Inspirations 4

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No matter who says what, you should accept it with a smile and do your own work.

-- Mother Teresa (1910-1997) Albanian Missionary

Don't wait for your "ship to come in" and feel angry and cheated when it doesn't. Get going with something small.

-- Irene Kassorla

You can stand tall without standing on someone. You can be a victor without having victims.

-- Harriet Woods (1927-) American Politician

When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy.

-- Samuel Goldwyn

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.

-- Beverly Sills (1929-) American Opera Singer

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

-- Helen Keller (1880-1968) American Writer

The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.

-- Bishop W.C. Magee (1821-1891)

Many of our fears are tissue paper thin, and a single courageous step would carry us clear through them.

-- Brendan Francis [Behan] (1923-1964) Irish Author

Pain nourishes courage. You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.

-- Mary Tyler Moore (1937-) American Actress

Failure is only postponed success as long as courage "coaches" ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.

-- Herbert Kaufman

You see things; and you say, "Why?" But I dream things that never were; and I say "Why not?"

-- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish Playwright

Tough times never last, tough people do.

--- Robert Schuller

You can't keep blaming yourself. Just blame yourself once, and move on.

~ Homer Simpson

Each day comes bearing its own gifts. Untie the ribbons.

~ Ruth Ann Schabacker

Life leaps like a geyser for those willing to drill through the rock of inertia.

-- Alexis Carrel

"The future is not some place we are going, but one we are creating. The paths to it are not found but made, and the activity of making them changes both the maker and the destination."

-- John Schaar

"We are of course a nation of differences. Those differences don’t make us weak. They’re the source of our strength."

-- Jimmy Carter

Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.

--Auguste Rodin

"I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world."

--- Albert Einstein

"There is more to life than increasing its speed."

~ Mohandas K. Gandhi

"You have it easily in your power to increase the sum total of this world's happiness now. How? By giving a few words of sincere appreciation to someone who is lonely or discouraged. Perhaps you will forget tomorrow the kind words you say today, but the recipient may cherish them over a lifetime."

-- Dale Carnegie

Alice came to a fork in the road.

"Which road do I take?" she asked.

"Where do you want to go?" responded the Cheshire cat.

"I don't know," Alice answered.

"Then," said the cat, "it doesn't matter."

--Lewis Carroll, in "Alice in Wonderland"

Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.

~Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918)~

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