Quotes and anectdotes from the wise to the foolish, and the courageous to the drunk

inspirational

Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom.

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

I have looked into your eyes with my eyes. I have put my heart near your heart.

Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind.

It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder.

Our ideals are our better selves.

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.

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

Men must live and create. Live to the point of tears.

Mankind is made great or little by its own will.

Happiness is the natural flower of duty.

I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.

Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

If it were not for hopes, the heart would break.

Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.

I arise full of eagerness and energy, knowing well what achievement lies ahead of me.

Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.

You don't look out there for God, something in the sky, you look in you.

A place for everything, everything in its place.

Great hopes make great men.

As knowledge increases, wonder deepens.

Belief creates the actual fact.

Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in his soul.

I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.

A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil.

Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back.

It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us in joy we face the storm and defy it.

The best way out is always through.

Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm.

Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel.

It is always the simple that produces the marvelous.

Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.

Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams.

Plant thy foot firmly in the prints which His foot has made before thee.

How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!

The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.

The power of imagination makes us infinite.

The truth is on the march and nothing will stop it.

Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.

Faith is love taking the form of aspiration.

Change your thoughts and you change your world.

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.

We convince by our presence.

It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.

Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.

Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed.

Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.

Ideas shape the course of history.

Enthusiasm moves the world.

Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.

Of all human activities, man's listening to God is the supreme act of his reasoning and will.

Nothing makes one feel so strong as a call for help.

God sleeps in the minerals, awakens in plants, walks in animals, and thinks in man.

Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.

In a gentle way, you can shake the world.

Believe you can and you're halfway there.

With self-discipline most anything is possible.

God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with him.