Famous Inspirational Quotes - Page 7

• The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Inspirational, Success, Perseverance

  'The Ladder of Saint Augustine' (1850)

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

  John Greenleaf Whittier

  Christmas, Giving, Joy

  John Greenleaf Whittier, “Somehow not only for Christmas”

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• I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what I established yesterday or some previous day.

  James Joyce

  Inspirational, Work, Passion

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

  Confucius

  Men, Mountain, Moles

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  I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• The first step is you have to say that you can.

  Will Smith

  Inspirational, Motivational, Powerful

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• So much has been given me I have no time to ponder over that which has been denied.

  Helen Keller

  Gratitude, Given, Pondering

  "To Love this Life: Quotations".

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• What material success does is provide you with the ability to concentrate on other things that really matter. And that is being able to make a difference, not only in your own life, but in other people's lives.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Success, Business, Congratulations

  "The Queen of Daytime TV". The Academy of Achievement, www.achievement.org. February 25, 1991.

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• A light heart lives long.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Motivational, Funny Love

  'Love's Labour's Lost' (1595) act 5, sc. 2, l. 15

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• Small is the number of them that see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Being Yourself, Heart

  "The World As I See It (Letter to a Friend of Peace)". Book by Albert Einstein, 1949.

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• Champions keep playing until they get it right.

  Billie Jean King

  Inspirational, Sports, Running

  Twitter post from Jan 26, 2015

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• Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Inspiring, Leadership, Fear

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• The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

  "Partying for the Planet and Dancing With God (at Burning Man)" by Leah Lamb, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 24, 2012.

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• I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will.

  Clint Eastwood

  Business, Rain, Believe

  "7 Habits Of Famous People Who Have No Intention Of Slowing Down" by Yagana Shah, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 25, 2016.

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• Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.

  Napoleon Hill

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Success

  Dr. Robert C. Worstell, Dorothea Brande, Eark Nightingale, Claude M. Bristol, Napoleon Hill (2017). “Mindset StackingTM Inspirational Journal VolumeSS02”, p.38, Lulu.com

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• For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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• An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Good Morning, Nature, Get Well Soon

  Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Quotable Thoreau: An A to Z Glossary of Inspiring Quotations from Henry David Thoreau”, p.107, BookBaby

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

  Jim Rohn

  Moving On, Greatness, Light

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Nov 18, 2014

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• You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.

  Naguib Mahfouz

  Inspirational, Leadership, Wise

  FaceBook post by Naguib Mahfouz from Jul 12, 2011

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• Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally.

  David Frost

  Love, Success, Encouraging

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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  The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.

  William Arthur Ward

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Leadership

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• Life is 10 percent what you make it, and 90 percent how you take it.

  Irving Berlin

  Life, Veterans Day, Attitude

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• Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow.

  Dan Rather

  Sympathy, Courage, Cancer

  Twitter post from Jul 16, 2014

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• 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.

  Sylvia Plath

  Book, Skills, People

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• Belief in oneself is one of the most important bricks in building any successful venture.

  Lydia M. Child

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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