Inspirational Quotes

[holysoldier5000]

Do you have a quote that inspires you? A quote that helps gets you through the day? Want to share it? Post any quote that you find truly inspirational, encouraging, motivating, or uplifting. Here are a few quotes that inspire me:

He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose. -- Jim Elliot

I do not fear failure. I only fear the "slowing up" of the engine inside of me which is pounding, saying, "Keep going, someone must be on top, why not you?" -- George S. Patton

God isn't looking for people of great faith, but for individuals ready to follow Him. -- Hudson Taylor

Expect great things from God; attempt great things for God. -- William Carey

I determined never to stop until I had come to the end and achieved my purpose. -- David Livingstone

If a commission by an earthly king is considered a honor, how can a commission by a Heavenly King be considered a sacrifice? -- David Livingstone

In all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. -- Romans 8:37

God Bless
~HS5K

[Mr. SmartyPants]

*look at my signature*

No! Not the ones in teal.. the ones in red

[Locke]

Not exactly the best person to get a quote from but I love the guy.

"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle"

-Plato

[faithfighter]

"if you don't stand for something you will fall for everything"~steelbeliever

"keep your head in the clouds and your feet off the ground"~HolySoldier5000

"whatever be your condition of calling in life, keep in view the whole of you existence. Act not for the little span of time alotted you in this world, but act for enernity"~unknown

[Eriana]

Mine is from the Bible.
be angry, and do not sin. meditate within your heart on your bed, and be still. Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the Lord.
or:
Don't expect others to keep a secret you cannot keep yourself. Geoffrey Chaucer
Another good reminder:
Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive. Sir Walter Scott
There are a ton of them but it's hard for me to find one's that relate to my everyday life. ^^;;;
Oh, and thanks for the thread HS! ^ ~

[GhostontheNet]

N.T. Wright's line in my sig! ^_^

[Dunedan]

The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love-Galations 5

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.-Balthasar Gracian

The world is a comedy to those who think and a tragedy to those who feel.-Walpole

It is with narrow necked bottles as it with narrow souled people; the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring out.



Sometimes we do not do the things we want to do because we don't want others to know what we want.- Ivy Walker

"Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worse kind of suffering." -Paulo Coelho


Weep not, child,
Weep not, my darling,
With these kisses let me remove your tears,
The ravening clouds shall not long be victorious,
They shall not long possess the sky
-Uncle Walt, I believe

I have three thousand more, becaue I like quotes, but here's one to put it in perspective:

"Some for wisdom on scraps of learning dote, and think they grow immortal as they quote"

[Mr. SmartyPants]

"Don't worry, we all live under the same sky"

Mr. Grimer from Monster

[lionheart]

Here's one of my favorites.

Master Crag Duggan, who had journeyed from Calontir, spoke. "Finnvarr asked, what sullies our society? I say, when we stand by and see wrong things done, and we turn our heads. This responsibility is on all of us, but falls on the peers the heaviest, for we are keepers of the flame. When I speak to gentles on their vigil, I urge them to ponder the difference between respectability and honor. Respectability is a cloak that you may put on and off, and is only for public consumption. Honor is what you do because you know it is right even when no one but you and your God know it.
"Many times honor and respectability clash. Sometimes your fellows, your friends, your peers, even your Crown will say don't make waves, let it pass. Sometimes you cannot be popular and respectable while at the same time being honorable. If you chose honor, you will have to be prepared, sometimes, to risk your popularity and good name for what you hold right. People have been nailed to the cross for that.
"I have had over the years to read the riot act to a monarch or two and at least a few peers," Crag said with a smile. "The art of it is to be civil, kind, and courteous, all the while being unyielding. Crown or carl, treat them kindly but firmly. Look them in the eye, and tell them gently and kindly what you feel is right, and bow not to what is wrong. Give them a chance to fix things, but take your stand. Of course, not all will respond to sweet reason. If they won't, study their weaknesses, and you will find how you may lead them to fall on their own sword. Then," he said, with a second, smaller smile, "you can shed an honest tear for such a waste."

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Copied from an article at Chronique.com

[rii namuras]

(Thanks to the wonderful book "Thorns have Roses" that I got at the Communicators for Christ conference, I have a bunch of quotes that I love. Some (okay, a lot) of my favorites: )

"The chief mourner does not always attend the funeral." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The time is always right to do what is right." - Martin Luther King Jr.

"You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses." - Ziggy

"We have met the enemy and it is us." - Walt Kelly

"Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do." - Bertrnad Russell

"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." - Abraham Lincoln

"A person who aims at nothing is sure to hit it." - Anonymous

"Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it." - George Bernard Shaw

"Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there." - Will Rogers

"Man is free at the moment he wishes to be." - Voltaire

"True friends stab you in the front." - Oscar Wilde

"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored." - Aldous Huxley

"Man is never so proud as when striking to pose of humility." - C.S. Lewis

"Always do right. This will gratify some people, and astonish the rest." - Mark Twain

"Everything seems stupid when it fails." - Fyodor Dostoevsky

"Dreaming men are haunted." - Stephen Vincet Benet

"We'll always be together even when we're apart for we will be apart together." - Winnie-the-Pooh

"No truly great man ever thought himself so." - William Hazlitt

"Five percent of the people think, ten percent think they think, and the other eighty-five percent would rather die than think." - Thomas Edison

"Who knows anything about anything?" - Harriet Beecher Stowe

"Whenever people agree with me I always fell I must be wrong." - Oscar Wilde

"You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club." - Jack London

"A good Friend remembers what we were and sees what we can be." - Janette Oke

"Industry runs on oil, and Politics on hot air." - Silas Stiles

"When war is declared, Truth is the first casualty." - Arthur Ponsoby

"Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it." - Soren Kierkegaard

"Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away." - English Proverb

"You don't need to know why to follow the directions." - Toby Creek

"True friends can enjoy each other's silence." - Toby Creek

[Shadowchild]

Wow. Those are cool. Mine is pretty cool but i dont know who said it...


"Dont go throught life like its a rosebush with a thorn, but as a thornbush with a rose."

[Roy Mustang]

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us. - Helen Keller

Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them, but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight ... when we do the best we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our own life, or the life of another. - Helen Keller

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved.- Helen Keller



Wingzero22

[Shadowchild]

Nice. ^-^

[Myoti]

Everything that humans can imagine is a possibility in reality.
-Physicist Willy Karen

[Eriana]

Wow good job everybody! I can't really think of many. ^^;;;

[Puguni]

"Nothing is impossible, just improbable." - My friend, Em.

"There are always 100 people worse than you, and there are always 100 people better than you." - Some guy at this anime convention. XD