David Frost – what you love
“Do not aim for success if you want it just do what you love believe in, it will come naturally.” ~David Frost
Category: Inspirational quotes
Inspirational quotes
Steve Prefontaine -Success
“Success isn’t how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.” ~Steve Prefontaine
Baba Ram Dass – be quiet to hear
“The quieter you become, the more you can hear.” ~Baba Ram Dass
Thought for Today – Relationships With Others
“A sensible person knows it is a waste of time and energy to get angry. Effort will then have to be made to reconstruct that …
Lawrence Durrell – act of tenderness
“The world we live in is fortunate in something too simple to be over-described as cosmic law – as easy to grasp as, say, an …
John Dryden – Pearls
Present from Girlie 19 September 2011 “He who would search for pearls must dive below”. ~John Dryden
Positive Thoughts – Good Advice
“Love your man. Study him. Understand where he is in his emotional development and be a good role model for him. Men need the essence …
Karen Ravn – dream
“Only as high as I reach can I grow,only as far as I seek can I go,only as deep as I look can I see,only …
Doug Bronson – three P’s
“The three P’s of success: Passion, Persistence, and Patience.” ~Doug Bronson
Tim Duncan – good, better and best
“Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better is best.” ~Tim Duncan
W. Somerset Maugham – rain
“The rain fell alike upon the just and upon the unjust, and for nothing was there a why and a wherefore.” ~W. Somerset Maugham
George Goethals – Faith
“Faith in the ability of a leader is of slight service unless it be united with faith in his justice.” ~George Goethals
David Assael – dreams
“Be open to your dreams, people. Embrace that distant shore.” ~David Assael
St. Augustine of Hippo – Hope
“Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not …
Rev Canon Karanja – a giver prospers
“One man gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty. A generous man will prosper.” ~Rev Canon Karanja
Thought for Today – A Real Diamond
“To spread the sparkle of your pure and elevated vibrations into the world is to be a real diamond.” ~Thought for Today-UK
John Webster – glow-worms
“Glories like glow-worms, afar off shine bright,But looked to near, have neither heat nor light.”~John Webster~
Jack Sparrow – treasure
“Not all treasure is silver and gold.” ~Jack Sparrow
Dorothy Parker – tombstone
“That would be a good thing for them to cut on my tombstone: Wherever she went, including here, it was against her better judgment.” ~Dorothy …
Ben Ames Williams – Life
“Life is the acceptance of responsibilities or their evasion; it is a business of meeting obligations or avoiding them. To every man the choice is …
Joseph Heller – mediocrity
“Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.” ~Joseph Heller
Calvin and Hobbes – dream
“I think we dream so we don’t have to be apart so long. If we’re in each other’s dreams, we can be together all the …
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings – like the wind
“Sorrow was like the wind. It came in gusts.” ~Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Victoria Moran – health, grace and beauty
“Growing into your future with health and grace and beauty doesn’t have to take all your time. It rather requires a dedication to caring for …
Paul Auster – reading
16 November 2008 “Reading was my escape and my comfort, my consolation, my stimulant of choice: reading for the pure pleasure of it, for the …
Hazrat Inayat Khan – silence
“Everything in life is speaking in spite of it’s apparent silence.” ~Hazrat Inayat Khan
Ludwig Borne – makes you wiser
“Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth. ~ Ludwig Börne
Rachel Carson Quotes
“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.” ~Rachel Carson “Those who dwell, …
Edward R. Murrow – what we see
“The obscure we see eventually. The completely obvious, it seems, takes longer.” ~Edward R. Murrow
Tiberius – speech and thought
“In a free state there should be freedom of speech and thought.” ~Tiberius
Tom Krause – Courage
“Courage is the discovery that you may not win, and trying when you know you can lose.” ~Tom Krause
Bram Mesland – enjoy every moment
“Keep your love tightly and do not think too hard about your relationship, because doubt will separate you from your love. Enjoy every moment together.” …
May Sarton – solitude
“Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self.” ~May Sarton
Primo Levi – aims of life
“The aims of life are the best defense against death.” ~Primo Levi
Spike Milligan – bridge
SH Walkabout 21 August 2011 “The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.” ~Spike Milligan
John Stuart Mill – mankind
“If mankind minus one were of one opinion, then mankind is no more justified in silencing the one than the one – if he had …
Harvey Fierstein – define yourself
“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim; accept no ones definition of your life; define yourself.” ~Harvey Fierstein
Stephen C. Paul Quotes
“Everything you’re looking for lies behind the mask you wear.” ~Stephen C. Paul “Your relationships reflect your fears and limits. How can anyone ever give …
Karen S. M. – best of everything
“The happiest of people don’t necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.” ~Karen S. …
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton – Eccentricity
“The world thinks eccentricity in great things is genius, but in small things, only crazy.” ~Edward G. Bulwer-LyttonEccentricity