Annelle Hollingsworth

"Photography is as much about the moment as it is about the art." ~Annelle Hollingsworth

Patty Keigan - amber light

"The amber light of the slowly setting sun casts a vibrant glow over the fields." ~Patty Keigan

Tyler Perry - forgive

"It's so important to forgive people for their wrongs in your own life because every bit of it was for a reason—it was to form the person that you are."~Tyler Perry

Carl Jung Quotes

My 200th Entry


"The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves."— Carl Jung

Note: I have reached a double milestone in posting quotations since the inception of this inspirational blog. Today's Daily Inspirational Quote is my 200th Quotation taken from Inspiration Line.

And the graphic above is my daughter's Sepia Photography.

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"There is no coming to consciousness  without pain." ~Carl Jung

"Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens." ~Carl Jung

Sharon Ralls Lemon - essential joy

"The essential joy of being with horses is that it brings us in contact with the rare elements of grace, beauty, spirit, and fire."~Sharon Ralls Lemon

Thomas Carlyle Quotes

"History is the essence of innumerable Biographies." ~Thomas Carlyle, Essays--On History~

"The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong. That block of granite is often nothing more than a decision." ~Thomas Carlyle

Carl Sandburg - coin of your life

Daily Inspirational Quote For Saturday, September 11, 2010.

"Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you."— Carl Sandburg

Pearl S. Buck - fountain of youth

“To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth.” ~Pearl S. Buck

Harriet Beecher Stowe - truth

“The truth is the kindest thing we can give...” ~Harriet Beecher Stowe

Ch'ao Chang - genius paints

"Passion holds up the botton of the world, while genius paints its roof."~Ch'ao Chang~

Periander of Corinth - a folly

"To counsel others, and to disregard one's own safety, is folly." ~Periander of Corinth, his motto, inscribed on Temple of Apollo at Delphi~

Scott Barnes - finding beauty

“Finding your beauty isn't about looking exactly like everyone else. It's about accepting yourself—the parts you love and the parts you don't—and then working with all of it.” ~ Scott Barnes

Kerry Washington - journey of my life

“I don't have to be perfect. All I have to do is show up and enjoy the messy, imperfect and beautiful journey of my life. It's a trip more wonderful than I could have imagined.” ~ Kerry Washington

Audre Lorde - paths to knowledge

“Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge.”— Audre Lorde

William Wordsworth Quotes

"A day spent in a round of strenuous idleness." ~ William Wordsworth (1770–1850), British poet. The Prelude, bk. 4, l. 376-7 (1850).

"Faith is a passionate intuition." ~William Wordsworth

"Poetry is the spontaneous outflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origins from emotion recollected in tranquillity." ~William Wordsworth, Introduction to Lyrical Ballads, 1802, second edition.

Oprah - start being grateful

"The single greatest thing you can do to change your life today would be to start being grateful for what you have right now. And the more grateful you are, the more you get." — Oprah, August 9, 2010

Oprah - life on course

"When your life is on course with its purpose, you are your most powerful. And you may stumble, but you will not fall." — Oprah

Oprah - shadow of fear and self-doubt

"You can either waltz boldly onto the floor of life and live the way you know your spirit is nudging you to, or you can sit quietly by the wall and recede in the shadows of fear and self-doubt." — Oprah, August 2, 2010

Don Miguel Ruiz - respect begets peace

"When we respect everybody around us, we are in peace with everybody around us." — Don Miguel Ruiz, author

Thomas Jefferson - power over others

Daily Inspirational Quote For Saturday, July 31, 2010.

"I have never been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others."— Thomas Jefferson

Mary South - risk and rewards

“Risk and reward are conjoined twins—and that's why my favorite piece of advice needs translation but no disclaimers: Fortes fortuna javat. 'Fortune favors the brave'...”
—Mary South, June 14, 2010

Richard Nixon - irresistible creeping tide

All lasting change is incremented, based on unfolding traditions and developing institutions. Revolutionary upheavals may change how the world looks but seldom changes the way the world works. Lasting historical change comes not through tidal waves but through the irresistible creeping tide.~Richard Nixon~

Martha Beck - inspire right life

"Whatever your father rules may be, treasure them. Don't try to act as though they don't exist. You won't succeed—the psychology of fatherhood is too deeply rooted—and you'll be tossing out something you can use to illuminate, motivate and inspire your right life." — Martha Beck

