Famous Inspirational Quotations

Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.

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

I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it.

Everybody pulls for David, nobody roots for Goliath.

Only the poet can look beyond the detail and see the whole picture.

Even though people may be well known, they hold in their hearts the emotions of a simple person for the moments that are the most important of those we know on earth: birth, marriage and death.

It is easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing, that's the Lord's test.

You've got to bumble forward into the unknown.

The world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings.

A check or credit card, a Gucci bag strap, anything of value will do. Give as you live.

The difficulties you meet will resolve themselves as you advance. Proceed, and light will dawn, and shine with increasing clearness on your path.

It's so clear that you have to cherish everyone. I think that's what I get from these older black women, that every soul is to be cherished, that every flower Is to bloom.

Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.

There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.

The highest test of the civilization of any race is in its willingness to extend a helping hand to the less fortunate.

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.

When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make lemonade.

Adventure is worthwhile in itself.

Of all the joys that lighten suffering earth, what joy is welcomed like a new born child?

Service is what life is all about.

the joy that you give to others is the joy that comes back to you

Art is the gift of God, and must be used unto His glory. That in art is highest which aims at this.

I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in life. And I am horribly limited.

A merry heart goes all the way, - A sad one tires inan hour.

It is only our deeds that reveal who we are.

Security isn't what the wise person looks for - it's opportunity.

I have an irrepressible desire to live till I can be assured that the world is a little better for my having lived in it.

Hope springs eternal.

Men do not stumble over mountains, but over mole hills.

You see things and you say, 'Why?'. But I dream things and I say, 'Why not?'.

So much has been given to me I have not time to ponder over that which has been denied.

Nothing important was ever achieved without someone taking a chance.

There is nothing brilliant or outstanding in my record, except perhaps this one thing. I do the things I believe ought to be done. And when I make up my mind to do a thing, I act.

You must not only aim right, but draw the bow with all your might.

I will persist. I will always take another step. If that is of no avail I will take another, and yet another.

If there is one thing I would banish from earth, it is fear. And the only way to do that is to see that there is nothing to fear - nothing in all of life to be afraid of.

There was never a person who did anything worth doing that he did not receive more than he gave.

Just as a small fire is extinguished by the storm whereas a large fire is enhanced by it - likewise a weak faith is weakened by predicament and catastrophes whereas a strong faith is strengthened by them.

Live life to the fullest.

I'm profoundly changed. There's a bittersweet emotion that I feel from playing this role. . . . I want the world to be different because I was here. However lofty or crazy or delusional that may sound, I want people's lives to be better because I was here.

We become what we think about all day long. The qustion is, "What do you think about?"