mary anne radmacher: courage doesn't always roar

courage doesn't always roar.
sometimes courage is the quiet voice
at the end of the day, saying,
"i will try again tomorrow."
- mary anne radmacher

Positive Attitude Sayings

Many of the most common sayings about positive thinking are of unknown origin. These are some of my favorites.

Follow Your Dreams.

The best things in life are free.

Attitude is everything.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Life is what you make of it.

Where there is a will, there is a way.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Be the best that you can be.

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

Today is the first day of the rest of your life.

A life lived in fear is a life half lived.

Reach for the stars.

Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called Present.

When life gives you lemons, Make Lemonade.

Happiness is a state of mind.

It's always darkest before the dawn.

Change comes from within.

Smile! and the world will smile with you!

You Create Your Own Reality.

There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way.

This is the first day.... of the rest of your life.

The book of life is filled with incoherent riddles. Life’s true lessons are inscribed in a corner of the margin - Jonathan Lockwood Huie

The book of life is filled with incoherent riddles.
Life’s true lessons are inscribed in a corner of the margin.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

The World's 10 Most Inspiring Quotations

These ten inspiring quotations from diverse cultures and times represent the thread of enlightenment and compassion that has always run through the greatest among us. Click on each name to see more.

This above all, to thine own self be true.
- William Shakespeare

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.
- Confucius

Happiness depends upon ourselves.
- Aristotle

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.
– Lao Tsu

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion.
If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

All things share the same breath - the beast, the tree, the man... the air shares its spirit with all the life it supports.
- Chief Seattle

Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man.
- Rabindranath Tagore

Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.
– St Francis of Assisi

There are no facts, only interpretations.
- Friedrich Nietzsche

There are only two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle.
- Albert Einstein

Clearly, this list is a personal selection. What quote tops your list of most inspiring? Please post your favorite quote as a comment.

John Lennon: Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans

Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
- John Lennon

Stop wishing and fearing the future long enough to be fully present in TODAY. Some great things are happening today that bear no resemblance to what you planned.

Buddha: You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger

You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.
- the Buddha

Feel angry and the quality of living shrivels and dies. An angry person has all the juice and joy of last year's prune.

Read my articles on dealing with anger:

Stop Anger Before It Stops You - 7 Secrets

Regrets, Resentments and the Path to Forgiveness - Stop Anger & Live Happy With Conscious Awareness

Less Stress - More Joy - Making Healthy Choices

You can't make life "fair"

Ralph Waldo Emerson: A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Every wall is a door

Every wall is a door.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Leo Tolstoy: If you want to be happy, be

If you want to be happy, be.
- Leo Tolstoy

Happiness is a choice - independent of circumstances.

Aristotle: Happiness depends upon ourselves

Happiness depends upon ourselves
- Aristotle

If you don't take full responsibility for your own happiness, who do you suppose will? Your happiness is a one person job - it begins and ends with you.

Consider the people in your life: which of them brighten your days? Chances are that the people that you most enjoy are the people who have made their own choice to be happy in the face of their circumstances.

Beyond being the greatest gift that you can give yourself, your choice to be happy is a magnificent present to your family, friends, and everyone you meet.

Albert Einstein: There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
- Albert Einstein

What is a miracle? To some, it is an act of God. To others, something amazing, extraordinary, or unexpected. To me, Life is a miracle. Everything that happens is a miracle. There is no reason for me to exist as I do - no reason for humanity, the universe, or the laws of Nature. Energy, mass, gravity and the rest of existence are all so improbable.

Every day I give thanks that I am me, and that everything that has ever occurred in my life happened exactly as it did - however unpleasant it may have appeared at the time.

Life is as easy or as hard as you think it is - Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Life is as easy or as hard as you think it is
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Whenever you say or even think, "This is hard," that task or challenge becomes difficult. Dread it, and it becomes terrifying.

When you choose to move past fear - fear of failure, fear of embarrassment, fear of "looking bad," fear of losing respect - life becomes much lighter, and most any task becomes possible - perhaps even enjoyable. Most any challenge can become an adventure of discovery.