Hal Borland

Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us. 

~ Hal Borland

Rabindranath Tagore

Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf. 

~ Rabindranath Tagore

Margaret J. Wheatley

Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful.

~ Margaret J. Wheatley

Menachem Begin

Peace is the beauty of life. It is sunshine. It is the smile of a child, the love of a mother, the joy of a father, the togetherness of a family. It is the advancement of man, the victory of a just cause, the triumph of truth. 

Menachem Begin

Winston Churchill

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.

~ Winston Churchill

William Shakespeare

This above all: to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night of the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.

~ William Shakespeare

Charles W. Chesnutt

The workings of the human heart are the profoundest mystery of the universe. One moment they make us despair of our kind, and the next we see in them the reflection of the divine image. 

~Charles W. Chesnutt

Lou Holtz

I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care. 

~ Lou Holtz

Martin Luther

I am more afraid of my own heart than of the pope and all his cardinals. I have within me the great pope, Self.

~ Martin Luther

Audrey Hepburn

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!

~ Audrey Hepburn

Henry David Thoreau

I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. 

~ Henry David Thoreau

Mark Victor Hansen

Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You deserve delight.

~ Mark Victor Hansen

Carl Sandburg

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you. 

~Carl Sandburg

Epictetus

He is a wise man who does not grieve

for the things which he has not,

but rejoices for those which he has.

~ Epictetus

Albert Schweitzer

Seek always to do some good, somewhere.

Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth.

You must give some time to your fellow man.

For remember, you don't live in a world all your own.

Your brothers are here too.

~ Albert Schweitzer

Joseph Campbell

Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls.

~ Joseph Campbell

Thich Nhat Hanh

Changing is not just changing the things outside of us. First of all we need the right view that transcends all notions including of being and non-being, creator and creature, mind and spirit. That kind of insight is crucial for transformation and healing. 

~Thich Nhat Hanh

Alexander Graham Bell

“When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.” 

~ Alexander Graham Bell

Katrina Kaif

I believe that if you reject and don't respect what you have now, that's ingratitude. I'm grateful for everything I have today. 

~Katrina Kaif

Norman Vincent Peale

Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously. Never permit it to fade.

Your mind will seek to develop the pictu

Do not build up obstacles in your imagination.

~

Norman Vincent Peale

Anton Chekhov

To judge between good or bad, between successful and unsuccessful would take the eye of a God. 

~Anton Chekhov

Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Self-respect is not a function of size, age, or wealth.

Breathe deep, sing loud and sweet,

"I am me, I am unique, I am magnificent."

~ Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Denis Waitley

Don't dwell on what went wrong.

Instead, focus on what to do next.

Spend your energies on moving forward

 toward finding the answer.

~Denis Waitley

Buddha

Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.

~Buddha

Kenneth Branagh

Lighten up, just enjoy life, smile more, laugh more, and don't get so worked up about things.

~ Kenneth Branagh

Groucho Marx

Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.

~Groucho Marx

Howard Thurman

Don't ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.

~Howard Thurman

Helen Keller

The test of all beliefs is their practical effect in life.

If it be true that optimism compels the world forward,

and pessimism retards it, then it is dangerous to

propagate a pessimistic philosophy.

- Helen Keller

Thich Nhat Hanh

Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful. 

~Thich Nhat Hanh

Helen Keller

So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good. 

~Helen Keller

Dee Hock

The problem is never how to get new, innovative thoughts into your mind, but how to get old ones out. Every mind is a building filled with archaic furniture. Clean out a corner of your mind and creativity will instantly fill it.

~Dee Hock

Henry Kissinger

Accept everything about yourself - I mean everything, You are you and that is the beginning and the end - no apologies, no regrets. 

~Henry Kissinger

Dale Carnegie

“Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.”

~ Dale Carnegie

Ellen DeGeneres

Here are the values that I stand for: honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you want to be treated and helping those in need. To me, those are traditional values. 

~Ellen DeGeneres

Veronica A. Shoffstall

Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.

~Veronica A. Shoffstall

After a While.

Robert Collier

See the things you want as already yours. Think of them as yours, as belonging to you, as already in your possession. 

~Robert Collier

James Madison

America was indebted to immigration for her settlement and prosperity. That part of America which had encouraged them most had advanced most rapidly in population, agriculture and the arts. 

~James Madison

Mahatma Gandhi

Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.

~Mahatma Gandhi

Abraham Lincoln

I want it said of me by those who knew me best,

that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower

where I thought a flower would grow.

- Abraham Lincoln

Carl Jung

The man who promises everything, is sure to fulfill nothing, and everyone who promises too much is in danger of using evil means in order to carry out his promises, and is already on the road to perdition.

- Carl Jung

Sri Sathya Sai Baba

You have it in your power to make your days on Earth a path of flowers, instead of a path of thorns.

Sri Sathya Sai Baba

Victor Hugo

“Superstition, bigotry and prejudice, ghosts though they are, cling tenaciously to life; they are shades armed with tooth and claw. They must be grappled with unceasingly, for it is a fateful part of human destiny that it is condemned to wage perpetual war against ghosts. A shade is not easily taken by the throat and destroyed.”

 Victor Hugo 

Buddha

Three things cannot be long hidden:
the sun, the moon, and the truth.

- The Buddha

Santosh Kalwar

“I was smiling yesterday,I am smiling today and I will smile tomorrow.Simply because life is too short to cry for anything.” 

― Santosh Kalwar, 

Quote Me Everyday

Euripides

The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man.

Euripides

Greek tragic dramatist (484 BC - 406 BC)   

A.J. Darkholme

Every man walks his own path, and every path has its fair share of locked doors. You never know who holds the key to a door you’ll need to open one day, so you best treat people as if they are all keyholders.” 

― A.J. Darkholme, 

Rise of the Morningstar

Ahmed Zewail

Curiosity - the rover and the concept - is what science is all about: the quest to reveal the unknown. 

Ahmed Zewail

Buddha

You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection. 

Buddha

Frank Outlaw

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

Lucille Ball

I have an everyday religion that works for me. Love yourself first, and everything else falls into line.

Lucille Ball