Quotations about Inspirational

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37 Quotes Found

"Parlez, écrivez, débatter, enseignez, rayonnez. Rayonnez vous même et illuminez les autres. Donnez au souffle de la pensée la force d'une tornade. Speak, write, debate, teach, shine forth. Shine forth yourself and illuminate others. Give to the breath of thought the force of a tornado."
	-Victor Hugo, Author
"When the going gets tough, the tough get going."
	-Anonymous
"Momma always said, "Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.""
	-Forrest Gump, in "Forrest Gump"
"All men die. Not all men truly live."
	-William Wallace, Revolutionary leader in Scotland, in "Braveheart"
"A Scout is Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave, Clean, and Reverent."
	-Boy Scouts of America, in "Scout Law"
"For us is the life of action, of strenuous performance of duty; let us live in the harness, striving mightily; let rather run the risk of wearing out than rusting out."
	-Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919), Twenty-sixth President of the United States
"Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable."
	-B. C. Forbes (1880 - 1954), Founder and publisher, "Forbes" magazine
"When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world."
	-George Washington Carver, American agricultural chemist
"It ain't over 'til it's over."
	-Yogi Berra (1925 - ), Hall of Fame baseball player and manager; holds record for most World Series played and won
"Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them become what they are capable of becoming."
	-Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, German dramatist, poet & novelist
"You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. You can't get there by bus, only by hard work and risk and by not quite knowing what you're doing."
	-Alan Alda, Actor, screenwriter, and director
"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the things you think you cannot do."
	-Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 - 1962), United Nations diplomat, humanitarian, United States First Lady
"Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly, even if they roll a few more upon it."
	-Albert Schweitzer, Medical missionary, Nobel Peace Prize winner
"Life all comes down to a few moments. This is one of them."
	-Bud Fox, Stockbroker, in "Wall Street" (movie - 1987)
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."
	-Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919), Twenty-sixth President of the United States
"Quality is not an act. It is a habit."
	-Aristotle (384 BC - 322BC), Greek philosopher, physician & scientist
"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing."
	-Hellen Keller (1880 - 1968), American humanitarian, writer, and advocate for the deaf and blind
"Inside every fat person is a thin person screaming to get out."
	-Richard Simmons, American fitness guru
"I love getting up in the morning. I clap my hands and say, 'This is gonna be a great day.'"
	-Dicky Fox, the original sports agent from the move "Jerry Maguire"
"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world."
	-Anne Frank (1929 - 1945), German diarist
"Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin."
	-Mother Teresa (1910 - 1997), Missionary, Nobel Peace Prize winner
"No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit."
	-Hellen Keller (1880 - 1968), American humanitarian, writer, and advocate for the deaf and blind
"The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore."
	-Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890), Dutch painter
"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."
	-Albert Einstein, Nobel laureate and international physicist
"Destiny is not a matter of chance, it's a matter of choice; it's not a thing to be waited for, but a thing to be achieved."
	-William Jennings Bryan, Politician, statesman, and three-time Presidential nominee
"Today is a new day. You will get out of it just what you put into it..."
	-Mary Pickford (1893 - 1979), Cofounder of United Artists, actress, Academy Award® winner
"Every strike brings me closer to the next home run."
	-Babe Ruth, American baseball player, currently holds the number two spot for the most home runs of all-time with 714
"The ocean is made of drops."
	-Mother Teresa (1910 - 1997), Missionary, Nobel Peace Prize winner
"He turns not back who is bound to a star."
	-Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519), Italian painter, sculptor and inventor
"One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar."
	-Hellen Keller (1880 - 1968), American humanitarian, writer, and advocate for the deaf and blind
"Be not simply good - be good for something."
	-Henry David Thoreau, American writer & philosopher
"The world belongs to the energetic."
	-Ralph Waldo Emerson
"It is wonderful what you can do when you have to."
	-C. S. Lewis
"We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it is not as dreadful as it appeared, discovering we have the strength to stare it down."
	-Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 - 1962), United Nations diplomat, humanitarian, United States First Lady
"Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier."
	-Mother Teresa (1910 - 1997), Missionary, Nobel Peace Prize winner
"Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections, but instantly set about remedying them - every day begin the task anew."
	-St. Francis de Sales (1567 - 1622), French bishop & writer
"Hope is a renewable option: If you run out of it at the end of the day, you get to start over in the morning."
	-Barbara Kingsolver (1955 - ), American writer