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“Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string. ”
RALPH WALDO EMERSON“To sit patiently with a yearning that has not yet been fulfilled, and to trust that, that fulfillment will come, is quite possibly one of the most powerful "magic skills" that human beings are capable of. It has been noted by almost every ancient wisdom tradition.”
ELIZABETH GILBERT“The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.”
RALPH W. SOCKMAN“The best things in life are never rationed. Friendship, loyalty, love, do not require coupons.”
GEORGE T. HEWITT“It is better to be faithful than famous.”
THEODORE ROOSEVELT“We are all in the same boat in a stormy sea, and we owe each other a terrible loyalty.”
G. K. CHESTERTON“Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead. ”
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT“ 'Stay' is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary. ”
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT“There is nothing we like to see so much as the gleam of pleasure in a person's eye when he feels that we have sympathized with him, understood him. At these moments something fine and spiritual passes between two friends. These are the moments worth living. ”
DON MARQUIS“All the so-called "secrets of success" will not work unless you do.”
UNKNOWN“I'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it. ”
THOMAS JEFFERSON“Work is either fun or drudgery. It depends on your attitude. I like fun.”
COLLEEN C. BARRETT“Strive to be first: first to nod, first to smile, first to compliment, and first to forgive.”
ANONYMOUS“Open your heart - open it wide; someone is standing outside.”
MARY ENGELBREIT“Were it not for hope the heart would break.”
SCOTTISH PROVERB“We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.”
CARLOS CASTENEDA“The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.”
THOMAS PAINE“Nothing is so strong as gentleness. Nothing is so gentle as real strength.”
SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES“Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate. ”
J.R.R. TOLKIEN“That which we persist in doing becomes easier, not that the task itself has become easier, but that our ability to perform it has improved. ”
RALPH WALDO EMERSON“Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.”
PLATO“Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regret. Appreciate your friends. Continue to learn. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is.”
MARY ANNE RADMACHER“Better keep yourself clean and bright. You are the window through which you must see the world.”
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW“We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.”
CHARLES SWINDOLL“No amount of ability is of the slightest avail without honor.”
ANDREW CARNEGIE“In great matters men show themselves as they wish to be seen; in small matters, as they are.”
GAMALIEL BRADFORD“Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.”
DAVID STAR JORDAN“Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.”
RALPH WALDO EMERSON“Just go out there and do what you've got to do.”
MARTINA NAVRÁTILOVÁ“If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in the dark with a mosquito. ”
UNKNOWN“It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something. ”
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT“There are souls in this world which have the gift of finding joy everywhere and of leaving it behind them when they go.”
FREDRICK FABER“The heart may be broken, and the soul remain unshaken.”
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE