Inspirational Quotes
As I was trying to remember one of my favorite quotes to send to a friend, I came across a bunch more. So this is my "Best Of" inspirational quotes from people who just said it so well.
- "It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"If you want to be happy for an hour - take a nap.
If you want to be happy for a day - go fishing.
If you want to be happy for a month - get married.
If you want to be happy for a year - inherit a fortune.
If you want to be happy for a lifetime - help others."
- Old Chinese Proverb
"You cannot tell the dancer from the dance." - William Yeats (You might need to think about this one, it has to do with being one with everything.)
"It's not 'How do I remember?', it's 'Am I remembering?'" - James Keeley
"This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one... The being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy." - George Bernard Shaw
"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 no 'brief candle' to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations." - George Bernard Shaw
"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming 'WOW What a Ride!'" - Unknown
"To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift." - Steve Prefontaine
"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today." - James Dean
"I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief." - Gerry Spence
"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody." - Bill Cosby
"The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one." - Elbert Hubbard
"You know the Greeks didn't write obituaries. They only asked one question after a man died: 'Did he have passion?'" - Dean in the movie "Serendipity"
"Jesus was an early riser; he knew that the simplest way to live more than an average life is to add an hour to the fresh end of the day." - Bruce Barton in the book "The Man Nobody Knows"