Random Inspirational Quotes

"They say that patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings steal a little and they throw you in jail. Steal a lot and then they make you king."

"Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something and has lost something."

"Death, especially violent death, will turn the meanest bastard in the world into a nice guy. Why is that?"

"The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but rather those days when out of dejection and despair you feel rise in you a challenge to life, and the promise of future accomplishments."

"There's release in knowing the truth no matter how anguishing it is. You come finally to the irreducible thing, and there's nothing left to do but pick it up and hold it. Then, at last, you can enter the severe mercy of acceptance."

"We are not human beings on a spiritual journey. We are spiritual beings on a human journey."

"To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend in the flow of language the sudden flash of poetry."

"There is nothing like puking with somebody to make you into old friends."

"A weak but steady throb lay beneath Kev's searching fingertips. Win's heartbeat...the pulse that sustained his universe."

"But a mermaid has no tears, and therefore she suffers so much more."

"What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the man who wrote."

"In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody."

"The better organized the state, the duller its humanity."

"Only positive thoughts can inspire you to positive actions."

"Love is keeping the promise anyway."

"If you have a dream, don’t just sit there. Gather courage to believe that you can succeed and leave no stone unturned to make it a reality."

"The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing, a story."

"Tapestry [10w] Life's a tapestry of mystery and miracles quilted by God."

"To hate others is ugly.To hate yourself is uglier."

"Life is not about success; life is about a journey toward happiness."