A.B. Cheales – blooms
“While the pot boils, friendship blooms.” ~A.B. Cheales
Category: Inspirational quotes
Inspirational quotes
William Mather – cheerful heart
“Friends, books, a cheerful heart, and conscience clear are the most choice companions we have here.” ~William Mather
Emile Coue – every day, every way
“Every day, in every way, I’m getting better and better.” ~Emile Coue
James Bryant Conant – calling
“Each honest calling, each walk of life, has its own elite, its own aristocracy based on excellence.” ~James Bryant Conant
Wilhem von Humboldt – happiness
“Our happiness or our unhappiness depends far more on the way we meet the events of life than on the nature of those events themselves.” …
Shunryu Suzuki – real practice
“If you do things because you should do them, then this is real practice.” ~Shunryu Suzuki
Thought for Today – Creating a Peaceful Character
“To be peaceful you have to see yourself as a peaceful being. It means to think about being peaceful. It means that you have to …
Olive Schreiner – life
“My feeling is that there is nothing in life but refraining from hurting others, and confronting those that are sad.” ~Olive Schreiner
Sen Rikyu – teaspoon
“A teaspoon should be made in a way that does not look beautiful.” ~Sen Rikyu
Elizabeth Bowen – mystery
“No object is mysterious. The mystery is your eye.” ~Elizabeth Bowen
Kabir – ocean
“All know that the drop merges into the ocean, but few know that the ocean merges into the drop.” ~Kabir
Joseph Chilton Pearce – creative life
“To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.” ~Joseph Chilton Pearce
Jane Goodall – human emotions
“I have found that to love and be loved is the most empowering and exhilarating of all human emotions.” ~Jane Goodall
Stephen King Quotes
“Even when love isn’t enough…somehow it is.” — Stephen King “People want to know why I write such gross stuff. I like to tell them …
Thought for Today – Compassion
“A compassionate person develops an eye for spotting the qualities that make each person special. Even when others are at their lowest ebb, it is …
Bruce Barton – liberty
“What a curious phenomenon it is that you can get men to die for the liberty of the world who will not make the little …
Cyril Connolly – existence
“The secret of success is to be in harmony with existence, to be always calm – to let each wave of life wash us a …
Hill Harper – love
“Love is an energy. You can feed it to people, and they in turn feed it to others, and eventually it comes back.” ~Hill Harper
Susan Fay West – space
“The mental and physical space we create by letting go of things that belong in our past gives us the option to fill the space …
Sylvia Plath – bath cure
“There must be quite a few things a hot bath won’t cure, but I don’t know many of them.” ~Sylvia Plath
Dr. James R. Sherman – chance
“Chance has a rhythm, like a flowing of tides, the migration of birds, the alternation of the seasons, and the cycle of growth and harvest.” …
Harriet Braiker – excellence
“Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing.” ~Harriet Braiker
Elizabeth Taylor – patience
“It is strange that the years teach us patience; that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.” ~Elizabeth Taylor
Ann Patchett -kindness
“Show kindness whenever possible. Show it to the people in front of you, the people coming up behind you, and the people with whom you …
Oliver Goldsmith – preach
“You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.” ~Oliver Goldsmith
Basil King – bold
“Be bold and mighty powers will come to your aid.” ~Basil King
Louis Parrish -life
“If you can organize your kitchen, you can organize your life.” ~Louis Parrish
Thought for Today – Mind Matters
“The most important part of you is your mind (not your brain – the brain is the hardware and the mind creates the software). Care …
Chuck Palahniuk – fly
“The faster you’ll fall, the higher you’ll fly.” ~Chuck Palahniuk
Piero Ferrucci – habit
“Eliminate something superfluous from your life. Break a habit. Do something that makes you feel insecure.” ~Piero Ferrucci
Denise Levertov – singing
“What I heard was my whole self saying and singing what it knew: I can.” ~ Denise Levertov
Thought for Today – Work Well
“Work is only work if you prefer to be somewhere else. Work tends to be a negative perception of a task which we reluctantly approach. …
Bong Dancel Santos Prayers
Lord,You’ve guided my steps, overlooked my mistakes, encouraged my efforts, and praised my achievements. You forgive and forget my sins,but You never forget me. Thank …
William Shedd – Ship
17 August 2010 P & O Cruise Ship “A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for.” ~William Shedd
Thought for Today – Spirituality Versus Science
“Science can tell why a rose is red, but not why it is beautiful. Beauty belongs to the realm of spirituality.” ~Thought for Today-UK
Osho Rajneesh – meditation
“To be alone and to be drunk with your own aloneness is what meditation is all about. Be in the world, but don’t be of …
Radhanath Swami – motivation
“The problem in this world is because people are spiritually undisciplined, simply motivated by selfishness and greed.” ~Radhanath Swami
Remez Sasson – vision
“Thoughts are not a necessity; most of the time they are just distractions that obstruct your inner vision.” ~Remez Sasson
Thought for Today – Vibrations
“With your own vibrations of peace and happiness, give everyone else the experience of happiness and comfort.” ~Thought for Today-UK
Eric Berne – bird
20 May 2012Jenolan CavesOberon NSW “The moment a boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer …