Quotes about inspirational
inspirational strength strong
Better to be strong than pretty and useless. Lilith Saintcrow
inspirational art dedication
No art, however minor, demands less than total dedication if you want to excel in it. Leon Battista Alberti
inspirational solitude desire
When you feel the desire for power, you should stay in solitude for some time Leo Tolstoy
inspirational people soul
People involve themselves in countless activities which they consider to be important, but they forget about one activity which is more important and necessary than any other, and which includes all other things: the improvement of their soul Leo Tolstoy
inspirational mind hiding
Very often, all the activity of the human mind is directed not in revealing the truth, but in hiding the truth Leo Tolstoy
inspirational thinking study
Read less, study less, but think more Leo Tolstoy
inspirational people waiting
If we would only testify to the truth as we see it, it would turn out that there are hundreds, thousands, even millions of other people just as we are, who see the truth as we do...and are only waiting, again as we are, for someone to proclaim it. The Kingdom of God is within you. Leo Tolstoy
inspirational life humanity
The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity. Leo Tolstoy
inspirational romantic long
He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking. Leo Tolstoy
inspirational change happiness
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. Leo Tolstoy
inspirational memories moving
Affirmations are like screaming that you're okay in order to overcome this whisper that you're not. That's a big contrast to actually uncovering the whisper, realizing that it's a passing memory, and moving closer to all those fears and all those edgy feelings that maybe you're not okay. Well, no big deal. None of us is okay and all of us are fine. It's not just one way. We are walking, talking paradoxes. Pema Chodron
inspirational motivational attitude
True compassion does not come from wanting to help out those less fortunate than ourselves but from realizing our kinship with all beings. Pema Chodron
inspirational heart eye
When you open yourself to the continually changing, impermanent, dynamic nature of your own being and of reality, you increase your capacity to love and care about other people and your capacity to not be afraid. You're able to keep your eyes open, your heart open, and your mind open. And you notice when you get caught up in prejudice, bias, and aggression. You develop an enthusiasm for no longer watering those negative seeds, from now until the day you die. And, you begin to think of your life as offering endless opportunities to start to do things differently. Pema Chodron
inspirational powerful communication
Instead of making others right or wrong, or bottling up right and wrong in ourselves, there's a middle way, a very powerful middle way...... Could we have no agenda when we walk into a room with another person, not know what to say, not make that person wrong or right? Could we see, hear, feel other people as they really are? It is powerful to practice this way..... true communication can happen only in that open space. Pema Chodron
inspirational hero writing
Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed. It is all part of the fairy tale. Peter S. Beagle
inspirational motivational mistake
It was a mistake and I made the mistake because I was conservative and played safe. And that way lies failure." "Must do it... constantly go to the well... constantly try, try, try. Dare. Dare, Dare. Who dares wins Peter O'Toole
inspirational leadership real
Real leadership is leaders recognizing that they serve the people that they lead. Pete Hoekstra
inspirational diapers needs
Congressmen are like diapers - You need to change them often, and for the same reason
inspirational success teamwork
Our duty, as men and women, is to proceed as if limits to our ability did not exist. We are collaborators in creation. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
inspirational helping-others self
The most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of one's self to others. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
inspirational change forever
We are one, after all, you and I, together we suffer, together exist and forever will recreate each other. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
inspirational old-friends enemy
Change to me is like an old friend. It's not my enemy anymore. And I know it will keep coming back to visit again and again to teach me something new. Phyllis George
inspirational baby kids
The last thing my kids ever did to earn money was lose their baby teeth. Phyllis Diller
inspirational lying house
Fang can't stand to see trash & garbage lying around the house. He can't stand the competition. Phyllis Diller
inspirational coffee kids
Fang took the entire family out for coffee and donuts the other night. The kids enjoyed it. It was the first time they'd ever given blood. Phyllis Diller
inspirational moving muscles
He has so many muscles he has to make an appointment to move his fingers. Phyllis Diller
inspirational moving tennis
This woman was so cross-eyed. She can go to a tennis match and never move her head. Phyllis Diller
inspirational fighting years
It's true Fang and I fight, but we've never gone to bed mad. Of course, one year we were up for three months. Phyllis Diller
inspirational half hours
His finest hour lasted a minute and a half. Phyllis Diller
inspirational anniversary mistake
A bachelor is a guy who never made the same mistake once. Phyllis Diller
inspirational truth reality
Facts are many, but the truth is one. Rabindranath Tagore
inspirational life men
And, indeed, what little of beauty and peace is to be found in the societies of men is owing to the daily performance of small duties, not to big doings and fine talk. Rabindranath Tagore
inspirational life healing
When I stand before thee at the day's end, thou shalt see my scars and know that I had my wounds and also my healing. Rabindranath Tagore