CURATED AND COMPILED BY

K E E PINSP IR ING . M E

Inpiration
Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and
your belief will help create the fact.
- W I L L IAM JAM ES 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.
- E R M A B O M B EC K When I hear somebody sigh, Life is hard, I am always
tempted to ask, Compared to what?
- S Y DNEY HAR R IS Whoever loves much, performs much, and can
accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.
- V I N C ENT V AN G O G H -

Look at the sparrows; they do not know what they will do

in the next moment. Let us literally live
from moment to moment.
- M AHATM A G ANDHI Live each day as if your life had just begun.
- J OH A N N W O L F G ANG V O N G O E THE Life has two rules:
1. Never quit.
2 Always remember rule number 1.
- U NKO WN Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where
there is no path and leave a trail.
- R A LPH WAL DO E M ER SO N Rule #1 of life. Do what makes YOU happy.
- U NKNO WN Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about
things that matter.
- M A R T I N L U THE R KING JR . -

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about

things that matter.
- M A R T IN L U THER KING JR . You may find the worst enemy or
best friend in yourself.
- E N G L ISH P R O V E R B Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the
quality which guarantees all others.
- W I N STO N C HU R C HIL L I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product
of my decisions.
- S TEP HEN C O V EY We become what we think about.
- E A R L NIG HTING AL E The mind is everything. What you think you become.
- B U DDHA Try to be a rainbow in someones cloud.
- MAYA ANG EL O U -

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot

be seen or even touched; they must
be felt with the heart.
- H EL E N KE L L E R I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best
calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe
in being strong when everything seems to be going
wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I
believe that tomorrow is another day and
I believe in miracles.
- A U DR EY HEP B U R N As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that
the highest appreciation is not to utter words,
but to live by them.
- J OHN F . KENNE DY The measure of who we are is what we do with
what we have.
- V I NC E L O M B AR DI Whoever is happy will make others happy too.
- ANNE F R ANK -

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest

wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.
- B U DDHA Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I
can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain... To feel the
freedom that comes from being able to continue to make
mistakes and choices - today I choose to feel life,
not to deny my humanity but embrace it.
- K EV YN AU C O IN There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle
or the mirror that reflects it.
- EDITH WAR TO N -

I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will
endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.
- O G M ANDINO Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain
or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.
- R A B I NDR ANATH TAG O R E Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single
candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened.
Happiness never decreases by being shared.
- B U DDHA To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.
- L AO TZU To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means
pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the
unbelievable. Hope means hoping when
everything seems hopeless.
- G I LB E RT K. C HE STE R TO N -

Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold,

happiness dwells in the soul.
- DE M O C R ITU S What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales
in comparison to what lies inside of you.
- R A LP H WAL DO E M ER SO N When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain
is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome.
- W IL M A R U DO L P H Dont judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the
seeds that you plant.
- R OB E R T L O U IS STEV ENSO N Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops
pierced by sunbeams.
- HO SE A B AL L O U -

Motivation
The real opportunity for success lies within the person
and not in the job.
- ZIG Z IG L AR -

I dont know the key to success, but the key to failure is

trying to please everybody.
- B IL L C O SBY Nurture your mind with great thoughts. To believe in the
heroic makes heroes.
- B E N JAM IN DISR AEL I Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the
luckier you get.
- R AY KR O C When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
- L AO TZ U -

Even if youre on the right track, youll get run over if

you just sit there.
- WIL L R O G E R S The great thing in this world is not so much where you
stand, as in what direction you are moving.
OLI V E R WENDE L L HO L M E S Every truth passes through three stages before it is
recognized. In the first, it is ridiculed. In the second, it is
opposed. In the third, it is regarded as self evident.
A R T H U R SC HO P E NHAU ER The difference between a successful person and others
is not lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but
rather a lack of will.
V I NC E L O M B AR DI Dont limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to
what they think they can do. You can go as far as your
mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can
achieve.
M AR Y KAY ASH -

Either you run the day, or the day runs you.

