Inspirational Quotes


"There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them." Denis Waitley

"You're alive. Do something. The directive in life, the moral imperative was so uncomplicated. It could be expressed in single words, not complete sentences. It sounded like this: Look. Listen. Choose. Act. " Barbara Hall

" Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on." Samuel Butler

"The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want. " Ben Stein

"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." John Lennon

"Where you end up isn't the most important thing. It's the road you take to get there. The road you take is what you'll look back on and call your life." Tim Wiley

"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle." Albert Einstein

The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor. Vince Lombardi

Life is just a mirror, and what you see out there, you must first see inside of you. Wally Amos

Pack all there is into your life; you only pass this way once! Sit back and think what is it you enjoy. Take courses, read books, find your passion, your "wanna do's". Catherine Pulsifer

The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you're willing to work. Oprah Winfrey

Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life. Eleanor Roosevelt

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later the man who wins, is the man who thinks he can. Vince Lombardi

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. Albert Einstein

Don't be a spectator, don't let life pass you by. Lou Holtz

Life is uncharted territory. It reveals its story one moment at a time. Leo Buscaglia

Life flows on within you and without you. George Harrison

Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage. Benjamin Disraeli

In life, as in football, you won't go far unless you know where the goalposts are. Arnold H. Glasgow

When I hear somebody sigh, "Life is hard", I am always tempted to ask, "Compared to what?" Sydney J. Harris

My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose - somehow we win out. Ronald Reagan

Life in the twentieth century is like a parachute jump: you have to get it right the first time. < a href="http://www.inspirationalquotes4u.com/meadquotes/index.html">Margaret Mead

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward. Henry Ford

Life is made of ever so many partings welded together. Charles Dickens

How good is man's life, the mere living! How fit to employ all the heart and the soul and the senses forever in joy! Robert Browning

There is more to life than increasing its speed. Gandhi gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth it? Richard Bach Life exists for the love of music or beautiful things. G. K. Chesterton May you live every day of your life. Jonathan Swift

The true test in life does not occur when all is going well. The true test takes place when we are faced with challenges. Catherine Pulsifer

There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them. Denis Waitley

Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart. Eleanor Roosevelt

Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular. Anthony Robbins

The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams. Oprah Winfrey

You cannot tailor make your situation in life, but you can tailor make your attitudes to fit those situations. Zig Ziglar

One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular. Anthony Robbins

Life is too short to spend your precious time trying to convince a person who wants to live in gloom and doom otherwise. Give lifting that person your best shot, but don't hang around long enough for his or her bad attitude to pull you down. Instead, surround yourself with optimistic people. Zig Ziglar

Life is like a ten speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use. Charles Schulz

When I chased after money, I never had enough. When I got my life on purpose and focused on giving of myself and everything that arrived into my life, then I was prosperous. Dr. Wayne Dyer

If you're bored with life - you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things - you don't have enough goals. Lou Holtz

Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation. Plato

It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes life worth living. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

It's as important to know what we can't control as what we can. Henry Marsh, The Breakthrough Factor

Choas will come, calm will follow, and then it will start up all over again. The secret is to savor the ride.
Regina Brett, God Never Blinks 50 Lessons for Life's Little Detours

To get all that life wants for you, apply what I call the Boomerang Effect: Give out what you most want to see come back. Robin Sharma, The Greatness Guide

"It doesn't cost a cent to smile no matter how high inflation goes up." Byron Pulsifer

"It takes less muscles to smile so why is it that you see thousands of frowns from all those people heading to work?" Byron Pulsifer

"People seldom notice old clothes if you wear a big smile." Lee Mildon

"Before you put on a frown, make absolutely sure there are no smiles available." Jim Beggs

"Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been." Mark Twain

"If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it." Andy Rooney

"Everyone smiles in the same language." Author Unknown

"A smile is a curve that sets everything straight." Phyllis Diller

" Don't open a shop unless you know how to smile."

"A friend's frown is better than a fool's smile." Danish Proverb

"A smile costs nothing but gives much. It enriches those who receive without making poorer those who give. It takes but a moment, but the memory of it sometimes lasts forever. None is so rich or mighty that he cannot get along without it and none is so poor that he cannot be made rich by it. Yet a smile cannot be bought, begged, borrowed, or stolen, for it is something that is of no value to anyone until it is given away. Some people are too tired to give you a smile. Give them one of yours, as none needs a smile so much as he who has no more to give." Author Unknown

I'd rather have a sore face from smiling than one from crying. Byron Pulsifer

A smile is a powerful weapon; you can even break ice with it. Author Unknown

All the statistics in the world can't measure the warmth of a smile. Chris Hart

Smiles should not be reserved for only those people you are trying to impress, or to those who dress according to your standards. Byron Pulsifer

Smiling isn't owned by those in power, or those who have the most money, or those who desire something from you. A smile is something you own no matter who you are, or where you live. Byron Pulsifer

Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.George Eliot

I believe that smiling actually gives you more energy, and perhaps even better health. So lighten up and smile. Richard Carlson, Ph.D., Don't Worry, Make Money

A friendly look, a kindly smile, one good act, and life's worthwhile. Author Unknown

A laugh is a smile that bursts. Mary H. Waldrip

It is easy to be pleasant when life flows by like a song, but the man worth while is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong. For the test of the heart is trouble, and it always comes with years, and the smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through the tears. Irish Saying A man without a smiling face must not open shop. Chinese Proverb

Beneath the makeup and behind the smile I am just a girl who wishes for the world. Marilyn Monroe

One who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger. Japanese Proverb

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. Leo Buscaglia

The glory of friendship is not in the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is in the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him. Ralph Waldo Emerson

I think people who can truly live a life in music are telling the world, "You can have my love, you can have my smiles. Forget the bad parts, you don't need them. Just take the music, the goodness, because it's the very best, and it's the part I give. George Harrison

A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles. Washington Irving

If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don't be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning "Good morning" at total strangers. Maya Angelou

There is one thing about being President, no one can tell you when to sit down. Dwight Eisenhower

An eye for an eye makes us all blind. Mohandas Gandhi

Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at night with no lights while looking out the back window. Peter F. Drucker

If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade. Tom Peters

Don't quack like a duck, soar like an eagle. Kenneth Blanchard

It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up. Vince Lombardi

Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom.
Sam Walton

Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects. Arnold H. Glasgow

If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree. Jim Rohn

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month. Theodore Roosevelt

Middle Age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, "Why not?" and the other, "Why bother?" Sydney J. Harris

When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor.
It's to enjoy each step along the way. Wayne Dyer

I don't deserve this award, but I have arthritis and I don't deserve that either. Jack Benny

If you don't say anything, you won't be called on to repeat it. Calvin Coolidge

A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on. French Proverb

Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love. Albert Einstein

We can throw stones, complain about them, stumble on them, climb over them, or build with them. William Arthur Ward

The older I get, the greater power I seem to have to help the world; I am like a snowball - the further I am rolled the more I gain. Susan B. Anthony

Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure that they think he is growing old. Washington Irving
Bore: one who has the power of speech but not the capacity for conversation. Benjamin Disraeli

Two things are bad for the heart - running up stairs and running down people. Bernard M. Baruch

If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread, they can sure make something out of you. Mahummaad Ali

A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it. Bob Hope

Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. Confucius

Age doesn't matter, unless your cheese. Jean Paul Richter

Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight. Phyllis Diller

If you don't know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else! Yogi Berra

Nobody's got it made. Nobody, no matter what they look like. Linda Evans "Here is a test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: If you're alive, it isn't. Richard Bach

Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort. Charles Dickens

A committee is a group that keeps the minutes and loses hours. Milton Berle

Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something. Plato

Cultivate the habit of early rising. It is unwise to keep the head long on a level with the feet. Henry David Thoreau

Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest. Thomas Fuller

A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them. Elbert Hubbard

It is strange that the years teach us patience;
that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting. Elizabeth Taylor

The only man I know who behaves sensibly is my tailor; he takes my measurements anew each time he sees me. The rest go on with their old measurements and expect me to fit them. George Bernard Shaw

We can be bitter about our handicaps or we can be happy about our blessings. Ward, William Arthur. Up Words. Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1984.

It is better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all. Alfred Lord Tennyson

The self expression ruler or instrument of poetry has an attractive impact for dealing with a broken heart. Randall Paul

If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the aching, or cool one pain ... I shall not live in vain. Emily Dickinson

God is closest to those with broken hearts. Jewish Proverb

"The train of brotherly love rides on tracks of concern and compassion." William Arthur Ward

Hearts will never be made practical until they are made unbreakable. Tinman from the Wizard of Oz

Don't brood. Get on with living and loving. You don't have forever. Leo Buscaglia

I can be changed by what happens to me, but I refuse to be reduced by it. Maya Angelou

The less you open your heart to others, the more your heart suffers. Deepak Chopra

Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart. Washington Irving

Suddenly, as rare things will, it vanished. Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Relationships are like glass. Sometimes it's better to leave them broken than try to hurt yourself putting it back together. Author Unknown

Sadness flies away on the wings of time. Jean de La Fontaine

Our words can cut or comfort, hinder or help, harass or heal, injure or inspire. William Arthur Ward When your heart is broken it is hard to move forward, but you have to focus on all the other blessings in your life. C Pulsifer

Don't cry when the sun is gone, because the tears won't let you see the stars. Violeta Parra

A friend is what the heart needs all the time. Henry van Dyke

No matter who broke your heart, or how long it takes to heal, you'll never get through it without your friends. Carrie

"Love is the dove of peace, the spirit of brotherhood, it is tenderness and compassion, forgiveness and tolerance." Wilferd A. Peterson

"Love is the creative fire, the inspiration that keeps the torch of progress aflame." Wilferd A. Peterson

"Love is the dynamic motivation behind every worthy purpose; it is the upward thrust that lifts men to the heights." Wilferd A. Peterson

"Friendship, awareness, happiness, all of the arts of the good life, are brilliant beads strung on the golden cord of love." Wilferd A. Peterson

"Love is down to earth and it reaches to the highest star; it is the valey of humility and the mopuntaintop of ecstasy." Wilferd A. Peterson

"Love is the supreme good; it is the overflowing life, the giving of ourselves to noble ends and causes." Wilferd A. Peterson

It has been proven that writing your thoughts out
is beneficial to your healing. Mike Landis

Only you can control your future and you need to start making choices that will
eventually bring you to your new life. Lisa Marie Williams

Never let a broken heart stop you from living your life. Move forward, move on, there is something better. Believe this and you will help mend your broken heart. C Sampson

My heart was heavy,
for its trust had been abused, its kindness anwered with foul wrong. Whittier

No cord nor cable can so forcibly draw, or hold so fast, as love can do with a twined thread. Burton

There's no love lost between us. Cervantes

If you would be loved, love and be lovable. Benjamin Franklin. Best Quotations for All Occasions. Permabooks, 1945, p. 140.

Move on from relationships that aren't working and never will. Elaine St. James, 365 Simple Reminders

We are not evil, inadequate or incompetent when our relationships fail. Leo F. Buscaglia, Ph.D., Loving Each Other, The Challenge of Human Relationships

Strange as it may seem, the cruelest blows in life often come to us from those who are nearest and dearest. Do not let these heartbreaks overcome you, but rather, overcome the heartbreaks. They come to all. Dorothea Kopplin, Something to Live By

You are the only one who can forgive and love you the way you desire. Melissa Perry Moraja, Empower Your Soul.

If you find yourself ruminating over a hurt and are not ready to forgive, shift to gratitude. Think about all that is good in your life and all that you appreciate. Stephen Post, PhD and Jill Neimark, Why Good Things Happen to Good People

There are many broken heart quotes but the one that has meaning for us was said by Alexander Graham Bell:

"When one door closes, another opens;
but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door
that we do not see the one which has opened for us. "

Believe deep down in your heart
that you're destined to do great things.
Joe Paterno

I can't believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary. 
Lou Holtz

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. 
John Wooden

Yesterday's home runs don't win today's games.
Babe Ruth

Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve! 
Andrew Carnegie

When you're playing against a stacked deck, compete even harder. Show the world how much you'll fight for the winner's circle. If you do, someday the cellophane will crackle off a fresh pack, one that belongs to you, and the cards will be stacked in your favor. 
Pat Riley

