Daily Inspiration - Daily Quotes

A well-spent day brings happy sleep - Leonardo da Vinci

2010-07-29T00:09:00.005-04:00

A well-spent day brings happy sleep
- Leonardo da Vinci

A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.
- Charlotte Brontë

The best bridge between despair and hope is a good night's sleep.
- E. Joseph Cossman

Further reading: How to Sleep Better Tonight

How to Overcome Frequent Insomnia

Help, It's 2AM and I Can't Fall Asleep

Be sure to smell the flowers along the way. Walter Hagen

Take Time For Yourself

Sloth - so what?

One who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry - Mohandas Gandhi

2010-07-28T00:09:00.005-04:00

There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.
- Mohandas Gandhi

If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?
- Confucius

Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.
- Leo Buscaglia

The antidotes for worry are gratitude, action, and service.

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Further reading: The Paradox Of Living In The Moment - How To Be Happy Today And Prepare For Tomorrow

Life is always lived in the eye-of-the-storm - jlh

Beware the Rattlesnake of the Mind - jlh

Like a Newborn

Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble. - George Washington

Self-care is critical to having a strong inner foundation. Lorraine Cohen

2010-07-27T00:09:00.007-04:00

Self-care is critical to having a strong inner foundation. Taking good care of YOU means the people in your life will receive the best of you rather than what is left of you.
- Lorraine Cohen

To the people who love you, you are beautiful already. This is not because they’re blind to your shortcomings but because they so clearly see your soul.
- Victoria Moran

Forgiveness ... is the finishing of old business that allows us to experience the present, free of contamination from the past.
- Joan Borysenko

Each and every human being on Earth has both the responsibility and the privilege of viewing themselves as Divine beings with the power to bring about peace.
- James Twyman

Every decision you make - every decision - is not a decision about what to do. It’s a decision about Who You Are. When you see this, when you understand it, everything changes. You begin to see life in a new way. All events, occurrences, and situations turn into opportunities to do what you came here to do.
- Neale Donald Walsch

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Only in love are unity and duality not in conflict. - Rabindranath Tagore

2010-07-26T00:09:00.004-04:00

Only in love are unity and duality not in conflict.
- Rabindranath Tagore

The manifest universe is the body of God ... all people are incarnations of the One Spirit.
- Ernest Holmes

God has no religion.
- Mohandas Gandhi

When the vast cathedral of our being becomes a sanctuary for all creation, we become the face of God.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Today's affirmation: I Am One With Spirit and All Creation. I give thanks for the unity of all creation and for everything that has brought me to this moment. I release my entire being to the gentle nurture of Spirit.

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Further reading: Feel Your Connection With the Infinite - a Meditation

UNITY - the eighth Point of Simply An Inspired Life

Kofi Annan: We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race.

You and I are sons of one religion, and it is the Spirit. Kahlil Gibran

All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind. - Swami Vivekananda

Love is the great miracle cure. Louise L. Hay

Perspectives on the Nature of God - Which of these Five Views Matches Yours?

Celebration is the hymn and sacred dance. - jlh

2010-07-25T00:09:00.004-04:00

Celebrate. Celebration is an expression of Gratitude. Gratitude is like the prayer, while Celebration is the hymn and sacred dance. Celebration is a road to happiness.
- jlh

Today's Affirmation: I create Today as a celebration of my life. I Dance with a Light Heart. I play with life, laugh with life, dance lightly with life, and smile at the riddles of life, knowing that life's only true lessons are writ small in the margin.

Further reading: How to be Happy in Life

Celebrating Rainbows and Butterflies - the Small Miracles of Our Life

CELEBRATION - the seventh Point of Simply An Inspired Life

Today is your day to paint life in bold colors - jlh

Never trust spiritual leader who doesn't dance. - Miyagi

Oprah Winfrey: The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.

Thinking will not overcome fear but action will. - W. Clement Stone

2010-07-24T00:09:00.005-04:00

Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.
- W. Clement Stone

You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.
- Rabindranath Tagore

Today's affirmation: I Act with Bold Courage. Taking inspiration from the powerful vision of my future, I boldly set sail with courage and intent. I hold my course with focused attention and relentless commitment, as I weather the storms of life.

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Further reading: Boldly Sail the Storms of Life

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear. Mark Twain

ACTION - the sixth Point of Simply An Inspired Life

Martin Luther King, Jr. - Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.

Action will delineate and define you. Thomas Jefferson

C. S. Lewis You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream

Another Sunrise, Another New Beginning - jlh

Where there is no vision, there is no hope. - George Washington Carver

2010-07-23T00:09:00.005-04:00

Where there is no vision, there is no hope.
- George Washington Carver

A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.
- Ralph Nader

Today's affirmation: Standing in the inspiring vision of my future, I boldly take every step - large and small - with courage and intent.

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Further reading: I have a Dream... Martin Luther King Jr. (video)

VISION - the fifth Point of Simply An Inspired Life

If a man does not know what port he is steering for, no wind is favorable to him. - Seneca

I follow my own star and my own inner compass.

