Inspirational Wisdom Quotes - Daily Inspirational Quotes

Index of Quotes by Topic

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I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. - Anne Frank

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I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains. - Anne Frank

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How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. - Anne Frank

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No one has ever become poor by giving. - Anne Frank

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Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands. - Anne Frank

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Whoever is happy will make others happy, too. - Anne Frank

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Index of Quotes by Author

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Eternity

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Eternity
I am drawn to the wild edge of the ocean of my being
My curiosity unbound, I test the limits of the limitless and the boundaries of the timeless.
I walk the path - the way - the way of ways - to the end that is not an end.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Eleanor Roosevelt: It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness

2009-05-23T21:04:00.001-07:00

It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
- Chinese proverb often quoted by Eleanor Roosevelt

Complaining only makes you miserable. Either plan and execute an effective response, or gracefully accept the circumstances you are called upon to bear.

Abraham Lincoln: If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six hours sharpening my ax

2009-05-21T21:04:00.001-07:00

If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six hours sharpening my ax.
- Abraham Lincoln

While persistence and determination are important, planning, studying, and preparation are essential also.

The Wisdom of Anne Frank

2009-05-19T21:04:00.001-07:00

Anne Frank (1929- 1945) was a Jewish girl who was caught up in the Second World War. From 1942 until 1944 she was in hiding in Amsterdam. During that time she wrote in a diary that was found and published after her death. In 1944, she was captured by the Nazis and taken to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where she died of typhus seven months later.

These quotes are from Anne Frank's diary, which she began writing on her 13th birthday:

I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.

I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

No one has ever become poor by giving.

Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.

Whoever is happy will make others happy, too.

Carl Jung quotes

2009-05-18T21:04:00.001-07:00

Carl Jung (1875-1961) was the founder of Analytical Psychology, which focused on Individuation. Jung emphasized the importance of balance and harmony, and recommended integrating spirituality and non-physical awareness.

Carl Jung quotes:

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool.

Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.

The pendulum of the mind alternates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.

The word "happiness" would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.

We cannot change anything until we accept it.

Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.

John Muir: The power of imagination makes us infinite

2009-05-17T21:04:00.001-07:00

The power of imagination makes us infinite.
- John Muir

Whatever you can imagine, you can accomplish.

Daily Support - Daily Positive Thoughts

2009-05-17T20:22:00.001-07:00

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Positive Attitude Sayings

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Many of the most common saying about positive thinking are of unknown origin. These are some of my favorites.

Follow Your Dreams.

The best things in life are free.

Attitude is everything.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Life is what you make of it.

Where there is a will, there is a way.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Be the best that you can be.

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

Today is the first day of the rest of your life.

A life lived in fear is a life half lived.

Reach for the stars.

Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called Present.

When life gives you lemons, Make Lemonade.

Happiness is a state of mind.

It's always darkest before the dawn.

Change comes from within.

Smile! and the world will smile with you!

You Create Your Own Reality.

There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way.

This is the first day.... of the rest of your life.

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common

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The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Wisdom of Gandhi

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Mohandas Gandhi (1869–1948), also known as Mahatma Gandhi, was the inspiring and unstoppable political and spiritual leader of the Indian independence movement. He advocated and practiced total non-violent mass civil disobedience, which led India to independence from the British and inspired civil rights movements around the world. He is officially honored in India as the Father of the Nation.

Gandhi said:

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

We must become the change we wish to see in the world.

An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.

An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.

God has no religion. Each one prays to God according to his own light.

Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.

Everyone who wills can hear the inner voice. It is within everyone.

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.

I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill.

If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.

It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.

It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.

Man lives freely only by his readiness to die, if need be, at the hands of his brother, never by killing him.

Nobody can hurt me without my permission.

Peace is its own reward.

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within.

There is more to life than increasing its speed.

Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is.

Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all.

Today is the bridge between acceptance and faith

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Today is the bridge between acceptance and faith. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie

It is not our place to know the mind of God. He knows what is best in the long run - best for each of us individually, and best for humanity as a whole. This is often very difficult to accept when we see war and disease in the world and experience physical and emotional suffering in ourselves, our family, and our friends. I consider this belief in God's infinite power and ultimate wisdom to be the true test of faith.

Today is the bridge between the past, regarding which we unconditionally accept that everything has occurred according to God's plan, and a future where we place our unconditional trust in God's omnipotence and His benevolent design for our lives.

A personal note: Usually I use the word Spirit rather than God, and avoid using a masculine pronoun, in an attempt to be more inclusive. While I made an exception today, please substitute Spirit, My Higher Power, Universe, the One, or whatever name creates comfort for you. There are six billion names for Spirit, and I honor yours.

Unity with all creation

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Each of us dwells in a cathedral of our own BEing that is created vast enough to encompass Unity with all creation. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Al Franken: It is easier to put on slippers than to carpet the entire world

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It is easier to put on slippers than to carpet the entire world - Al Franken

Gifts freely given are never obligations - Jonathan Lockwood Huie

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Gifts freely given are never obligations.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Always question WHY you are doing something. Is it a free-will gift or an obligation? That which is done out of a feeling of obligation is unworkable as a substitute for a gift. Obligation creates a feeling of resentment on your part, and evokes resentment rather than gratitude on the part of the recipient.

Give your time and efforts freely or not at all. When you are tempted to say, "Oh, if I have to, I'll skip my golf game and watch my daughter play soccer," don't do it. Either generate the heart-felt emotion to make the free-will gift, "I'd love to watch your game today, Sandy," or the honesty to decline the request gracefully. Martyrdom doesn't create happiness for any of the parties involved. An honest, "No" is preferable to a coerced "Yes."

I am a unique expression of the universal fabric of creation. - jlh

2009-05-06T21:04:00.001-07:00

I am a unique expression of the universal fabric of creation.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Each of us shares a unity with Spirit and all life, and simultaneously each of us is an individual with free will. There is a duality to us as separate and as part of the whole.

Celebrate both your uniqueness and your connection with all that is.

The book of life is filled with incoherent riddles. Life’s true lessons are inscribed in a corner of the margin - Jonathan Lockwood Huie

2009-05-05T21:04:00.000-07:00

The book of life is filled with incoherent riddles.
Life’s true lessons are inscribed in a corner of the margin.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Gratitude itself is a source of joy. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie

2009-05-03T21:04:00.001-07:00

My joy is the golden sunset
giving thanks for another day.
Gratitude itself is a source of joy.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in where nature may heal and cheer and give strength to the body and soul.
- John Muir