Inspirations

When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live. Along with success comes a reputation of wisdom. Where is there dignity unless there is honesty. Give all to love; obey thy heart. Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life. The secret to happiness is not in doing what one likes to do, but in liking what one has to do. The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end. At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet. Cherish your visions and your dreams, as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements. The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience. Without friends no one would choose to live, through he had all other goods. A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels. There is nothing as strong as tenderness, and nothing as tender as true strength. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it may light, shade, and perspective will always make it beautiful. If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change. We all have strength enough to endure the misfortunes of others.

Action is eloquence. Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others. You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. However brilliant an action, it should not be esteemed great unless the result of a great motive. A life of peace, purity, and refinement leads to a calm an untroubled old age. Whatever you are, be a good one. Don t worry if you re a kleptomaniac, you can always take something for it. Shun idleness. It is a rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant of metals. To love oneself is the beginning of a life long romance. Every new beginning comes from some other beginnings end. Every man s life is a fairy tale written by God s fingers. The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none. These things I command you, that ye love one another. The worst solitude is to be destitute of sincere friendship. All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered, the point is to discover them. Let not your heart be troubled. A smile is a light in the window of the soul indicating that the heart is home. A happy life consists in tranquillity of mind. To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to do. When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. Never discourage anyone .who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.

Don t waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good. My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness. Knowledge is like a garden, if it is not cultivated, it cannot be harvested. The wisest men follow their own direction. Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Good friends are like stars .you don t always see them, but you know they re always there. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure. The secret of success is constancy of purpose. To keep the body in good health is a duty otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear. A friend s eye is a good mirror. Discretion in speech is more than eloquence. A joy that s shared is a joy made double. Before we set our hearts to much upon anything, let us examine how happy those are who already possess it. Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What s a sun-dial in the shade? The only gift is a portion of thyself. What the imagination seizes as beauty must be the truth. It is well to give whem asked, but it is better to give unasked, through understanding. Love is the beauty of the soul. Happiness is not given but exchanged.

When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time. When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. Conquering others takes force, conquering yourself is true strength. He who hesitates is lost. Wealth maketh many friends. There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth, not going all the way, and not starting. The journey is the reward. Let us be grateful to people who make us happy: They are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. The shifts of Fortune test the reliability of friends. All action is of the mind and the mirror of the mind is the face, its index the eyes. Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it. As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes. A love that can last forever takes but a second to come about. We turn not older with years, but newer every day. Cheese, wine, and a friend must be old to be good. The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but reveal to them their own. A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches. Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman , before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.

True happiness .arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one s self. Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide. You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must ha mmer and forge yourself one. Wisdom outweighs any wealth. Beauty is truth, truth beauty. That is all ye know, and all ye need to know. Kindness is the noblest weapon to conquer with. Sow to the wind and you will reap a whirlwind. Start by doing what s necessary, then do what s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible. Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends. Energy and persistence conquer all things. Tis better to have loved and lost. Then never to have loved at all. The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious of the rose. Never live in the past but always learn from it. Well done is better than well said. It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness. Our waking hours form the text of our lives, our dreams, the commentary. And you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free. It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues. Remember that what you believe will depend very much on what you are. Life itself can t give you joy, unless you really will it. Life just gives you time and space, it s up to you to fill it. The appearance of right oft leads us wrong.

If you don t know where you are going, any road will take you there . Happiness depends upon ourselves. Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him. We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be. A friend is, as it were, a second self. The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. A big shot is a little shot that kept shooting. Far better a neighbour that is near than a brother far off. Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fa ll. Yesterday is but a dream, and tomorrow is only a vision, but today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Dignity consists not in possessing honours, but in the consciousness that we deserve them. The greatest danger for most of us is not that we aim too high and we miss it, but we aim too low and reach it. Hop is the dream of the waking man. In necessary things, unity; in doubtful things, liberty; in all things, charity. It s never too late to be who you might have been. One can acquire everything in solitude -except character. Strong reasons make strong actions. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need. Wisdom is better than wit, and in the long run will certainly have the laugh on her side. Never leave that til tomorrow which you can do today. Fortune helps the brave. Whoever does not love his work cannot hope that it will please others. Time eases all things. Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love. Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path. When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I thought as a child; t ut when I became a man I put away my childish things. He that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast. Govern thy life and thoughts as if the whole world were to wee the one, and read the other. Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the par ent of all others. Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation. Better by far you should forget and smile than you should remember and be sad. What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others. Let the beauty of what you love, be what you do. Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well. A loving heart is the truest wisdom. The man who moves an mountain begins by caring away small stones.

One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: Tat word is love. It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves. Never refuse any advance of friendship, for if nine out of ten bring you nothing, one alone may repay you. Advice is judged by results, not by intentions. He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough. Show Class, have pride and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself. The pleasure of love is in loving. The only thing to do with good advice is pass it on. It is never any use to oneself. The entire law is summed up in a single command, Love your neighbour as yourself . What would be the use of immortality to a person who cannot use well a half an hour. Genius is eternal patience. Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healt hy, wealthy and wise. Man is what he believes. Unless you believe, you will not understand. Necessity, who is the mother of invention. A man s true wealth is the good he does in the world. Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror. But you are eterni ty and you are the mirror.