Wise and Inspirational Words Collection

Whoever is happy will make others happy too. Anne Frank With self-discipline most anything is possible. Theodore Roosevelt Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge. Abraham Joshua Heschel Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love. Khalil Gibran You are always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past. Richard Bach You change your life by changing your heart. Max Lucado You don't look out there for God, something in the sky, you look in you. Alan Watts You have to believe in yourself. Jeff Rich You must do the things you think you cannot do. Eleanor Roosevelt Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start. Nido Qubein

We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish. Tony Robbins We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone. Ronald Reagan We have it in our power to begin the world over again. Thomas Paine We know what we are, but know not what we may be. William Shakespeare We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us. Joseph Campbell What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail? Robert H. Schuller What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you. Ralph Waldo Emerson What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality. Plutarch When deeds speak, words are nothing. Pierre-Joseph Proudhon When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome. Wilma Rudolph

The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money. Thomas Jefferson The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering. Ben Okri The only journey is the one within. Rainer Maria Rilke There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. Edith Wharton There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness. Han Suyin Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself. Plato Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel. Augustus Hare Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. Buddha Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain... To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices - today I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity but e...

On the recollection of so many and great favours and blessings, I now, with a high sense of gratitude, presume to offer up my sincere thanks to the Almighty, the Creator and Preserver. William Bartram Once I knew only darkness and stillness... my life was without past or future... but a little word from the fingers of another fell into my hand that clutched at emptiness, and my heart leaped to the rapture of living. Helen Keller Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy: true fulfillment. Tony Robbins Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success. Swami Sivananda Show me your hands. Do they have scars from giving? Show me your feet. Are they wounded in service? Show me your heart. Have you left a place for divine love? Fulton J. Sheen Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. Arthur Ashe Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams. Hos...

It is never too late to be what you might have been. George Eliot It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us; in joy we face the storm and defy it. Amelia Barr I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life - and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do. Georgia O'Keeffe Let us dream of tomorrow where we can truly love from the soul, and know love as the ultimate truth at the heart of all creation. Michael Jackson Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig. Marcus Aurelius Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Men must live and create. Live to the point of tears. Albert Camus Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see. C. S. Lewis Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed. Blaise Pascal Nothing is impossible, the word itse...

I know why I am here and my only real focused goal is to live each day to the fullest and to try and honor God and be an encouragement to others. What the future holds is firmly in God's hands, and I am very happy about that! Ken Hensley If it were not for hopes, the heart would break. Thomas Fuller If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door. Milton Berle If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves. Thomas A. Edison If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome. Michael Jordan In a gentle way, you can shake the world. Mahatma Gandhi In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself. Jiddu Krishnamurti It is always the simple that produces the marvelous. Amelia Barr It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the ...

Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy. Lao Tzu Hope is a waking dream. Aristotle Hope is some extraordinary spiritual grace that God gives us to control our fears, not to oust them. Vincent McNabb How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. Anne Frank I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best. Benjamin Disraeli I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles. Audrey Hepburn I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone. Henry Rollins I can't change the direction of the wi...

Everyone here has the sense that right now is one of those moments when we are influencing the future. Steve Jobs Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain. Joseph Campbell Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls. Joseph Campbell Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself. Desiderius Erasmus God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with him. Jim Elliot God sleeps in the minerals, awakens in plants, walks in animals, and thinks in man. Arthur Young Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul. Henry Ward Beecher Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present. Jim Rohn Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul. Democritus Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship. Buddha

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky. Rabindranath Tagore Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world. Desmond Tutu Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. Robert Louis Stevenson Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back. Babe Ruth Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve. Mary Kay Ash Enthusiasm moves the world. Arthur Balfour Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree. Martin Luther Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven. Henry Ward Beecher Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind. Robert Louis Stev...

A #2 pencil and a dream can take you anywhere. Joyce Meyer A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil. Victor Hugo A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of him who is master of himself. James Allen A place for everything, everything in its place. Benjamin Franklin As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. John F. Kennedy Be faithful to that which exists within yourself. Andre Gide Belief creates the actual fact. William James Believe you can and you're halfway there. Theodore Roosevelt Change your thoughts and you change your world. Norman Vincent Peale Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements. Napoleon Hill