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
May the world be kind to you, and may your own thoughts be gentle upon yourself. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Friday, September 30, 2011
Discouraged?
Sometimes good things fall apart
so better things can fall together.
- Marilyn Monroe
Oh, Shrek. Don't worry.
Things just seem bad because it's dark and rainy
and Fiona's father hired a sleazy hitman to whack you.
- the movie Shrek 2
If I feel depressed I will sing.
If I feel sad I will laugh.
If I feel ill I will double my labor.
If I feel fear I will plunge ahead.
If I feel inferior I will wear new garments.
If I feel uncertain I will raise my voice.
If I feel poverty I will think of wealth to come.
If I feel incompetent I will think of past success.
If I feel insignificant I will remember my goals.
Today I will be the master of my emotions.
- Og Mandino
When you feel worried and depressed,
consciously form a smile on your face and act upbeat
until the happy feeling becomes genuine.
- jlh
Further reading: How to Think Positive
Feeling Sorry for Yourself?
Seven Tips for Stress-Free Living
Assumptions
Expectations
Labels:
discouraged,
encouragement,
Marilyn Monroe,
Og Mandino,
Shrek
Thursday, September 29, 2011
The Things Divine
These are the things I hold divine:
A trusting child's hand laid in mine,
Rich brown earth and wind-tossed trees,
The taste of grapes and the drone of bees,
A rhythmic gallop, long June days,
A rose-hedged lane and lovers' lays,
The welcome smile on neighbors' faces,
Cool, wide hills and open places,
Breeze-blown fields of silver rye,
The wild, sweet note of the plover's cry,
Fresh spring showers and scent of box,
The soft, pale tint of the garden phlox,
Lilacs blooming, a drowsy noon,
A flight of geese and an autumn moon,
Rolling meadows and storm-washed heights,
A fountain murmur on summer nights,
A dappled fawn in the forest hush,
Simple words and the song of a thrush,
Rose-red dawns and a mate to share
With comrade soul my gypsy fare,
A waiting fire when the twilight ends,
A gallant heart and the voice of friends.
- Jean Brooks Burt
Today's affirmation: I appreciate the simple pleasures of life.
Further reading: How to Stop Worrying
Inner Peace
The Secret of Happiness
Rejoice in the way things are
Contented Living
Quotes about Values
Quotes about Simplicity
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Heart
Love is missing someone whenever you're apart,
but somehow feeling warm inside because you're close in heart.
- Kay Knudsen
The most beautiful things in the world
cannot be seen or even touched,
they must be felt with the heart.
- Helen Keller
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly;
what is essential is invisible to the eye.
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Choose to follow your heart always.
- don Miguel Ruiz
Further reading: Where There is Love, Nothing is Missing - a Parable
Follow Your Heart
Open your heart
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Affirmations
I am not a slave to my thoughts or emotions.
- Richard Carlson
Every day in every way I am getting better and better.
- Anonymous
Let there be peace on earth.
And let it begin with me.
- Jill Jackson Miller
I surrender to life as it is, not as it should be.
- Richard Carlson
I do my best...
and then relax in the knowing
that I have done all I could.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
There is great power in daily positive affirmations.
Consider beginning the practice of adopting an affirmation each day.
Use some of my positive affirmations, or let them inspire you to create your own.
Further reading: I follow my own star and my own inner compass.
Take Charge of Your Life
Are your affirmations about your life positive or negative?
Love is the great miracle cure. Louise L. Hay
Quotes about Success
Quotes about Time
Wisdom Quotes
Quotes about Being Yourself
Monday, September 26, 2011
Curiosity
We keep moving forward, opening new doors,
and doing new things, because we're curious
and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.
- Walt Disney
Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive.
One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
The important thing is not to stop questioning.
Curiosity has its own reason for existing.
- Albert Einstein
Curiosity takes courage.
The most important promises are the ones you make to yourself.
Pay Attention.
Appreciate. Listen. Imagine.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Curiosity keeps one young - in thought and in action.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Need For Approval
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Take Time
Take time to laugh.
It is the music of the soul.
Take time to think.
It is the source of power.
Take time to play.
It is the source of perpetual youth.
Take time to read.
It is the fountain of wisdom.
Take time to pray.
It is the greatest power on Earth.
Take time to love and be loved.
It is a God-given privilege.
Take time to be friendly.
It is the road to happiness.
Take time to give.
It is too short a day to be selfish.
Take time to work.
It is the price of success.
- Anonymous
Further reading: Time
Choose Inner Peace
Seven Tips for Stress-Free Living
Say NO to Stress
Quotes about Time
Quotes about Rain
Quotes about Love
Quotes about Laughter
It is the music of the soul.
Take time to think.
It is the source of power.
Take time to play.
It is the source of perpetual youth.
Take time to read.
It is the fountain of wisdom.
Take time to pray.
It is the greatest power on Earth.
Take time to love and be loved.
It is a God-given privilege.
Take time to be friendly.
It is the road to happiness.
Take time to give.
It is too short a day to be selfish.
Take time to work.
It is the price of success.
- Anonymous
Further reading: Time
Choose Inner Peace
Seven Tips for Stress-Free Living
Say NO to Stress
Quotes about Time
Quotes about Rain
Quotes about Love
Quotes about Laughter
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Regrets
He who spends time regretting the past,
loses the present and risks the future.
