Friday, August 15, 2008

> Inspirational Quotes


“Work like you don't need money, Love like you've never been hurt, And dance like no one's watching.” – William Purkey

“We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.” – Jonathan Swift

“It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“If you lose hope, somehow you lose the vitality that keeps life moving, you lose that courage to be, that quality that helps you go on in spite of it all. And so today I still have a dream.” – Martin Luther King Jr., The Trumpet of Conscience

“Be who you are because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.” – Dr. Seuss


“Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.” – Isaac Bashevis Singer, New York Times, 1978

“You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“Believe nothing just because a so-called wise person said it. Believe nothing just because a belief is generally held. Believe nothing just because it is said in ancient books. Believe nothing just because it is said to be of divine origin. Believe nothing just because someone else believes it. Believe only what you yourself test and judge to be true.” – Buddha

“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.” – Jesus Christ


“Only dead fish go with the flow.”


“Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up...”


“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: It goes on.” – Robert Frost


“If you are falling off a cliff, try to fly because you've got nothing to lose.”


“Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.” – Doug Larson


“Where you see difficulty, I see opportunity.” – Albert Einstein


“Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger


“We are all in the gutter. But some of us are looking at the stars.” – Oscar Wilde


“He who dies with the most toys is, nonetheless, still dead.”


“The sun is going to shine and the rain is going to fall. In the end, you will get burned & you will get wet. It's guaranteed. So dance in the puddles, and bathe in the sun, and through it all, smile. Everything’s going to be alright in the end.”


“Once the game is over the king and the pawn go back in the same box.”


“What lies behind us, and what lies before us, are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.”


“If you hear a voice within you saying, "You are not a painter, "then by all means paint - and that voice will be silenced.” – Vincent Van Gogh


“When I was a child, ladies and gentleman, I was a dreamer. I read comic books, and I was the hero in the movie. So every dream I ever dreamed has come true a hundred times...I learned very early in life that: Without a song, the day would never end; without a song, a man ain't got a friend; without a song, the road would never bend - without a song. So I keep singing my song.” – Elvis Presley


“If you are going through Hell, keep going!” – Sir Winston Churchill


“Hope the best, expect the worst, life's a play and we are unrehearsed.” – Dr. Seuss

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