The National Fatherhood Initiative - grown and ready to leave home

"Even after children are grown and ready to leave home, they will still look to their fathers for wisdom and advice. Fathers continue to play an essential part in the lives of their children as they grow and, perhaps, marry and build their own families." — The National Fatherhood Initiative

Sir Hugh Walpole - beauty and joy

“The most wonderful of all things in life, I believe, is the discovery of another human being with whom one's relationship has a glowing depth, beauty and joy as the years increase.”  ~Sir Hugh Walpole

Marianne Williamson -part of knowledge

"Condemn and you are made a prisoner. Forgive and you are freed. Such is the law that rules perception. It is not a law that knowledge understands, for freedom is a part of knowledge." ~ Marianne Williamson

Saint Aurelius Augustine - dwell in the blood

"The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried
along to dwell in the blood."

[Latin: "Anima certe, quia spiritus, in sicco habitare non potest; ideo in sanguine fertur habitare."]~Saint Aurelius Augustine, Decretum (IX, 32, 2)~

Will Smith - have a purpose

"If you don't have a purpose for your relationship, if you don't have a place that you're going, something that you want to accomplish, something that you want to do, you can really get lost in the murk of the journey. There has to be a vision." — Will Smith, actor

Thich Nhat Hanh - cultivate freedom

"Freedom is not given to us by anyone; we have to cultivate it ourselves. It is a daily practice. ... No one can prevent you from being aware of each step you take or each breath in and breath out." — Thich Nhat Hanh, Buddhist monk, author and teacher

Suze Orman - sense of self-worth

“Lasting net worth only comes when you have a strong and healthy sense of self-worth.”
— Suze Orman

Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes

"Everyone has the power for greatness, not for fame, but greatness, because greatness is determined by service." ~Martin Luther King Jr.

"I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality. I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word." ~Martin Luther King Jr.

"If a man hasn't discovered something that he would die for, he isn't fit to live." ~Martin Luther King Jr

Martha Beck - so am I

“Try seeing your world and yourself this way, eyes open to whatever is before you, mind free of dichotomies. Are you good or bad, fragile or tough, wise or foolish? Yes. And so am I.” — Martha Beck

Robert Fulghum - a balanced life

"Be aware of wonder. Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some."~Robert Fulghum~

Terry Orlick - Embrace the moment

“Excellence is a combination of passion and focus. When you have passion for what you are doing and get your focus in the right place, everything else will follow. Embrace the moment.” — Terry Orlick, PhD

Willa Cather - things are best learn

“There are some things you learn best in calm, and some
in storm.” — Willa Cather

Seneca - enjoy the present

Daily Inspirational Quote For Thursday, July 22, 2010.

"True happiness is ... to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future."— Seneca

Kathy Kinney and Cindy Ratzlaff - peace and freedom

"We've discovered by walking through the uncomfortable feeling of saying no, there is incredible peace and freedom on the other side." — Kathy Kinney and Cindy Ratzlaff, co-authors of Queen of Your Own Life

Madeleine Albright - trials bring out the best

We have a resilience that most people don't have, and trials bring out the best in us. " — Madeleine Albright, former secretary of state

Nelson Mandela - qualities better than your own

"If you are humble, you are no threat to anybody. Some behave in a way that dominates others. That's a mistake. If you want the cooperation of humans around you, you must make them feel they are important— and you do that by being genuine and humble. You know that other people have qualities that may be better than your own. Let them express them." — Nelson Mandela

Oprah - dwell in possibility

"Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility." — Oprah

Bono - real enemy

"Sometimes, instead of climbing over the barricades, you've got to walk around them, and sometimes you discover that the real enemy is not what you think it is." ~Bono, musician and activist

Concoleezza Rice - freedom and responsibility

"It means the opportunity to soar as high as you possibly can. It means people are not going to judge you or put a block in your way because of how you look, what language you speak, or where you came from. But freedom is not the ability to do anything you want—that's a misrepresentation. There is a responsibility that comes with freedom: to use it well. That's why I've always found the hedonistic or anarchist view of freedom troubling." — Condoleezza Rice, former secretary of state, July 8, 2010

Donna Brazile - become the buffalo

“The cow runs away from the storm while the buffalo charges toward it—and gets through it faster. When I'm confronted with a tough challenge, I do not prolong the torment. I become the buffalo.”— Donna Brazile

Golda Meir - not that great

 "Don't be so humble; you're not that great."~Golda Meir

Source: O Magazine

Mike Robbins - authenticity

July 7, 2010

"Authenticity is about enjoying a new sense of freedom to be who we really are—ourselves, natural and without a mask in our relationships, our work and our life."

