inspirational Quotes

"There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure." — Colin Powell
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"One does not fall "in" or "out" of love. One grows in love." — Leo Buscaglia
LOVE (1972) Add Category or Author

"The only limits in your life are those that you set yourself." — Author Unknown
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"When it is dark enough, you can see the stars." — Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"When you are totally at peace with yourself, nothing can shake you." — Author Unknown
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"The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will." — Vince Lombardi
Civilization's quotations: life's ideal, (2002) pg. 159 Lombardi frequently spoke proactively, and positively, about success at an individual and team level, as the head coach of a champion football team. Add Category or Author

"The best vitamin to be a happy person is B1." — Author Unknown
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"Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries." — Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"No one can hurt you without your consent." — Eleanor Roosevelt
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"Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without." — Buddha
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"The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing we never give enough is love." — Henry Miller
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"I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become." — Oprah Winfrey
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"Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live." — Jim Rohn
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"Be present, it is the only moment that matters." — Author Unknown
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"Your imagination is your preview of life's coming attractions." — Albert Einstein
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"The Almighty has His own purposes." — Abraham Lincoln
Second Inaugural Address ( 1865) Spoken in his 2nd inaugural address, Lincoln preceded this line with, "It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces; but let us judge not that we be not judged. The prayers of both could not be answered; that of neither has been answered fully." Add Category or Author

"Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. It is courage that counts." — Winston Churchill
As quoted in The Prodigal Project : Book I : Genesis (2003) pg. 224 Add Category or Author

"Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all of the barriers within yourself that you have built against it." — Helen Schucman
A Course in Miracles (2008) pg. 204 Often misattributed to Jalal Rumi, this quote was actually written by Schucman, a research psychologist. This particular idea about love comes from Chapter 16 of her book, "The Forgiveness of Illusions." The entire book is essentially a guide for "spiritual transformation." Add Category or Author

"If wrinkles must be written on our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old." — James Garfield
Letter to Colonel A. F. Rockwell (13 August 1866) Garfield was a man who later became a president, but he wrote this quote in a letter while he was the representative of the 19th Ohio Congressional District. Add Category or Author

"For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness." — Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"Hitch your wagon to a star." — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Society and Solitude (1870) In the portion of Society and Solitude titled "Civilization," Emerson states the desire to let our dreams and ambitions drive us: to aim high. Add Category or Author