I’m building a collection of my favorite quotes that have made an impact on me.
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If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain. – Emily Dickinson
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You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
-Mahatma Ghandi
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That which does not kill you makes you stronger.
Neitzsche
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When one door closes another opens. But often we look so long so regretfully upon the closed door that we fail to see the one that has opened for us.
Helen Keller
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Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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I demolish my bridges behind me…then there is no choice but to move forward.
Firdtjof Nansen
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Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
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A decision is made with the brain. A commitment is made with the heart. Therefore, a commitment is much deeper and more binding than a decision.
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Some men see things as they are and ask why. Others dream things that never were and ask why not.
George Bernard Shaw
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If you can dream it, you can do it.
Always remember this whole thing was started by a mouse.
Walt Disney
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Go confidently in the direction of your dreams.
Live the life you’ve always imagined.
Henry David Thoreau
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Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
Immanuel Kant
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Life is a succession of lessons, which must be lived to be understood.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The purpose of life is a life of purpose.
Robert Byrne
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Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.
Albert Einstein
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Imagination should be used, not to escape reality, but to create it.
Collin Wilson
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Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
Thomas Edison
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When you face the sun, the shadows always fall behind you.
Helen Keller
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All battles are first won or lost, in the mind.
Joan of Arch
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Watch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny. – Frank Outlaw
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Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.
Deuteronomy 31:6
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Rise up; this matter is in your hands. We will support you, so take courage and do it.”
Ezra 10:4
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“Show me your ways, O LORD, teach me your paths; guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long. Remember, O LORD, your great mercy and love, for they are from of old. Remember not the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways; according to your love remember me, for you are good, O LORD.”
Psalm 25:4-7
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Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
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Then you will be pure and without blame. You will be children of God without fault in a sinful and evil world. Among the people of the world you shine like stars in the heavens.
Philippians 2:15
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Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within. -James Baldwin
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“I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.” Albert Einstein
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“I haven’t failed, I’ve found 10,000 ways that don’t work.” Ben Franklin
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“Life is what we make it. Always has been, always will be.” Grandma Moses
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We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face… we must do that which we think we cannot. – Eleanor Roosevelt
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You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ You must do the thing you think you cannot do. -Eleanor Roosevelt
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People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built. – Eleanor Roosevelt
