‘Inspirational’

Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed. It is all part of the fairy tale.

Nothing in the world is ever completely wrong. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?

If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.

No matter what he does, every person on earth plays a central role in the history of the world. And normally he doesn’t know it.

You never fail until you stop trying.

The things you do for yourself are gone when you are gone, but the things you do for others remain as your legacy.

All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.

Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.

It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.

Turn your wounds into wisdom.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

The world isn’t interested in the storms you encountered, but whether or not you brought in the ship.

It’s not the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.

When you come to the end of your rope…tie a knot and hang on.

When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It’s a way of understanding it.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.

Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

Isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.

I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.

Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.

The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.

If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.

Well done is better than well said.