inspirational Quotes
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There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man's lack of faith in his true Self.
William James
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I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.
William Penn
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Cows run away from the storm while the buffalo charges toward it - and gets through it quicker. Whenever I’m confronted with a tough challenge, I do not prolong the torment, I become the buffalo.
Wilma Mankiller
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Do not think your single vote does not matter much. The rain that refreshes the parched ground is made up of single drops.
Kate Sheppard
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Never shame to hear what you have nobly done
William Shakespeare
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You must know that in any moment a decision you make can change the course of your life forever, the very next person who you stand behind in line or sit next to on an aeroplane, the very next phone call you make or receive, the very next movie you see or book you read or page you turn could be the one single thing that causes the floodgates to open, and all of the things that you've been waiting for to fall into place.
Anthony Robbins
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If we listened to our intellect, we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have a friendship. We'd never go into business, because we'd be cynical. Well, that's nonsense. You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down.
Ray Bradbury
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If it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most offending soul.
William Shakespeare
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Animals feed themselves; men eat; but only wise men know the art of eating
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
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Success is not just the crowning moment, the spiking of the ball in the end zone or the raising of the flag on the summit. It is the whole process of reaching for a goal and, sometimes, it begins with failure.
Erik Weihenmayer
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Always have the fear of God in your heart, and remember that God is always with you, everywhere, whether you are walking or sitting.
Gennadius of Constantinople
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Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.
William Makepeace Thackeray
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He was a man too busy to flush toilets.
Mona Simpson
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Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time to figure out whether you like it or not.
Virgil Thomson
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Do not forsake prayer, for just as the body becomes weak when it is deprived of food, so also the soul when it is deprived of prayer draws nigh to weakness and noetic death.
Gennadius of Constantinople
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This above all; to thine own self be true.
William Shakespeare
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Be as careful of the books you read, as of the company you keep, for your habits and character will be as much influenced by the former as the latter.
Edwin Paxton Hood
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The fire of literacy is created by the emotional sparks between a child, a book, and the person reading. It isn’t achieved by the book alone, nor by the child alone, nor by the adult who’s reading aloud—it’s the relationship winding between all three, bringing them together in easy harmony.
Mem Fox
