What are some good inspirational quotes?

Question

or great websites? thanks much=)

no cheesy ones plz.

Answer 1

Inspiration and genius--one and the same.

Victor Hugo

To find what you seek in the road of life,

the best proverb of all is that which says:

"Leave no stone unturned."

Edward Bulwer Lytton

Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration?

George Eliot

If you can imagine it, you can achieve it; if you can dream it, you can become it.

William Arthur Ward

If you would create something,

you must be something.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Every artist was first an amateur.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

No great man ever complains of want of opportunities.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Men do less than they ought,

unless they do all they can.

Thomas Carlyle

Let thy words be few.

Ecclesiastes 5:2 from Words of Wisdom

Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.

Leon J. Suenes

The power of imagination makes us infinite.

John Muir

First say to yourself what you would be;

and then do what you have to do.

Epictetus

I have spread my dreams beneath your feet. Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

W.B. Yeats

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

Henry David Thoreau

All men dream but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes to make it possible.

T.E. Lawrence

Happiness resides not in posessions and not in gold; the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul.

Democritus

In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.

Albert Schweitzer

Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.

Aldous Huxley

There is only one person who could ever make you happy, and that person is you.

David Burns, Intimate Connections

The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions—the little soon-forgotten charities of a kiss, a smile, a kind look, a heartfelt compliment in the disguise of a playful raillery, and the countless other infinitessimals of pleasurable thought and genial feeling.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Men spend their lives in anticipations,—in determining to be vastly happy at some period when they have time. But the present time has one advantage over every other—it is our own. Past opportunities are gone, future have not come. We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock of wine; but if we defer the tasting of them too long, we shall find that both are soured by age.

Charles Caleb Colton

Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though 'twere his own.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The chances are that you have already come to believe that happiness is unattainable. But men have attained it. And they have attained it by realising that happiness does not spring from the procuring of physical or mental pleasure, but from the development of reason and the adjustment of conduct to principles.

from How to Live on 24 Hours a Day, by Arnold Bennett

Happiness is not a matter of events, it depends upon the tides of the mind.

Alice Meynell

Fortify yourself with contentment, for this is an impregnable fortress.

Epictetus

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.

Benjamin Franklin

There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying things which are beyond the power of our will.

Epictetus

I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than attempting to satisfy them.

John Stuart Mills

You're happiest while you're making the greatest contribution.

Robert F. Kennedy

Action may not always bring happiness;

but there is no happiness without action.

Benjamin Disraeli

Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life.

William Ellery Channing

There is more to life than increasing its speed.

Mahatma Ghandi

The rays of happiness, like those of light, are colorless when unbroken.

Henry W. Longfellow

Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers' gardens.

Douglas Jerrold

Happiness is where we find it, but rarely where we seek it.

J. Petit Senn

To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.

Albert Camus

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Aristotle

Try to be happy in this present moment, and put not off being so to a time to come,—as though that time should be of another make from this which has already come and is ours.

Thomas Fuller

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

George Santayana

No man is happy who does not think himself so.

Publilius Syrus

Our minds are as different as our faces: we are all traveling to one destination; --happiness; but few are going by the same road.

Charles Caleb Colton

The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others.

Solomon Ibn Gabriol

Years teach us more than books.

Berthold Auerbach

The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs,

which are brief and pithy.

William Penn

The middle course is the best.

Cleobulus

The only medicine for suffering, crime, and all the other woes of mankind, is wisdom.

Thomas Huxley

A wise man learns by the mistakes of others,

a fool by his own.

Latin Proverb

Silence does not always mark wisdom.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

No man was ever wise by chance.

Seneca

Not to know at large of things remote

From use, obscure and subtle, but to know

That which before us lies in daily life,

Is the prime wisdom.

John Milton

The seat of knowledge is in the head, of wisdom,

in the heart.

William Hazlitt

Of all parts of wisdom the practice is the best.

