#inspirational

"To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there."

"A man must be prepared not only to be a martyr, but to be a fool. It is absurd to say that a man is ready to toil and die for his convictions if he is not even ready to wear a wreathe around his head for them."

"I may not know you, but I don’t see any difference between you and me. I see myself in you; we are one."

"Success is a decision, not a gift."

"Her smiles are like the morning sun that illuminates my world."

"By seeing the beauty of life, I attract them into my life."

"The formula of happiness and success is just, being actually yourself, in the most vivid possible way you can."

"The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained in sudden flight but, they while their companions slept, they were toiling upwards in the night."

"When you see a good person, think of becoming like her/him. When you see someone not so good, reflect on your own weak points."

"Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp,Or what's a heaven for?"

"And, in the endThe love you takeis equal to the love you make."

"Writing a long and substantial book is like having a friend and companion at your side, to whom you can always turn for comfort and amusement, and whose society becomes more attractive as a new and widening field of interest is lighted in the mind."

"Animals do it largely for the REPRODUCTION, but so-called Social Animals (People) do it regularly thinking that it will give them SATISFACTION."

"I don't think you should wait. I think you should speak now."

"I run because if I didn’t, I’d be sluggish and glum and spend too much time on the couch. I run to breathe the fresh air. I run to explore. I run to escape the ordinary. I run…to savor the trip along the way. Life becomes a little more vibrant, a little more intense. I like that."

"True intimacy with God always brings humility."

"It is the useless things that make life worth living and that make life dangerous too: wine, love, art, beauty. Without them life is safe, but not worth bothering with."

"A winner is a dreamer who never gives up"

"Life isn't all grand, but it isn't all miserable either. There's both sweet and sour in every day. So why focus on the ugly when you can gaze at what's beautiful? Concentrate on the good."

"Always be yourself, there's no one better!"