Inspiration Quotes - Page 34

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

If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.

We need 4 hugs a day for survival. We need 8 hugs a day for maintenance. We need 12 hugs a day for growth.

God loves us more than a father, mother, friend, or any else could love, and even more than we are able to love ourselves.

Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.

Never forget that you are one of a kind. Never forget that if there weren't any need for you in all your uniqueness to be on this earth, you wouldn't be here in the first place. And never forget, no matter how overwhelming life's challenges and problems seem to be, that one person can make a difference in the world. In fact, it is always because of one person that all the changes that matter in the world come about. So be that one person.

Let me keep my distance, always, from those who think they have the answers. Let me keep company always with those who say “Look!” and laugh in astonishment, and bow their heads. (from “Mysteries, Yes”)

Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves.

See, when you drive home today, you've got a big windshield on the front of your car. And you've got a little bitty rearview mirror. And the reason the windshield is so large and the rearview mirror is so small is because what's happened in your past is not near as important as what's in your future.

Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter.

No one has ever become poor by giving.

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.

Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire.

Once children learn how to learn, nothing is going to narrow their mind. The essence of teaching is to make learning contagious, to have one idea spark another.

It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret.

Success is not measured by where you are in life, but the obstacles you've over come

You have to be odd to be number one.

Don't gain the world and lose your soul; wisdom is better than silver or gold.

That best portion of a man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.

The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

Count your blessings. Once you realize how valuable you are and how much you have going for you, the smiles will return, the sun will break out, the music will play, and you will finally be able to move forward the life that God intended for you with grace, strength, courage, and confidence.

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.

The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.

I think the saddest people always try their hardest to make people happy because they know what it's like to feel absolutely worthless and they don't want anyone else to feel like that.

Pay any price to stay in the presence of extraordinary people.