Perspective is both a necessary and a sufficient ground for wisdom. - jlh

Margaret Mead: Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.

It is our choices ... that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. - J. K. Rowling

2010-07-22T00:09:00.004-04:00

It is our choices ... that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
- J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets)

To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform.
- Theodore H. White

Today's affirmation:
I CHOOSE with Open Mind and Open Heart.
I renounce all assumptions and expectations.
I declare that I will thoughtfully consider all possibilities.
I will CHOOSE with courage, awareness, consciousness, and compassion toward all.

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Further reading: No one is in control of your happiness but you

I Say NO - I Say YES

CHOICE - the fourth Point of Simply An Inspired Life

Your life is the sum result of all the choices you make, both consciously and unconsciously. Robert Foster Bennett

Albert Camus: Life is a sum of all your choices.

Quotes and Sayings about Life Choices

Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. Oprah Winfrey

2010-07-21T00:09:00.006-04:00

Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.
- Oprah Winfrey

Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.
- Brian Tracy

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Further reading: Zero-Based Gratitude

Comparisons are odious

GRATITUDE - the third Point of Simply An Inspired Life

Start living now.

The struggle ends when the gratitude begins. Neale Donald Walsch

What do you take for granted?

A wise man will make haste to forgive - Samuel Johnson

2010-07-20T00:09:00.004-04:00

A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
- Samuel Johnson

Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness.
- Marianne Williamson

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace,
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
...
For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned.
- attributed to St. Francis of Assisi

Yes, it is hard to forgive, but unconditional forgiveness is the path to your own inner peace.

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Further reading: Regrets, Resentments and the Path to Forgiveness

Forgive and Forget? Can You Really Lift Your Burden of Resentments?

FORGIVENESS - the second Point of Simply An Inspired Life

It is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right - William J. H. Boetcker

2010-07-19T00:09:00.000-04:00

That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.
- William J. H. Boetcker

No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very well, ever loses his self-respect.
- George Bernard Shaw

Nothing is more valuable than your self respect. When you lose respect for yourself, you have lost everything. Whatever it takes, and whoever you upset, do what you know - deep inside - is the right thing.

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Further reading: 7 Secrets for a Happy Life

This Above All, to Thine Own Self Be True - 5 Ways to Apply William Shakespeare's Advice Today

HONOR - the first Point of Simply An Inspired Life

What is Honor? Is there a place for Honor today?

Joy blooms where minds and hearts are open. - jlh

Martin Luther King, Jr. - If a man is called to be a street sweeper

It is always the simple that produces the marvelous. - Amelia Barr

2010-07-18T00:09:00.003-04:00

It is always the simple that produces the marvelous.
- Amelia Barr

The essence of life is not in the great victories and grand failures, but in the simple joys.
- jlh

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Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. - Confucius

The simplification of life is one of the steps to inner peace. - Peace Pilgrim

A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are for. - John A. Shedd

A Story of Money

Act as if it were impossible to fail. - Dorthea Brande

2010-07-17T00:09:00.006-04:00

All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible to fail.
- Dorthea Brande

It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness prevail.
- Lech Walesa

To live a joyful and successful life, you must overcome your frustrations, whether through willpower, meditation, prayer, counseling, or relaxation techniques.

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Further reading: NLP Can Overcome Stress And Anxiety So You Can Relax by Alan B. Densky, CH.

Making Healthy Choices

Conscious Breathing to Relieve Stress

Stop Anger Before it Stops You - 7 Secrets

Take Charge of Your Life - 9 Secrets For Getting Un-Stuck

Our journey into consciousness of wealth begins with the realization that we have already arrived! - Michael Beckwith

2010-07-16T00:09:00.005-04:00

Our journey into consciousness of wealth begins with the realization that we have already arrived!
- Dr. Michael Bernard Beckwith

We attract abundance when we ask from a compassionate heart.
- jlh

Once you believe that you have been blessed with the wealth of heaven and earth, you have in fact been so blessed. As an added bonus, living your life in a state of feeling blessed with wealth acts as an attractor to material wealth.

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Further reading: Zero-Based Gratitude

The enlightened give thanks for what most people take for granted. Michael Beckwith

Intention versus Expectation (Demand)

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.

We attract abundance when we ask from a compassionate heart - jlh

Life expands to fill your dreams. - jlh

2010-07-15T00:09:00.004-04:00

Life expands to fill your dreams.
- jlh

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Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. - Anais Nin

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. Walt Disney

Adventure is not outside man; it is within. George Eliot

Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can - William Faulkner

2010-07-14T00:09:00.006-04:00

Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
- William Faulkner

Never mind what others do; do better than yourself, beat your own record from day to day, and you are a success.
- William J. H. Boetcker

Achievement seems to be connected with action. Successful men and women keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.
- Conrad Hilton

Do the best you can. Be proud of your accomplishments - without comparing yourself to others.