—  Mike Robbins, author

Rabbi Harold Kushner - caring

Daily Inspirational Quote For Wednesday, July 7, 2010.
"Caring about others, running the risk of feeling, and leaving an impact on people brings happiness.— Rabbi Harold Kushner"

Albert Einstein - knowledge

Information is not knowledge. ~ Albert Einstein

Carol Burnett - problems and challenges

Daily Inspirational Quote For Tuesday, June 29, 2010.
"I have always grown from my problems and challenges, from the things that don't work out, that's when I've really learned. "— Carol Burnett

Tom Hobson - part of living

Accept failure as a normal part of living. View it as part of the process of exploring your world; make a note of its lessons and move on. ~Tom Hobson~

Lord Quintin Hogg Hailsham - start being right

The best way I know of to win an  argument is to start by being in the right. ~Lord Quintin Hogg Hailsham~

Igor Stravinsky - serve in lucidity

"I am in the present. I cannot know what tomorrow will bring forth. I can know only what the truth is for me today. That is what I am called upon to serve, and I serve it in all lucidity." ~Igor Stravinsky

Katherine Anne Porter - instantaneous Miracles

"Miracles are instantaneous, they cannot be summoned, but come of themselves, usually at unlikely moments and to those who least expect them." ~ Katherine Anne Porter

Quintus Curtius Rufus Curtis Rufus Quintus

Proverb Quotes

"But few prize honour more than money."

"By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded."

"Covetous of another man's, prodigal of his own."

"The deepest rivers flow with the least sound. [Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]"

Chelle Thompson - "green light"

Daily Inspirational Quote For Sunday, June 27, 2010.
"The more we bless miraculous events in our lives, the more they will occur. Sometimes even guardian angels need a "green light"!— Chelle Thompson, Inspiration Line"

Berthold Auerbach - music

Daily Inspirational Quote For Saturday, June 26, 2010.
"Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.— Berthold Auerbach"

Mark Twain - Geometry and Nature

Daily Inspirational Quote For Friday, June 25, 2010.
"When I"m playful I use the meridians of longitude and parallels of latitude for a seine, and drag the Atlantic Ocean for whales. I scratch my head with the lightning and purr myself to sleep with the thunder."— Mark Twain

Sandra Magsamen - teach our children

"I truly believe it is one of the greatest gifts we teach our children to show them through actions that they can make a positive difference in the lives of others." —  Sandra Magsamen

Dr Barbara Becker Holstein

"For those of us who tend to run away from themselves, my blessing is that you have the courage and help to run toward yourself.  For it is there that your best friend and companion waits for you!" ~ Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein

Oprah - to be human

"Reading strengthens our sense of what it means to be human." —  Oprah

Edward de Bono - we need creativity

Daily Inspirational Quote For Thursday, June 24, 2010.
"We need creativity in order to break free from the temporary structures that have been set up by a particular sequence of experience."— Edward de Bono

Ed and Deb Shapiro - enjoying every moment

"You have reached the highest achievement if you have lived well, laughed often and loved much. Real success is about fully enjoying every moment." —  Ed and Deb Shapiro

Henry Chester - enthusiasm

Enthusiasm is the greatest asset in the world. It beats money, power and influence.~Henry Chester~

Thomas Jefferson - right mental attitude

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from  achieving his goal; nothing  on earth can help the man with  the wrong mental attitude.~Thomas Jefferson

Stan L Wright - open the heart

The simplest thing I can tell anyone is do not close the door. Open the heart." —  Stan L. Wright, father of country music singer Chely Wright

Tracy Morgan - sense of humor

"Your sense of humor is the knife in which you cut through the wilderness of despair."

