Get a daily inspirational quote in your inbox each weekday! Enter your email below to subscribe.
“There are only two options regarding commitment. You're either in or out. There's no such thing as a life in-between. ”
PAT RILEY“So with imagination, ingenuity and audacity, explore, discover, change the world. And have fun while you're at it. Always take time out to love and to live. You're going to be busy, but never forget family and friends. ”
DANIEL S. GOLDIN“No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave. ”
CALVIN COOLIDGE“It is always in the midst, in the epicenter, of your troubles that you find serenity. ”
ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPERY“Rivers know this: There is no hurry. We shall get there. ”
A. A. MILNE“I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself. ”
ALDOUS HUXLEY“Ask the experienced rather than the learned. ”
ARABIC PROVERB“It sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents. ”
ERIC HOFFER“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at 2 or 8. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.”
MOSHE ARENS“Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.”
CONFUCIUS“It is better to fail in a cause that will ultimately succeed than to succeed in a cause that will ultimately fail.”
PETER MARSHALL“The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live.”
MORRIS ADLER“Your greatness is measured by your kindness; your education and intellect by your modesty; your ignorance is betrayed by your suspicions and prejudices, and your real caliber is measured by the consideration and tolerance you have for others.”
WILLIAM J.H. BOETCKER“The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence, but in the mastery, of his passions.”
ALFRED LORD TENNYSON“Don't wait for extraordinary circumstance to do good; try to use ordinary situations. ”
CHARLES RICHTER“Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing. ”
ALBERT SCHWEITZER“Keep on going and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down. ”
CHARLES F. KETTERING“Little drops of water wear down big stones. ”
RUSSIAN PROVERB“Tact is the art of building a fire under people without making their blood boil. ”
FRANKLIN P. JONES“We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day.”
EDITH LOVEJOY PIERCE“Another fresh new year is here . . . another year to live! To banish worry, doubt, and fear, to love and laugh and give! This bright new year is given me to live each day with zest . . . to daily grow and try to be my highest and my best! I have the opportunity once more to right some wrongs, to pray for peace, to plant a tree, and sing more joyful songs.”
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARD“Scatter confetti over the floor, sweep an old year out the door!”
MYRA CONN LIVINGSTON“People are partying, songs are being sung, Sugarplums are dancing, all in holiday fun. Presents are under the tree, reindeer fly high above, peace on earth, goodwill to all, sending joy and love!”
D.M. DELLINGER“As we struggle with shopping lists and invitations, compounded by December's bad weather, it is good to be reminded that there are people in our lives who are worth this aggravation, and people to whom we are worth the same.”
DONALD WESTLAKE“Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.”
DAME EDITH SITWELL“People create their own questions because they are afraid to look straight. All you have to do is look straight and see the road, and when you see it, don't sit looking at it-walk.”
AYN RAND“Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.”
DR. ALBERT SZENT-GYORGYI“We have two ears and only one tongue in order that we may hear more and speak less. ”
DIOGENES LAERTIUS“May the spirit of the season be with you today and throughout the new year! ”
EDITH LOVEJOY PIERCE“Life is not the way it is supposed to be. It is the way it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference. ”
VIRGINIA SATIR“Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than before. ”
POLYBIUS“I want to be everybody, and I want to be everything. One life is not enough. ”
VLADIMIR SOKOLOFF“Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm. ”
ABRAHAM LINCOLN