Welcome to my Daily Inspiration - Daily Quote. See today's daily inspirational quotes below.
May the world be kind to you, and may your own thoughts be gentle upon yourself. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Sunday, October 31, 2010

What lessons might Halloween hold for us?


Laugh when you can,
apologize when you should,
and let go of what you can't change.
Life's too short to be anything... but happy.
- Anonymous

Today is my day to laugh at life.
Laugh loud - laugh often.
Laugh at what's funny - laugh at what's sad.
Laugh at me - laugh at you - laugh at life.
- jlh

Life's burdens are lighter when I laugh at myself.
- jlh


What lessons might Halloween hold for us?

1. What appears very scary is probably nothing to fear when thoughtfully examined in the light.

2. Take time to laugh at yourself. Those who feel too important to laugh at themselves rob themselves, their family, and their friends of a great source of joy.

Further reading: The 9 Paths To Happiness

You grow up the day you have your first real laugh - at yourself. - Ethel Barrymore

Saturday, October 30, 2010

You can never love without giving - Robert Louis Stevenson


You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.
- Robert Louis Stevenson

Happiness... consists in giving, and in serving others.
- Henry Drummond

For it is in giving that we receive.
- St. Francis of Assisi

Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go.
- Mother Teresa


The profoundly wise of all ages have found that true happiness comes only from love and from service.

Further reading: Joy is a Choice - but Not an Easy Choice

Giving liberates the soul of the giver. - Maya Angelou

Friday, October 29, 2010

Life in abundance comes only through great love. - Elbert Hubbard


Life in abundance comes only through great love.
- Elbert Hubbard

I am the master of my emotions - I transform fear to love, anger to compassion, pain to comfort, scarcity to abundance, expectation to gratitude, and jealousy to generosity.
- jlh

We attract abundance when we ask from a compassionate heart.
- jlh


Today's affirmation: My Cup Runneth Over - My Life Is Abundant.

Further reading: Pay It Forward - as an Expression of Universal Gratitude

Overwhelmed By Abundance? - Choose Gratitude

Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into. - Dr. Wayne Dyer

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Be gentle first with yourself. - Lama Yeshe

Be gentle first with yourself. - Lama Yeshe 

 As we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence actually liberates others. - Marianne Williamson 

 Be kind and generous both to yourself and to others.

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Where there is great love there are always miracles. - Willa Cather


Where there is great love there are always miracles.
- Willa Cather

Miracles occur naturally as expressions of love.
The real miracle is the love that inspires them.
In this sense everything that comes from love is a miracle.
- A Course in Miracles

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched.
They must be felt with the heart.
- Helen Keller


Today... Give thanks for the miracles - Give thanks for the love.

Further reading: The Cab Ride

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve. - Joseph Joubert

Love is the great miracle cure. Louise L. Hay

Inspirational Love Quotes

Clever Quotes

Good Quotes

Funny Quotes about Friends

Really Good Quotes

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Don't Assume, Ask


Don't take anything personally.
- don Miguel Ruiz

Don't make assumptions.
- don Miguel Ruiz


Don't assume you know what someone wants. If you care about them, ask.

Don't assume you know why someone says or does what they do. If you care about them, ask. If you don't know them, just give them the benefit of the doubt.

Further reading:don Miguel Ruiz: The Four Agreements - The Wisdom of the Ages in Four Sound-Bites

don Miguel Ruiz: Be skeptical, but learn to listen.

Powerful Quotes

Amazing Quotes

Hilarious Quotes

Senior Quotes for a yearbook

Monday, October 25, 2010

One dies forever in debt to those who are kind.


One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind.
- Malayan Proverb

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
- Melody Beattie

When a person doesn't have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity. A person can almost be defined by his or her attitude toward gratitude.
- Elie Wiesel

A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues.
- Cicero

Affirmation: Today I have gratitude for ALL of life.

