Bauers – prelude to victory
“I have a friend who once said that what we think of as disaster and calamity is often God’s prelude to a mighty victory. After …
Category: Inspirational quotes
Inspirational quotes
Bern Williams – talent
“Talent is a flame. Genius is a fire.” ~Bern Williams
Orison Swett Marden – child of drudgery
“Success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed; pay the price and it is yours.” ~Orison Swett Marden
Mary Heaton Vorse – writing
“The art of writing is the art of applying the seat of the pants to the seat of the chair.” ~Mary Heaton Vorse
Louise Berliawsky – strength
“True strength is delicate.” ~Louise Berliawsky
John Updike – art
“What art offers is space – a certain breathing room for the spirit.” ~John Updike
John Ruskin Quotes
“A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.” ~John Ruskin, 1819-1900, English Author/Poet/Artist Popular search terms:thought …
Ryan Stevenson – perfection
“Perfection is no exaggeration.” ~Ryan Stevenson
Nolan Bushnell – shower
“Everyone who has ever taken a shower has had an idea. It’s the person who gets out of the shower, dries off, and does something …
Cornelius Tacitus – frankness and generosity
“He had a certain frankness and generosity, qualities indeed, which turn to a man’s ruin unless tempered with discretion.” ~Cornelius Tacitus
Oliver Cromwell – stop
“He who stops being better, stops being good.” ~Oliver Cromwell
John Irving – writer
“The way you define yourself as a writer is that you write every time you have a free minute. If you didn’t behave that way …
Bill Keane – hugs
“They invented hugs to let people know you love them without saying anything” ~Bill Keane
Anne Dillard – courage
“You can’t test courage cautiously.” ~Anne Dillard
George Burns – something you love
“I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate.” ~George Burns
Vincent Cassel – You
“The only person standing in your way is you.” ~Vincent Cassel
Love Quotes
“Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.” ~Peter Ustinov “Love is metaphysical gravity.” ~R. Buckminster Fuller “Love is …
Francie Larrieu Smith – goal
“The most important thing about motivation is goal setting. You should always have a goal.” ~Francie Larrieu Smith on Motivation
David Ulin – language
“We possess books we read, animating the waiting stillness of their language, but they possess us also, filling us with thoughts and observations, asking us …
Alice Roosevelt Longworth – youth
“The secret of eternal youth is arrested development.” ~Alice Roosevelt Longworth
James Gordon – willpower
“It’s not that some people have willpower and some don’t. It’s that some people are ready to change and others are not.” ~James Gordon
Thought for Today – Timeless Beauty
“Learn to go beyond words into silence, sit with your innermost self and experience the nourishing, timeless beauty of peace.” ~Thought for Today-UK
"A mind with thoughts and ideas is like a search engine on a computer. But, You must type them in order to get results." – Eric Longoria
“A mind with thoughts and ideas is like a search engine on a computer. But, You must type them in order to get results.” – …
Emily Hilburn Sell – force
“Love is a force that connects us to every strand of the universe, an unconditional state that characterizes human nature, a form of knowledge that …
Dwight D. Eisenhower – people want peace
“I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that …
Colette – past and present
“I love my past. I love my present. I’m not ashamed of what I’ve had, and I’m not sad because I have it no longer.” …
Thought for Today – Contentment
“To make good use of what you have and to let go of what you do not have is to live in a contented way.” …
Prince Charles – neither nor
“Be neither too remote nor too familiar.” ~Prince Charles
Thought for Today – See the Sweetness
“No matter how bad people may seem, they possess at least one virtue. Be like the humming bird and pick out the sweetness of everyone’s …
Ashleigh Brilliant – cast without plot
“My life has a superb cast but I can’t figure out the plot.” ~Ashleigh Brilliant
Rob Watson – mirror
“People see an endangered species every day now when they look in the mirror.” ~Rob Watson
Thought for Today – Faith
“When I am continuously being battered by the storms of life, and my very spirit is ebbing away, then all I need to do is …
Anatole France – learn by
“You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just the same way, you learn …
Adrienne Rich – Poem
“The moment of change is the only poem.” ~Adrienne Rich
Ken Blanchard – feedback
“Feedback is the breakfast of champions.” ~Ken Blanchard
Heman Melville – no man is an island
“We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run …
Orson Welles – love and friendship
“We’re born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we’re …
Diane Ackerman – childhood summer
Wonboyn Lake, NSW March 2011 “Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood …
Thought for Today – Respect-worthy
“To harmonise your ideas with the ideas of others and to give everyone respect is the means to become respect-worthy.” ~Thought for Today-UK
John Marks Templeton – seek goodness
“Seek out the good and your mind will fill with happiness.” ~John Marks Templeton, 20th-century American financier