#inspirational

"I want to be like Gandhi and Martin Luther King and John Lennon but i want to STAY ALIVE."

"All good that we do is just for you."

"Because saving the people you love isn't stupid. It isn't even a choice"

"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all."

"Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark in the hopeless swamps of the not-quite, the not-yet, and the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach. The world you desire can be won. It exists.. it is real.. it is possible.. it's yours."

"Gratitude is a sign of maturity...Where there is appreciation: there is also courtesy and concern for the rights and property of others."

"The shell must break before the bird can fly."

"The starting point of all achievement is DESIRE. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desire brings weak results, just as a small fire makes a small amount of heat."

"Too much sanity may be madness — and maddest of all: to see life as it is, and not as it should be!"

"Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon."

"Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections."

"To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act."

"Everybody in this life has their challenges and difficulties. That is part of our mortal test. The reason for some of these trials cannot be readily understood except on the basis of faith and hope because there is often a larger purpose which we do not always understand. Peace comes through hope."

"One must work and dare if one really wants to live."

"Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman."

"And in the end it is not the years in your life that count, it's the life in your years."

"This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness."

"There's so much to be grateful for, words are poor things."

"Never hate an enemy; love them and transform them into a friend."

"If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten."