Any Inspirational Life Quotes ?

Question

...I don't know the meaning of life but quotes are helpful. Here are some. Alexander Smith once said, 'Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition'. Socrates also said, 'The hottest love has the coldest end'. And Henry Wadsworth Longfellow stated, 'If I am not worth the wooing, I am surely not worth the winning'.

If you think you have neat guidelines, a stable framework or just a plain goabout to living life then abstract ideas are more than welcome.

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This will be a hard 10 points!!

Answer 1

I am not exactly sure what you are looking for but here is some of what I have collected over time:


~Beautiful~

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched.
They must be felt with the heart.
- Helen Keller

It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive.
There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger after them.
- George Elliot

No smile is as beautiful as the one that struggles through tears.
- Unknown

Nothing can happen more beautiful than death.
- Walt Whitman

Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Things are pretty, graceful, rich, elegant, handsome, but,
until they speak to the imagination, not yet beautiful.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious.
It is the source of all true art and all science.
He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause
to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed.
- Albert Einstein

Kind words do not cost much. They never blister the tongue or lips.
They make other people good-natured. They also produce their own image
on men's souls, and a beautiful image it is.
- Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)

It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man
can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Man makes holy what he believes, as he makes beautiful what he loves.
- Ernest Renan

We are not powerless specks of dust drifting around in the wind,
blown by random destiny. We are, each of us, like beautiful snowflakes unique,
and born for a specific reason and purpose.
- Elizabeth Kubler-Ross


~12 Steps~

People spend a lifetime searching for happiness;
looking for peace. They chase idle dreams,
addictions, religions, even other people, hoping
to fill the emptiness that plagues them. The
irony is the only place they ever needed to search
was within.
- Ramona L. Anderson

Don't expect to learn about people from books; a
person can't fit in a bookcase.

Ten out of ten people die, so don't take life too
seriously.

When the world comes to an end, it will do so
without my permission.

We're all here because we're not all here.

I need to get the cotton out of my ears and put it
in my mouth.

If you think you're happy, you are. If you think
you're wise, you're not.

Don’t worry be happy.

When I don't have expectations of others, anything
positive they do is a pleasant surprise.

One day at a time.

We cannot control the direction of the wind, but maybe we can adjust our sails.
- Fr. Emmerich Vogt

For many, negative thinking is a habit, which over
time, becomes an addiction... A lot of people
suffer from this disease because negative thinking
is addictive to each of the Big Three -- the mind,
the body, and the emotions. If one doesn't get
you, the others are waiting in the wings.
- Peter McWilliams

~Angels~

Passion, it lies in all of us, sleeping... waiting... and though unwanted... unbidden...
it will stir... open its jaws and howl. It speaks to us... guides us... passion rules us all,
and we obey. What other choice do we have? Passion is the source of our finest moments.
The joy of love... the clarity of hatred... and the ecstasy of grief.
It hurts sometimes more than we can bear. If we could live without passion
maybe we'd know some kind of peace... but we would be hollow...
Empty rooms shuttered and dank. Without passion we'd be truly dead."
-David Boreanaz

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects, always trusts, always perseveres.
Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease;
where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
And now these things remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
-Bible - 1 Corinthians 13:1-8, 13

The reason angels can fly is that they take themselves so lightly.
-G.K. Chesterton

Most people never have the opportunity to see an angel, or simply do not look well enough
to see them walking amoung us. this, however does not mean they don't exist.
Me, I'm one of the lucky few, not only have I seen an angel, I call her my best friend.
-Lori Corkum

We are, each of us angels with only one wing;
and we can only fly by embracing one another.
-Luciano De Crescenzo

Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this
have entertained angels without realizing it.
-Bible - Hebrews 13:2

Angels do find us in our hour of need.
-Amy Huffman

We shall find peace. We shall hear angels.
We shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.
-Anton Chekov

~Art~

A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write
if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What one can be, one must be.
- Abraham Moslow

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

Artistic creativity is a whirlpool of imagination that swirls in the depths of the mind.
- Robert Toth

Art is not living. It is a use of living. The artist has the ability to take that living and
use it in a certain way, and produce art.
- Audre Lorde

Great artists are people who find the way to be themselves in their art.
Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike.
- Margot Fonteyn (1919-____) English dancer

No artist is ahead of his time. He is his time. It is just that the others are behind the time.
- Martha Graham

Perfect love is rare indeed - for to be a lover will require that you continually have
the subtlety of the very wise, the flexibility of the child, the sensitivity of the artist,
the understanding of the philosopher the acceptance of the saint, the tolerance of the
scholar and the fortitude of the certain.
- Leo Buscaglia

