Wise Words

I have a habit of collecting inspirational and fun quotes any time I come across them. If you have any of your personal favorites, please share them here! These are some of my favorites.

"See the world in terms of the possibilities it offers rather than the limitations it imposes. Limits are often illusory; they are there because of our over-modest expectations."
- 1,001 Ways to Live in the Moment by Barbara Kipfer


"There is more to life than increasing its speed."
-  Mohandas Gandhi


"You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it."
- Steve Jobs

"The whole of life is but a moment of time. It is our duty, therefore to use it, not to misuse it."
-  Plutarch


"Convert difficulties into opportunities, for difficulties are divine surgeries to make you better."
-  Author Unknown

"When it is dark enough, you can see the stars."

-  Ralph Waldo Emerson

"If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress."
- Barack Obama


"A thing of beauty is a joy forever."
- John Keats

"If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart."
- Arab Proverb

"If you don't have a plan for yourself, you'll be a part of someone else's."
- American Proverb

"Never mistake motion for action."
- Ernest Hemingway

"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give."
- Winston Churchill

"Living involves tearing up one rough draft after another."
-  Author Unknown

"Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas."
-  Marie Curie

"The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up."
Mark Twain

"We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of power to forgive is devoid of the power to love."
- Martin Luther King Jr.

"You can't have everything... where would you put it?"
- Steven Wright

“You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.”
- Christopher Columbus