Quotes and anectdotes from the wise to the foolish, and the courageous to the drunk

inspirational

Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes. 75 other quotes from Benjamin Disraeli

I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best. 75 more quotes from Benjamin Disraeli

Happiness is the natural flower of duty. 7 sayings from Phillips Brooks

A place for everything, everything in its place. 96 other wisdom & wit from Benjamin Franklin

You don't look out there for God, something in the sky, you look in you. 16 views from Alan Watts

Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love. 56 sayings from Khalil Gibran

Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge. 4 quotes from Abraham Joshua Heschel

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality. 17 more quotes from Plutarch

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. 6 sayings from Edith Wharton

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. 6 quotes from Aristotle Onassis

If it were not for hopes, the heart would break. 45 more views from Thomas Fuller

I arise full of eagerness and energy, knowing well what achievement lies ahead of me. 5 sayings from Zane Grey

Great hopes make great men. 45 more wisdom & wit from Thomas Fuller

Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in his soul. 12 wisdom & wit from Thomas Merton

As knowledge increases, wonder deepens. 2 wisdom & wit from Charles Morgan

Belief creates the actual fact. 40 other sayings from William James

A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil. 73 sayings from Victor Hugo

I am deliberate and afraid of nothing. 9 quotes from Audre Lorde

Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back. 6 wisdom & wit from Babe Ruth

Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain. 18 views from Joseph Campbell

Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm. 18 sayings from Jean Paul

Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel. 5 quotes from Augustus Hare

It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us in joy we face the storm and defy it. 5 thoughts from Amelia Barr

It is always the simple that produces the marvelous. 5 wisdom & wit from Amelia Barr

The best way out is always through. 50 thoughts from Robert Frost

The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money. 70 views from Thomas Jefferson

Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig. 41 other wisdom & wit from Marcus Aurelius

Plant thy foot firmly in the prints which His foot has made before thee. 7 thoughts from Joseph Barber Lightfoot

Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams. 8 views from Hosea Ballou

How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains! 13 quotes from John Muir

The power of imagination makes us infinite. 13 sayings from John Muir

The truth is on the march and nothing will stop it. 6 more views from Emile Zola

Faith is love taking the form of aspiration. 11 other wisdom & wit from William Ellery Channing

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky. 35 quotes from Rabindranath Tagore

It is by acts and not by ideas that people live. 6 wisdom & wit from Harry Emerson Fosdick

We convince by our presence. 30 quotes from Walt Whitman

Change your thoughts and you change your world. 11 sayings from Norman Vincent Peale

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'! 14 other sayings from Audrey Hepburn

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart. 31 more wisdom & wit from Helen Keller

Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven. 58 thoughts from Henry Ward Beecher

Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven. 58 views from Henry Ward Beecher

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul. 58 thoughts from Henry Ward Beecher

Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed. 57 other sayings from Blaise Pascal

Ideas shape the course of history. 10 other thoughts from John Maynard Keynes

Enthusiasm moves the world. 3 more sayings from Arthur Balfour

Nothing makes one feel so strong as a call for help. 7 quotes from Pope Paul VI

Of all human activities, man's listening to God is the supreme act of his reasoning and will. 7 wisdom & wit from Pope Paul VI

God sleeps in the minerals, awakens in plants, walks in animals, and thinks in man. 2 other quotes from Arthur Young

Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success. 7 other wisdom & wit from Swami Sivananda

Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements. 28 other sayings from Napoleon Hill

Believe you can and you're halfway there. 36 quotes from Theodore Roosevelt

In a gentle way, you can shake the world. 100 sayings from Mahatma Gandhi

With self-discipline most anything is possible. 36 quotes from Theodore Roosevelt

God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with him. 5 wisdom & wit from Jim Elliot

I have looked into your eyes with my eyes. I have put my heart near your heart. 9 quotes from Pope John XXIII

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself. 22 views from Andre Gide

Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom. 29 quotes from Friedrich Schiller

Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind. 39 sayings from Robert Louis Stevenson

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree. 32 more quotes from Martin Luther

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. 39 other quotes from Robert Louis Stevenson

It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder. 7 thoughts from Joseph Wood Krutch

Our ideals are our better selves. 13 sayings from Amos Bronson Alcott

Mankind is made great or little by its own will. 29 thoughts from Friedrich Schiller

Men must live and create. Live to the point of tears. 52 thoughts from Albert Camus