There are just some things in life that manage to uplift one's spirits. Ice-cream & chocolate do the trick for most, but not for me. (Not sure how lucky or unlucky that is). However some inspiring quotes always manage to give my mood a jolt. I've decided to share them as I come across them - Hopefully they make you feel the same or better.
“Never work just for money or for power. They won't save your soul or help you sleep at night.” - Marian Wright Edelman
"We work to become, not to acquire" - Elbert Hubbard
Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it!' - Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
"What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?"- Dr. Robert Schuller
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” - Marianne Williamson
"Every artist was first an amateur." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Without inspiration the best powers of the mind remain dormant, they is a fuel in us which needs to be ignited with sparks."- Johann Gottfried Von Herder
"Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things". - Denis Diderot
"We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish."- Anthony Robbins
"Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile". - Sir Wilfred Grenfell
"Cherish all your happy moments: they make a fine cushion for old age." - Christopher Morley
"Mistakes are the portals of discovery." - James Joyce
'It is never too late to be who you might have been'. - George Eliot
"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm". - Ralph Waldo Emerson
'Instruction does much, but encouragement does everything.' - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
'You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.' - Kahlil Gibran
'If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one.' - Mother Teresa
"Let the beauty of what you love; be what you do” - Rumi
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.” - Confucius
"We are still masters of our fate. We are still captains of our souls" - Winston Churchill
"It is high time the ideal of success should be replaced with the ideal of service." - Albert Einstein
"Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader" - Tacitus
"Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier" - Mother Theresa of Calcutta
"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be" - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do" - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"It matters not what you are thought to be, but what you are" - Publius Syrus
"All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up" - Anonymous
Life is "trying things to see if they work." - Unknown
"No time like the present" - Unknown
"Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save" - Unknown
"Life is tough, and if you have the ability to laugh at it you have the ability to enjoy it" - Salma Hayek
"Everything will be good finally. If it isn't good, it isn't final." - Anil Neupane
"No matter where you live, brothers are brothers and sisters are sisters. The bonds that keep family & friends close are the same no matter where you are." - Takayuki Ikkaku
“Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.” - Mark Victor
"If not now, when?" Aniek Wiegerinck
“If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it.”- Jesse Jackson
“What you want to do, and what you can do, is limited only by what you can dream.” - Mike Melville
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” - Nelson Mandela
Attitude:“I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” - Jimmy Dean
"If you judge people, you have no time to love them" - Mother Teresa
"Anything you vividly imagine,
Ardently desire,
Sincerely believe in & enthusiastically act upon,
Must inevitably come to pass" - Mark Purnell
“Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more” - Anthony Robbins
“If you wish to experience peace, provide peace for another.” - Tenzin Gyatso
"You cannot discover new oceans unless you have a courage to lose sight
of the shore" – unknown
of the shore" – unknown
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.- Will Rogers
“Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.” Charles F. Kettering
“You drown not by falling into a river, but by staying submerged in it.” Paulo Coelho
