Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

inspirational

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

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

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

It is always the simple that produces the marvelous. 5 views from Amelia Barr

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The truth is on the march and nothing will stop it. 6 other wisdom & wit from Emile Zola

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

Faith is love taking the form of aspiration. 11 thoughts from William Ellery Channing

Change your thoughts and you change your world. 11 wisdom & wit from Norman Vincent Peale

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

We convince by our presence. 30 more views from Walt Whitman

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Enthusiasm moves the world. 3 wisdom & wit from Arthur Balfour

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

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

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

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

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

In a gentle way, you can shake the world. 100 more wisdom & wit from Mahatma Gandhi

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

Believe you can and you're halfway there. 36 wisdom & wit from Theodore Roosevelt

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 views from Robert Louis Stevenson

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

Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom. 29 more wisdom & wit from Friedrich Schiller

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

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

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

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

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

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality. 17 wisdom & wit from Plutarch

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

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 quotes from Khalil Gibran

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

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

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

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

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

Belief creates the actual fact. 40 quotes from William James

As knowledge increases, wonder deepens. 2 sayings from Charles Morgan

A place for everything, everything in its place. 96 more quotes from Benjamin Franklin

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

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

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