Inspirational Quotes by zzmbrashear (short novels to read .txt) 📕

is like trying to drive down a country road at night with no lights while looking out the back window. Peter F. Drucker

If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade. Tom Peters

Don't quack like a duck, soar like an eagle. Kenneth Blanchard

It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up. Vince Lombardi

Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom.
Sam Walton

Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects. Arnold H. Glasgow

If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree. Jim Rohn

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month. Theodore Roosevelt

Middle Age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, "Why not?" and the other, "Why bother?" Sydney J. Harris

When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor.
It's to enjoy each step along the way. Wayne Dyer

I don't deserve this award, but I have arthritis and I don't deserve that either. Jack Benny

If you don't say anything, you won't be called on to repeat it. Calvin Coolidge

A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on. French Proverb

Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love. Albert Einstein

We can throw stones, complain about them, stumble on them, climb over them, or build with them. William Arthur Ward

The older I get, the greater power I seem to have to help the world; I am like a snowball - the further I am rolled the more I gain. Susan B. Anthony

Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure that they think he is growing old. Washington Irving
Bore: one who has the power of speech but not the capacity for conversation. Benjamin Disraeli

Two things are bad for the heart - running up stairs and running down people. Bernard M. Baruch

If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread, they can sure make something out of you. Mahummaad Ali

A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it. Bob Hope

Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. Confucius

Age doesn't matter, unless your cheese. Jean Paul Richter

Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight. Phyllis Diller

If you don't know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else! Yogi Berra

Nobody's got it made. Nobody, no matter what they look like. Linda Evans "Here is a test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: If you're alive, it isn't. Richard Bach

Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort. Charles Dickens

A committee is a group that keeps the minutes and loses hours. Milton Berle

Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something. Plato

Cultivate the habit of early rising. It is unwise to keep the head long on a level with the feet. Henry David Thoreau

Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest. Thomas Fuller

A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them. Elbert Hubbard

It is strange that the years teach us patience;
that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting. Elizabeth Taylor

The only man I know who behaves sensibly is my tailor; he takes my measurements anew each time he sees me. The rest go on with their old measurements and expect me to fit them. George Bernard Shaw

We can be bitter about our handicaps or we can be happy about our blessings. Ward, William Arthur. Up Words. Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1984.

It is better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all. Alfred Lord Tennyson

The self expression ruler or instrument of poetry has an attractive impact for dealing with a broken heart. Randall Paul

If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the aching, or cool one pain ... I shall not live in vain. Emily Dickinson

God is closest to those with broken hearts. Jewish Proverb

"The train of brotherly love rides on tracks of concern and compassion." William Arthur Ward

Hearts will never be made practical until they are made unbreakable. Tinman from the Wizard of Oz

Don't brood. Get on with living and loving. You don't have forever. Leo Buscaglia

I can be changed by what happens to me, but I refuse to be reduced by it. Maya Angelou

The less you open your heart to others, the more your heart suffers. Deepak Chopra

Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart. Washington Irving

Suddenly, as rare things will, it vanished. Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Relationships are like glass. Sometimes it's better to leave them broken than try to hurt yourself putting it back together. Author Unknown

Sadness flies away on the wings of time. Jean de La Fontaine

Our words can cut or comfort, hinder or help, harass or heal, injure or inspire. William Arthur Ward When your heart is broken it is hard to move forward, but you have to focus on all the other blessings in your life. C Pulsifer

Don't cry when the sun is gone, because the tears won't let you see the stars. Violeta Parra

A friend is what the heart needs all the time. Henry van Dyke

No matter who broke your heart, or how long it takes to heal, you'll never get through it without your friends. Carrie

"Love is the dove of peace, the spirit of brotherhood, it is tenderness and compassion, forgiveness and tolerance." Wilferd A. Peterson

"Love is the creative fire, the inspiration that keeps the torch of progress aflame." Wilferd A. Peterson

"Love is the dynamic motivation behind every worthy purpose; it is the upward thrust that lifts men to the heights." Wilferd A. Peterson

"Friendship, awareness, happiness, all of the arts of the good life, are brilliant beads strung on the golden cord of love." Wilferd A. Peterson

"Love is down to earth and it reaches to the highest star; it is the valey of humility and the mopuntaintop of ecstasy." Wilferd A. Peterson

"Love is the supreme good; it is the overflowing life, the giving of ourselves to noble ends and causes." Wilferd A. Peterson

It has been proven that writing your thoughts out
is beneficial to your healing. Mike Landis

Only you can control your future and you need to start making choices that will
eventually bring you to your new life. Lisa Marie Williams

Never let a broken heart stop you from living your life. Move forward, move on, there is something better. Believe this and you will help mend your broken heart. C Sampson

My heart was heavy,
for its trust had been abused, its kindness anwered with foul wrong. Whittier

No cord nor cable can so forcibly draw, or hold so fast, as love can do with a twined thread. Burton

There's no love lost between us. Cervantes

If you would be loved, love and be lovable. Benjamin Franklin. Best Quotations for All Occasions. Permabooks, 1945, p. 140.

Move on from relationships that aren't working and never will. Elaine St. James, 365 Simple Reminders

We are not evil, inadequate or incompetent when our relationships fail. Leo F. Buscaglia, Ph.D., Loving Each Other, The Challenge of Human Relationships

Strange as it may seem, the cruelest blows in life often come to us from those who are nearest and dearest. Do not let these heartbreaks overcome you, but rather, overcome the heartbreaks. They come to all. Dorothea Kopplin, Something to Live By

You are the only one who can forgive and love you the way you desire. Melissa Perry Moraja, Empower Your Soul.

If you find yourself ruminating over a hurt and are not ready to forgive, shift to gratitude. Think about all that is good in your life and all that you appreciate. Stephen Post, PhD and Jill Neimark, Why Good Things Happen to Good People

There are many broken heart quotes but the one that has meaning for us was said by Alexander Graham Bell:

"When one door closes, another opens;
but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door
that we do not see the one which has opened for us. "

Believe deep down in your heart
that you're destined to do great things.
Joe Paterno

I can't believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary. 
Lou Holtz

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. 
John Wooden

Yesterday's home runs don't win today's games.
Babe Ruth

Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve! 
Andrew Carnegie

When you're playing against a stacked deck, compete even harder. Show the world how much you'll fight for the winner's circle. If you do, someday the cellophane will crackle off a fresh pack, one that belongs to you, and the cards will be stacked in your favor. 
Pat Riley

There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative. 
W. Clement Stone

It doesn't matter how many say it cannot be done or how many people have tried it before; it's important to realize that whatever you're doing, it's your first attempt at it. 
Wally Amos

Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, 
others make it happen. 
Michael Jordan

There is only one time that is important - NOW! It is the most important time because it is the only time that we have any power. Leo Tolstoy

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

There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered. Nelson Mandela

Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer. Denis

If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten. Anthony Robbins

A minute's success pays the failure of years. Robert Browning

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Henry Ward Beecher
Get work. Be sure it is better than what you work to get.Elizabeth Barrett Browning

He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions. Louisa May Alcott

Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else. Margaret Mead

If you don’t have confidence, you’ll always find a way not to win. Carl