John Tillotson

The more a man knows, the more he forgives.

Catherine the Great

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.

Charles Dickens

One who understands much displays a greater simplicity of character than one who understands little.

Alexander Chase

How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!

Homer

On every thorn, delightful wisdom grows,

In every rill a sweet instruction flows.

Edward Young

The man of wisdom is never of two minds;

the man of benevolence never worries;

the man of courage is never afraid.

Confucius

July 14, 2008

Quote of the Day

The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil.

Thomas Edison

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Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.

Marie Curie

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"The truly rich are those who enjoy what they have."

Yiddish Proverb

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Answer 2

"When you Smile the World looks a lot better."

you can aslo try to google inspirational quotes and it will give you a ton of web sites to go to. Personally i like lovingyou.com

Answer 3

"Whether you think you can or think you can't, you are right" - Henry Ford

"The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time." - Abrahan Lincoln

"Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon."

Answer 4

What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail? --proverb (I think)

Even if you fell down yesterday, stand up today.--H.G. Wells

Be who you are and say what you feel; those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.-- Dr. Suess

Answer 5

"America is a large friendly dog in a decorated room, everytime it wags its tale it knocks over a chair"

"Part of the $10 million I spent on gambling, part on booze and part on women. The rest I spent foolishly."

"Whoever said money can't buy happiness simply didn't know where to go shopping."

"You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you."

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."

Answer 6

"If you can imagine it, you can achieve it; if you can dream it, you can become it."

   William Arthur Ward

"If you would create something,

you must be something."

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Every artist was first an amateur."

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

Answer 7

we are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars.

-oscar wilde

Answer 8

Never fear shadows.

They simply mean there's light shining somewhere nearby.

----Ruth E. Renkel

Answer 9

This is a really nice quote you need to read it a couple of times.

              

        The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil.

                 THOMAS EDISON

Answer 10

This is a link to an excellent quote site run by a

guy who belongs to 'yahoo answers' :

http://www.quotesdaddy.com/

I've found some wonderful inspirational quotes

from his list.

Hope this helps.

Answer 11

"Today only happens once in a lifetime.  Make the most of it."  I liked this quote, which I found among others, on the quotations page of www.alternativeeducationbible.com

Answer 12

jus download ....................its an answer u ll keep on ur computer.......

Answer 13

"some ppl r only alive bcoz its illegal 2 shoot them"...no just kiddin

  "to the world  u may just be somebody,but 2 somebody u may be the world"

Answer 14

Be Kinder than necessary

for everyone you meet

is fighting some kind of battle.

Handle  every stressful

situation like a Dog.

p**s on it and walk away!

Answer 15

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

Answer 16

There are two ways to become rich.  Make more or desire less.

Answer 17

"hard work will pay off later"

"being lazy pays off now"

Answer 18

quote: "Our doubts are traitors and make us lose out on the good we oft might obtain by fearing to attempt."

case point this really cute girl I met at the bank....I wanted to ask her out there but was afraid (cluck cluck)...however I gathered my nerve and drove back down today and asked her out...she didn't say yes but gave me her number to call her tonight....yahoo.

only thing is she has a kid, hmmmm I am not sure what to say about that but at least I may have made a good friend.

Answer 19

**Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs.  Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger.  If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.**

Answer 20

Follow your bliss!

Joseph Campbell

Answer 21

"Each day we die a little more."

-Strong Sad

Answer 22

Photobucket has a lot of inspirational quotes...

Here are some:

1. Like everyone and trust no one.

2. Forget the risk and take the full, because if it's what you want then it's worth it all.

3. yesterday was the past, tomorrow is a mystery. today is a gift that's why they call it the PRESENT.

4. Like a person who loves you for exactly who you are. Good Mood, Bad Mood, Ugly, Pretty, Handsome. The right person is still going to think the sun shines out your a*s. That's the right person to stick with.

5. Don't worry about the people in the past; they're the reason why they didn't make it into your future.