most inspirational quotes/poems?

Question

whata's your personal most inspirational quotes/poems?mine are if from rudyard kipling
http://www.swarthmore.edu/~apreset1/docs/if.html
my quotes:
Michael Jordan

I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot... when you think about the consequences you always think of a negative result.

I play to win, whether during practice or a real game. And I will not let anything get in the way of me and my competitive enthusiasm to win.


I realize that I'm black, but I like to be viewed as a person, and this is everybody's wish.
Michael Jordan

I've always believed that if you put in the w

Answer 1

Unknown
May you find serenity and tranquility in a world you may not always understand. May the pain you have known and the conflict you have experienced give you the strength to walk through life facing each new situation with courage and optimism. Always know that there are those whose love and understanding will always be there, even when you feel most alone. May you discover enough goodness in others to believe in a world of peace. May a kind word, a reassuring touch, and a warm smile be yours every day of your life, and may you give these gifts as well as receive them. Remember the sunshine when the storm seems unending.

Teach love to those who hate, and let that love embrace you as you go out into the world. May the teachings of those you admire become part of you, so that you may call upon them. Remember, those whose lives you have touched and whose have touched yours are always a part of you, even if the encounters were less than you would have wished. It is the content of the encounter that is more important than the form.

May you not become too concerned with material matters, but instead place immeasurable value on the goodness in your heart. Find time each day to see beauty and love in the world around you. Realize that each person has limitless abilities, but each of us is different in our own way. What you feel you lack in the present may become one of your strengths in the future. May you see your future as one filled with promise and possibility. Learn to view everything as a worthwhile experience. May you find enough inner strength to determine your own worth by yourself, and not be dependent on another's judgment of your accomplishments. May you always feel loved.

Answer 2

Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don't give up.

Anne Lamott
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Don't Quit

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all up hill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest, if you must - but don't you quit

Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As everyone of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about
When he might have won had he stuck it out;
Don't give up, though the pace seems slow -
You might succeed with another blow.

Often the goal is nearer than
It seems to a faint and faltering man,
Often the struggler has given up
When he might have captured the victor's cup.
And he learned too late, when the night slipped down,
How close he was to the golden crown.

Success is failure turned inside out -
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt -
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems afar;
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit -
It's when things seem worst that you mustn't quit.

Unknown

Answer 3

I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky. I believe that what people call God is something in all of us. I believe that what Jesus and Mohammed and Buddha and all the rest said was right. It's just that the translations have gone wrong. - John Lennon

All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression. - Thomas Jefferson

Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both. - Benjamin Franklin

Answer 4

“It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.”

Answer 5

I don't know that it's very inspirational, but how about 'Winning isn't everything it's the only thing!' Said by Vince Lombardi to the Packers.

Edit: Also FDR said 'All we have to fear is fear itself'

Answer 6

Phenomenal Woman by Maya Angelou
When I am feeling overwhelmed, this helps to still me and reminds me that I have powers untold.

Answer 7

True wisdom is the knowledge that we know nothing-Dante

Don't eat yellow snow-Rural Montanans

Don't pet a burning dog-Arizona

Answer 8

"Be who you are and say what you feel, becasue those who matter, don't mind and those that mind, don't matter."

Dr Suess


The suspense is terrible. I hope it lasts.

Willy Wonka