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Further reading: Infinity in Nothingness (video)

Success Tip: Drive Change

Success quotes

Winston Churchill: Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

Albert Schweitzer: Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.

Belling the Cat - Aesops Fables

2010-07-13T00:09:00.004-04:00

Belling the Cat
- a fable by Aesop

The Mice once called a meeting to decide on a plan to free themselves of their enemy, the Cat. At least they wished to find some way of knowing when she was coming, so they might have time to run away. Indeed, something had to be done, for they lived in such constant fear of her claws that they hardly dared stir from their dens by night or day.

Many plans were discussed, but none of them was thought good enough. At last a very young Mouse got up and said:

"I have a plan that seems very simple, but I know it will be successful. All we have to do is to hang a bell about the Cat's neck. When we hear the bell ringing we will know immediately that our enemy is coming."

All the Mice were much surprised that they had not thought of such a plan before. But in the midst of the rejoicing over their good fortune, an old Mouse arose and said:

"I will say that the plan of the young Mouse is very good. But let me ask one question: Who will bell the Cat?"

Moral: It is one thing to say that something should be done, but quite a different matter to do it.

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Further reading: How to Overcome Frequent Insomnia

Aesop's Fables: The Miller, His Son, and the Ass

Aesop: The Fox and the Grapes

Aesop: Gentleness and kind persuasion win where force and bluster fail

Aesop's Fables: The Fisherman and the Little Fish

Quotations help us remember the simple yet profound truths that give life perspective and meaning. Criswell Freeman

2010-07-12T00:09:00.004-04:00

Quotations help us remember the simple yet profound truths that give life perspective and meaning.
- Criswell Freeman

It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so.
- Mark Twain (attributed)

Quotations are dead unless a spur for inquiry.
- jlh

The greatest value of inspirational quotes (sayings) is as a source of questions - to get us thinking about new ideas. Open minds - open hearts.

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I wept because I had no shoes until I met a man who had no feet. - old Persian proverb

2010-07-11T00:09:00.005-04:00

I wept because I had no shoes until I met a man who had no feet.
- old Persian proverb

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.
- Mother Teresa

Today's affirmation: I am grateful for everything I have.

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Further reading: Zero-Based Gratitude

Breaking the Cycle of Self-Inflicted Suffering

I Pray for Peace in the Middle East

Mother Teresa prayer

There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. Martin Luther King, Jr.

2010-07-10T00:09:00.005-04:00

There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Further reading: Stop Anger Before it Stops You - 7 Secrets

10 Tips for Surviving Your Job

Martin Luther King quotes

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr: Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illumines it.

Knowledge is soon changed - Gene Wolfe

2010-07-09T00:09:00.004-04:00

Knowledge is soon changed, then lost in the mist, an echo half-heard.
- Gene Wolfe

Life is lived in the mists - little is fully visible, less is certain. Yet rejoice in the unknowing, and let all of life be a wonderful adventure.

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The Eye-of-the-Storm

Be Here Now - Ram Dass

Lao Tzu: The words of truth are always paradoxical.

Change is the law of life - John F. Kennedy

2010-07-08T00:09:00.005-04:00

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.
- John F. Kennedy

Study the past, if you would divine the future.
- Confucius

Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable.
- George S. Patton

The future has nothing in common with the past - except natural laws and human nature.

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Further reading: 8 Ways to Balance Your Life

How to get over regrets and resentments

I Say NO - I Say YES

Quotes about Not Caring What People Think

One can not reflect in streaming water. Lao Tzu

2010-07-07T00:09:00.005-04:00

One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.
- Lao Tzu

Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.
- Kahlil Gibran

How does your light reflect in the world? Be peace and share peace.

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Further reading: Say NO to Stress: 8 Easy and Powerful Ways

Smile and the world smiles with you.

Anais Nin: We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are.

We cannot command Nature except by obeying her. Francis Bacon

2010-07-06T00:09:00.010-04:00

We cannot command Nature except by obeying her.
- Francis Bacon

To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival.
- Wendell Berry

A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of plants and animals as that of his fellow men, and when he devotes himself helpfully to all life that is in need of help.
- Albert Schweitzer

All life is precious, and intimately interlinked with our own.

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Further reading: De-Stress Your Life

Six Ways to Live a Happier Life

UNITY - the eighth Point of Simply An Inspired Life

All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind. - Swami Vivekananda

Peace Quotes

Quotes about Unity

Beauty is whatever gives joy. Edna St. Vincent Millay

2010-07-05T00:09:00.006-04:00

Beauty is whatever gives joy.
- Edna St. Vincent Millay

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

To love beauty is to see light.
- Victor Hugo (author of Les Misérables and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame)

We are blessed to experience nature's paintbox.

Further reading: Stress-Free Living

CELEBRATION - the seventh Point of Simply An Inspired Life

John Muir: Everybody needs beauty as well as bread

John Muir: The power of imagination makes us infinite

Life is magnificent - just as it comes.