163 private quotes tagged inspirational

“Mankind is made great or little by its own will.” — Friedrich Schiller

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“Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.” — Martin Luther

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“Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.” — Khalil Gibran

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“Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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“Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.” — Henry Ward Beecher

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“If it were not for hopes, the heart would break.” — Thomas Fuller

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“A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil.” — Victor Hugo

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“Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.” — Henry Ward Beecher

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“Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.” — Plato

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“We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone.” — Ronald Reagan

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“Everyone here has the sense that right now is one of those moments when we are influencing the future.” — Steve Jobs

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“Once I knew only darkness and stillness... my life was without past or future... but a little word from the fingers of another fell into my hand that clutched at emptiness, and my heart leaped to the rapture of living.” — Helen Keller

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“Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.” — Henry Ward Beecher

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“Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.” — Joseph Campbell

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“Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back.” — Babe Ruth

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“Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” — Robert Louis Stevenson

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“You never know when some small thing will lead to a big idea. Travel is very inspirational - but it's in the ordinary that I find my themes of love and work and family.” — Adriana Trigiani

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“It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” — Aristotle Onassis

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“I hope that at the end of the seven years, people will say that I have been of some inspirational value to them at home in terms of inclusiveness and abroad, I look forward to representing Ireland.” — Michael D. Higgins

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“Faith is love taking the form of aspiration.” — William Ellery Channing

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“Ideas shape the course of history.” — John Maynard Keynes

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“Happiness is the natural flower of duty.” — Phillips Brooks

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“Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.” — Democritus

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“'Do What You Gotta Do' is a positive, inspirational song that says no matter what it is whether you're up against challenges or trying to get your dreams and aspirations met, you should do what whatever you have to do shy of killing yourself or someone else.” — Angie Stone

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“Just what future the Designer of the universe has provided for the souls of men I do not know, I cannot prove. But I find that the whole order of Nature confirms my confidence that, if it is not like our noblest hopes and dreams, it will transcend them.” — Henry Norris Russell

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