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

inspirational

The best way out is always through. 50 wisdom & wit from Robert Frost

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

Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain. 18 more quotes 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 thoughts from Amelia Barr

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

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

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

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

Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams. 8 more thoughts 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 quotes from Emile Zola

The power of imagination makes us infinite. 13 other wisdom & wit from John Muir

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

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

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

We convince by our presence. 30 other quotes from Walt Whitman

It is by acts and not by ideas that people live. 6 more sayings 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 other quotes from Rabindranath Tagore

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

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

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

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

Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven. 58 more quotes 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 more views from Helen Keller

Enthusiasm moves the world. 3 views from Arthur Balfour

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

Nothing makes one feel so strong as a call for help. 7 more thoughts 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 quotes from Swami Sivananda

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

In a gentle way, you can shake the world. 100 other quotes 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 more sayings from Theodore Roosevelt

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

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

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

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

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

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

It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder. 7 quotes 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 more quotes from Robert Louis Stevenson

I have looked into your eyes with my eyes. I have put my heart near your heart. 9 more wisdom & wit from Pope John XXIII

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

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

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

Happiness is the natural flower of duty. 7 wisdom & wit from Phillips Brooks

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

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

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

Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge. 4 thoughts 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 quotes from Aristotle Onassis

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

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

Great hopes make great men. 45 quotes from Thomas Fuller

Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in his soul. 12 other 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 thoughts from Benjamin Franklin

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

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

A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil. 73 wisdom & wit from Victor Hugo