Inspirational Quotes

"Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves." — James M. Barrie
As quoted in Christ's Second Coming Fulfilled (1917) pg. 144 Add Category or Author

"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
We Bereaved (1929) Add Category or Author

"Always do what you are afraid to do." — Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"I think I would rather possess eyes that know no sight, ears that know no sound, hands that know no touch than a heart that knows no love." — Author Unknown
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"What most people need to learn in life is how to love people and use things instead of using people and loving things." — Author Unknown
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"There is no self-made man. You will reach your goals only with the help of others." — George Shinn
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"We've all heard that we have to learn from our mistakes, but I think it's more important to learn from successes. If you learn only from your mistakes, you are inclined to learn only errors." — Norman Vincent Peale
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"You must do the thing you think you cannot do" — Eleanor Roosevelt
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"There isn't a person anywhere who isn't capable of doing more than he thinks he can." — Henry Ford
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"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful." — Albert Schweitzer
As quoted in No Limits (2010) pg. 72 Add Category or Author

"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great." — Mark Twain
As quoted in I Meet Mark Twain (1938) pg. 66 The authenticity of this quote is dubious, as it was a recollection of a woman from decades before, when she was a little child. However, there is no reason to doubt that Twain himself did say something proactive and encouraging to her. Add Category or Author

"It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit." — Harry S. Truman
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"Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it." — Buddha
As quoted in The Problem Behind All Problems (2009) pg. 103 Add Category or Author

"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him." — David Brinkley
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"Men always want to be a woman's first love. That is their clumsy vanity. We women have a more subtle instinct about things. What we like is to be a man's last romance." — Oscar Wilde
A Woman of No Importance Act 2, (1893) Spoken by the character Mrs. Allonby. The precursor to this line is "When Ernest and I were engaged, he swore to me positively on his knees that he had never loved any one before in the whole course of his life. I was very young at the time, so I didn't believe him, I needn't tell you. Unfortunately, however, I made no enquiries of any kind till after I had been actually married four or five months. I found out then that what he had told me was perfectly true. And that sort of thing makes a man so absolutely uninteresting." Add Category or Author

"Love, upon occasion, will draw an elephant through a key-hole." — Samuel Richardson
Ballantyne's novelist's library: Volume 7 (1824) pg. 722 Written in "Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady," this particular quote comes from the villain character Mr. Lovelace (also the pursuer of the title character Clarissa), to his friend John Belford in a letter. Add Category or Author

"There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love." — Martin Luther King
In a letter from Birmingham Jail to his "fellow clergymen." (1968) In the letter, King discusses several problems ailing his church. He says, before this quote, "Yes, these questions are still in my mind. In deep disappointment I have wept over the laxity of the church. But be assured that my tears have been tears of love." Add Category or Author

"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing." — Helen Keller
The Open Door (1957) Add Category or Author

"Change your thoughts and you change your world." — Norman Vincent Peale
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"Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward." — Author Unknown
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"You don't stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing." — Michael Pritchard
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