Famous Inspirational Quotes - Page 9

• What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.

  George Eliot

  Happiness, Smile, Wise

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• The barriers are not erected which can say to aspiring talents and industry, 'Thus far and no farther.'

  Ludwig van Beethoven

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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

  Caroline Norton

  Children, Joy, Suffering

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• 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.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Believe, Mind, Done

  Theodore Roosevelt (2012). “In the Words of Theodore Roosevelt: Quotations from the Man in the Arena”, p.168, Cornell University Press

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• Happiness itself is sufficient excuse. Beautiful things are right and true; so beautiful actions are those pleasing to the gods. Wise men have an inward sense of what is beautiful, and the highest wisdom is to trust this intuition and be guided by it. The answer to the last appeal of what is right lies within a man's own breast. Trust thyself.

  Aristotle

  Beautiful, Wise, Lying

  Aristotle (2015). “The Aristotle Collection [50 Books]”, Catholic Way Publishing

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

  Wayne Dyer

  Thinking, Long

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

  William Shakespeare

  Heart, Way, Tire

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• Our grand business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Inspirational, Motivational, Time

  "Signs of the Times". Essay by Thomas Carlyle, www.victorianweb.org. 1829.

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

  Og Mandino

  Steps, One Step At A Time, Persist

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• 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.

  Viktor E. Frankl

  Strong, Fire, Storm

  Viktor E. Frankl (2000). “Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning”, Basic Books

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• 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.

  Will Smith

  Crazy, People, Sound

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• Service is what life is all about.

  Marian Wright Edelman

  Service Culture, Fortune Cookie, Life Is

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

  Booker T. Washington

  Race, Hands, Civilization

  Booker T. Washington (1972). “Papers: The Autobiographical Writings”, p.158, University of Illinois Press

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

  Earl Nightingale

  Wise, Opportunity, Looks

  Robert C. Worstell, Earl Nightingale “How to Completely Change Your Life in 30 Seconds - Part III”, Lulu.com

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

  Andrew Carnegie

  Funny, Fate, Destiny

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• I don't think you ever stop giving. I really don't. I think it's an on-going process. And it's not just about being able to write a check. It's being able to touch somebody's life.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Inspirational, Life, Gratitude

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• We are all here for a spell, get all the good laughs you can.

  Will Rogers

  Inspirational, Happiness, Laughter

  "Peter's Quotations: Ideas for Our Time". Book by Laurence J. Peter, p. 285, 1979.

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• 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.

  Alice Walker

  Women, Flower, Thinking

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• I have learned that to be with those I like is enough.

  Walt Whitman

  Inspirational, Friendship, Family

  Walt Whitman, “I Sing The Body Electric”

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• Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.

  Robert Louis Stevenson

  Inspirational, Strength, Success

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

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• Our intention creates our reality.

  Wayne Dyer

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Yoga

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• The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.

  Jack London

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

  Quoted in Bulletin (San Francisco), 2 Dec. 1916.

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• I think; therefore I am.

  Rene Descartes

  Inspirational, Atheist, Humorous

  Rene Descartes (2013). “Discourse on the Method: Discourse On the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason, and Seeking Truth In the Sciences (Beloved Books Edition)”, p.30, Lulu Press, Inc

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• You've got to bumble forward into the unknown.

  Frank Gehry

  Life, Success, Design

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• The challenges of change are always hard. It is important that we begin to unpack those challenges that confront this nation and realize that we each have a role that requires us to change and become more responsible for shaping our own future.

  Hillary Clinton

  Inspirational, Perseverance, Encouragement

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