Category: Inspirational quotes

Inspirational quotes

Cynthia Ozick – childhood

“What we remember from childhood we remember forever – permanent ghosts, stamped, inked, imprinted, eternally seen.” ~Cynthia Ozick

Dave Sim – truth

“Once a profound truth has been seen, it cannot be ‘unseen’. There’s no ‘going back’ to the person you were. Even if such a possibility …

Frederick II The Great Quotes

“A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in.” ~Frederick II The Great of Prussia on Royalty “The greatest and noblest pleasure which …

Jim Morrison – DEEPEST FEAR

“Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.” ~Jim Morrison

Quotes on Speaking and Listening

Let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak. ~James 1:19 “Always remember there are certain people who set their watches by your clock.” …

Herbert Vander Lugt – honesty

“Honest people do what they can to make things right, even when it costs them something.” ~Herbert Vander Lugt Source: Our Daily Bread

Anon – garden

“If someone planted an acorn in front of your house for every kind word you ever spoke and chopped down a tree for every unkind …

Vita Sackville-West – death

“We have never interfered with each other, and strangely enough, never been jealous of each other. And now, in our advancing years, we love each …

Richard Garnett – paradise

“Man and woman may only enter Paradise hand in hand. Together they left it, and together they must return.” ~Richard Garnett

Anon – EGO

“All growth requires a temporary surrender of ego.” ~Anon

Scott Barnes – beauty

“Finding your beauty isn’t about looking exactly like everyone else. It’s about accepting yourself—the parts you love and the parts you don’t—and then working with …

Charles The Bold – success

“It is not necessary to hope in order to undertake, nor to succeed in order to persevere.” ~Charles The Bold

Anon – hand

“One hand doesn’t always know what the other is doing.” ~Anon

Anon – wonderful living

“If the rich could hire other people to die for them, the poor could make a wonderful living.” ~Anon

Quotes on Charity, Giving and Helping

Charity “Did universal charity prevail, earth would be a heaven, and hell a fable.” ~Charles Caleb Colton On Giving “GOD loves a cheerful giver.” ~Bible …

Hsu Yun – ask your heart

“The best way is just to observe the noise of the world. The answer to your questions? Ask your heart.” ~Hsu Yun

Martin Luther – sleep

“For as through sleep all weariness and faintness pass away and cease and the powers of the spirit come back again, so in the morning …

Tom Wilson – temptation

“About the only time losing is more fun than winning is when you are fighting temptation.” ~Tom Wilson

José N. Harris – path

Manildra Cafe (NSW)31 July 2012“When you find your path, you must ignore fear. You need to have the courage to risk mistakes. But once you …

David Gayson Quotes

“Adventure is not outside a man it is within.” ~David Gayson “All the disconnected people I know are trying to be something they are not, …

Dr. George Sewell – sneaker

“When all the blandishments of life are gone, The coward sneaks to death, the brave live on.” ~Dr. George Sewell on Cowards

Camille Pissaro – humble places

Yellow Orchids in BoholNovember 2011 “Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.” ~Camille Pissaro

Chateubriand – dawn of day

Breaking of Day in BoholNovember 2011 “The morning of life is like the dawn of a day, full of purity, visions, and harmony.” ~Chateubriand