- JIM R O HN Dont worry about failures, worry about the chances you
miss when you dont even try.
- V I NC E L O M B AR DI Though no one can go back and make a brand new start,
anyone can start from now and make
a brand new ending.
- C AR L B AR D Some men see things as they are and say why I dream
things that never were and say why not.
- G E OR G E B ER NAR D SHAW If not us, who? If not now, when?
- J OH N F . KE NNE DY The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by
going beyond them into the impossible.
- A R THU R C . C L AR KE Every noble work is at first impossible.
- T H O M AS C AR LYL E -

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

- B AB E R U TH I am thankful for all of those who said NO to me. Its
because of them Im doing it myself.
- A LBE R T E INSTEIN An obstacle is often a stepping stone.
- P R E SC OT T I cant change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust
my sails to always reach my destination.
- JIM M Y DE AN Eighty percent of success is showing up.
- WO O DY AL L E N Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection
we can catch excellence.
- V I N C E L O M B AR DI Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.
- H E N R Y DAV ID THO R E AU -

If opportunity doesnt knock, build a door.

- M IL TO N B ER L E Nothing is impossible, the word itself says
Im possible!
- A U DR EY HEP B U R N Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and
the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you
believe is great work. And the only way to do great work
is to love what you do. If you havent found it yet, keep
looking. Dont settle. As with all matters of the heart,
youll know when you find it.
- STEV E JO B S Every story I create, creates me.
I write to create myself.
- OC TAV IA E. B U TL ER Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your
smallest acts. This is the secret of success.
- S W AM I SIV ANANDA Change your thoughts and you change your world.
- N OR M AN V INC ENT P E AL E -

Many of lifes failures are experienced by people who

did not realize how close they were to success when they
gave up.
- T H O M AS EDISO N Education costs money. But then so does ignorance.
- S I R C L AU S M O SE R Nobody ever wrote down a plan to be broke, fat, lazy,
or stupid. Those things are what happen when you dont
have a plan.
- L AR R Y WING ET The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.
- L AO TZU Keep away from people who try to belittle your
ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really
great makes you feel that you, too, can become great.
- M AR K TWAIN Every noble work is at first impossible.
- T HO M AS C AR LYL E -

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what

you can do.
- J O HN WO O DEN Defeat is not bitter unless you swallow it.
- JO E C L AR K Challenges are what make life interesting and
overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
- J OS H U A J. M AR INE The best revenge is massive success.
- F R ANK SINATR A I have never in my life learned anything from any man
who agreed with me.
- D U D LEY F IEL D M AL O NE It is not enough to aim, you must hit.
- I TA L IAN P R O V E R B Start by doing whats necessary; then do whats
possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
- F R A NC IS O F ASSISI -

Believe you can and youre halfway there.

- T H E ODO R E R O O SE V EL T It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to
see the light.
- A R I STOTL E O NASSIS We cant help everyone, but everyone can help
someone.
- R ONAL D R E AG AN Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and
shadows will fall behind you.
- W AL T WHITM AN God always gives His best to those who leave the choice
with him.
- JIM E L L IOT No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can
change the world.
- R O B IN WIL L IAM S Out of difficulties grow miracles.
- R O B IN WIL L IAM S -

Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one
teacher can change the world.
- M A L AL A YO U SAF Z AI With self-discipline most anything is possible.
- T H E 0DO R E R O O SE V EL T When you get into a tight place and everything goes
against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on
a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the
place and time that the tide will turn.
- M A L AL A YO U SAF Z AI I hated every minute of training, but I said, Dont quit.
Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.
- M UHAM M AD AL I Out of difficulties grow miracles.
- J E A N DE L A B R U YE R E If you always put a limit on everything you do, physical
or anything else. It will spread into your work and into
your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus,
and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.
- BRUCE LEE -

If you believe in yourself and have dedication and pride

- and never quit, youll be a winner. The price of victory is
high but so are the rewards.
- P AU L B R YANT The best preparation for tomorrow is doing
your best today.
- H . J A CKSO N B R O WN, JR . Everyone here has the sense that right now is one of
those moments when we are influencing the future.
- STE V E JO B S Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to
pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.
- M AR TIN L U THE R -

We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to

accept the one that is waiting for us.
- J OSE P H C AM P B EL L Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.
- N AP O L E O N HIL L Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone
planted a tree a long time ago.
- W AR R E N B U F F E T T The only thing that stands between you and
your dream is the will to try and the belief that
it is actually possible.
- JO EL B R O WN -