William Durant – mistakes
“Forget past mistakes. Forget failures. Forget everything except what you’re going to do now and do it.” ~William Durant
Category: Inspirational quotes
Inspirational quotes
Gary Kowalski – animals
“It is not just that animals make the world more scenic or picturesque. The lives of animals are woven into our very being — closer …
Edward Counsel – power of good
“Envy wealth for its power of good, not ill.” ~Edward Counsel
El Cid – triumph without glory
“To conquer without risk is to triumph without glory.” ~El Cid
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh -courage
“There is only one courage, and that is the courage to let go of the past, not to collect it, not to accumulate it, not …
Lord Mansfield – speech
“A speech is like a love affair. Any fool can start it, but to end it requires considerable skill.” ~Lord Mansfield
Thought for Today – Choices
“Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You …
Reflection: Glowing Sunrise
Quarantine Bay 5 March 2011 “What a beautiful morning! That sends sunrise aglowing of ember bouquet of rays its light to the calm sea radiates.” …
Thought for Today – Inner Landscape
Wonboyn Lake 7 March 2011 “When my inner landscape is full of beautiful thoughts, everything I do is a pleasure. Gently, I calm down chaotic …
Marlo Thomas Quotes
“If it’s one thing we learned from the first book, it’s that you don’t have to be a prizefighter, or a world-renowned architect, or a …
Patrick Buchanan Quotes
“Defeat has its lessons as well as victory.” ~Patrick Buchanan “If a country forgets where it came from, how will its people know who they …
David Viscott – courage
“If you have the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed.” ~David Viscott
William Barclay – endurance
“Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory.” ~William Barclay
Thought for Today – The Happiness You Give
“The happiness you give makes you more happy than the happiness you receive.” ~Thought for Today-UK
Laura Stavoe Harm – culture
“We have a secret in our culture, and it’s not that birth is painful. It’s that women are strong.” ~Laura Stavoe Harm
Sallust – harmony
Green Hill9 June 2011 “Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay.” ~Sallust
Stanely A. Cain – estuaries
SH Duck Pond9 June 2011 “Estuaries are a happy land, rich in the continent itself, stirred by the forces of nature like the soup of …
Russell Hoban – mirror
Tangara Train27 June 2011 “An ordinary mirror is silvered at the back but the window of the night train has darkness behind the glass. My …
Thought for Today – Lotus Life
Sydney Royal Botanical Garden 30 December 2010 “The lotus is a symbol of purity. Its roots are in the mud, but the flower remains above …
John Howard Payne – There’s no place like home
“Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home” ~John Howard Payne
William L Shirer – happiness
“Most true happiness comes from one’s inner life, from the disposition of the mind and soul. Admittedly, a good inner life is difficult to achieve, …
BJ Olson Quotes
“Peace comes from living in the moment and looking for the good in others. Peacefulness comes from facing our fears and letting them go – …
William Plomer – creativity
“Creativity is the power to connect the seemingly unconnected.” ~William Plomer
Edmund Spenser – thought
“For take thy ballaunce if thou be so wise, And weigh the winds that under heaven doth blow; Or weigh the light that in the …
Morris West – sunshine
“If you spend your life waiting for the storm, you’ll never enjoy the sunshine.” ~Morris West
Robert G. Ingersoll – common sense
“It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.” ~Robert G. Ingersoll
Scott Heron expression
“The way you get to know yourself is by the expression on other people’s faces.” ~Gil Scott Heron
Seth Godin – TRUST
“Trust is built when no one is looking.” ~Seth Godin
T’ao Shan – rainbow
Photo Credit: G. Seierstad “Look at that rainbow. It is only when the sky cries that you see the colors in the light.” ~T’ao Shan
Moses Hadas – gap
“This book fills a much-needed gap.” ~Moses Hadas
Henry Miller – like stars
“We are dancing in the hollow of nothingness. We are one flesh, but separated like stars” ~Henry Miller
Ibn Arabi – imagination
“The whole of existence is imagination within imagination, while true Being is God alone.” ~Ibn Arabi
Buson – old age
“Ears of my old age; the summer rains falling down the rainpipe.” ~Buson
William Macneile Dixon – heart
“To understand any living thing, you must, so to say, creep within and feel the beating of its heart.” ~William Macneile Dixon
Thought for Today – Honest Heart
“An honest heart is an open heart. If we are dishonest in any way with ourselves or with others, it means we are in hiding. …
Duke Ellington – do your best
“A problem is a chance for you to do your best.” ~Duke Ellington
Gustav Adolfo Becquer – through the eyes
“The soul that can speak through the eyes, can also kiss with a gaze” ~Gustav Adolfo Becquer
Sarah Williams – perfect light
“Though my soul may set in darkness, It will rise in perfect light, I have loved the stars too fondly To be fearful of the …
John Cage – music
“My favourite piece of music is the one we hear all the time if we are quiet.” ~John Cage
Quotes on Prayers
“In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.” ~John Bunyan “My heroes in life are ordinary. Waking …