Daily Inspirations

An eclectic collection of inspirational and motivational quotes

 

There is always a lot to be thankful for, if you take the time to look. For example, I'm sitting here thinking how nice it is that wrinkles don't hurt. 
~Unknown

 

You're not going to make me have a bad day. If there's oxygen on earth and I'm breathing, it's going to be a good day. 
~Cotton Fitzsimmons (former head coach of the Phoenix Suns)

 

 

"Learn to listen. Opportunity sometimes knocks very softly."
-- Life's Little Instruction Book 

 

Throw back the shoulders, let the heart sing, let the eyes flash, let 
the mind be lifted up, look upward and say to yourself...Nothing is 
impossible 
~Norman Vincent Peale

 

If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, 'thank you,' that would suffice.
~Meister Eckhart

 

How monotonous the sounds of the forest would be if the music came only from the Top Ten birds.
~Dan Bennett 

No longer forward nor behind
I look in hope or fear;
But, grateful, take the good I find,
The best of now and here.
~John Greenleaf Whittier

 

The best things in life aren’t things.
~Art Buchwald

 

Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The 
saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have. 
~Louis E. Boone

 

Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort 
searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside. 
Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug. Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.
~Og Mandino

 

You should not confuse your career with your life.
~Dave Berry

 

If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don't be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning "Good morning" at total strangers.
~Maya Angelou 

 

Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, 
places to play in and pray in, 
where Nature may heal and cheer 
and give strength to body and soul alike. 
~John Muir

 

 

Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become. Your Vision 
is the promise of what you shall one day be: your Ideal is the prophecy 
of what you shall at last unveil. 
~James Allen

 

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