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Living a Better Life™ Inspirational Quotes for Life Compiled by Michelle Jones
Here are some of
my favorite inspirational quotes as I've personally selected and shared with our
readers since 2001. May they inspire all of us to live a better LIFE... with Faith, Hope
and Love! More...
"Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is
finished: If you're alive, it isn't." "It is more
blessed to give than to receive." "The definition
of Insanity... Doing
the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." "We must not give only what we have, we must give what we
are." "Each day we make deposits in the memory banks of our
children." "Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before
which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish." Thank God for Dirty Dishes Thank God for Dirty Dishes, With home and health and happiness, "The miracle is this - The more we share, the more we
have." "It is never too late to be what you might have
been." "An optimist is the human personification of
spring." "He who knows that enough is enough will always have
enough." "One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men.
No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man." "Think you can, think you can't--either way, you'll be
right." "All the masterpieces of art contain both light and
shadow. A happy life is not one filled with only sunshine, but one which uses
both light and shadow to produce beauty." "All comes at the proper time to him who knows how to
wait." "Happiness is a
butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if
you sit down quietly, may alight upon you." "Excellence is
not an act but a habit. The things you do the most are the things you will
do the best." "It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life
that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself." "If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it." "Love and time, those are the only two things in all the
world and all of life that cannot be bought, but only spent." "Maturity is the ability to do a job whether or not you
are supervised, To carry money without spending it, And to bear an injustice
without wanting to get even." "Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard
battle." "As we express
our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to
utter words, but to live by them." "To accomplish
great things, we must not only
act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe." "Use what talents
you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those
that sang best." "What the
caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly." "When you have
exhausted all possibilities, remember this... you haven't." "Perseverance is
a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the
gate, you are sure to wake up somebody." "When written in
Chinese, the word crisis is composed of two characters. One represents danger,
and the other represents opportunity." "Concentrate all
your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until
brought to a focus." "Forget past
mistakes. Forget failures. Forget everything
except what you're going to do now and do it." "Obstacles are
those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal." "I have learned,
as a rule of thumb, never to ask whether you can do something. Say, instead,
that you are doing it. Then fasten your seat belt. The most remarkable things
follow." "Nothing will
ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome." "... see that you
also excel in this grace of giving." The following poem was featured in loving memory of my mother for Mother's Day 2007.
"As
long as you're going to be thinking anyway, THINK
BIG." "Start
by doing what's necessary, then do what's possible, and suddenly you are doing
the impossible." "Vitality
shows not only in the ability to persist, but in the ability to start
over." "If one dream should
fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to
pick one of those pieces up and begin again."
"The
highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for
it, but what they become by it." "Far
away in the sunshine are my highest inspirations. I
may not reach them, but I can look up and see the beauty,
believe in them and then try to follow where they
lead."
"Forget
past mistakes. Forget failures. Forget everything
except what you're going to do now and do it."
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work."
"It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan."
"Difficult
times have helped me to understand better than before how
infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way, and
that so many things that one goes worrying about are of no
importance whatsoever."
"We
are, each of us, angels with only one wing, and we can only
fly embracing each other."
"Success
is the ability to go from one failure to another with no
loss of enthusiasm." "We either make ourselves
miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same."
____________________________________ Copyright © by Michelle Jones, author of Dealing with Debt, Frugal Family Recipes and Successful Budget Planning... for Those Who Hate to Budget. All rights reserved. Want more money-saving tips and inspirational quotes? Get a FREE Subscription to our monthly newsletter!
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