Quotes on Inspirational

Sometime reality is too complex. Stories give it form.

A poem begins with a lump in the throat

What really interests me is whether God had any choice in the creation of the World.

Being on the tightrope is living; everything else is waiting.

Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life.

...and that visibility which makes us most vulnerable is that which also is the source of our greatest strength.

Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend. Your grown up children are your best friends.

Life isn't a matter of milestones, but of moments.

Good bye, proud world! I'm going home; Thou art not my friend, and I'm not thine

Success is often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable.

Winning has always meant much to me, but winning friends has meant the most.

It’s better to be in the arena, getting stomped by the bull, than to be up in the stands or out in the parking lot.

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.

Deciding to commit yourself to long term results rather than short term fixes is as important as any decision you'll make in your lifetime.

I believe unconditionally in the ability of people to respond when they are told the truth. We need to be taught to study rather than believe, to inquire rather than to affirm.

You are important enough to ask and you are blessed enough to receive back.

Don't settle for average. Bring your best to the moment. Then, whether it fails or succeeds, at least you know you gave all you had. We need to live the best that's in us.

Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.

It is a paradoxical but profoundly true and important principle of life that the most likely way to reach a goal is to be aiming not at that goal itself but at some more ambitious goal beyond it.

If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.

Life is thickly sown with thorns. I know no other remedy than to pass rapidly over them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes the greater is their power to harm us.