Quotes to inspire and reflect

Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.

Fairy tales are more than true; not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.

Believe and your belief will create the fact.

Each contact with a human being is so rare, so precious, one should preserve it.

As for me, I know of nothing else but miracles.

When you are sincerely pleased, you are nourished.

That which is possible is inevitable.

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.

Nothing can resist the human will that will stake even its existence on its stated purpose.

Grown people know that they do not always know the way of things, and even if they think they know, they do not know where and how they got the proof.

What we think we become.

The main purpose of life is to live rightly, think rightly, act rightly. The soul must languish when we give our thought to the body.

Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a rational being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory.

Holding onto anger is like holding onto a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.

At the center of non-violence stands the principal of love.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake.

Life is the flower for which love is the honey.

All great achievements require time.

Some men see things as they are and say ‘Why?’ Others dream things that never were and say ‘Why not?’

The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved for ourselves.

Man is a universe within himself.

Fun is a good thing but only when it spoils nothing better.

The soul should always stand ajar. Ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.

Diseases of the soul are more dangerous and more numerous than those of the body.

Love isn’t an emotion or an instinct–it’s an art.

Don’t forget, your history nor your destiny.

There are two ways to spread happiness; either be the light who shines it or be the mirror who reflects it.

Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.

To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself.

I can be changed by what happens to me, but I refuse to be reduced by it.

Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.

The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.

How can we remember our ignorance, which our growth requires, when we are using our knowledge all the time?

If you are going through hell, keep going.

We wouldn't worry nearly as much about what others thought of us if we recognize how seldom they do.

People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.

Motivation alone is not enough. If you have an idiot and you motivate him, now you have a motivated idiot.

The question is not who is going to let me, it’s who is going to stop me.

I like too many things and get all confused and hung-up running from one falling star to another til I drop.

I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.

Having a grievance or resentment is like drinking poison and thinking it will kill your enemy.

A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.

My eyes were glued on life and they were full of tears.

Life is a verb. Life is not a noun. It is really “living” not “life.” It is not love, it is loving. It is not relationship, it is relating. It is not a song, it is singing. It is not a dance, it is dancing. See the difference, savor the difference.

He loved her, of course, but better than that, he chose her, day after day. Choice: that was the thing.

Action is the foundational key to all success.

Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength.