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

inspirational

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

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

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

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

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

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

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree. 32 thoughts 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

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 views from Friedrich Schiller

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

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 views from Benjamin Disraeli

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 quotes from Plutarch

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

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

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

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

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

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

A place for everything, everything in its place. 96 other thoughts from Benjamin Franklin

Great hopes make great men. 45 other quotes from Thomas Fuller

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

Belief creates the actual fact. 40 quotes from William James

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 thoughts from Thomas Jefferson

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

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

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

Faith is love taking the form of aspiration. 11 other wisdom & wit 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 more sayings from Audrey Hepburn

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

We convince by our presence. 30 quotes from Walt Whitman

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

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul. 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 other quotes from Helen Keller

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

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

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

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

Enthusiasm moves the world. 3 more sayings from Arthur Balfour

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

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

Nothing makes one feel so strong as a call for help. 7 other wisdom & wit from Pope Paul VI

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

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

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

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

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

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