Art, like morality, consists of drawing the line somewhere.
- G.K. Chesterton

I tell you, the more I think, the more I feel that there is nothing
more truly artistic than to love people.
- Vincent van Gogh

I think most artists create out of despair. The very nature of creation is not a
performing glory on the outside, it's a painful, difficult search within.
- Louise Nevelson US sculptor, painter

White. A blank page or canvas. So many possibilities.
- Sunday in the Park with George, by Stephen Sondhiem and James Lapine

~Beauty~

Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.
- Anne Frank

Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clear to the bone.
- Anonymous

The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are
permitted to remain children all our lives.
- Albert Einstein

The lover knows much more about absolute good and universal beauty
than logician or theologian, unless the latter, too, be lovers in disguise
- George Santayana (1863-1952)

Cherish your visions; cherish your ideals; cherish the music that
stirs in your heart, the beauty that forms in your mind, the loveliness
that drapes your purest thoughts, for out of them will grow delightful
conditions, all heavenly environment; of these if you but remain
true to them, your world will at last be built
- James Allen

I don't think of all the misery, but of all the beauty that remains.
- Anne Frank

People are like stained glass windows -- the true beauty can be seen only when
there is light from within. The darker the night, the brighter the windows
- Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

Beauty is in the eye of it's beholder.
- Unknown

There is certainly no absolute standard of beauty.
That precisely is what makes its pursuit so interesting.
- John Kenneth Galbraith

A thing of beauty is a joy forever: Its loveliness increases;
it will never pass into nothingness.
- John Keats

I'm tired of all this nonsense about beauty being only skin-deep.
That's deep enough. What do you want--an adorable pancreas?
- Jean Kerr

The most common error made in matters of appearance is the belief
that one should disdain the superficial and let the true beauty of one's soul
shine through. If there are places on your body where this is a possibility,
you are not attractive--you are leaking.
- Fran Lebowitz

Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger.
There is really nothing to be said about it.
It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all
- W. Somerset Maugham

Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development,
invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.
- Edgar Allen Poe

The beauty that addresses itself to the eyes is only the
spell of the moment the eye of the body is not always that of the soul
- George Sand

It is not sufficient to see and to know the beauty of a work.
We must feel and be affected by it.
- Voltaire [Francois-Marie Arouet]

The beauty of male has not yet been portrayed by the only one who can do so-the female
- G. C. Lichtenberg

Beauty is only skin deep, but it`s a valuable asset if you're poor or haven't any sense
- Kin Hubbard

Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.
- Franz Kafka

Practice random beauty and senseless acts of love.
- Anonymous

Far away in the sunshine are my highest inspirations. I may not reach them,
but I can look up and see the beauty, believe in them and try to follow where they lead.
- Louisa May Alcott

May the sun bring you new energies by day, may the moon softly restore you by night,
may the rain wash away any worries you may have. May gentle breezes refresh your soul
and all the days of your life, may you walk gently through the world and know its beauty.
- Unknown

I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship.
I see your beauty. I hear your need. I feel your feelings
My wisdom flows from the Highest Source. I salute that Source in you.
Let us work together for unity and love.
- Mahatma Gandhi

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


~Chocolate~

Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're going to get.
--Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks) Forrest Gump

Will work for chocolate
--Esther Schindler

Put a smile on your face, make the world a better place.
--Hershey's Chocolate

Life is like a box of chocolates .. full of nuts!
--bumper sticker

All I really need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt!
--Lucy Van Pelt (in Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz)

Chemically speaking, chocolate really is the world's perfect food.
--Michael Levine, nutrition researcher, as quoted in
The Emperors of Chocolate: Inside the Secret World of Hershey and Mars

Don't wreck a sublime chocolate experience by feeling guilty.
Chocolate isn't like premarital sex. It will not make you pregnant.
And it always feels good.
--Lora Brody, author of Growing Up on the Chocolate Diet

Nine out of ten people like chocolate. The tenth person always lies..
--John Q. Tullius

I never met a chocolate I didn't like.
--Deanna Troi in Star Trek: The Next Generation

It's not that chocolates are a substitute for love.
Love is a substitute for chocolate. Chocolate is,
let's face it, far more reliable than a man.
--Miranda Ingram

Chocolate is cheaper than therapy and you don't need an appointment.
--Unknown

Strength is the capacity to break a chocolate bar into four pieces
with your bare hands - and then eat just one of the pieces
--Judith Viorst

Las cosas claras y el chocolate espeso.
(Ideas should be clear and chocolate thick.)
--Spanish proverb

Biochemically, love is just like eating large amounts of chocolate.
--John Milton, The Devils Advocate

Answer 2

Share the knowledge? Oh, gladly! Well, what scraps I have...

