Quotes on Inspirational Life

Surely what a man does when he is taken off guard is the best evidence for what sort of man he is. If there are rats in a cellar, you are most likely to see them if you go in very suddenly. But the suddenness does not create the rats; it only prevents them from hiding. In the same way the suddenness of the provocation does not make me ill tempered; it only shows me what an ill-tempered man I am.

America's present need is not heroics, but healing; not nostrums, but normalcy; not revolution, but restoration; not agitation, but adjustment; not surgery, but serenity; not the dramatic, but the dispassionate; not experiment, but equipoise; not submergence in internationality, but sustainment in triumphant nationality.

A good life with contentment is itself a great wealth. For we brought nothing with us into this world, and we can take nothing out of it. So if we have enough of what we need, let us be content with that.

I believe in living a poetic life, an art full life. Everything we do from the way we raise our children to the way we welcome our friends is part of a large canvas we are creating.

There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

Each person must live their life as a model for others.

If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

As I don't know about tomorrow, I never save the best for later.

Life is to be lived, not controlled, and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.

He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.

Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued." "It is not living that matters, but living rightly. The unexamined life is not worth living.

the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.

The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

The triumph can't be had without the struggle.

We should remember that just as a positive outlook on life can promote good health, so can everyday acts of kindness.

What we can or cannot do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. It is more likely a function of our beliefs about who we are.

Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started

This is what I am learning, at 82 years old: the main thing is to be in love with the search for truth.