Famous, Funny And Inspirational Quotes

Quotes By Lao Tzu

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When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.

Great acts are made up of small deeds...

Be content with what you have. Rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.

One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.

Love, of all passions is the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously, the head, the heart and the senses.

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished

He who conquers others is strong, He who conquers himself is mighty.

He who does not trust enough, Will not be trusted.

A fool and his money are soon elected - Will Rogers

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A fool and his money are soon elected - Will Rogers

All Time Best Inspirational Quotes And Uplifting Quotations

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Of Lost Hope

Sometimes in our lives we reach a point where we think that we cannot wipe one more tear away, take one more step, dream one more dream, or ever love again or once more. Hope has left us.

At that point and If we are lucky, we hear moving lyrics or find that perfect poem or read that perfect quote.A human being would have to be a lucky soul to have never been at that point in time, but most of us have been.

For me, all it takes is that one great quote or saying to restore hope. I have assembled some of my personal, all time most favorite inspirational quotes and quotations. I hope that they move you, as much as they have always moved me...

Find Hope In These Quotes

Sir Winston Churchill has always been one of my all time favorites when it comes to inspiration. He was a firebrand and had some of the greatest of oratory skills.

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word; freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope. And Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities, because it is the quality which guarantees all others~Winston Churchill

I always liked Abraham Lincoln's quotes because of his simple and plain straightforward way of expressing deep thoughts and passions.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm~Abraham Lincoln

Gandhi is also one of my all time favorite person to go to for inspirational quotes. When Gandhi spoke, a billion people listened.

Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained~Mohandas Gandhi

Quotes With A Little Humor

Here are some quotes from people that I have admired in my life that were at times a little facetious or downright ornery but inspirational nonetheless!

People say I am ruthless. I am not ruthless. And if I find the man who is calling me ruthless, I shall destroy him~Robert Kennedy

I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell~ Harry Truman

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog~ Mark Twain.

I like a man who grins when he fights~Winston Churchill

Now Get Bold And Inspired

Once we have picked ourselves back up on our feet, when life has knocked us down, it's time to get moving and motivated!

We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills, we shall never surrender~Winston Churchill

Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed~Martin Luther King

You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word: It is victory, victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be!~Winston Churchill

All compromise is based on give and take, but there can be no give and take on fundamentals. Any compromise on mere fundamentals is a surrender. For it is all give and no take~Mohandas Gandhi

Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth~Mohandas Gandhi

It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence~Mohandas Gandhi

Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better~Martin Luther King

I hope that if you ever find yourself at a point in your lifetime where you don't think you can go any further, that you find or remember some of these quotes. Perhaps you have your own quotes that you can go to, for courage and hope!

Inspiring Quotes By Mahatma Gandhi

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Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

In a gentle way, you can shake the world.

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

Action expresses priorities.

Nobody can hurt me without my permission.

Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.

In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place.

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.

All compromise is based on give and take, but there can be no give and take on fundamentals. Any compromise on mere fundamentals is a surrender. For it is all give and no take.

Inspiring Quotes By Winston Churchill

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The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities; because it is the quality which guarantees all others.

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word; freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.

I never worry about action, but only inaction.

We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right.

Kites rise highest against the wind; not with it.

Perhaps it is better to be irresponsible and right, than to be responsible and wrong.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

Inspiring Quotes By Martin Luther King Jr.

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Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.

The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict.

When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative.

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.

Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.

Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.

Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better.

A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

Inspiring Quotes By Mother Teresa

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If you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.

What we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But if that drop was not in the ocean, I think the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.

Love is a fruit in season at all times and within reach of every hand.

Do not think that love in order to be genuine has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired. Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.

Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.

If you cannot feed a hundred people, then just feed one.

If you want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.

Unless a life is lived for others, it is not worthwhile.

The most terrible poverty is loneliness and the feeling of being unloved.

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.

Quotes

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A fool and his money are soon elected ~ Will Rogers

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies~Groucho Marx

All I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation~Will Rogers

I can't listen to that much Wagner. I start getting the urge to conquer Poland~ Woody Allen

I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam; I looked into the soul of the boy sitting next to me~ Woody Allen

When we got into office, the thing that surprised me the most was that things were as bad as we'd been saying they were~ John F. Kennedy

Action expresses priorities~ Ghandi

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter~ Martin Luther King Jr.

Edmund Burke wrote:
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing..."
Well, I say ,that good men doing nothing "is" the evil . I have absolutely no expectations for evil.