March 2010 Inspirational Quotes

There are moments in your life when you make decisions that will determine the outcome of your life. Dr. Phil

Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time. Og Mandino

Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do. Norman Vincent Peale

The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone to blame it on. Robert Bloch

What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.
Robert Louis Stevenson

If you're going through hell, keep going. Sir Winston Churchill

February Inspirational Quotes--"Live to Serve"

RALPH WALDO EMERSON:
Religion is to do right. It is to love, it is to serve, it is to think, it is to be humble.

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN:
I'm doing what I think I was put on this earth to do. And I'm really grateful to have something that I'm passionate about and that I think is profoundly important.

HORACE MANN:
Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.
To the graduating class, 1859, Antioch University

HELEN KELLER:
Happiness cannot come from without. It must come from within. It is not what we see and touch or that which others do for us which makes us happy; it is that which we think and feel and do, first for the other fellow and then for ourselves.

EMILY DICKINSON:
If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain.
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain

BARBARA BUSH:
Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.

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

ALEX NOBLE:
If I have been of service, if I have glimpsed more of the nature and essence of ultimate good, if I am inspired to reach wider horizons of thought and action, if I am at peace with myself, it has been a successful day.

ALBERT SCHWEITZER:
I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.

ALBERT EINSTEIN:
Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.

Inspirational Quotes for January 2010

It may be difficult, but it can be done. That much faith is a prerequisite of any undertaking. Margo Jones

Love sees roses without thorns. German proverb

The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those that look on and do nothing. Albert Einstein

Life is a great big canvas; you should throw all the paint that you can on it. Danny Kaye

Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it. Ella Williams

A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity. Buddha

Kind words are short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
Mother Teresa

December Inspirational Quotes

Our talents are the gift that God gives to us... What we make of our talents is our gift to God. Leo Buscaglia

Nothing happens unless first a dream. Carl Sandburg

My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me. Jim Valvano

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome. Booker T. Washington

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. George Bernard Shaw

Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence, is the key to unlocking our potential. Liane Cardes

To believe in the dreams of others, you must first believe in your own dreams.
Gary L. Palmer

November Inspirational Quotes

“The idea that excellence at performing a complex task requires a critical minimum level of practice surfaces again and again in studies of expertise. In fact, researchers have settled on what they believe is the magic number for true expertise: ten thousand hours.”
Malcolm Gladwell

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” Aristotle

“The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.” Stephen Covey

“We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.” Winston Churchill

“Most folks are about as happy as they makeup their minds to be.” Abraham Lincoln

“God is not content to see us as we are, but always in terms of what we can become.”
Pastor John Fisk

“What we say only matters, if we do, what we say.” GP

October Quotes

“I expect to pass through the world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness I can show to any creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer it, for I shall not pass this way again.” Stephen Grellet, French-American religious leader (1773-1855)

“You don’t always have to see something to get a good picture of what’s going on.”
Ken Foderaro, visually handicapped musician/entertainer

“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” Albert Einstein

“It’s wrong not to do right, and it’s right not to do wrong.” Mike Huckabee

“It’s always better to try, and to fail, than to fail to try.” GP

The way it was: “Do we have to have all of these problems done by tomorrow?” I asked Miss Neff, my seventh grade math teacher. “Yes, unless you want to spend another year here with me,” she replied.

Inspirational Quotes for September

What Makes a Champion? Courage—Confidence—Character—Competitiveness

It’s not talent that defines a person; nor intelligence, education, or money. It’s about developing the type of character that will enable a person to live right and to pursue and capture their dreams. Gary L. Palmer

What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others. Confucius

Just as politeness imitates kindness; grace imitates modesty. Joseph Joubert

Avoid taking up company with negative people. GLP

Some men see things the way they are and ask, "Why?" I dream things that never were, and ask "Why not?" George Bernard Shaw

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals. Anonymous

Accept challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory. George S. Patton

My parents told me that I could do and be anything I really wanted. I believed them. Molly McDonald

Our greatest glory is not avoiding failure, but rather, rising up every time we fail. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Having not failed simply means having not tried. GLP