There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative. 
W. Clement Stone

It doesn't matter how many say it cannot be done or how many people have tried it before; it's important to realize that whatever you're doing, it's your first attempt at it. 
Wally Amos

Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, 
others make it happen. 
Michael Jordan

There is only one time that is important - NOW! It is the most important time because it is the only time that we have any power. Leo Tolstoy

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up. Mark Twain

There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered. Nelson Mandela

Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer. Denis

If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten. Anthony Robbins

A minute's success pays the failure of years. Robert Browning

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Henry Ward Beecher
Get work. Be sure it is better than what you work to get.Elizabeth Barrett Browning

He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions. Louisa May Alcott

Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else. Margaret Mead

If you don’t have confidence, you’ll always find a way not to win. Carl Lewis

Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you. Satchel Paige

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. Thomas Edison
To be 70 years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be 40 years old. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

To the optimist, obstacles aare challenges, roadblocks are inspirations, and problems are invitations to achievement. 
William Arthur Ward

There are no secrets of success. Success is doing the things you know you should do. Success is not doing the things you know you should not do. 
Wilferd A. Peterson

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. 
Kahlil Gibran

Pride that dines on vanity, sups on contempt. 
Benjamin Franklin

The past is a ghost, the future a dream, and all we ever have is now. 
Bill Cosby

The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell. 
Andrew Carnegie

Those who stand for nothing fall for anything. 
Alexander Hamilton

With our love, we could save the world. 
George Harrison

I never found the companion that was so companioinable as solitude. 
Henry David Thoreau


Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than 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 omnipotent. The slogan "Press On" has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race. 
Calvin Coolidge

May you live every day of your life. 
Jonathan Swift

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. 
Eleanor Roosevelt

Even though the ship may go down, the journey goes on. 
Margaret Mead

Life is about timing. 
Carl Lewis

Without tact you can learn nothing. 
Benjamin Disraeli

Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail. 
Charles F. Kettering

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. 
Anais Nin

Don't take it on yourself. Forget now. Live. 
Arthur Miller
I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. 
Charles Dickens
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. 
Thomas Edison

As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do. 
Andrew Carnegie

A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions. 
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

You are the person who has to decide. Whether you'll do it or toss it aside... 
Edgar Guest

It isn't that they can't see the solution. It is that they can't see the problem. 
G. K. Chesterton

Yes we can.
Barach Obama

It's hard to beat a person who never gives up.
Babe Ruth

In the book of life, the answers aren't in the back.
Charles Schulz

Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.
Zig Ziglar

Savor your passion, then share it.
Quinn, Greg Henry. 365 Meditations for Teachers. Scholastic Inc., 1995.

Create the kind of self you will be happy to live with all your life.
Peterson, Wilferd. The Art of Living. Simon and Schuster, 1961, p. 15.

Reflect before you act.
Mulan. Add a Little Magic. Disney Press, 1999.

What you perceive is up to you.
Bach, Richard. Messiah's Handbook. Hampton Roads Publishing Company, Inc., 2004.

If you have nothing positive to add, be silent. Say nothing.
Fillmore, Cathleen. Winter 2010. "Behind the Curtain." Motivated Magazine. p. 18.

Don't let weeds grow around your dreams.
Brown, H. Jackson. Life's Little Instruction Book, Volume II. Rutledge Hill Press, 1993.

There is no limit to what can be accomplished with Enthusiasm.
Cypert, Samuel. Believe and Achieve. Avon Books, 1991, pg. 93.

I'm not discouraged by a challenge; it actually fuels me.
Glavin, April. 2011. "Lean Green Dream." Progress. Vol. 18, No. 01, p. 13.


There is no better school than adversity.
Mandino, Og. The Greatest Salesman in the World Part II. Bantam Books, 1988, p. 111.

Goals let you design your future.
Pulsifer, Catherine. Wings for Goals. Anncath-Roby Books, 1998, p. 16.

The world is simply a reflection of your mind.
Fisher, Mark. The Millionaire's Secrets. Simon and Schuster, 1996, p. 79.