Further reading: A List of Gratitudes

Pay It Forward - as an Expression of Universal Gratitude

Zero-Based Gratitude

Celebrating Rainbows and Butterflies - the Small Miracles of Our Life

GRATITUDE - the third Point of Simply An Inspired Life

Ten Little Tips to Feel Happier Right Now

Sunday, October 24, 2010

To laugh often and much... Ralph Waldo Emerson


To laugh often and much;
to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children,
to leave the world a better place,
to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived,
this is to have succeeded.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

To achieve success, stay relaxed - not stressed.

Further reading: 5 Questions To Ask Yourself Before Offering Helpful Advice

Stop Anxiety and Get Back Your Life

Saturday, October 23, 2010

I am not the same having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world. - Mary Anne Radmacher


I am not the same having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.
- Mark Twain

To travel is to take a journey into yourself.
- Danny Kaye


We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.
- Dalai Lama

Further reading: Mary Anne Radmacher: Dare to dream of your great success

We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children. - Native American traditional

Travel

Friday, October 22, 2010

Excellence is the result of caring more than others think is wise


Excellence is the result of caring more than others think is wise,
risking more than others think is safe,
dreaming more than others think is practical,
and expecting more than others think is possible.
- Anonymous

Excellence is not a destination to be arrived at,
but a path of continual attention and improvement.
- jlh

Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other,
on the contrary they are twin sisters.
- Jean Baptiste Lacordaire


Strive for excellence in following your life purpose.

Further reading: Choose Your Habits, Choose Your Life

Thursday, October 21, 2010

If you judge people, you have no time to love them. - Mother Teresa


If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
- Mother Teresa

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.
- Mother Teresa

Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.
- St. Francis of Assisi

Let today be a day to visualize walking in the shoes of the less fortunate.

* Early voting is now open in many states. If you live in one of these states, VOTE TODAY! Vote with compassion and understanding. Vote for the kind of world you want to leave to your grandchildren.

Further reading: Say NO to Stress: 8 Easy and Powerful Ways

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

To live is to choose - Kofi Annan

To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there. - Kofi Annan 

To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform. - Theodore H. White 

Don't play "follow the leader."  Think for yourself. 


Tuesday, October 19, 2010

When in doubt, do it - Oliver Wendell Holmes


When in doubt, do it.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes

Alas for those that never sing,
But die with all their music in them!
~Oliver Wendell Holmes

Those who believe they can do something and those who believe they can't are both right.
- Henry Ford

Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
- Vince Lombardi

Be resolute in your goals, but flexible in your tactics.
- jlh


What have you long put off doing? Is today the day to begin?

Monday, October 18, 2010

There are two kinds of failures - Laurence J. Peter


There are two kinds of failures:
those who thought and never did,
and those who did and never thought.
- Laurence J. Peter

Powerful Dreams Inspire Powerful Action.
When you can taste, smell, and touch your dreams, you can enroll the world.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie


To live a satisfying life requires two steps...
1. Plan your life goals.
2. Act on your plan - every day.

Further reading: Take Charge of Your Life

VISION - the fifth Point of Simply An Inspired Life

ACTION - the sixth Point of Simply An Inspired Life

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Whoever is happy will make others happy, too. - Anne Frank


Whoever is happy will make others happy, too.
- Anne Frank

As we light a path for others, we naturally light our own way.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

The only way to have a friend is to be one.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson


If happiness was possible for Anne Frank, it is possible for any of us.
If you are not familiar with her story, read a very brief version here.

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Look well into thyself - Marcus Aurelius


Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength 
which will always spring up if thou wilt always look there.
- Marcus Aurelius

Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him, 
and then choose that way with all his strength.
- Hasidic Saying

Always be a first-rate version of yourself,
instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
- Judy Garland

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
- John F. Kennedy

Put some distance between yourself and whatever is concerning you.
Distance in space or time always creates a new perspective.
- jlh


Find a time and place of solitude. 
Look into the distance and into the future. 
Visualize the tomorrow you are going to build -- 

Friday, October 15, 2010

Be content with what you have, rejoice in the way things are - Lao Tzu


Be content with what you have, rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.
- Lao Tzu

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
- Confucius

Be gentle with the earth.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama


Today's affirmation: I am open to receiving the generous gifts of Spirit. I hold no expectations or demands on the form, the timing, or the color of the wrapping on the bountiful gifts of Spirit.




