Here are some of my favorite inspirational quotes and sayings to build and keep a winningspirit.
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTATIONS
“The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.” — Mark Twain
“Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” — St. Francis of Assisi
“Everybody can be great because everybody can serve.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Pretend that you have only six months to live, and make three lists: the things you have to do, want to do, and neither have to do nor want to do. Then, for the rest of your life, forget everything on the third list.” — Robert Eliot, Professor of Cardiology, University of Nebraska
“The kingdom of God is within you.” — Jesus, Luke 17:21
“Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off the goal.” — Author Unknown
“When it gets dark enough, you can see the stars.” — Charles A. Beard
“The best way to knock a chip off someone’s shoulder is to give him or her a pat on the back.” — Author Unknown
“To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.” – Oscar Wilde
“… the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes
“The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.” — Bertrand Russell
“Only the organized can loaf with peace of mind.” — Peter Turla
On immortality: “The average man does not know what to do with his life, yet wants another one which will last forever.” — Anatole France
“Happiness is not having what you want, it’s wanting what you have.” — Author Unknown
“Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.” — Chinese proverb
“Astonishing! Everything is intelligent!” — Pythagoras
“God enters by a private door into every individual.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson
“You are what you love.” — St. Augustine
“It is not he who has little but he who always wants more who is poor.” — Seneca
“Wealth does not consist of having great possessions, but having few desires.” — Epicurus, Fragments
“I never saw a U-Haul behind a hearse.” — Reverend Billy Graham
“Most of the shadows in this life are caused by standing in one’s own sunshine.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.” — James Allen
“Anyone who has a why to live can bear almost any what.” — Nietzsche
“If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are.” — Zen proverb
“The trivialities of every day, the disappointments and the petty annoyances and the hurts you allow yourselves to receive from daily life, are all very small; but you yourselves allow them to seem very big. Let them recede, concentrate your whole being upon the love of God.” — The Quiet Mind
“The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.” — Hans Hoffmann
“We are not victims of the world, but victims of the way we perceive the world.” — Carol Record, Unity minister
“Don’t sweat the small stuff; and remember, it’s all small stuff.” — Author Unknown
“What we love we shall grow to resemble.” — Bernard of Clairvaux
“Every good thought you think is contributing its share to the ultimate result of your life.” — Grenville Kleiser
“Let one therefore keep the mind pure, for what a man thinks, that he becomes.” — The Upanishads
“Sometimes it is necessary to reteach a thing its loveliness … until it flowers again from within.” — Galway Kinnell
“Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped.” — Liberian proverb
“The mind grows by what it feeds on.” — Josiah G. Holland
“It is not he who has little but he who always wants more who is poor.” — Seneca
“Wealth does not consist of having great possessions, but having few desires.” — Epicurus, Fragments
“I never saw a U-Haul behind a hearse.” — Reverend Billy Graham
“Most of the shadows in this life are caused by standing in one’s own sunshine.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“One who loves God finds the object of his love everywhere.” — Sri Aurobindo, The Life Divine
“A man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him and carry an image around of him in their mind.” — William James
“Patience is the key to paradise.” — Turkish Proverb
“In things spiritual, there is no partition, no number, no individuals. How sweet is the oneness—unearth the treasure of Unity.” — Rumi, Masnavi
“Forgiving is not forgetting, it’s letting go of the hurt.” — Mary McLeod Bethune
“If someone throws salt at you, you will receive no harm unless you have sore places.” — Latin proverb
“The highest form of wisdom is kindness.” — The Talmud
“People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges.” — Joseph Fort Newton
“Lord, when we are wrong, make us willing to change. And when we are right, make us easy to live with.” — Peter Marshall
“When you know better, you do better.” — Maya Angelou
“He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass.” — Francis Bradley
“Separate reeds are weak and easily broken; but bound together they are strong and hard to tear apart.” — The Midrash
“You can’t hold a man down without staying down with him.” — Booker T. Washington
“I never lost a game. I just ran out of time.” — Bobby Layne, pro football player
“The highest revelation is that God is in everyone.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson, Journals
“At that point in your life where your talent meets the needs of the world, that is where God wants you to be.” — Albert Schweitzer, The Philosophy of Civilization
“I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know is that the only ones among you who will be truly happy will be those who have sought and found how to serve.” — Albert Schwitzer
“The thing to try when all else fails is: try again.” — Author Unknown
“It’s not how much we have, but how much we enjoy that makes us happy.” — Author Unknown
“We begin each of our stockholders’ meetings with a prayer. But we certainly don’t pray that the investments we made yesterday will go up today … we pray for wisdom, for understanding, and for an open mind to God’s will. We pray that our direction will benefit all parties involved.” — Sir John Marks Templeton, founder of The Templeton Growth Fund
“Half an hour’s meditation is essential, except when you are very busy. Then a full hour is needed.” — Francis de Sales
“We shall be remembered more for our kindnesses than for our accomplishments, for our generosity than for our riches, and for our service than for our success.”— Bill Ward
“You make a living with what you get, but you make a life with what you give.” — Winston Churchill
Today, well lived, makes yesterday a dream of happiness and tomorrow a vision of hope. — Sanskrit saying
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If you like these quotes, I think you’ll enjoy reading my winning-spirit book, Spirit Incorporated: How to follow Your Spiritual Path from 9 to 5 by Kathleen L Hawkins.