Believe you can accomplish anything you put your mind to.
Richards, Shadonna. A Gift of Hope. Infinity Publishing, 2008, p. 23.

Strive to be specific rather than vague, candid rather than guarded.
Pritchett, Price and Pound, Ron. Business as UnUsual. Pritchett, LP. 2009, p. 19.

Aging is not just decay, you know. It's growth.
Albom, Mitch. tuesdays with Morrie. Doubleday, 1997, p. 118.

This too shall pass. Good or bad, things always change. It's life way.
Blanton, Becky. 2010 Summer. "Hope Always Survives." Motivated Magazine. p. 22.

What we project, we get back.
Clark, Tony. thinkUcan. AuthorHouse UK Ltd, 2007, p. 51.

The gifts of things are never so precious as the gifts of thought.
Peterson, Wilferd. The Art of Living Treasure Chest. Simon and Schuster, 1977, p. 10.

We are creatures of habit. But any habit once learned can be changed.
Helmstetter, Shad. What To Say When You Talk To Your Self. Grindle Tress, 1986, p. 140.

I will persist until I succeed.
Mandino, Og. The Greatest Salesman in the World. Frederick Fell Publishers, Inc., 1968, p. 67.

Better a little caution than a great regret.
Clason, George. The Richest Man in Babylon. Signet, 1955, p. 85.

It is impossible to bring more into your life if you are feeling ungrateful about what you have.
Byrne, Rhonda. the Secret Atria Books, 2006, p. 77.

When you have a negative though say, "Cancel, cancel."
Moraja, Melissa Perry. Empower Your Soul. iUniverse, 2007, p. 88.

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

The love we give away is the only love we keep.
Elbert Hubbard

I have believed the best of every man. And find that to believe is enough to make a bad man show him at his best, or even a good man swings his lantern higher.
William Butler Yeats

Sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt me. 
English Proverb

A man is as old as he feels himself to be. 
English Proverb

Too many Chiefs and not enough Indians. 
English Proverb

Great talkers are little doers. 
English Proverb

Better late than never. 
English Proverb

A fair day in winter is the mother of a storm. 
English Proverb

"The best remedy for those who are
afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside,
somewhere where they can be quiet,
alone with the heavens, nature and God.
Because only then does one feel that all is
as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy,
amidst the simple beauty of nature."
Anne Frank

"Birth, life, and death -
each took place on the hidden side of a leaf."
Toni Morrison

"After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a sumptuous planet, sparkling with color, bountiful with life. Within decades we must close our eyes again. Isn't it a noble, an enlightened way of spending our brief time in the sun, to work at understanding the universe and how we have come to wake up in it? This is how I answer when I am asked - as I am surprisingly often - why I bother to get up in the mornings."
Richard Dawkins

"The happiest man is he who learns from
nature the lesson of worship."
Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Those who dwell, as scientists or laymen,
among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life."
Rachel Carson

"We must go out and re-ally ourselves to Nature every day.
We must make root, send out some little fibre at least, even every winter day."
Henry David Thoreau

"Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed."
Francis Bacon

"Nature reaches out to us with welcoming arms and
bids us enjoy her beauty; but we dread her silence and
rush into the crowded cities, there to huddle like sheep
fleeing from a ferocious wolf."
Kahlil Gibran

"Nature's first green is gold, her hardest hue to hold."
Robert Frost

"All art is but imitation of nature."
Seneca

"There is a serene and settled majesty to woodland scenery
that enters into the soul and delights and elevates it, and
fills it with noble inclinations."
Washington Irving

"One touch of nature makes the whole world kin."
William Shakespeare

"Nature is the living, visible garment of God."
Johnan Wolfgang von Goethe

"Go forth, under the open sky,
and listen to Nature's teachings."
William Cullen Bryant

"The sky is that beautiful old parchment in which
the sun and the moon keep their dairy."
Alfred Kreymborg

"For in the true nature of things,
if we will rightly consider, every green tree is
far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver."
Martin Luther King

"Nothing is more beautiful than
the loveliness of the woods before sunrise."
Geroge Washington Carver