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Further reading: Inspiring short stories of love, compassion, forgiveness, and gratitude

Zero-Based Gratitude

The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse - a fable by Aesop

It is always the simple that produces the marvelous. - Amelia Barr

Attitude Quotes

Beautiful Quotes

Blessings

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Distance cannot matter - ours is a friendship of the heart. - Mary Anne Radmacher


Distance cannot matter - ours is a friendship of the heart.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.
- Marlene Dietrich

A friendship that can end never really began.
- Publilius Syrus


Let today be a day to appreciate your relationships and friendships. Let today also be a day to be clear which connections are committed, and which are merely for temporary convenience.

Further reading: Relationship articles

Long Distance Relationships - advice and quotes

Six Ways to End Bickering About Money

How to Know When "Mister Right" is Mister Wrong - dating advice for women

Quotes about Friendship

Funny Quotes about Friends

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

I celebrate myself, and sing myself - Walt Whitman

I celebrate myself, and sing myself. - Walt Whitman 

  Celebrate what you want to see more of. - Tom Peters 

  The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate. - Oprah Winfrey

Gratitude is the prayer, while Celebration is the song and the dance of praise. - jlh 

  I create Today as a celebration of my life. - jlh 

Celebrate all of life.

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain. - Mark Twain


Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.
- Mark Twain

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
- Mark Twain


It is hard to do what you fear, but harder to keep thinking about it.

Further reading: Steve Jobs Three Rules of Life

Hoist the Anchor

Circumstance does not make the man: it reveals him to himself. - James Allen

Today is your day to paint life in bold colors - jlh

Monday, October 11, 2010

Be a Columbus to whole new worlds of thought within you - Henry David Thoreau


Be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels, not of trade, but of thought.
- Henry David Thoreau


While Christopher Columbus is, and was, a man of very mixed reputation, we know of Christopher Columbus today, 500 years after he lived, because he had a Dream, Charted a Course, and Boldly Set Sail.

Like Columbus, we have Dreams that run through our head like full color movies, pleading with us to take action.

Like Columbus, we have many people telling us that our dreams are "crazy," and we should settle for less.

Like Columbus we are unable to anticipate what the future will bring, and what the consequences of taking action on our Dreams might be.

Will we, like Columbus, chart the best course we are able, given the information we have access to at the time, and set sail? Or will we trash our Dreams into the box labeled "fantasy discard pile," and return to doing what others expect of us?

Stand tall, breathe deep, and Choose today to chart the course that will transform your Dream into reality.

Further reading: Motivation

If a man does not know what port he is steering for, no wind is favorable to him. - Seneca

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Old is the New New


Old is the new new.
- Anonymous

There is no subject so old that something new cannot be said about it.
- Fyodor Dostoyevsky


Sometimes old and nearly abandoned ideas can be re-invented into the most modern ideas, such as the modern zeppelin in today's picture and the electric car.

If you are over 30, get out your high-school yearbook and look for ideas you can apply today - perhaps an innocent optimism about life - perhaps a hobby you loved.

Further reading: Ten Little Tips to Feel Happier Right Now

How to Be Happy in Life - 9 Secrets for Living a Happier Life

A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds. Mark Twain

Quotes about Life Lessons
Life Purpose Quotes
Life Sayings
Living In The Now
Living Life Quotes
Quotes about Feeling Lonely

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. - Dale Carnegie


Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get.
- Dale Carnegie

The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
- Benjamin Disraeli

Gardening is all about optimism.
- Mary Anne Radmacher


Be optimistic. Visualize yourself as happy and successful.

