looking for quotes that can inspire... please only with known sources
2007-03-23 17:16:20 · 7 answers · asked by braslinbabe85 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference"
Robert Frost: The Road Not Taken
2007-03-23 17:35:53 · answer #1 · answered by hotstuff 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it." Oscar Wilde
"Some cause happiness wherever they go; other whenever they go. Oscar Wilde
"Experience is the name so many people give to their mistakes." Oscar Wilde
"All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness." Tennessee Williams
"Education is not the filling of a pail, but rather the lighting of a fire." William Butler Yeats
"The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work."
Anything that is too stupid to be spoken in sung." Voltaire
"God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh." Voltaire
"The greatest consolation in life is to say what one thinks."
The only thing in life achieved without effort is failure." Unknown
"The speed of the leader determines the rate of the pack." Unknown
"Many receive advice; only the wise profit from it." Unknown
"Remember, no one can make you feel inferior, without your consent." Unknown
"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals." Unknown
"Genius is the ability to reduce the complicated to the simple." Unknown
"The secret of happiness is not doing what one likes, but in liking what one does." Unknown
"Only those who keep trying eventually win." Unknown
"Getting something done is an accomplishment; getting something done right is an achievement." Unknown
"Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do." Unknown
"The best time to do something worthwhile is between yesterday and tomorrow." Unknown
"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away." Antoine de Saint Exupery
"Hell is other people." Jean-Paul Sartre
"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity." Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"Action is eloquence." William Shakespeare
"Great Britain and the United States are nations separated by a common language." George Bernard Shaw
"Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children!" George Bernard Shaw
"Martyrdom ... is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability." George Bernard Shaw
"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." George Bernard Shaw
"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap ... but by the seeds you plant!" Robert Louis Stevenson
"Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary." Robert Louis Stevenson
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"I am more afraid of an army of a hundred sheep led by a lion, than an army of a hundred lions led by a sheep." Talleyrand
"'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all."
2007-03-23 20:01:14 · answer #2 · answered by akshay 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams - Eleanor Roosevelt
This world is but a canvas of our imagination- Henry David Thoreau
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars
-Les Brown
Faith sees the invisible- anonymous.
I hope these quotes are inspiring enough. i got them from my bookmarks.
2007-03-23 17:27:55 · answer #3 · answered by Ichigo14 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
“Concentration is the secret of strength in politics, in war, in trade, in short in all management of human affairs.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
19th century Transcendental philosophe
“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
19th century Transcendental philosopher
“Good thoughts are no better than good dreams, unless they be executed!”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
19th century Transcendental philosopher
"Dreams are the touchstones of our character."
Henry David Thoreau
"Walden"
2007-03-23 17:21:37 · answer #4 · answered by thewiseman2008 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy" -Martin Luther King, Jr.
"When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure." -Peter Marshall
"If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got."-NLP adage
"Start doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible."-St. Francis of Assisi
Greetings from Baja!
2007-03-23 20:17:48 · answer #5 · answered by yellowkaze 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Him who strengthens me...
2007-03-23 19:30:32 · answer #6 · answered by hananimsarang 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it."
Author: Pascal
2007-03-23 20:05:55 · answer #7 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