Inspirations
A collection of a whole lot of inspirational things
that I have picked up on the way as I have journeyed through life.
* Be the master of your own destiny
* You'll never get a second chance at making a first impression
* Don't worry about what's going to happen, because it will happen anyway
* Live life to the fullest
* Make everything a learning experience
* Why is it that we never know when a love begins, but always know when a love ends?
* Be the individual that you are
* Learn from your mistakes
* Loneliness is your biggest enemy
* When in doubt, tell the truth
* Take up every opportunity you get - you may never get it again
* Don't worry about the past - it can't be changed
* When faced with a problem, tackle it head-on
* Live each day like it's your last
* It's better to have tried and failed than to never have tried at all
* Have fun whatever you do
* Don't regret what you've done: regret what you haven't done
* Be positive everyday
* Things are good, even at the worst of times
* Advice is easy to give but difficult to take
* Take life on step at a time
* Everything that you do in life is a risk
* Let God deal with the things others do
* Hate in your heart will consume you too
* If there's nothing in your heart, your head doesn't matter
* A positive anything is better than a negative nothing
* We are all practising the same religion
* It doesn't matter if you're black or white
* God gives you opportunities every day, but it's what you do with them that makes them
count
* The good that men do is interred within their bones; the bad lives after them
* Don't look at where you're going; look at where you want to go
* The truth can light your way
* When troubles outnumber you, your heart will know what to do
* You have to keep reaching for the highest star
* Do good to others, and good will be done to you
* If something wasn't meant to happen, it won't
* Nothing will come of nothing
* Hate is a misunderstanding of people
* If something happens, it was meant to
* There is always someone better than you, but you are always better than someone
* Which way is North when you're at the South Pole?
* There's a light in everything - you just have to see it
* Thank you consequence
* Cheating off someone is cheating yourself
* We all live our lives by a particular philosophy
* Everything means something
* Life is very simple, we just make it complex
* Life is all about enjoying yourself
* If what's expected satisfies your wants, then do as expected
* If what's expected doesn't satisfy you, then take your chances and do what you want
* The more money we come across, the more problems we see
* There is a reason for everything
* Nothing is impossible if you set your mind and heart on it
* It doesn't matter how much you talk, it's what you say
* We learn by copying
* The first sign of love is the last of wisdom
* How glorious it is - and also painful - to be an exception
* Don't seek attention because it will seek you
* To err is human, to forgive is divine
* What's the difference between a "slim chance" and a "fat chance"?
* Life is like a bag of lollies. You get what you're given, but each is just as sweet in
its
own way
* Don't overlook life's small joys while searching for the big ones
* It's not the size of the man in the fight that counts. It's the size of the fight in the
man
that counts
* Never say never
* Judge not friends by outward show,
for while feathers float, pearls lie low
* Remember yesterday, dream about tomorrow, but live for today
* The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose
* Life is the autumn leaves which drop off after time
* Never take things for granted
* Tomorrow is the today we dreamed about yesterday
* Count your friends by age, not years.
Count your life by smiles, not tears
* One who never makes mistakes has never tried
* Never fear shadows. They simply mean that somewhere nearby there is light
* New leaves can only grow when old ones have fallen
* A ring is round and has no end.
That's how long you should be a friend
* True friends are like diamonds,
precious and rare.
False friends are like Autumn leaves,
found everywhere.
* Politicians have a problem for every solution
* I'm just trying to be me, doing what I can and have to do
* Picasso was once a beginner
* Never close off possibilities
* The present influences the future just as much as the past
* You never know what is enough, until you know what is more than enough
* A big talker usually talks himself into unpopularity
* The way to be safe is never to be secure
* Every house guest brings you happiness: some when they arrive, and some when they
leave
* Never put off until tomorrow what you can do just as well today
* No one is ever to old to know better
* Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow
* Even the best quality leather has flaws
* Everything works out for the best, even the worst intentions
* Do what you can with whatever you have, wherever you are
* Procrastination is the thief of time
* People are people through other people, we constantly seek confirmation of our own
existence by how we relate to others
* So many people have failed to realise that "them" is "us"
* The hardest arithmetic to master is the one which enables us to count our blessings
* Never compete; create
* The weak have one weapon: the errors of those who think they are strong
* Don't wait for a light to appear at the end of the tunnel. Stride down there and light
the
bloody thing yourself!
* Never buy anything you don't want merely because it's dear
* Progress is impossible without change and those who cannot change their minds cannot
change anything
* Always ask yourself - "How can this be done better?"
