Quotes on Inspiring

Left to my own devices, would I trade this for firm thighs, fewer wrinkles, a better memory? On some days. That's why it's such a blessing I'm not left to my own devices. Because the truth is I have amazing friends and a deep faith in God, to whom I can turn. I have a cool kid, a sweet boyfriend, darling pets. I've learned to pay attention to life, and to listen. I'd give up all this for a flatter belly? Are you crazy?

If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with.

Don't listen to anyone who tells you that you can't do this or that. That's nonsense. Make up your mind, you'll never use crutches or a stick, then have a go at everything. Go to school, join in all the games you can. Go anywhere you want to. But never, never let them persuade you that things are too difficult or impossible.

Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.

Sometimes the dreams that come true are the dreams you never even knew you had.

I know from my constituency what is going on. Doctors that are told, begged, by mothers, 'Please don't write down that my child as asthma. Please lie and say it's bronchitis, because if you write down asthma, when my child turns 18 or 20 and has to get his or her own insurance, it will be a pre-existing condition.'

Life’s a voyage that’s homeward bound.

The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.

I thank God that I've lived long enough to see what I have seen, and I pray that people will continue to do better. We are doing better, it may not seem so, but there was a time when people were lynched in the middle of the street and it was not against the law. We are doing better, but we have so much more to do.

Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it.

I am a Woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal Woman, that's me.

You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.

Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.

Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.

Do not bring people in your life who weigh you down. And trust your instincts ... good relationships feel good. They feel right. They don't hurt. They're not painful. That's not just with somebody you want to marry, but it's with the friends that you choose. It's with the people you surround yourselves with.

Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.

Life is too short, or too long, for me to allow myself the luxury of living it so badly.

I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.

What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.

Thank God I found the GOOD in goodbye