May 2010 Inspirational Quotes
May 1st
- "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." Nelson Mandela
- Spring comes: the flowers learn their colored shapes. Maria Konopnicka
- In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt. Margaret Atwood
- "Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless." Jamie Paolinetti
- "More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of." Alfred Lord Tennyson
- Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it. Agatha Christie
- Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness. Napoleon Hill
- Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold. Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul; the blueprints of your ultimate achievements. Napoleon Hill
- Everyone is like a butterfly, they start out ugly and awkward and then morph into beautiful graceful butterflies that everyone loves. Drew Barrymore
- There is one thing about being President, no one can tell you when to sit down. Dwight Eisenhower
- You cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiative and independence. Abraham Lincoln
- It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up. Vince Lombardi
- Liberty is the breath of life to nations. George Bernard Shaw
- Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects. Arnold H. Glasgow
- If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability. Henry Ford
- If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month. Theodore Roosevelt
- Dancers are the athletes of God. Albert Einstein
- "The possible's slow fuse is lit by the imagination." Emily Dickinson
- Peace, like charity, begins at home. Franklin D Roosevelt
- All things truly wicked start from an innocence. Ernest Hemingway
- "To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with." Mark Twain
- Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up. Pablo Picaasso
- And
that's what innocence is. It's simple and trusting like a child, not
judgmental and committed to one narrow point of view. If you are locked
into a pattern of thinking and responding, your creativity gets
blocked. You miss the freshness and magic of the moment. Learn to be
innocent again, and that freshness never fades.
Michael Jackson
- Each day is a new canvas to paint upon. Make sure your picture is full of life and happiness, and at the end of the day you don't look at it and wish you had painted something different. Author Unknown
- When you see a man of worth, think of how you may emulate him. When you see one who is unworthy, examine yourself. Confucius
- Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven. Henry Ward Beecher
- "A simple I love you means more than money." Frank Sinatra
- Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it. Groucho Marx
- They seemed to come suddenly upon happiness as if they had surprised a butterfly in the winter woods. Edith Wharton
- Love is a lot like dancing; you just surrender to the music. Pierce Brosnon
- People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost. Dalai Lama
- Charity is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands. Joseph Addison
- Life's up and downs provide windows of opportunity to determine your values and goals - Think of using all obstacles as stepping stones to build the life you want. Marsha Sinetar
- "People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built." Eleanor Roosevelt
- "To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue...
gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness." Confucius - "What we learn with pleasure we never forget." Alfred Mercier
- "We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once." Calvin Coolidge
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