—  Tracy Morgan, actor and comedian

Dr Barbara Becker Holstein

"May you feel good today.  Sometimes the simplest way to having pleasant feelings is to not say anything negative about anyone else today." ~ Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein

Rita Mae Brown - creativity

Daily Inspirational Quote For Thursday, June 17, 2010.
"Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work."— Rita Mae Brown

Sally's Musing - luminous blue

"The dawn's sky of luminous blue greets the coming of a beautiful day but who's stopping to watch it turn deeper blue?" ~Sally's Musing

John W Gardner - web of social pressures

Daily Inspirational Quote For Wednesday, June 16, 2010.
"The creative individual has the capacity to free himself from the web of social pressures in which the rest of us are caught. He is capable of questioning the assumptions that the rest of us accept."— John W. Gardner

Brenda Ueland - to grow within and to life

	June 15, 2010 “When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand. Ideas actually begin to grow within us and come to life.”—  Brenda Ueland, Oprah Magazine (Internet Subscription).

Gerald Holton - when mind stretched

Man's mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions. ~Gerald Holton~

Mack McGinnis - for what we are

Daily Inspirational Quote For Sunday, June 13, 2010.
"Imagination was given to us to compensate for what we are not; a sense of humor was given to us to console us for what we are."— Mack McGinnis

Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein - tank of energy

"May you wake up each day with a clear head, a smile already spreading and enough curiosity, enthusiasm, and hope to start this day on a full tank of energy." ~ Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein

Antoine de Saint-Exupery - one sees rightly

Daily Inspirational Quote For Friday, June 11, 2010.
"It is with the heart that one sees rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Thich Nhat Hanh - thougt, word and action

June 8, 2010

"Every thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature."

—  Thich Nhat Hanh, Buddhist monk, author and teacher

Robert H Schuller -imprisoned possibilities

Daily Inspirational Quote For Sunday, June 6, 2010.
"Let your imagination release your imprisoned possibilities."— Robert H. Schuller

Henry Miller - seeing things

“One's destination is never a place, but rather a new way of seeing things.” — Henry Miller,

(Oprah) May 31, 2010

Masisyn Taylor - taking care of ourselves

Thought for Today

"Surrounding ourselves with friends and family that nurture us rather than drain us is an important step in taking care of ourselves fully, mind, body and spirit."
— Madisyn Taylor, Daily OM (Oprah)

Emily Dickinson - thing with Feathers

HOPE is the thing with FEATHERS that perches in the SOUL and sings the tune without WORDS and never stops at all. ~Emily Dickinson~

Source: Visual Expressions owned by Nance

Madisyn Taylor - souls feels safe to grow

"When we are surrounded by relationships that nurture us fully, our souls feels safe to grow, create and have the courage to express ourselves fully." — Madisyn Taylor, co-creator of Daily OM

Martin Fraquhar Tupper - silence

"Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech."~Martin Fraquhar Tupper~

All for Love

"A mighty pain to love it is, and ’tis a pain that pain to miss; but of all the pains, the greatest pain is to love, but love in vain." -Abraham Crowley

"Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction." -Saint-Exupery

"A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous." -Ingrid Bergman

"Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies." -John Donne

"He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals." -Benjamin Franklin

"I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love." -Henry Ward Beecher

"Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love - and to put its trust in life." -Joseph Conrad

"True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen."
-La Rochefoucauld

"Who ever loved that loved not at first sight?" -Christopher Marlowe

"Tell me whom you love and I will tell you who you are." -Houssaye

"We perceive when love begins and when it declines by our embarrassment when alone together." -La Bruyere

"Better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all." -St. Augustine

"To love another person is to see the face of God." -Les Miserables

"Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition." -Alexander Smith

"When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe." -La Rochefoucauld

"Sympathy constitutes friendship; but in love there is a sort of antipathy, or opposing passion. Each strives to be the other, and both together make up one whole." -Samuel Taylor Coleridge

"Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship - never." -Charles Caleb Colton

"The richest love is that which submits to the arbitration of time." -Lawrence Durrell

"There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not." -La Rochefoucauld

"A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love."
-Stendhal

"There is no remedy for love but to love more." -Thoreau

"Blushing is the color of virtue." -Diogenes

"Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time... It tells us to tell each other right now that we love each other." -Leo F. Buscaglia

"Love cures people - both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it."
-Dr. Karl Menninger

"Spread love everywhere you go: first of all in your own house. Give love to your children, to your wife or husband, to a next door neighbor... Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God’s kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile, kindness in your warm greeting." -Mother Theresa

