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What are some of your favorite inspirational quotes?

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You know, when you're down in the dumps, just got your heart broken, or are totally unmotivated, or maybe even bored...what are some quotes that really inspire you? They strengthen you, make you laugh, remind you that there's hope, inspire you to keep moving on? Song lyrics, quotes from friends, family, famous people. Give me your best. :) Thanks for your time.

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  1. i protect my hand,

    i use my head.

    it really works when i'm angry n playing rugby.


  2. Our biggest fear is not that we are inadequate.

    Our biggest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

    It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.

    We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous?

    You are a Child of God.

    Your playing small does not serve the world.

    There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't be insecure around you.

    We were born to make magnificent the glory of God that is within us.

    It's not just in some of us, it is in everyone.

    And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give others permission to do the same.

    As we are liberated from our own fears, our presence automatically liberates others.

    ~Nelson Mandela

  3. Here's a random sampling:

    Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation, never effect a reform. --- Susan B. Anthony

    It's better to be hated for what you are than loved for what you aren't. --- Andre Gide

    It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.---Herman Melville

    Whatever you think you can do or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, grace, and power to it. --- Goethe

    If you're going through h**l, keep going. --- Winston Churchill

    A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. --- R. W. Emerson [when you're in the right situation for this to be inspirational, you'll understand]

    Never have heroes. --- Noam Chomsky

    If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution. --- Emma Goldman

    Only connect--- (E. M. Forster)

    Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. --- Margaret Mead

    Whatever you do may seem insignificant, but it is most important that you do it. --- Mahatma Gandhi

    I don't mind if you're straight as long as you act g*y in public. --- unknown (Yes, I'm g*y.)

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    PEOPLE POSSESS FOUR THINGS by Antonio Machado

    People possess four things

    that are no good at sea:

    anchor, rudder, oars,

    and the fear of going down.

    _____________

    OTHER POEMS THAT CONSTANTLY INSPIRE:

    (You should be able to find all of these online, I think.)

    "My Name is William Tell" by William Stafford

    "Power" by Adrienne Rich

    "Much madness makes divinest sense" by Emily Dickinson

    "We play at Paste" by E. Dickinson (This one I especially love.)

    "We Are Transmitters" by D. H. Lawrence

    The 10th Duino Elegy of Rainer Maria Rilke

    "Sonnet 94" by Shakespeare

    "America" by Allen Ginsberg

    I know I'm missing a lot (!), but I'll stop there.

  4. “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Ghandi

    “Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

    “At the end of life we will not be judged by how many diplomas we have received, how much money we have made, how many great things we have done. We will be judged by 'I was hungry and you gave me to eat, I was naked and you clothed me, I was homeless and you took me in.' Hungry not only for bread -- but hungry for love. Naked not only for clothing -- but naked for human dignity and respect. Homeless not only for want of a room of bricks -- but homeless because of rejection.” – Mother Teresa

    “People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered.

    Love them anyway.

    If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives.

    Do good anyway.

    If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.

    Succeed anyway.

    The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.

    Do good anyway.

    Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.

    Be honest and frank anyway.

    The biggest person with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest person with the smallest mind.

    Think big anyway.

    What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.

    Build anyway.

    People really need help but may attack if you help them.

    Help people anyway.

    Give the world the best you have and you might get kicked in the teeth.

    Give the world the best you've got anyway.” – Mother Teresa (*Please note that this passage, also known as 'The Paradoxical Commandments' is often attributed to Bishop Abel Muzorewa or to Dr. Kent M. Keith)

  5. These are some of my favorites:

    i believe that everything happens for a reason. people change so that you can learn to let go. things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right. you believe less so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together - marilyn monroe

    Woman are meant to be loved, not to be understood". --Oscar Wilde

    All great things are simple, and many can be expressed in single words: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.

        Sir Winston Churchill

    If we can put one man on the moon, why can't we put all of them there?

    Anonymous

    Before I met my husband, I'd never fallen in love, but I'd stepped in it a couple times.

    Rita Rudner

  6. Have you ever heard of the song, "I Believe" by Fantasia Barrino?I think you should hear that.....though it's kinda old but i somehow think it's motivational.

    The chorus of the song kinda goes like:

    I can see it in the stars across the sky

    Dreamt a hundred thousand dreams before

    Now I finally realize

    You see I've waited all my life for this moment to arrive

    And finally I believe.

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