Further reading: 12 Life Lessons I Learned From My Cat

Your big opportunity may be right where you are now - Napoleon Hill

Opportunities multiply as they are seized. - Sun Tzu

Friday, October 8, 2010

Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect


Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect.
It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections.
- Anonymous

It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.
- Dale Carnegie


Today, choose happiness.

Further reading: Go With the Flow - Six Ways to Live a Happier Life

Joy is a Choice - but Not an Easy Choice

Five Questions to Ask Yourself When You Feel Sad for No Apparent Reason

Inaction breeds doubt and fear - Dale Carnegie

Thursday, October 7, 2010

What we enjoy constitutes our abundance - Epicurus


Not what we have, but what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.
- Epicurus

Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head,
and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away the hunger.
- Saint Basil

We attract abundance when we ask from a compassionate heart.
- jlh

The world is abundant. Let today be a day to be grateful for that abundance.

Further reading: Choose Your Habits, Choose Your Life

Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into. - Dr. Wayne Dyer

Marianne Williamson: Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

In order to fly, all one must do is simply miss the ground - Douglas Adams


In order to fly, all one must do is simply miss the ground.
- Douglas Adams

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
- Helen Keller

Fly Life on Free Wings, and Sing to its Glory.
- jlh

Like a bird in flight, your life can soar above the troubles of the world.
Breathe deep, choose, and break the shackles of your past.
- jlh

Let today be a day to soar - soar your spirits, soar your joy, soar your belief in yourself. Let all aspects of your life soar.

Further reading: Rabindranath Tagore: Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark.

Mark Twain: Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions.

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

No one can give you better advice than yourself - Cicero


No one can give you better advice than yourself.
- Cicero

I do not need anyone's permission to be my true self.
- jlh

Today's affirmation: I follow my own star and my own inner compass.

Further reading: Need For Approval

As we grow as unique persons, we learn to respect the uniqueness of others. Robert H. Schuller

Monday, October 4, 2010

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts - Eleanor Roosevelt


With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.
- Eleanor Roosevelt

My Mama always said you've got to put the past behind you before you can move on.
- the movie Forrest Gump

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
- Albert Einstein (attributed)


Do you feel stuck in a job, relationship or other situation? Perhaps today is the day to try a new approach. Let go of your attachment to the way things have been. Move on to a new perspective and way of life.

Today's photo: The guns of Ft. Casey guarded the approach to Seattle WA in the early years of the 20th century.

Further reading: Go With the Flow - Six Ways to Live a Happier Life

Joy is a Choice - but Not an Easy Choice

Five Questions to Ask Yourself When You Feel Sad for No Apparent Reason

Sunday, October 3, 2010

Some people move our souls to dance - Flavia Weedn

Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some people stay for awhile, and move our souls to dance. They awaken us to a new understanding, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never, ever the same. - Flavia Weedn 

 I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. I love you not only for what you have made of yourself, but for what you are making of me. I love you for that part of me you bring out. - Roy Croft 

 Where there is great love there are always miracles. - Willa Cather 

 I've learned that you should always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time you see them. - Anonymous

Saturday, October 2, 2010

Courage is the power to let go of the familiar - Raymond Lindquist


Courage is the power to let go of the familiar.
- Raymond Lindquist

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.
- Elbert Hubbard

We must become the change we wish to see in the world.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi

Let today be a day to put your core beliefs and values into action.

Further reading: The Eight Points of Simply An Inspired Life

Mark Twain: Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. Throw off the bowlines.

Thinking will not overcome fear but action will. - W. Clement Stone

Friday, October 1, 2010

Choose with no regret - Mary Anne Radmacher

Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regret. Appreciate your friends. Continue to learn. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is. - Mary Anne Radmacher 

  Our lives are defined not by the challenges we encounter, but by how we respond to those challenges. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie 

 Further reading: Zero-Based Gratitude
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