Insperational Quotes - Page 11

• The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Funny, Education

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• A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Happiness, Happy

  "Albert Einstein". Book by Dana Meachen Rau (p. 19), 2003.

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• Business, that's easily defined - it's other people's money.

  Peter Drucker

  Money, Business, People

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• You can't test courage cautiously.

  Annie Dillard

  Courage, Bravery, Tests

  Annie Dillard (2016). “An American Childhood”, p.102, Canongate Books

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  A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.

  Charles Darwin

  Inspirational, Life, Encouraging

  Charles Darwin, Francis Darwin (1958). “Autobiography and Selected Letters”, p.145, Courier Corporation

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  Practice isn't the thing you do once you're good. It's the thing you do that makes you good.

  Malcolm Gladwell

  Inspirational, Motivational, Morning

  Malcolm Gladwell (2008). “Outliers: The Story of Success”, p.31, Hachette UK

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• Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.

  Edward Abbey

  Nature, Hiking, Luxury

  Edward Abbey (1968). “Desert Solitaire”, p.169, Simon and Schuster

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• When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than any talent for abstract, positive knowledge.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Positive, Wisdom

  "János: The Story of a Doctor". Book by János Plesch, 1947.

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• Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Prayer

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Ronald Duncan (2005). “Gandhi: Selected Writings”, p.240, Courier Corporation

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• To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter... to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower in spring - these are some of the rewards of the simple life.

  John Burroughs

  Inspirational, Gratitude, Morning

  John Burroughs, Charlotte Zoë Walker (2001). “The Art of Seeing Things: Essays”, p.242, Syracuse University Press

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• I've always been in the right place and time. Of course, I steered myself there.

  Bob Hope

  Funny, Proactive, Courses

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• Nothing should be valued higher than the value of the day.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Time, Good Life, Higher

  "Goethe's Art of Living".

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• Well-behaved women seldom make history.

  Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

  Funny, Strength, Inspiring

  Laurel Thatcher Ulrich (2015). “The Slogan”, Vintage

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• Try a little harder to be a little better.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Inspirational, Trying, Littles

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• I love life because what more is there?

  Anthony Hopkins

  Love, Life, Hopkins

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• Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.

  William Faulkner

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "William Faulkner, The Art of Fiction No. 12". Interview with Jean Stein, www.theparisreview.org. 1956.

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• The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Encouragement, Freedom, Business

  "The Power of Purpose: Find Meaning, Live Longer, Better". Book by Richard Leider, p. 35., 2010.

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• Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature -- the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.

  Rachel Carson

  Inspirational, Time, Nature

  Rachel Carson (2011). “The Sense of Wonder”, p.41, Open Road Media

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• I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Leadership, Time

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• When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.

  John Muir

  Inspirational, Peace, Nature

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• I cannot believe that the purpose of life is to be happy. I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be compassionate. It is, above all to matter, to count, to stand for something, to have made some difference that you lived at all.

  Leo Rosten

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

  Leo Rosten (1978). “Passions & Prejudices: Or, Some of My Best Friends are People”

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• I don't want to live in the kind of world where we don't look out for each other. Not just the people that are close to us, but anybody who needs a helping hand. I cant change the way anybody else thinks, or what they choose to do, but I can do my bit.

  Charles de Lint

  Inspirational, Thinking, Helping Others

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• To be content does not mean that you don't desire more, it means you're thankful for what you have and patient for what's to come.

  Tony Gaskins

  Mean, Desire, Doe

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• Sincere compliments cost nothing and can accomplish much. In any relationship, they are the applause that refreshes.

  Steve Goodier

  Inspirational, Cost, Compliment

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• The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts.

  Timothy Dwight V

  Happy Birthday, Happiness, Thinking

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