A large part of what I learned about life came from the written word. Here is my selection of inspiring quotes. Read and enjoy. 1. Will you look back on life and say, "I wish I had," or "I'm glad I did"? ~ Zig Ziglar.
2. If at first you don't succeed, you're running about average. ~ M.H. Alderson.
3. It is as easy to create a castle as a button. It's just a matter of whether you're focused on a castle or a button. ~ Abraham-Hicks.
4. One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar. ~ Helen Keller.
5. Look and you will find it - what is unsought will go undetected. ~ Sophocles.
6. We will either find a way, or make one. ~ Hannibal.
7. To dare is to lose ones footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself. ~ Soren Kierkegaard.
8. Each man is the architect of his own fate. ~ Appius Claudius.
9. Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson.
10. There is nothing you cannot be or do or have. ~ Abraham-Hicks.
11. To you the earth yields her fruit, and you shall not want if you know how to fill your hands. ~ Kahlil Gibran.
12. If you have the ability to imagine it, or even to think about it, this Universe has the ability and the resources to deliver it fully unto you. ~ Abraham-Hicks.
13. Expect your every need to be met. Expect the answer to every problem, expect abundance on every level. ~ Eileen Caddy.
14. If you want to sing, you will find a song. ~ Anonymous.
15. Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. ~ Helen Keller.
16. No one can go back and make a brand new start. Anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending. ~ Carl Bard.
17. He who has a why to live can bear almost any how. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche.
18. I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by a conscious endeavor. ~ H D Thoreau.
19. Some men dream of things as they are, and say, "why"? I dream of things that never were, and say, "why not"? ~ George Bernard Shaw.
20. The human spirit cannot be paralyzed. If you are breathing, you can dream. ~ Mike Brown.
21. You can be whatever you make up your mind to be. ~ Robert Collier.
22. Opportunities multiply as they are seized. ~ Sun Tzu.
23. If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it. And, if you improve the present, what comes later will also be better. ~ Paulo Coelho.
24. �Come to the edge, he said. They said: We are afraid. Come to the edge, he said. They came. He pushed them and they flew.� ~ Guillaume Apollinaire.
25. People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them. ~ George Bernard Shaw.
26. There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure. ~ Paulo Coelho.
27. Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises. ~ Demosthenes.
28. Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. ~ Andre Gide.
29. Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain. ~ Vivian Greene
30. Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
31. Life begins where fear ends. ~ Osho.
32. Make your goals so big, that your everyday problems seem insignificant. ~ Rafael Garcia.
33. You miss 100% of the shots you don�t take. ~ Wayne Gretzky.
34. A river cuts through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence. ~ Anonymous.
35. Every great achievement was once considered impossible. ~ Anonymous.
36. Forget about all the reasons why something may not work. You only need to find one reason why it will. ~ Dr Robert Anthony.
37. The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek. ~ Joseph Campbell.
38. Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. ~ Chery Schmidt. 39. It is never too late to be what you might have been. ~ George Eliot.
40. If we wait until we're ready we'll be waiting for the rest of our lives. ~ Lemony Snicket.
41. Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. ~ T.S. Eliot.
42. Everything you've ever wanted is on the other side of fear. ~ George Addair.
Which one is your favorite?
Life should be fun - enjoy it!
Henning Viljoen.
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