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - genius, power and magic

“Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it...” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Hal Boyle - restful river

Jenolan River Walk
May 2011

"What makes a river so restful to people is that it doesn't have any doubt - it is sure to get where it is going, and it doesn't want to go anywhere else." ~Hal Boyle

Honore de Balzac - heart of a mother

“The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.”- Honore de Balzac

Iris Murdoch - small treats

“One of the secrets of a happy life is continuous small treats.” — Iris Murdoch

Mother Theresa - Love

“Spread love everywhere you go: first of all in your own house.
Give love to your children, to your wife or husband, to a next door neighbor…
Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier.
Be the living expression of God’s kindness;
kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes,
kindness in your smile, kindness in your warm greeting.”

~ Mother Theresa~

Inspirational Quotes

Richard Barnfield - Friend

“He that is thy friend indeed,
He will help thee in thy need:
If thou sorrow, he will weep;
If you wake, he cannot sleep;
Thus of every grief in heart
He with thee doth bear a part.”

– Richard Barnfield

Inspirational Quotes

Buddha - on the present moment

"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment." ~ Buddha

Happiness

Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.

Henrik Ibsen - strongest man

The strongest man in the world is he who stands alone. ~Henrik Ibsen~

Benjamin Franklin - investment in knowledge

"If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest."~Benjamin Franklin~

Henry George - social problems

For every social wrong there must be a remedy. But the remedy can be nothing less than the abolition of the wrong.~Henry George, Social Problems (ch. IX)~

Ed and Deb Shapiro - smiles and laughter

"Life does not come with instructions on how to live, but it does come with trees, sunsets, smiles and laughter, so enjoy your day." — Ed and Deb Shapiro

Samuel Smiles - possibility to reality

Daily Inspirational Quote For Friday, April 2, 2010.

"An intense anticipation itself transforms possibility into reality; our desires being often but precursors of the things which we are capable of performing."— Samuel Smiles

Marie Curie - the way of progress

I was taught that the way of progress is neither swift nor easy.~ Marie Curie, Polish-born Physicist and Chemist

Golda Meir - flames of achievement

Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.~ Golda Meir, Israeli's Fourth Prime Minister

Calvin Coolidge - Persistence and Determination

Press on. Nothing can take the place of persistence. Talent will not. Nothing is more common that unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not. Unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not. The world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are the overwhelming power. ~Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the USA~

Ed and Deb Shapiro - play and climb

"If you never play, you will never lose, but you won't win either. If you never climb a mountain, you will never know for sure how good the view is." — Ed and Deb Shapiro

Daily Inspirational Quote For Monday, March 8, 2010.

"If we want our children to possess the traits of character we most admire, we need to teach them what those traits are and why they deserve both admiration and allegiance. Children must learn to identify the forms and content of those traits."— William J. Bennett

Daily Inspirational Quote For Friday, March 5, 2010.

"The measure of a man's character is what he would do if he knew he never would be found out."— Baron Thomas Babington Macauley

Leo Tolstoy - happiness

“Happiness is in your ability to love others.” — Leo Tolstoy

March 4, 2010

Richard Wiseman - thinking and behaving

"Luck is not a magical ability or a gift from the gods. Instead, it is a way of thinking and behaving." ~ Richard Wiseman, PhD (Oprah)

Oprah - fear and self-doubt

"You can either waltz boldly onto the floor of life and live the way you know your spirit is nudging you to, or you can sit quietly by the wall and recede in the shadows of fear and self-doubt." ~ Thought for Today

Chelle Thompson - gifts that relationship offers

Daily Inspirational Quote For Friday, February 19, 2010.

"There"s no escaping it, the common denominator in each and every relationship in our life is: OURSELVES. The person I am today is a direct result of my past experiences and the fact that I chose to pay attention and learn. When we stay conscious, we eventually recognize the gifts that our relationships offer.— Chelle Thompson, Inspiration Line"

Samuel Taylor Coleridge - armory of human mind ...

Language is the armory of the human mind, and at once contains the trophies of its past and the weapons of its future conquests.~Samuel Taylor Coleridge~

Oprah - Touched by Love

Thought for Today

"Whenever you've been touched by love, a heart-print lingers so that you're always reminded of the feeling of being cared for, knowing that, to someone, you mattered."
— Oprah

Daily Inspirational Quote For Saturday, February 13, 2010.

"We not only live among men, but there are airy hosts, blessed spectators, sympatheticlookers-on, that see and know and appreciate our thoughts and feelings and acts."— Henry Ward Beecher

Love

If you love somebody…

Let go of their hand.

Let go of their sight.

Let go of their company.

But never let go of their heart.

~The Happy Guy

Orpah's Daily Quote - Jennifer Aniston - health, happiness and success

January 25, 2010
“There's literally nothing more important to our health, happiness and success than what we put into our bodies and the energy, clarity and stamina that come as a result.” — Jennifer Aniston

Thought for Today - Caroline Myss - appreciate what you have

"If you don't appreciate what you have in life right now, whatever it is, you will never realize your purpose. Without appreciation, you will never become strong enough to respect yourself." — Caroline Myss, January 25, 2010

Daily Inspirational Quote For Monday, January 25, 2010.

"You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses."— Ziggy

Daily Inspirational Quote For Saturday, January 23, 2010.

"Our limitations and success will be based, most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon."— Denis Waitley

Sir Winston Churchill Quotes

"History will be kind to me for I intend to write it." ~Sir Winston Churchill

"One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger." ~WinstonChurchill

"People occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened." ~Sir WinstonChurchill

"Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm." ~Sir Winston Churchill
“Success is moving from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” ~ Winston Churchill

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." ~Winston Churchill

"The truth is incontrovertible; malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is." ~Winston Churchill (1871-1947)

"We are all worms, but I do believe I am a glowworm." ~Winston Churchill

"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give." ~Winston Churchill

~(British Orator, Author and Prime Minister during World War II. 1874-1965) ~

Daily Inspirational Quote For Friday, January 22, 2010.

"Miracles seem to rest, not so much upon faces or voices or healing power coming suddenly near to us from far off, but upon our perceptions being made finer so that for a moment our eyes can see and our ears can hear that which is about us always."— Willa Cather

Thought for Today — Oprah

"What I know for sure is that every sunrise is like a new page, a chance to right ourselves and receive each day in all its glory. Each day is a wonder."~January 20, 2010

Margo Jefferson - Creativity

"Creativity isn't far away, or outside of you. It's an inner movement, a heart-shift, a joy making its way out of your throat or hands or feet. So go for it. No one's watching. The payoff is magnificent." — Margo Jefferson

Daily Inspirational Quote For Sunday, January 17, 2010.

"You have powers you never dreamed of. You can do things you never thought you could do. There are no limitations in what you can do except the limitations of your own mind."— Darwin P. Kingsley

Daily Inspirational Quote For Wednesday, January 13, 2010.

"All that we are is the result of what we have thought."— Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama)

DB - on Wisdom

"Wisdom is a personal thing, a thing to be achieved on one's own terms."~ DB, Vagabond Journeys

Gerald Jampolsky - attitude

"The world does not have to change. The only thing that has to change is our attitude." ~Gerald Jampolsky

Quote-of-the- Day: Rush Limbaugh

Today is Jan 8, 2010.

Character matters; leadership descends from character.

Source: The World of Quotes

Daily Inspirational Quote For Friday, January 8, 2010.

"If we can recognize that change and uncertainty are basic principles, we can greet the future and the transformation we are undergoing with the understanding that we do not know enough to be pessimistic."— Hazel Henderson

Quote of the Day

Today is Jan 7, 2010.

Some values are ... like sugar on the doughnut, legitimate, desirable, but insufficient, apart from the doughnut itself. We need substance as well as frosting.
~Ralph T. Flewelling~

Daily Inspirational Quote For Thursday, January 7, 2010.

"The remarkable thing we have is a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past... We cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude."— Charles Swindoll

Daily Inspirational Quote For Monday, January 4, 2010.

"If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won"t, you most assuredly won"t. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad.— Denis Waitley"

Wayne Dyer Quotes

"Anything you really want, you can attain, if you really go after it." ~Wayne Dyer

"Be a Good Listener ... Its a Way of being Inspiring." ~Wayne Dyer

"Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed." ~Wayne Dyer


"The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of your state of mind." ~Wayne Dyer

The music plays on

In the rhythm of Life, we sometime find ourselves out of tune, But as long as there are friends to provide the melody, The music plays on.~Anonymous