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Inspirational Quotes for Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Success is more a function of consistent common sense than it is of genius. - An Wang, 1920-1990
The chances are that you have already come to believe that happiness is unattainable. But men have attained it. And they have attained it by realizing that happiness does not spring from the procuring of physical or mental pleasure, but from the development of reason and the adjustment of conduct to principles. - Arnold Bennett, 1867-1931
Not to dream boldly may turn out to be simply irresponsible. - George Leonard, 1923-2010
Inspirational Quotes for Tuesday, October 22, 2013
We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon--instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today. - Dale Carnegie, 1888-1955
Fortune favors the brave. - Publius Terence, c. 190 BC-159 BC
Doubt whom you will, but never yourself. - Christian Nestell Bovee, 1820-1904
Inspirational Quotes for Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Many can argue - not many converse. - Amos Bronson Alcott, 1799-1888
Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely. - Auguste Rodin, 1840-1917
Let us follow our destiny, ebb and flow. Whatever may happen, we master fortune by accepting it. - Virgil, 70 BC-19 BC
Inspirational Quotes for Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous. - Confucius, 551 BC-479 BC
Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader. - Tacitus, 56 AD-117 AD
Success in life is a matter not so much of talent or opportunity as of concentration and perseverance. - C. W. Wendte, 1844-1931
Inspirational Quotes for Tuesday, October 1, 2013
A man in earnest finds means or, if he cannot find, creates them. - William Ellery Channing, 1780-1842
I not only use all the brains I have, but all I can borrow. - Woodrow Wilson, 1856-1924
Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. - Lord Chesterfield, 1694-1773
Inspirational Quotes for Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Success in the affairs of life often serves to hide one's abilities, whereas adversity frequently gives one an opportunity to discover them. - Horace, 65 B.C.-8 B.C.
Every worthy act is difficult. Ascent is always difficult. Descent is easy and often slippery. - Mahatma Gandhi, 1869-1948
You must know for which harbor you are headed if you are to catch the right wind to take you there. - Seneca, 4 BC-AD 65
Inspirational Quotes for Tuesday, September 17, 2013
He either fears his fate too much, or his deserts are small, who dares not put it to the touch to gain or lose it all. - Marquis of Montrose, 1612-1650
We are not creatures of circumstance; we are creators of circumstance. - Benjamin Disraeli, 1804-1881
Discontent is the source of all trouble, but also of all progress, in individuals and nations. - Berthold Auerbach, 1812-1882
Inspirational Quotes for Tuesday, September 10, 2013
He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty. - Lao Tzu, 604 B.C.-531 B.C.
The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is the knack of getting along with people. - Theodore Roosevelt, 1901-1909
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. - John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963
Inspirational Quotes for Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Purpose is what gives life a meaning. - Charles Henry Parkhurst, 1842-1933
The great lesson is that the sacred is in the ordinary, that it is to be found in one's daily life, in one's neighbors, friends and family, in one's backyard. - Abraham Maslow, 1908-1970
Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine. - Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882
Inspirational Quotes for Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Character is the real foundation of all worthwhile success. - John Hays Hammond, 1855-1936
Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in. - Andrew Jackson, 1767-1845
Nothing endures but change. - Heraclitus, 535 BC-475 BC
Inspirational Quotes for Tuesday, August 13, 2013
The great thing in this world is not so much where you stand, as in what direction you are moving. - Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1809-1894
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome. - Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784
I avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward. - Charlotte Brontë, 1816-1855
Inspirational Quotes for Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Much tongue and much judgment seldom go together. - Roger L'Estrange, 1616-1704
Knowledge gained through experience is far superior and many times more useful than bookish knowledge. - Mahatma Gandhi, 1869-1948
Happy is the man who can do only one thing; in doing it, he fulfills his destiny. - Joseph Joubert, 1754-1824
Inspirational Quotes for Tuesday, July 30, 2013
We bring forth weeds when our quick minds lie still. - William Shakespeare, 1564-1616
Always mistrust a subordinate who never finds fault with his superior. - John Churton Collins, 1848-1908
The important thing in life is to have great aim and to possess the aptitude and the perseverance to attain it. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749-1832
Inspirational Quotes for Tuesday, July 23, 2013
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. - Francis Bacon, 1561-1626
All know that the drop merges into the ocean but few know that the ocean merges into the drop. - Kabir, 1440-1518
He lives long that lives well; and time misspent is not lived but lost. - Thomas Fuller, 1608-1661
Inspirational Quotes for Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit. - Napoleon Hill, 1883-1970
Fractures well cured make us more strong. - Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882
What are the aims which are at the same time duties? They are perfecting of ourselves, the happiness of others. - Immanuel Kant, 1724-1804
Inspirational Quotes for Tuesday, July 9, 2013
The soul of conversation is sympathy. - Thomas Campbell, 1777-1844
One who fears failure limits his activities. Failure is only the opportunity to more intelligently begin again. - Henry Ford, 1863-1947
The mind that is anxious about future events is miserable. - Seneca, 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
Inspirational Quotes for Tuesday, July 2, 2013
No man was ever wise by chance. - Seneca, 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
Govern thy life and thoughts as if the whole world were to see the one, and read the other. - Thomas Fuller, 1608-1661
As the sculptor devotes himself to wood and stone, I would devote myself to my soul. - Toyohiko Kagawa, 1888-1960
Inspirational Quotes for Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Character is what you think in the dark. - Dwight L. Moody, 1837-1899
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity. - George Patton, 1885-1945
The great and glorious masterpiece of man is to know how to live to purpose. - Michel de Montaigne, 1533-1592
Inspirational Quotes for Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Fortify yourself with contentment, for this is an impregnable fortress. - Epictetus, 55 AD- 135 AD
You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. - Mark Twain, 1835-1910
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past. - Patrick Henry, 1736-1799
Inspirational Quotes for Tuesday, June 11, 2013
For hope is but the dream of those that wake. - Matthew Prior, 1664-1721
First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do. - Epictetus, 55 AD- 135 AD
The greatest results in life are usually attained by simple means and the exercise of ordinary qualities. These may for the most part be summed in these two: common-sense and perseverance. - Owen Feltham, 1602-1668
Inspirational Quotes for Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Silence is often advantageous. - Menander, 342 BC - 291 BC
The experience of others adds to our knowledge, but not to our wisdom; that is dearer bought. - Hosea Ballou, 1771-1852
Adapt yourself to the life you have been given; and truly love the people with whom destiny has surrounded you. - Marcus Aurelius, 121 AD- 180 AD
Inspirational Quotes for Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Such as are thy habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of thy mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts. - Marcus Aurelius, 121 AD- 180 AD
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way. - Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865
Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. - Epictetus, 55 AD-135 AD
Inspirational Quotes for Tuesday, May 21, 2013
To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life. - Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784
No member of a crew is praised for the rugged individuality of his rowing. - Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882
Time and tide wait for no man. - Geoffrey Chaucer, 1343-1400
Inspirational Quotes for Tuesday, May 14, 2013
The highest purpose of intellectual cultivation is to give a man a perfect knowledge and mastery of his own inner self; to render our consciousness its own light and its own mirror. - Novalis, 1772-1801
The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration. - Confucius, 551 BC-479 BC
I attempt an arduous task; but there is no worth in that which is not a difficult achievement. - Ovid, 43 BC-17 AD
Inspirational Quotes for Tuesday, May 7, 2013
It is always good to know, if only in passing, charming human beings. It refreshes one like flowers and woods and clear brooks. - George Eliot, 1819-1880
Never let the fear of striking out get in your way. - George Herman "Babe" Ruth, 1895-1948
We also deem those happy, who from the experience of life, have learned to bear its ills and without descanting on their weight. - Juvenal, 55 AD-127 AD