Inspiring Quotes - Page 17

• Work is love made visible.

  Khalil Gibran

  Work, Inspirational Life, Yoga

  The Prophet "OnWork" (1923)

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• It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Forgiveness, Powerful

  Twitter post from Jul 21, 2016

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  This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Country, 4th Of July, Adversity

  Theodore Roosevelt, Paul H. Jeffers (1998). “The Bully Pulpit: A Teddy Roosevelt Book of Quotations”, p.63, Taylor Trade Publications

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• The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve.

  Gautama Buddha

  Positive, Wise, Wisdom

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• Before something can become a habit it must first be practiced as a discipline.

  Ken Blanchard

  Leadership, Discipline, Firsts

  Ken Blanchard (2003). “Servant Leader”, p.85, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Jul 06, 2011

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• Its like a finger pointing away to the moon. Dont concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory.

  Bruce Lee

  Inspirational, Moon, Missing

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.92, Tuttle Publishing

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  I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspirational, Courage, Fear

  Nelson Mandela (2012). “Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom”, p.18, Simon and Schuster

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• Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.

  Aristotle

  Motivational, Leadership, Veterans Day

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• The best antidote I know for worry is work. The best cure for weariness is the challenge of helping someone who is even more tired. One of the great ironies of life is this: He or she who serves almost always benefits more than he or she who is served.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Tired, Helping Others, Helping Someone

  Gordon B. Hinckley (2009). “Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes”, p.65, Harmony

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• If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.

  Katharine Hepburn

  Inspirational, Education, Learning

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

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  If I get married, I want to be very married.

  Audrey Hepburn

  Marriage, Wedding, Couple

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  To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing and be nothing.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen" by Elbert Hubbard, (p. 370), 1898.

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• Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Thankful, Gratitude

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• The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has ever been before.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Change is the end result of all true learning.

  Leo Buscaglia

  Inspirational, Life, Change

  Leo F. Buscaglia (1972). “Love”, Fawcett

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• To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.

  Elliott Erwitt

  Inspirational, Photography, Art

  "You Might Be a Cowgirl If . . .: A Guide to Life on the Range" by Jill Charlotte Stanford, Robin L. Corey, Globe Pequot, (p. 111), September 4, 2012.

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  The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Life, Motivational, Change

  Man and Superman "Maxims for Revolutionists" (1903) See Hawthorne 18

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• Life is fleeting. Don't waste a single moment of your precious life. Wake up now! And now! And now!

  Ruth Ozeki

  Life, Waste, Wake Up

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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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• My mom had four kids, one with special needs. She had a full-time job, and she still came home and made dinner for us every night, from scratch. It was amazing.

  Eva Longoria

  Mom, Mother, Jobs

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• People associate feminism with hate - with man hate - and that's really negative. I don't think that's what feminism is about at all - it's really positive. I think that's why women became reluctant to use the word.

  Emma Watson

  Hate, Men, Thinking

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• Ultimately, it comes down to taste. It comes down to trying to expose yourself to the best things that humans have done and then try to bring those things into what you're doing. Picasso had a saying: good artists copy, great artists steal. And we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas, and I think part of what made the Macintosh great was that the people working on it were musicians and poets and artists and zoologists and historians who also happened to be the best computer scientists in the world.

  Steve Jobs

  Memorable, Thinking, Artist

  "The Television Program Transcripts: Part III". www.pbs.org.

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• Success in politics demands that you must take your people into confidence about your views and state them very clearly, very politely, very calmly, but nevertheless, state them openly.

  Nelson Mandela

  Success, Leadership, Confidence

  FaceBook post by Nelson Mandela from Aug 01, 2013

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• We reaffirm that on days like this, there are no Republicans or Democrats. We are Americans, united in concern for our fellow citizens.

  Barack Obama

  Days Like This, Citizens, Republican

  President Barack Obama's Remarks on the Boston Marathon explosions at the White House, Washington, D.C., insider.foxnews.com. April 15, 2013.

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