Inspirational Quotes - Page 4

• People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Life, Change, People

  Oliver Goldsmith (1835). “The Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.: With a Life and Notes”, p.86

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• All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me... You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.

  Walt Disney

  Life, Depression, Perseverance

  "The Story of Walt Disney". Book by Diane Disney Miller, Pete Martin, 1957.

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• I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in a cause that will some day lose.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Motivational, Patriotic, Winning

  "American Politics and the Party System". Book by Hugh A. Bone, p. 482, 1949.

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• It doesn't matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going.

  Brian Tracy

  Motivational, Success, Wisdom

  Twitter post from Dec 19, 2015

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• The less you want, the richer you are. The more you need in order to be happy, the more miserable you’ll be.

  Yanni

  Happiness, Happy, Order

  Yanni, David Rensin (2003). “Yanni in Words”, Miramax Books

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• Don’t be sad by what you see
  It’s true life has it’s miseries
  But one thing’s always worked for me
  Worry ends when faith begins.

  Sami Yusuf

  Life, Sad, Faith

  Song: Worry Ends

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  One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.

  Lucille Ball

  Life, Positive, Happiness

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.

  Khalil Gibran

  Life, Motivational, Education

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• Sometimes it's easy to lose faith in people. And sometimes one act of kindness is all it takes to give you hope again.

  Randa Abdel-Fattah

  Faith, Hope, Kindness

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• The person who sends out positive thoughts activates the world around him positively and draws back to himself positive results.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Positive, Children, Attitude

  Norman Vincent Peale (2015). “Have a Great Day: Daily Affirmations for Positive Living”, p.17, Open Road Media

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• Find something good within your life and give every ounce of positivity you have towards it, then watch how your life changes.

  Leon Brown

  Life, Change, Baseball

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• In order to make anything a reality, you have to dream about it first.

  Adora Svitak

  Dream, Reality, Order

  "What adults can learn from kids". TED Talk, www.ted.com. February, 2010.

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• You're going to go through tough times - that's life. But I say, 'Nothing happens to you, it happens for you.' See the positive in negative events.

  Joel Osteen

  Happiness, Tough Times, Negative

  "Are You Cultivating Resiliency?" by Jean-Paul Bedard, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 22, 2014.

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• You know what ? Certain people think they will feel good if certain things happen The trick is : you have to feel good for no reason

  Richard Bandler

  Thinking, People, Feel Good

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• You can have anything you want if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Life, Motivational, Positive

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• Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.

  Samuel Smiles

  Hope, Motivation, Angel

  Samuel Smiles (1861). “Self-help, with Illustrations of Character and Conduct”, p.67

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  Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching.

  Satchel Paige

  Love, Life, Change

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• It's not enough to have lived. We should be determined to live for something. May I suggest that it be creating joy for others, sharing what we have for the betterment of personkind, bringing hope to the lost and love to the lonely.

  Leo Buscaglia

  Life, Hope, Lonely

  "Love". Book by Leo Buscaglia, 1972.

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• A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault.

  John Henry Newman

  Inspiring, Motivational Sports, Men

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• Don't bother just to be better than others. Try to be better than yourself.

  William Faulkner

  Running, Dream, Character

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• You cannot find it anywhere, because it is located inside you... happiness is your natural state.

  Russell Simmons

  Happiness, Happy, Location

  Twitter post from Sep 15, 2016

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• Lives based on having are less free than lives based either on doing or being.

  William James

  Life

  William James (1985). “The Varieties of Religious Experience”, p.256, Harvard University Press

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• There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way.

  Christopher Morley

  Life, Positive, Happiness

  CHRISTOPHER MORLEY (1922). “WHERE THE BLUE BEGINS”

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• There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?

  Robert Kennedy

  Life, Motivational, Change

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• We are not the person other people wish we were. We are who we decide to be.

  Paulo Coelho

  Self Esteem, People, Personality

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Mar 01, 2012

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