"Nature is painting for us, day by day,
pictures of infinite beauty if only we
have eyes to see them."
John Ruskin

"Silently, one by one, in the
infinite meadows of heaven,
Blossomed the lovely stars,
the forget-me-nots of the angels."
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Until man duplicates a blade of grass, nature can laugh at his so-called scientific knowledge.
Thomas Edison

One of the most satisfying experiences in life is a deep appreciation of Nature.
Dorothea Kopplin, Something to Live By

Make friends with nature by working in harmony with her and she will make friends with you.
Emmet Fox, Make Your Life Worth While

"I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?" Benjamin Disraeli

"He that cannot obey, cannot command." Benjamin Franklin

A good leader can't get too far ahead of his followers. Theodore Roosevelt

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. Dwight Eisenhower

The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority. Kenneth Blanchard

There is an enormous number of managers who have retired on the job. Peter F. Drucker

A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit. Arnold H. Glasgow

Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. Peter F. Drucker

"It is not fair to ask of others what you are unwilling to do yourself." Eleanor Roosevelt

Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders. Tom Peters

"The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but reveal to them their own." Benjamin Disraeli

"You do not lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership." Dwight Eisenhower

"A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better." Jim Rohn

"Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish." Sam Walton

"Too many leaders act as if the sheep... their people... are there for the benefit of the shepherd, not that the shepherd has responsibility for the sheep." Kenneth Blanchard

"The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires." William Arthur Ward

"The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say "I". And that's not because they have trained themselves not to say "I". They don't think "I". They think "we"; they think "team". They understand their job to be to make the team function. They accept responsibility and don't sidestep it, but "we" gets the credit. This is what creates trust, what enables you to get the task done." Peter F. Drucker

"In the past a leader was a boss. Today's leaders must be partners with their people... they no longer can lead solely based on positional power." Kenneth Blanchard

"I always remember the axiom: a leader...is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind." Nelson Mandela


"We can be resentful of our age, or we can be grateful for having attained it." William Arthur Ward

"If you'll not settle for anything less than your best, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish in your lives." Vince Lombardi

"Great minds have purposes; little minds have wishes. Little minds are subdued by misfortunes; great minds rise above them." Washington Irving

"Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common." Satchel Paige

"Influence others positively by being a teacher, coach, counselor, or mentor." Stephen Post, PhD and Jill Neimark, Why Good Things Happen to Good People

"Plan for gradual improvement, not spectacular leaps. . .A slow and steady stream of water will, in time, erode the hardest rock." David Campbell, Ph.D., If You Don't Know Where You're Going, You'll Probably End Up Somewhere Else

"Believe deep down in your heart that you're destined to do great things." Joe Paterno

"We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience." George Washington

"Earth is crammed with Heaven." Elizabeth Barrett Browning

"Remember, the inspiration follows action and not vice versa." Aronson, Eric, Dash.

"Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck." Dalai Lama

"All things come round to him who will but wait." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action." Anthony Robbins

"I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter." Walt Disney

"When we find a greater purpose for our lives, our dreams become more exciting to us, helping us grow as individuals as we help others." Cook, Sharon and Sholander Graciela, Dream It Do It: Inspiring Stories of Dreams Come True.

"So, whether you're boldly defying convention or taking small, calculated risks ... have fun in all that you do and strive for. You're an amazing person with untapped potential." Hilton-Barbert, Miles, Life is a Rollercoaster, not a Rocking Chair

"We all find ourselves in situations that at times seem hopeless. And, we all have the choice to do nothing or take action." Catherine Pulsifer

For you see, each day I love you more
Today more than yesterday
and less than tomorrow.
Rosemonde Gerard

True love stories never have endings. 
Richard Bach

I've fallen in love many times... always with you. 
Author Unknown

A hundred hearts would be too few 
To carry all my love for you. 
Author Unknown

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach. 
Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Loving is not just looking at each other, it's looking in the same direction. 
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

You don't marry someone you can live with - you marry the person who you cannot live without. 
Author Unknown

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. 
Aristotle

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

Grow old with me! The best is yet to be. 
Robert Browning

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Tag der Veröffentlichung: 07.10.2011

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