Great Quotes

the great essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for

Allen Chalmers

 

may you live life every day of your life

Gandhi

 

it is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no person can sincerely try to help another without helping themself

Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

happiness is not a destination; it is a method of life

Burton Hills

 

be true to your work, your word, and your friend

Henry David Thoreau

 

I say love, it is a flower, and you, its only seed

Bette Midler, The Rose

 

I love the person that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow brave by reflection

Thomas Paine

 

life consists not in holding good cards, but in playing those you have well

Josh Billings

 

the harder you work, the luckier you get

Gary Player

 

experience is not what happens to you; it's what you do with what happens to you

Aldous Huxley

 

there are no gains wthout pains

Benjamin Franklin

 

high expectations are the key to everything

Sam Walton

 

the future belongs to thise who believe in the beauty of their dreams

Eleanor Roosevelt

 

genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent prespiration

Thomas Edison

 

practice is the best of all instructors

Pablilius Syrus

 

be all that you can be

Anon

 

don't be afraid to take a big step; you can't cross a chasm in two small steps

David Lloyd George

 

most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all

Dale Carnegie

 

the expert at anything was once a beginner

Hayes

 

even God cannot change the past

Agathon

 

it's another great day to be alive

Anon

 

he is able, who thinks he is able

Buddha

 

the best way to escape from a problem is to solve it

Alan Saporta

 

advice is like snow, the softer it falls, the longer it dwells, and the deeper it sinks into the mind

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

 

it takes a great person to be a good listener

Calvin Coolidge

 

people are just as happy as they choose to be

Abraham Lincoln

 

live out your imagination, not your history

Stephen Covey

 

to accomplish great things, we must not ony act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe

Anatole France

 

the true test of character is not how much we know to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do

John Holt

 

go confidently in the direction of your dreams; live the life you have imagined

Henry David Thoreau

 

don't let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was

Richard L. Evans

 

real excellence and humility are not incompatible...on the contrary, they are twin sisters

Jean Baptiste Lacordaire

 

the only way to have a friend is to be a friend

Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

dream things as they never were and ask, why not?

George Bernard Shaw

 

you find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you truly lived are when you have done things in the spirit of love

Henry Drummond

 

the supreme happiness in life is the conviction that we are loved

Victor Hugo

 

peace...is a virtue, a state of mind,...a disposition of benevolence, confidence, justice

Baruck Spinoza

 

to laugh often and much, to win affection of children,...to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others,... to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived; this is the meaning of success

Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

the mind is not a vessel to fill, but a fire to be kindled

Plutarch

 

never look down on anybody unless you are helping them up

Jessie Jackson