My Favorites, Motivational Quotes - Food for Thought


  • Forgiveness is not an occasional act; it is a permanent attitude. By Martin Luther King
  • Only as high as I reach, can I grow, Only as far as I seek, can I go. Only as deep as I look, can I see. Only as much as I dream, can I be. By Karen Raon
  • Do not wait for the last judgement. It takes place every day. By Albert Camus
  • What lies behind us, and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot b3e seen, or even touched. They must be felt within the heart. By Helen Keller
  • If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it. By William Arthur Ward
  • Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness. This is the judgement. Life's most persistent and urgent question is "What are we doing for others?" Unknown
  • The only power which can resist the power of fear is the power of love. By Alan Paton
  • The worst sin of all is to do well that which shouldn't be done at all. By Alexander Woollcott
  • We are made wise not by the recollections of our past but by the responsibility for our future. By Bernard Shaw
  • Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend. By Martin Luther King
  • To say goodbye is to die a little. French Saying...
  • Love is a human emotion that wisdom will never conquer. Unknown
  • Between grief and nothing, I will take grief. By William Faulkner
  • The mask, given time, comes to be the face itself. By Marguerite Youscenar
  • Happiness is beneficial to the body -- but grief develops the powers of the mind. By Marcel Proust
  • I am not afraid of tomorrow for I have seen yesterday and I love today. Unknown
  • A friend is the first person who comes in when the world has gone out. By Mary Dawson Hughs
  • The only man who never makes a mistake is a man who never tries. By Ted Roosevelt
  • A friend is one who knows you as you are, understands where you've been, accepts who you've become and still, gently invites you to grow. Unknown
  • If you can imagine it you can achieve it. If you dream it you can become it. By William Arthur Ward
  • What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. By Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist but you will have ceased to live. By Mark Twain
  • There is very little success where there is very little laughter. Andrew Carnagie
  • No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. By Aesop
  • No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. By Eleanor Roosevelt
  • Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Marie Curie
  • There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart's desire. The other is to get it. By George Bernard Shaw
  • You don't get to choose how you're going to die, or when. You can only decide how you're going to live. By Joan Baez
  • I walk through myself - meeting saints and sinners, wise men and utter fools -- but always meeting myself. By James Joyce
  • Be yourself. Who else is better qualified? By Frank J. Gibbins, II
  • Be happy, it is a way of being wise. By Collette
  • A painting in a museum probably hears more foolish remarks than anything else in the world! By Edmund and Jules Goncourt
  • Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean. By Goethe
  • If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments. By Earl Wilson
  • The saints are the sinners who keep on trying. By Stevenson
  • Be happy, it is a way of being wise. By Colette
  • I use not only all the brains I have, but all that I can borrow. By Woodrow Wilson
  • Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in. Andrew Jackson
  • Next to being shot at and missed, nothing is really quite as satisfying as an income tax refund! By F.J. Raymond
  • Nothing is waste that makes a memory. By Ned Rosen
  • The greatest happiness comes from the greatest activity. By Bovee
  • Some people strengthen society just by being the kind of people that they are. What kind of person are you? By John W. Gardner
  • Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing. By Albert Schweitzer
  • Enthusiasm is the greatest asset in the world. It beats money and power and influence. By Henry Chester
  • A fellow who is always declaring he's no fool usually has his suspicions. By Wilson Mizner
  • The greatness of a man can nearly always be measured by his willingness to be kind. By G. Young
  • If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading or do things worth writing. By Benjamin Franklin
  • All understanding begins with our not accepting the world as it appears. By Alan C. Kay
  • A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions. By Oliver Wendell Holmes
  • You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm. By Collette
  • A yawn may be considered bad manners, but it often is the silent expression of an honest opinion.Unknown
  • We don't find meaning in our lives from a lack of challenges or even misery. We find meaning in our lives by how we face these challenges. By Laura Schlessinger
  • If your mind goes blank, don't forget to turn off the sound. Unknown