Inspirational Quotes - Page 108

For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'.

The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.

Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t do something. Make your own victories. Make your own mistakes.

People may resist our advice, spurn our appeals, reject our suggestions, refuse our help, but they are powerless against our prayers.

I'm convinced that we Black women possess a special indestructible strength that allows us to not only get down, but to get up, to get through, and to get over.

A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life.

Live, travel, adventure, bless, and don't be sorry.

You were once wild here. Don't let them tame you.

Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all.

The happiest people I know are people who don't even think about being happy. They just think about being good neighbors, good people. And then happiness sort of sneaks in the back window while they are busy doing good.

How did the rose ever open its heart and give to this world all of its beauty? It felt the encouragement of Light against its being; otherwise we all remain too frightened.

You cannot teach a child to take care of himself unless you will let him try to take care of himself. He will make mistakes and out of these mistakes will come his wisdom.

I come from a family where gravy is considered a beverage.

What we are is God's gift to us. What we become is our gift to God.

Never waste your time trying to explain who you are to people who are committed to misunderstanding you.

Sometimes you get the best light from a burning bridge.

Think big, think fast, think ahead. Ideas are no one's monopoly.

Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard.

It is an extra dividend when you like the girl you've fallen in love with.

It is necessary ... for a man to go away by himself ... to sit on a rock ... and ask, 'Who am I, where have I been, and where am I going?

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.

Life is like a roller coaster, live it, be happy, enjoy life.

The best thing about a picture is that it never changes, even when the people in it do.

He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice.

You change the world by being yourself.