* A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers
* So few people admit to a belief in astrology, but I'm yet to meet someone who doesn't
know their star sign
* If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers
* The very first step towards success in anything is to become interested in what you're
doing
* Learning preserves the eviors of the past as well as its wisdom
* All the greatest pleasures of life are silent
* A little inaccuracy sometimes spares tonnes of explanation
* There are so many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same
* Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without
* It is easy to stand a pain but difficult to stand an itch
* If everybody remembered the past, nobody would ever forgive anybody
* Little minds are wounded by the smallest things
* We always formulate opinions at a time when our judgement is at its weakest
* No girl wants to be the highest peach on the tree, where she can't be reached or
squeezed
* There is really no such thing as bad weather, only different types of good weather
* Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast
* All creatures have a sense of territory - except children
* Invisible threads are the strongest ties
* Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on
* The line that is straightest offers most resistance
* No needle is sharp at both ends
* Like can turn to love but seldom love to like
* We all find time to do what we really want to do
* In law, nothing is certain except the expense
* The most useful virtue is patience
* Emotional security is just as important as financial security
* We think our fathers fools,
so wise we grow;
Our wiser sons, no doubt,
will think us so
* You can get almost everything accomplished if you don't mind who gets the credit
* Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let it economise us
* Give me a firm place to stand and I will move the earth
* Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and
misguided men
* Many young people die of old age
* To know where anything is we must have found it
* It is not lack of love but lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages
* Some people spend half a day looking for the shortest way to do a job that could be done
in one hour
* Silence can be more disturbing than noise
* There are two kinds of fools; those who can't change their opinions, and those who won't
* The farther one pursues knowledge, the less one knows
* Peace of mind is the mental condition in which you have accepted the worst
* However true true love is, true friendship is rarer
* Perfect happiness, even in memory, is not common
* All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance
* The weaker sex is the stronger sex because of the weakness of the stronger sex for the
weaker sex
* Those who advise us to keep going seldom tell us where
* Children think not of what is past, nor what is to come, but enjoy the present time,
which
few of us do
* A bird in the hand is worth what it will bring
* All the strength you need to achieve anything is within you
* It's the world's only defence, that we hurt out of love, not out of hate
* Time may heal all wounds, but steady daily routine makes good bandages
* Half of the things people do not succeed in, are through fear of making the attempt
* Conversation is the fire of social life
* There is a difference between lying and not telling the truth
* Nothing can be created from nothing
* It is better that ten guilty persons escape, than one innocent suffers
* When you dig, be careful where you throw the dirt
* A truth that's told with bad intent,
Beats all the lies you can invent
* If some people got their rights, they would complain of being deprived of their wrongs
* Try to learn something about everything and everything about something
* The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once
* He that expecteth nothing is never disappointed
* You cannot make a crab walk straight
* What we have to learn to do, we do by learning
* Thoughts are useless unless followed by action
* We are the people are parents warned us about
* If for the world you are no one, for someone you are the world
* The entire sum of existence is the magic of being needed by just one person
* Do as I say, not as I do
* Laugh at yourself before someone beats you to it
* Don't make the same mistakes twice - keep coming up with new ones
* Don't take life too seriously - you'll never get out alive
* Be responsible for yourself and your actions - not those of others
* Pure and complete sorrow is almost as impossible as pure and complete joy
* God brings men into deep waters, not to drown them, but to cleanse them
* Many receive advice, only the wise profit by it
* A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost
* Men willingly believe what they will
* Adversity introduces a man to himself
* If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch
* Debt is a bottomless sea
* The more you say - the less people remember. The fewer the words, the greater the profit
* Sticks and stones may break my bones -
Use words if you want to hurt me
* The cruelest dream is reality
* Tomorrow never comes
* Search out for the positive things, ignore the rest
* Tomorrow will bring a better day
* Winners never quit, because quitters never win
* Death is not an elective. One day, we will all take the class
* Death is a great teacher: it teaches us about life
* Good things come in small packages
* The best gift in life is poverty
* Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're going to get
* If you get what you want, you deserve it
* Love can be as strong as death
* Whenever one door closes, another one opens
* Everything changes you
* God invented guys to drive girls crazy
* You should live up to your expectations, not those of others
* The smart learn from the wisdom of others, the rest learn from their stupidity
* The more you give, the more you get
* Faith can move mountains
* Life isn't a level playing field
* Just because you can't see something doesn't mean it's not there
* Wake up to reality
* You live only once
* Open up your heart and let it show you the way
* Believe in yourself
* Have faith in what you do
* You were meant to be the way you are exactly
* Winning without dignity or grace is not winning
* You're only allowed so many lies before they start showing in your face
* Life is full of hard things and isn't fair - but you've still got to make choices
* What you see is never what you get
* When you learn to love yourself, you're better off by far
* True love never did run smooth
* You say it best when you say nothing at all
© Da_Funkster 1999