Random Inspirational Quotes

"When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'."

"There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age."

"I think books are like people, in the sense that they'll turn up in your life when you most need them."

"There can be nothing exclusive about substantial art. It comes directly out of the heart of the experience of life and thinking about life and living life."

"Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it."

"Dad was a philosopher and had what he called his Theory of Purpose, which held that everything in life had a purpose, and unless it achieved that purpose, it was just taking up space on the planet and wasting everybody's time."

"Christ did not die to save people, but to teach people how to save each other. This is, I have no doubt, a grave heresy, but it is also a fact."

"The trouble with life isn't that there is no answer, it's that there are so many answers."

"Don't wait for other people to be loving, giving, compassionate, grateful, forgiving, generous, or friendly... lead the way!"

"Living a life fully engaged and full of whimsy and the kind of things that love does is something most people plan to do, but along the way they just kind of forget. Their dreams become one of those "we'll go there next time"deferrals. The sad thing is, for many there is no "next time"because passing on the chance to cross over is an overall attitude toward life rather than a single decision."

"His hands are holding my cheeks, and he pulls back just to look me in the eye and his chest is heaving and he says, "I think,"he says, "my heart is going to explode,"and I wish, more than ever, that I knew how to capture moments like these and revisit them forever. Because this.This is everything."

"Kisses open doors, I've noticed. That one gesture can unlock secrets, ease open feelings. It can't be prevented--these kisses just are. It's how they work. They break into basements you never knew you had."

"Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant."

"Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty."

"If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea."

"Love knows no boundaries. I wish I would have known that before I hired a cartographer to map out my romantic territory."

"You can laugh! But people used to believe there were no such things as the Blibbering Humdinger or the Crumple-Horned Snorkack!"

"I like to have a martini,Two at the very most.After three I'm under the table,after four I'm under my host."

"And you are made of a hundred trillion cells. We are, each of us, a multitude."

"I believe in intuition and inspiration. Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution. It is, strictly speaking, a real factor in scientific research."