Favorite Quotes and Quotations


You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
- Gandhi


The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.
Einstein


The ultimate end of all revolutionary social change is to establish the sanctity of human life, the dignity of man, the right of every human being to liberty and well-being
Emma Goldman



Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us from striving to possess it.
- Friedrich Nietzsche



The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, the education, the money, than circumstances, than failure, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company... a church... a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. And so it is with you... we are in charge of our Attitudes.
- Friedrich Nietzsche


You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
- Khalil Gibran


The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.
- Khalil Gibran


When you are sorrowful, look again in your heart, and you shall see that, in truth,
you are weeping for that which has been your delight.
- Khalil Gibran


Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy.
- Khalil Gibran


I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than lord among those without dreams and desires.
- Khalil Gibran


You often say, "I would give, but only to the deserving."
The trees in your orchard say not so, nor the flocks in your pastures.
They give that they may live, for to withhold is to perish.
Surely he who is worthy to receive his days and his nights, is worthy of all else from you.
- Khalil Gibran


Yes, there is a Nirvanah; it is in leading your sheep to a green pasture, and in putting your child to sleep, and in writing the last line of your poem.
- Khalil Gibran


Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
- Mother Teresa


Anger is one letter away from danger.
- Eleanor Roosevelt


The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.


There are three types of people in this world: those who make things happen, those who watch things happen and those who wonder what happened.
-Mary Kay Ash


Its not whether you get knocked down. Its whether you get up again.
-Vince Lombardi


God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference. poster
-The Serenity Prayer (Reinhold Niebuhr)


History is a set of lies agreed upon
-Napoleon


The further you go in life, the further you realize you have yet to go
-Trevor Butcher


Fear is often much more destructive than that which is feared. Anxiety can often be far more harmful than those things about which you are anxious.

Avoiding effort can be more difficult and time-consuming than the effort itself. Worrying about a negative situation is usually more prolonged and painful than experiencing the situation itself.

Life is best when you face it directly. Your efforts are far more effective when they don't have to push through layers of denial, avoidance and anxiety.
When something must be said, stand up and say it. When something needs to be done, get busy and do it.

It can be tempting to put tasks off until later, or to think that problems will just go away, or to hope that some magical occurrence will fulfill your desires. Yet the truth is that the real fulfillment in life comes from putting all of yourself into the living of it.

So go ahead and face that fear, make that effort, move forward into new territory and fully live the grand possibilities with which you're blessed. Boldly face life, and you'll find it to be better than you ever imagined.
-Ralph Marston