Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body. By Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quick View Author All Quotes, Lucius Annaeus Seneca Tag: #adversity, #challenges, #character, #inspirational
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?’ Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others. By Marianne Williamson Quick View Author All Quotes, Marianne Williamson Tag: #fear, #inspirational
We accept the love we think we deserve. By Stephen Chbosky Quick View Author All Quotes, Stephen Chbosky Tag: #inspirational, #love
A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for. By John A. Shedd Quick View Author All Quotes, John A. Shedd Tag: #courage, #inspirational, #misattributed-grace-hopper, 3risk
When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us. By Helen Keller Quick View Author All Quotes, Helen Keller Tag: #inspirational
Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. By Oscar Wilde Quick View Author All Quotes, Oscar Wilde Tag: #be-yourself, #honesty, #inspirational, #misattributed-oscar-wilde
Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery. By J.K. Rowling Quick View Author All Quotes, J.K. Rowling Tag: #acceptance, #inspiration, #inspirational, #smart, #understanding, #wise
There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you can’t move, and the kind that just gives you a little prod behind and you jump to the skies. By Robert Frost Quick View Author All Quotes, Robert Frost Tag: #inspirational, #teachers
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. By Winston S. Churchill Quick View Author All Quotes, Winston S. Churchill Tag: #bravery, #courage, #failure, #inspirational, #success
Be the change that you wish to see in the world. By Mahatma Gandhi Quick View Author All Quotes, Mahatma Gandhi Tag: #action, #change, #inspirational, #philosophy, #wish
Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon. By E.M. Forster Quick View Author All Quotes, E.M. Forster Tag: #education, #educational, #inspirational, #inspiring, #learning, #mentoring
Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives – choice, not chance, determines your destiny. By Aristotle Quick View Author All Quotes, Aristotle Tag: #choice, #inspirational
Your sacred space is where you can find yourself over and over again. By Joseph Campbell Quick View Author All Quotes, Joseph Campbell Tag: #inspirational, #life-lesson, #spirituality
I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. By Thomas A. Edison Quick View Author All Quotes, Thomas A. Edison Tag: #edison, #failure, #inspirational, #paraphrased
Learn to light a candle in the darkest moments of someone’s life. Be the light that helps others see; it is what gives life its deepest significance. By Roy T. Bennett Quick View Author All Quotes, Roy T. Bennett Tag: #giving, #goals, #goals-in-life, #inspiration, #inspirational, #learn, #learning, #life, #life-quotes, #light, #light-and-darkness, #living-life, #meaning, #meaning-of-life, #meaningful, #meaningful-life, #wisdom, #wise
It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. By Confucius Quick View Author All Quotes, Confucius Tag: #education, #inspirational, #life, #perseverance
I think one of the problems [with raising intelligent children in modern society] is compulsory schooling…and that children are sitting there, and they are taught and told what to believe; they are passive from the very beginning – and one must be very, very aggressive intellectually to have a high IQ […] the child is taught. Right from the beginning, it’s a passive process. He or she sits there, and they simply try to believe everything they’re told? By Marilyn Vos Savant Quick View Author All Quotes, Marilyn Vos Savant Tag: #authority, #brilliant-women, #conformity, #creativity, #genius, #individuality, #inspirational, #intelligence, #life, #life-lessons, #obedience, #school, #school-reform, #school-system, #think-for-yourself
To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man. By Aristotle Quick View Author All Quotes, Aristotle Tag: #inspirational, #philosophy, #writing
We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started. By Henry Ward Beecher Quick View Author All Quotes, Henry Ward Beecher Tag: #excellence, #inspirational, #journey, #judgment, #personal-growth
There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. By Maya Angelou Quick View Author All Quotes, Maya Angelou Tag: #inspirational, #stories, #writing
Don’t be afraid of your fears. They’re not there to scare you. They’re there to let you know that something is worth it. By C. JoyBell C. Quick View Author All Quotes, C. JoyBell C. Tag: #belief, #bravery, #courage, #fear, #fears, #inspirational, #inspirational-life, #strength
The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater. By J.R.R. Tolkien Quick View Author All Quotes, J.R.R. Tolkien Tag: #hope, #inspirational, #love
Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. By George Bernard Shaw Quick View Author All Quotes, George Bernard Shaw Tag: #inspirational, #life, #yourself
When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares. By Henri Nouwen Quick View Author All Quotes, Henri Nouwen Tag: #empathy, #friends, #friendship, #inspirational
Myth is much more important and true than history. History is just journalism and you know how reliable that is. By Joseph Campbell Quick View Author All Quotes, Joseph Campbell Tag: #inspirational, #journalism, #myth, #story, #truth-telling
One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star. By Friedrich Nietzsche Quick View Author All Quotes, Friedrich Nietzsche Tag: #creative-process, #creativity, #inspirational, #mental-illness, #outsider, #self-discovery
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. By Seneca Quick View Author All Quotes, Seneca Tag: #inspirational
I am not a teacher, but an awakener. By Robert Frost Quick View Author All Quotes, Robert Frost Tag: #carpe-diem, #education, #inspirational, #learning, #mentoring
Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent. By Marilyn vos Savant Quick View Author All Quotes, Marilyn Vos Savant Tag: #inspirational, #motivational
When you see a good person, think of becoming like her/him. When you see someone not so good, reflect on your own weak points. By Confucius Quick View Author All Quotes, Confucius Tag: #helpful, #inspirational, #introspection, #karma, #self-improvement
Always do what you are afraid to do. By Ralph Waldo Emerson Quick View Author All Quotes, Ralph Waldo Emerson Tag: #inspirational
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. By Mahatma Gandhi Quick View Author All Quotes, Mahatma Gandhi Tag: #carpe-diem, #education, #inspirational, #learning
First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. And then they attack you and want to burn you. And then they build monuments to you. By Nicholas Klein Quick View Author All Quotes, Nicholas Klein Tag: #conflict, #fighting, #inspirational, #misattributed-to-gandhi, #trial
LAW 4 Always Say Less Than Necessary When you are trying to impress people with words, the more you say, the more common you appear, and the less in control. Even if you are saying something banal, it will seem original if you make it vague, open-ended, and sphinxlike. Powerful people impress and intimidate by saying less. The more you say, the more likely you are to say something foolish. By Robert Greene Quick View Author All Quotes, Robert Greene Tag: #inspirational, #motivational
The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it’s indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it’s indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it’s indifference. By Elie Wiesel Quick View Author All Quotes, Elie Wiesel Tag: #activism, #apathy, #hate, #indifference, #inspirational, #love, #opposite, #philosophy
You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go… By Dr. Seuss Quick View Author All Quotes, Dr. Seuss Tag: #inspirational
You can’t stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes. By A.A. Milne Quick View Author A.A. Milne, All Quotes Tag: #friendship, #inspirational
If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea. By Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Quick View Author All Quotes, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Tag: #entrepreneurship, #inspirational, #leadership
Well-behaved women seldom make history. By Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Quick View Author All Quotes, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Tag: #inspirational, #misattributed-eleanor-roosevelt, #women
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. By Margaret Mead Quick View Author All Quotes, Margaret Mead Tag: #activism, #change, #inspirational, #life, #philosophy