Welcome to my collection of inspirational and motivational quotations. Reading and collecting quotations is one of my hobbies. Whenever i'm feeling down, i always turn to my quotations for some inspiration and words of wisdom in guiding me through the good & bad times..;-)
No. 35
"While we may not be able to control all that happens to us,
we can control what happens inside us."
No. 34
"That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to
displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to
temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong."
No. 33
"If we do not change our direction, we are likely to end up
where we are headed."
No. 32
"Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain
nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice
being brave."
No. 31
"Of course, I want to be number one. But being happy and
healthy is the most important thing."
No 30
"Even if the hopes you started out with are dashed, hope has
to be maintained."
No. 29
"A bend in the road is not the end of the road... unless you
fail to make the turn."
No. 28
"When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang
on."
No. 27
"We cannot live for ourselves alone. Our lives are connected
by a thousand invisible threads, and along these sympathetic
fibers, our actions run as causes and return to us as results."
No. 26
"To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing."
No. 25
"The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The
struggles within yourself -- the invisible, inevitable battles
inside all of us -- that's where it's at."
No. 24
"Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but
you can't get more time."
No. 23
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.
No. 22
The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.
No. 21
There is only one success--to be able to spend your life in your own way.
No. 20
Success is sweet: the sweeter if long delayed and attained through manifold struggles and defeats.
No. 19
The secret of success is to know something nobody else knows.
No. 18
When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.
No. 17
Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities.
No. 16
People with many interests live, not only longest, but happiest.
No. 15
In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.
No. 14
Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.
No. 13
There is only one person who could ever make you happy, and that person is you.
No. 12
Happiness is not a matter of events, it depends upon the tides of the mind.
No. 11
There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying things which are beyond the power of our will.
No. 10
You're happiest while you're making the greatest contribution.
No. 9
To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.
No. 8
Our minds are as different as our faces: we are all traveling to one destination; --happiness; but few are going by the same road.
No. 7
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.
No. 6
Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you represents determinism; the way you play it is free will.
No. 5
Life is like the dice that, falling, still show a different face. So life, though it remains the same, is always presenting different aspects.
No. 4
Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.
No. 3
Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experience treacherous, judgment difficult.
No. 2
Life is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think.
No. 1
"Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then... do
something. Don't just stand there, make it happen."
