Category: Inspirational quotes

Inspirational quotes

Jeffrey McDaniel – winter

Photo Attributed to Doug Gonser “I realize there’s something incredibly honest about trees in winter, how they’re experts at letting things go.” ~Jeffrey McDaniel

Gianna Perad – soul

“Some things scratch the surface while others strike at your soul.” ~Gianna Perad

Shakyamuni – striving

“Better than one hundred years lived with idleness and weakness is one single day lived with courage and powerful striving.” Shakyamuni

Thomas Huxley – learn

“Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” ~Thomas Huxley

Yunus Emre – energy

“A single word can brighten the face of one who knows the value of words. Ripened in silence, a single word acquires a great energy …

John Izzo Quotes

Manildra NSW31 July 2012 “Each day we can wake up and choose to see life as a gift and to be fully present in that …

Anon – gifts

Outback SunsetGift of Experience 31 July 2012 “Look at what you know and at what you have and let your gifts reflect what you give.” …

Eva Söderlund – wisdom

“Deep within you, you have a well of endless wisdom, an inner voice who talks to you in times of change, in times of need. …

Malcolm Rankin – dignity

“God gives inner strength and dignity that frees our spirit from the cage of our frustrations so we can live with our limitations and see …

Robert Alan – humanity

Open Air Afternoon Devonshire TeaOutback Property in NSW3 August 2012 “The good deed you do today for a brother or sister in need will come …

Anon – advice

“Some people think they are generous because they give away free advice.” ~Anon

Bourke Coekran – mother earth

Canola FieldFar West of NSW1 August 2012 “There is enough for all. The earth is a generous mother; she will provide in plentiful abundance food …

Anon – elegance

“Elegance of language doesn’t always come from the smartest people; it comes from those who can empathize with their fellows and share a common experience.” …

Anon – trappings

Federal Rd, Seven Hills3 January 2013 “In your life, do not fall into the trap of chasing after the trappings.” ~Anon

Rod Mckuen – gifts

“The gifts that one received for giving are so immeasurable that it is almost an injustice to accept them.” ~Rod Mckuen

Jean Piaget – linguists

“Logical positivists have never taken psychology into account in their epistemology, but they affirm that logical beings and mathematical beings are nothing but linguistic structures.” …

Samuel Richardson generosity

“It may be very generous in one person to offer what it would be ungenerous in another to accept.” ~Samuel Richardson

M. J. Ryan – happiness

“We hold on so tightly that our hands are unavailable to reach out for the happiness we could gain by letting go.” ~M. J. Ryan

Anon – good times

“If life is going badly, it’s easy to blame it on someone else-so whom do you credit for the good times?” ~Anon

L:arry Gerbens – artists

“The artists have ministered to us, and we hope their work will minister others.” ~Larry Gerbens , Our Daily Bread, The Beauty of Forgiveness by …

Barbara Bush – needs

“Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.” …

Barbara Bush – giving

“Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.” …

Sir Walter Scott – gift

“True love’s the gift which God has given to man alone beneath the heaven.” ~Sir Walter Scott

Gertrude S. Wister – flowers

26 September 2012 “The flowers of late winter and early spring occupy places in our hearts well out of proportion to their size.” ~Gertrude S. …

Beverly Nichols – fragrance

From Corrie’s Garden9 December 2012 “To be overcome by the fragrance of flowers is a delectable form of defeat.” ~Beverly Nichols

Adabella Radici – flower

 From my little garden23 November 2012 “A flower’s appeal is in its contradictions – so delicate in form yet strong in fragrance, so small in …

Edward Payson Rod – blooms

“Look at us, said the violets blooming at her feet, all last winter we slept in the seeming death but at the right time God …

Zhuangzi – opinions

“We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they …

Christiane Northrup – gratitude

“Feeling gratitude or appreciative of someone or something in your life actually attracts more of the things that you appreciate and value in your life.” …

Sarah Caldwell – learn

“Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can – there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did.” …

Georges Bernanos – meadow flowers

“Little things seem nothing, but they give peace, like those meadow flowers which individually seem odorless but all together perfume the air.” ~Georges Bernanos