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We
see the brightness of a new page where everything yet can happen.
—
Rainer Maria Rilke
Inspirational
Quote from Inspiration Line 1/21/08
Don't
ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and
then go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
—
Harold Thurman Whitman
Inspirational
Quote from Inspiration Line 1/22/07 To
be a warrior is not a simple matter of wishing to be one. It is rather an endless
struggle that will go on to the very last moment of our lives. Nobody is born
a warrior, in exactly the same way that nobody is born an average man. We make
ourselves into one or the other.
—
Carlos Castaneda
Inspirational
Quote from Inspiration Line 10/30/06 You
gain strength, experience and confidence by every experience where you really
stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you cannot do.
—
Eleanor Roosevelt
Inspirational
Quote from Inspiration Line 10/30/06 Strength
does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
—
Mahatma Gandhi
Inspirational
Quote from Inspiration Line 5/8/06 Truth
only reveals itself when one gives up all preconceived ideas.
—
Shoseki
Inspirational
Quote from Inspiration Line 1/30/06 When
you become detached mentally from yourself and concentrate on helping other people
with their difficulties, you will be able to cope with your own more effectively.
Somehow, the act of self-giving is a personal power-releasing factor.
—
Norman Vincent Peale
Inspirational
Quote from Inspiration Line 11/14/05 Within
each of us is a hidden store of energy. Energy we can release to compete in the
marathon of life. Within each of us is a hidden store of courage, courage to give
us the strength to face any challenge. Within each of us is a hidden store of
determination. Determination to keep us in the race when all seems lost.
—
Roger Dawson
Inspirational
Quote from Inspiration Line 8/22/05 Let
freedom ring, let the white dove sing, let the weak be strong, let the right be
wrong... it's Independence Day.
—
Martina McBride
Inspirational
Quote from Inspiration Line 7/4/05 We
need to find the courage to say 'NO' to the things and people that are not serving
us if we want to rediscover ourselves and live our lives with authenticity.
—
Dr. Barbara DeAngelis
Inspirational
Quote from Inspiration Line 4/18/05 Reach
high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes
the goal.
—
Pamela Vaull Starr
Inspirational
Quote from Inspiration Line 1/3/05 Any
time we feel twinges of resentment because we are too often asked to volunteer,
it's time to remind ourselves that we CAN choose to change
our behavior and say: "NO" ... a word that will
do wonders for our self-esteem.
—
Harry Thomas, Editor
of Inspiration Line
Inspirational
Quote from Inspiration Line 5/10/04 There
is a delicate balance of putting yourself last and not being a doormat and thinking
of yourself first and not coming off as selfish, arrogant or bossy. We spend the
majority of our lives attempting to perfect this balance.
—
Cindy L. Teachey, “Building Lifelong Relationships” 1994
Inspirational
Quote from Inspiration Line 4/12//04 If
the children acquiesce, they may learn to suppress their anger to avoid retribution.
But the rage remains inside, often just below the surface.
—
Alvin Rosenfeld & Saul Wasserman "Healing the Heart" (Published
1990)
Inspirational
Quote from Inspiration Line 2/16//04 As
a child I was sculpted by an extremely controlling mother, yet I was simultaneously
blessed with a squadron of guardian angels who constantly whispered Truth into
my 'ethereal ear.' While my environment taught me bigotry, for example, I had
an inner 'Knowingness' that allowed me to reject that heartless viewpoint ...
even at a very early age.
— Harry Thomas, Editor
of Inspiration Line
Inspirational
Quote from Inspiration Line 2/16//04 You
have been criticizing yourself for years, and it hasn't worked. Try approving
of yourself and see what happens.
— Louise L. Hay,
Best-selling Author of "You Can Heal Your Life"
Inspirational
Quote from Inspiration Line 1/12//04 I'm
not afraid of storms for I'm learning how to sail my ship.
—
Louisa May Alcott, Author & Women's Activist (1832-1888)
Inspirational
Quote from Inspiration Line 11/10//03 Humility
does not mean you think less of yourself. It means you think of yourself less.
—
Ken Blanchard, Motivational Speaker & Author
Inspirational
Quote from Inspiration Line 10/13//03 Do
not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave
a trail.
—
Muriel Strode, American Author "At the Roots of Grasses"
Inspirational
Quote from Inspiration Line 8/11/03 In
the analytical DRAMA
TRIANGLE, a 'persecutor' often has self-esteem as low as a 'rescuer',
who in turn can be as needy as a 'victim' ... for the roles are, in fact, interchangeable.
Becoming aware of these dynamics is the key to transformation.
—
Harry Thomas, Editor
of Inspiration Line
Inspirational
Quote from Inspiration Line 7/28/03 If
you're able to be yourself, then you have no competition. All you have to do is
get closer
and closer to that essence.
—
Barbara
Cook, Celebrated Singer & Actress (1927-- )
Inspirational
Quote from Inspiration Line 5/26/03 When
I'm trusting and being myself as fully as possible, everything in my life reflects
this by
falling into place easily, often miraculously.
—
Shakti Gawain, Bestselling Personal Growth Author
Inspirational
Quote from Inspiration Line 3/10/03 Man
cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
— Andre
Gide, French Author (1869-1951)
Inspirational
Quote from Inspiration Line 1/27/03 Sometimes
risk taking may involve the most simple of acts. Yet we often whip up a bag full
of excuses to avoid taking action. For goodness sake (literally), let's step beyond
our security bubbles and start reaching out to those who cross our path.
—
Harry Thomas, Editor
of Inspiration Line
Inspirational
Quote from Inspiration Line 1/27/03 Each
choice we make causes a ripple effect in our lives. When things happen to us,
it is the reaction we choose that can create the difference between the sorrows
of our past and the joy in our future.
—
Harry Thomas, Editor of Inspiration Line
©
2003 Inspiration Line You
may feel like dwelling on your limits or your fears. Don't do it. A perfect prescription
for a squandered, unfulfilled life is to accommodate self-defeating feelings while
undercutting your finest, most productive ones.
— Marsha
Sinetar Nurture
your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.
— Benjamin Disraeli
The
art of living lies not in eliminating but in growing with troubles.
—
Bernard M. Baruch Proust
has pointed out that the predisposition to love creates its own objects; is this
not also true of fear?
— Elizabeth Bowen
I believe
that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do, provided he keeps
doing them until he gets a record of successful experiences behind him.
—
Eleanor Roosevelt
We
are so obsessed with doing that we have no time and no imagination left for being.
As a result, men are valued not for what they are but for what they do or what
they have — for their usefulness.
— Thomas Merton
Man
did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to
the web, he does to himself.
— Chief Seattle
It's
not true that nice guys finish last. Nice guys are winners before the game even
starts.
— Addison Walker
All
problems become smaller if you don’t dodge them, but confront them. Touch
a thistle timidly, and it pricks you; grasp it boldly, and its spines crumble.
— William S. Halsey
Fear
comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or
worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear.
—
William Congreve What
worries you, masters you.
— Haddon W. Robinson
If
you let fear of consequence prevent you from following your deepest instinct,
then your life will be safe, expedient and thin.
—
Katharine Butler Hathaway Have
patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose
courage in considering your own imperfections, but instantly set about remedying
them — every day begin the task anew.
— Saint
Francis de Sales Courage
is being scared to death — and saddling up anyway.
—
John Wayne "Come
to the edge," He said. They said, "We are afraid." "Come to
the edge," He said. They came. He pushed them ... and they flew.
—
Guillaume Apollinaire Confront
your fears, list them, get to know them, and only then will you be able to put
them aside and move ahead.
— Jerry Gillies
Courage
is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared.
— Eddie Rickenbacker Courage
is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more
important than fear.
— Ambrose Redmoon Courage
is reclaiming your life after a devastating event robs you of your confidence
and self-esteem. It is facing tomorrow with a firm resolve to reach deep within
yourself to find another strength, another talent. ... It is taking yourself to
another level of your own existence where you are once again whole, productive,
special...
— Catherine Britton Courage
is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the
others.
— Aristotle The
courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final
moment, but it is no less than a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy. People
do what they must — in spite of personal consequences,
in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures — and
that is the basis of all human morality.
— John F.
Kennedy Courage
is the atom of change.
— Bettina R. Flores Each
time a person stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or
strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing
each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, these ripples
build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.
— Robert F. Kennedy A
hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson I
have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me. I have
accepted fear as a part of life — specifically
the fear of change, the fear of the unknown; and I have gone ahead despite the
pounding in my heart that says: turn back, turn back, you'll die if you venture
too far.
— Erica Jong It
takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are.
—
e.e. cummings If
our vocabulary did not contain the words trouble, adversity, calamity and grief,
it could not contain the words, bravery, patience and self-sacrifice. Those who
face no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it is, the human characteristics
we admire most grow in a soil with a strong mixture of trouble.
—
Dale Turner If
you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might
have been.
— Robert H. Schuller It
is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not
dare that things are difficult.
— Seneca Something
happens to me when I witness someone's courage. They may not know I'm watching
and I might not let them know. But something happens to me that will last me for
a lifetime. To fill me when I'm empty, and rock me when I'm low.
—
Holly Near Never
be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark. Professionals
built the Titanic.
— Unknown There
are people who put their dreams in a little box and say, "Yes, I've got dreams,
of course I've got dreams." Then they put the box away and bring it out once
in awhile to look in it, and yep, they're still there. These are great dreams,
but they never even get out of the box. It takes an uncommon amount of guts to
put your dreams on the line, to hold them up and say, "How good or how bad
am I?" That's where courage comes in.
— Erma Bombeck
Never
grow a wishbone, daughter, where you backbone ought to be.
—
Clementine Paddleford
What is needed, rather than running away or controlling or suppressing or any
other resistance, is understanding fear; that means, watch it, learn about it,
come directly into contact with it. We are here to learn about fear, not how to
escape from it.
— Jiddu Krishnamurti Whatever
course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong.
There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics
are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson All
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