I have always loved reading quotes and inspirations from various authors and thinkers.  I love it when you read something and think, “That’s exactly how I feel!”  I plan to change the quote on the front page of my blog on a monthly basis – then the quotes will be put in this area in case you loved something so much, you want to return to it.  I hope you are inspired!

“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement, nothing can be done without hope and confidence.”                                                                 — Helen Keller

“Don’t ask what the world needs.  Ask what makes you come alive and go do it.  Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”                   -Howard Thurman

Remember this always: the living of your own life writes the book of your most sacred truth and offers evidence of it.                                                              -Neale Donald Walsch

To the dull mind all nature is leaden. To the illumined mind the whole world burns and sparkles with light.                                                        -Ralph Waldo Emerson

What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.                                                             -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart.   Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside,  awakes.                                                                                               -Carl Jung

To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven.   -Johannes A. Gaertner

Christmas waves a magic wand over this world and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.          -Norman Vincent Peale

Those who are lifting the world upward and onward are those who encourage more than criticize.                            -Elizabeth Harrison

All you need is love.                       -John Lennon and Paul McCartney

Don’t be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can’t cross a chasm in two small jumps.                                                     -David Lloyd George

We cannot hold a torch to light another person’s path without brightening our own.                                                        -Ben Sweetland

Don’t let other people’s opinions burn holes in your dreams   -Elsa Joy Bailey

Gratitude is something of which none of us can give too much. For on the smiles, the thanks we give, our little gestures of appreciation, our neighbors build their philosophy of life. -A.J. Cronin

We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy.  -Joseph Campbell

Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude. -Dennis Waitley

We may ignore, but we can nowhere evade, the presence of God.  The world is crowded with Him.  He walks everywhere incognito.  And the incognito is not always hard to penetrate.  The real labor is to remember, to attend.  In fact, to come awake.  Still more, to remain awake.  -C.S. Lewis

The Glory of God is a human being fully alive.  -St.  Irenaeus

Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it. – The Talmud

To be grateful is to recognize the Love of God in everything.  -Thomas Merton

Whoever does not see God in every place does not see God in any place. -Rabbi Elimelech

Those who are awake live in a constant state of amazement.   -Jack Kornfield

One of the most calming and powerful actions you can do to intervene in a stormy world is to stand up and show your soul. Struggling souls catch light from other souls who are fully lit and willing to show it. -Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés