Inspirational Quotes - Page 48

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.

A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out.

A boat is safe in the harbor. But this is not the purpose of a boat.

To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

We change our behavior when the pain of staying the same becomes greater than the pain of changing. Consequences give us the pain that motivates us to change.

Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life.

The love of wilderness is more than a hunger for what is always beyong reach; it is also an expression of loyalty to the earth, the earth which bore us and sustains us, the only paradise we shall ever know, the only paradise we ever need, if only we had the eyes to see.

And so, being young and dipt in folly, I fell in love with melancholy.

The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.

I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.

If you live long enough, you'll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you'll be a better person. It's how you handle adversity, not how it affects you. The main thing is never quit, never quit, never quit.

Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.

Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.

Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet.

But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep.

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.

If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it.

We are not taught to be thinkers, but reflectors of our culture. Let's teach our children to be thinkers.

Ever since the days of Adam, man has been hiding from God and saying, 'God is hard to find.

Big doesn't necessarily mean better. Sunflowers aren't better than violets.

Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.

I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.