Motivation Quotes

"Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value."

"Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous."

"The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it."

"If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed."

"Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value."

"If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?"

"Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them."

"The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once."

"Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater."

"A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?"

"My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style."

"Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud."

"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude."

"You are the sum total of everything you've ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot - it's all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive."

"Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage."

"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."

"The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned."

"Nothing will work unless you do."

"History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again."

"One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest."

"All great achievements require time."

"Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning."

"I am grateful to be a woman. I must have done something great in another life."

"I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself."

"I got my own back."

"My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return."

"Whatever you want to do, if you want to be great at it, you have to love it and be able to make sacrifices for it."

"I'm convinced of this: Good done anywhere is good done everywhere. For a change, start by speaking to people rather than walking by them like they're stones that don't matter. As long as you're breathing, it's never too late to do some good."

"Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: 'I'm with you kid. Let's go.'"

"The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind."