Inspirational Quotes (Page 2)

In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.  ~ Henry Ward Beecher


The past is a source of knowledge, and the future is a source of hope. Love of the past implies faith in the future.  ~ Stephen Ambrose


If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.  ~ Dalai Lama XIV


The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.  ~ Eleanor Roosevelt


Every day brings a chance to live free of regret and with as much joy, fun, and laughter as you can stand.  ~ Oprah Winfrey


Be the change that you wish to see in the world.  ~ Mahatma Gandhi


On the human chessboard, all moves are possible.  ~ Miriam Schiff


Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by accidents of time, or place, or circumstance, are brought into closer connection with you.  ~ Saint Augustine


Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it!  ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe


However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?  ~ Siddhārtha Gautama


And in the end it is not the years in your life that count, it's the life in your years.  ~ Abraham Lincoln


May you live every day of your life.  ~ Jonathan Swift


Do one thing everyday that scares you.  ~ Eleanor Roosevelt


Whatever you are, be a good one.  ~ Abraham Lincoln


Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.  ~ Mother Teresa


Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. ~ Robert Louis Stevenson


Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.  ~ Socrates


Try not to become a man of success but a man of value.  ~ Albert Einstein


There is nothing to make you like other human beings so much as doing things for them. ~ Zora Neale Hurston


Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee, and do not try to make the universe a blind alley. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson


Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. ~ Judy Garland


Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open.  ~ Thomas Dewar


Everything you can imagine is real.  ~ Pablo Picasso


A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.  ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson


Love grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to retain love is to give it away.  ~ Elbert Hubbard


Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.  ~ Deuteronomy 31:6


You don't get to choose how you're going to die. Or when. But you can decide how you're going to live now. ~ Joan Baez


Give to the world the best you have and the best will come back to you.  ~ Madeline Bridges


Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson


My piece of bread only belongs to me when I know that everyone else has a share, and that no one starves while I eat.  ~ Leo Tolstoy


Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.  ~ Confucius


We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. ~ Winston Churchill


Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy. ~ Anne Frank


The only gift is a portion of thyself. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson


The most important work you and I will ever do will be within the walls of our own homes. ~ Harold B. Lee


Rise to the occassion which is life! ~ Virginia Euwer Wolff


Along your pathway of life you will observe that you are not the only traveler. There are others who need your help. There are feet to steady, hands to grasp, minds to encourage, hearts to inspire, and souls to save. ~ Thomas S. Monson


You must give some time to your fellow men. Even if it's a little thing, do something for others - something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it. ~ Albert Schweitzer


It is not length of life, but depth of life. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson


Service to others is the rent you pay for living on this planet. ~ Marian Wright Edelman


Never bend your head. Hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.  ~ Helen Keller


The greatest happiness in the world is to make others happy. ~ Luther Burbank


The time is always right to do what is right. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.


By his deeds we know a man. ~ African proverb


When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us. ~ Alexander Graham Bell


Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. ~ Mark Twain


Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. ~ Mahatma Ghandi


Never, never be afraid to do what's right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society's punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way.  ~ Martin Luther King Jr.


Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.  ~ Mother Teresa


Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.  ~ Mark Twain


You must be the change you wish to see in the world.  ~ Mahatma Ghandi


I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everthing, but still I can do something; I will not refuse to do something I can do.  ~ Helen Keller


Each day is a new life. Seize it. Live it.  ~ David Guy Powers


You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.  ~ Jack Londo


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