comes. - John Ruskin
There are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live. - John Adams
Inspirational Quotes for May 29, 2004
None will improve your lot if you yourself do not. - Bertolt Brecht, 1933
"When meditation is mastered, the mind is unwavering like the flame of a lamp in a windless place." - Bhagavad Gita
I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through ?then follow through. - Captain Edward V. Rickenbacker
Inspirational Quotes for May 22, 2004
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. - Eleanor Roosevelt
The more people have studied different methods of bringing up children the more they have come to the conclusion that what good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing is best after all. - Benjamin Spock
People are eternally divided into two classes, the believer, builder, and praiser, and the unbeliever, destroyer and critic. - John Ruskin
Inspirational Quotes for May 15, 2004
To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind. - William Hazlitt
There is in every true woman’s heart a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up, and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity. - Elisabeth Guizot
Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's when you've had everything to do, and you've done it. - Margaret Thatcher
Inspirational Quotes for May 9, 2004
Let everyone sweep in front of his own door and the whole world will be clean. - Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
I don't think anything is unrealistic if you believe you can do it. I think if you are determined enough and willing to pay the price, you can get it done. - Mike Ditka
If you deliberately plan on being less than you are capable of being, then I warn you that you'll be unhappy for the rest of your life. - Abraham H. Maslow
Inspirational Quotes for April 29, 2004
Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before. - James Buckham
The important thing is this: to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become. - Charles Du Bos
The most damaging phrase in the language is: "It's always been done that way." -Rear Admiral Grace Hopper
Inspirational Quotes for April 24, 2004
Progress in every age results only from the fact that there are some men and women who refuse to believe that what they know to be right cannot be done. - Russell W. Davenport
"The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity. - Arthur James Balfour
I know a lot of people without brains who do an awful lot of talking. - The Scarecrow, Wizard of Oz
Inspirational Quotes for April 17, 2004
Thoughtfulness for others, generosity, modesty and self-respect are the qualities which make a real gentleman or lady. -Thomas H. Huxley
When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself. - Wayne Dyer
You can learn new things at any time in your life if you're willing to be a beginner. If you actually learn to like being a beginner, the whole world opens up to you. - Barbara Sher
Inspirational Quotes for April 9, 2004
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love. - Lao-Tzu
The vision that you glorify in your mind, the ideal that you enthrone in your heart ?this you will build your life by, and this you will become. - James Lane Allen
Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother. - Kahlil Gibran
Inspirational Quotes for April 2, 2004
So great has been the endurance, so incredible the achievement, that, as long as the sun keeps a set course in heaven, it would be foolish to despair of the human race. - Ernest L. Woodward
When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need completion, by pure love that needs expressing, then we truly live life. - Greg Anderson
I shall adopt new views as fast as they shall appear to be true views. - Abraham Lincoln
Inspirational Quotes for March 26, 2004
Each of us is great insofar as we perceive and act on the infinite possibilities which lie undiscovered and unrecognized about us. - James Harvey Robinson
Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist. - Mary Kay Ash
Remember, happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have, it depends solely upon what you think. - Dale Carnegie