We don't inherit the Earth from our parents. We borrow it from our children. (Native American proverb)

Gaudeamus igitur, juvenes dum sumus. (anonymous medieval)
"Let us live then and be glad, while young life's before us."

We should count time in heart-throbs. (PJ Bailey: from Festus)

The greatest thing in the world is the alphabet, as all wisdom is contained therein except the understanding of putting it together. (anonymous)

And ...
For years a secret shame destroyed my peace --
I'd not read Eliot, Auden or MacNeice.
But now I think a thought that brings me hope:
Neither had Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, Pope.
(Justin Richardson: Take Heart, Illiterates)

Lastly (although I could go on!)...
Nihil tam absurde dici potest, quod non dicatur ab aliquo philosophorum.
"Nothing so absurd can be said, that some philosopher has not already said it." (Cicero)

Answer 3

I found these:
Whenever it is in any way possible, every boy and girl should choose as his life work some occupation which he should like to do anyhow, even if he did not need the money.

Time lost is time when we have not lived a full human life, time unenriched by experience, creative endeavor, enjoyment, and suffering.

The courage to imagine the otherwise is our greatest resource, adding color and suspense to all our life.

Any good? I'm not sure.

Answer 4

1 When you build, then 'they' come

2 Opportunities arise when you open up your thoughts

3 F A T E (acronym of 'From All Thoughts Everywhere')

4 You should always remember that your mind creates your world.

5 Put apprehension on the back burner, let it sit, don't even get it lit

6 Money goes to money, love goes to the loving, life goes to the alive.......what's in YOUR consciousness?

7 Imagine HAVING everything you (currently) lack...then hold this way of life in your mind's eye

8 Reality is for those who lack imagination

Answer 5

“All big things in this world are done by people who are naïve and have an idea that is obviously impossible.”

“Success is a journey, not a destination.”

“Success is getting what you want; happiness- wanting what you get”

“Treat a man as he is, and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he should be, and he will become what he could be.”

“To the world you may be just one person, but to one person you may be the world.”

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced. ~ James Baldwin

"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see." Henry -David Thoreau

“If you can't, you must. If you must, you can.” - Anthony Robbins

“I asked God for strength that I might achieve. I was made weak that I might learn humbly to obey. I asked for health that I might do greater things. I was given infirmity that I might do better things. I asked for riches that I might be happy. I was given poverty that I might be wise. I asked for power that I might have the praise of men. I was given weakness that I might feel the need of God. I asked for all things that I might enjoy life. I was given life that I might enjoy all things. I got nothing that I asked for, but everything I hoped for. Almost despite myself, my unspoken prayers were answered. I am, among all men, most richly blessed.”

Answer 6

I nearly gave up on this site tonight due to pointless questions but this one is fantastic. Thanks to everyone here for putting the thought in

Im tired and will get my saved quotes out later, but heres one for now from an old song

"There ain't nothing you cant do today"

Answer 7

Just remember that no inspirational life quote will help as much as your personal caring and listening to a friend with a problem. "Never compormise yourself; you're all you've got." --Janice Joplin "The Latin root of the word 'perfect' means only 'finished,' not 'without flaws.'"--from Everyday Sacred by Sue Bender. "To forgive and accept injustice is cowardice."--Mahatma Gandhi "Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes."--Mahatma Gandhi "Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names."--President John F. Kennedy "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."--Eleanor Roosevelt "Depression is anger turned inward."--Unknown "Choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil."--Jerry Garcia "And my God will liberally supply all your needs." --Phil. 4:19 "No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the spirit."--Helen Keller

Answer 8

Life without a friend is like death without a witness...

Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit...

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

Put all excuses aside and remember this: YOU are capable..

Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk.

The best portion of a good man's life: his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love..

To err is human; to admit it, superhuman..

To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead..

To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart..

Tolerance and celebration of individual differences is the fire that fuels lasting love..

You can determine how confident people are by listening to what they don't say about themselves...

i got loads more..but i think that's enough..

Answer 9

"Yesterday's gone, tommorows gonna happen anyway so stop worrying and enjoy today" as quoted by Miss Piggy

Answer 10

"A ship in harbor is safe — but that is not what ships were built for."

Reminds me to get out of my harbour and take some risks!

Answer 11

"Champions are not made in gyms. They are made from something they have deep inside of them- A desire, a dream, a vision." Muhammed Ali.