My Favorite Inspirational Quotes

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

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

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

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

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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.

Helen Keller: Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.
– Helen Keller

Why live? Adding one to my count of days, or postponing a feared death by another day do not inspire me. I live to experience something new each day - to learn something new, meet a new friend, bring joy into someone's life, feel the wind newly on my skin, touch a new fear, a new anger, and with focused intent and good fortune, find an ample measure of my own joy.

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Helen Keller (1880-1968) overcame being both deaf and blind to become a famous author, lecturer, and activist for women's suffrage, workers' rights, and ending war. The story of how she broke through the isolation imposed by a near complete lack of language has become known worldwide through the play and film The Miracle Worker.

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.