Inspirational & Motivational Quotes

A closed mouth gathers no foot.

A dialogue is more than two monologues.
- Max Kampelman
A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
- Chinese Proverb
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but harsh words stir up anger.
- Proverbs !"
A good deal of trouble has been caused in the world by too much intelligence and too
little wisdom.
A good memory is one that can remember the day#s blessings and forget the day#s
troubles.
A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances but rather a person with a
certain set of attitudes.
- $ugh %owns
A &een sense of humor helps us overloo& the unbecoming, understand the
unconventional, tolerate the unpleasant, overcome the unexpected and outlast the
unbearable.
- 'illy (raham
A man had better starve at once than lose his innocence in the process of getting bread.
- $enry %avid )horeau
A man has three names" the name he inherits, the name his parents give him, and the
name he ma&es for himself.
A man may con*uer a million men in battle but one who con*uers himself is, indeed, the
greatest of con*uerors.
- 'uddha
A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his bac& on the crowd.
A pint of example is worth a gallon of advice.
A reputation may be repaired, but people always &eep their eyes on the place where the
crac& is.
A roc& pile ceases to be a roc& pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing
within him the image of a cathedral.
- Antoine de +aint-,xup-ry
A room without boo&s is li&e a body without a soul.
- Cicero
A sharp tongue sometimes cuts its own throat.
- .im +cancarelli
A ship is safe in harbor, but that#s not what ships are for.
- /illiam +hedd
A singer starts by having his instrument as a gift from (od. /hen you have been given
something in a moment of grace, it is sacrilegious to be greedy.
- Marian Anderson
A smile is the lighting system of the face and the heating system of the heart.
A teacher affects eternity0 he can never tell where his influence stops.
- $enry '. Adams
A very easy way to return from a casino with a small fortune" go there with a large one.
A winner is someone who recogni1es his (od-given talents, wor&s his tail off to develop
them into s&ills and uses these s&ills to accomplish his goals.
- 2arry 'ird
A wise man among the ignorant is as a beautiful girl in the company of blind men.
- +aadi
Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
- %ietrich 'onhoeffer
Age is a *uestion of mind over matter. 3f you don#t mind, it doesn#t matter.
- +atchel Paige
All 3 have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all 3 have not seen.
- 4alph /aldo ,merson
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one
thing.
- Abraham 2incoln
Amateurs wait for inspiration. )he rest of us 5ust get up and go to wor&.
- Chuc& Close
An expert is a person who has made all the mista&es that can be made, in a very narrow
field.
- 6iels 'ohr
And in the end it#s not the years in your life that count. 3t#s the life in your years.
- Abraham 2incoln
Associate yourself with men of good *uality if you esteem your own reputation0 for #tis
better to be alone than in bad company.
- (eorge /ashington
Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
- Pablo Picasso
As for me, all 3 &now is that 3 &now nothing.
- +ocrates
At its core, bravado is insecure, 5ealous and self-protecting. 2egitimate talent recogni1es
its own innate riches and does not ob5ect to sharing.
- adapted from a *uote by Alexander +ol1henitsyn
'e &ind to one another, because most of us are fighting a hard battle.
- 3an Mc2aren
'e less curious about people and more curious about ideas.
- Marie Curie
'e more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is
what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others thin& you are.
- .ohn /ooden
'e silent or let thy words be worth more than silence.
- Pythagoras
'eauty addresses itself chiefly to sight, but there is a beauty for the hearing too, as in
certain combinations so words and in all &inds of music0 for melodies and cadences are
beautiful0 and minds that lift themselves above the realm of sense to a higher order are
aware of beauty in the conduct of life, in actions, in character, in the pursuits of the
intellect0 and there is the beauty of the virtues.
- Plotinus
'ehind every great achievement is a dreamer of great dreams.
- 4obert K. (reenleaf
'ehold the turtle. $e ma&es progress only when he stic&s his nec& out.
- .ames '. Conant
'eing defeated is often a temporary condition. (iving up is what ma&es it permanent.
- Marilyn 7os +avant
'etter to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no
self.
- Cyril Connelly