- Quevedo
Life is too short, time is too precious,
and the stakes are too high
to dwell on what might have been.
- Hillary Clinton
I rest in the light of forgiveness.
I forgive myself and others for that
which is done (and better left undone)
and also that which is not done (and better if done).
I give myself permission to enjoy this moment without guilt.
I freely release all uncertainty, regret, and fear.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Live life with no regrets and no resentments.
Whatever happened in the past,
forgive yourself and others. Choose love.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Let today be a day to forgive yourself for all the unwise decisions you have ever made - whether investments, purchases, job choices, or relationships.
Further reading: How to get over regrets and resentments
How to Feel Good About Yourself
How to Move On and Let Go
Opportunity
Love All of Life
Beyond the Grief of Divorce - 7 Steps Toward New Beginnings
Regret Quotes
Acceptance Quotes
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Hillary Clinton,
mary anne radmacher,
Quevedo,
regret,
regrets
Friday, September 23, 2011
The World We Leave Our Children
I want it said of me by those who knew me best,
that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower
where I thought a flower would grow.
- Abraham Lincoln
You give but little when you give of your possessions.
It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
- Khalil Gibran
There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul
than the way in which it treats its children.
- Nelson Mandela
Our actions today will determine the world we leave our children.
Further reading: Pay It Forward - as an Expression of Universal Gratitude
Plant Trees For Your Grandchildren
Abundance or Scarcity? Love or Fear?
Joy Blooms Where Minds and Hearts are Open
The Brick - a story of brotherly love
Search my collection of Inspirational Quotes
Quotes about Children
Legacy Quotes
Quotes about the Future
Quotes about the Earth
Labels:
Abraham Lincoln,
future,
future generations,
Khalil Gibran,
legacy,
Nelson Mandela
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Comfort
Love me when I least deserve it,
because that's when I really need it.
- Swedish Proverb
Remember, we all stumble, every one of us.
That's why it's a comfort to go hand in hand.
- Emily Kimbrough
Loving is the most unmitigated and courageous act I perform in a day.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
May a thread of comfort be woven through your difficult days.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Become a source of love.
Further reading: This is my wish for you...
What is Love?
Coping with Heartbreak
Feeling Used and Left Out
Comforting Quotes
Hope Quotes
Uplifting Quotes
Encouraging Quotes
Relationship Quotes
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Service
If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.
- Mother Teresa
Life's most urgent question is:
what are you doing for others?
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
What do we live for, if it is not
to make life less difficult for each other?
- George Eliot
If we have no peace,
it is because we have forgotten
that we belong to each other.
- Mother Teresa
Further reading: Pay It Forward
How to Choose Your Life Purpose
My Personal Greatest Hero
The Secret of Happiness
Quotes about Service
Quotes about Kindness
Quotes about Compassion
Mother Teresa Quotes
Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes
Labels:
compassion,
George Eliot,
kindness,
Martin Luther King,
Mother Teresa,
service
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Sing Life
A bird does not sing because it has an answer.
It sings because it has a song.
- Chinese Proverb
Sing like no one's listening,
love like you've never been hurt,
dance like nobody's watching,
and live like its heaven on earth.
- Mark Twain
Life is a song - sing it.
Life is a game - play it.
Life is a challenge - meet it.
Life is a dream - realize it.
Life is a sacrifice - offer it.
Life is love - enjoy it.
- Sai Baba
Sing Your Life!
Further reading: 7 Secrets for a Happy Life
Attitude is Everything
What I Know - What I Don't Know
Affirmations of an Inspired Life - Young-Adult Version
Bold Quotes
Mark Twain Quotes
Quotes about Life
Sing Life Quotes
Monday, September 19, 2011
Celebrate
The more you praise and celebrate your life,
the more there is in life to celebrate.
- Oprah Winfrey
Celebrate what you want to see more of.
- Tom Peters
Share our similarities, celebrate our differences.
- M. Scott Peck
Celebrate! Celebration is an expression of Gratitude.
Gratitude is like the prayer, while
Celebration is the hymn and sacred dance.
Celebration is its own road to happiness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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Further reading: Celebrating the Small Miracles of Our Life
Regarding gratitude and life
We Attract Abundance when We Ask from a Compassionate Heart
Choose Inner Peace and a Less Stressful Life
Celebration Quotes
Gratitude Quotes
Praise Quotes
Diversity Quotes
Oprah Winfrey Quotes
Labels:
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celebration,
M. Scott Peck,
Oprah Winfrey,
Tom Peters
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Revenge
The ugliest word in the world is revenge.
It spells hate; it spells fear; it spells greed.
For my loss, I must kill; I must steal - must avenge.
It's your fault; you must pay; you must bleed.
- jlh
Revenge... is like a rolling stone,
which, when a man hath forced up a hill,
will return upon him with a greater violence,
and break those bones whose sinews gave it motion.
- Albert Schweitzer
You have heard that it was said,
'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'
But I tell you: Love your enemies
and pray for those who persecute you.
- Matthew 5:43-44
Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it.
Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it.
Hatred darkens life; love illumines it.
- Martin Luther King Jr.
Further reading: Vengeance
Stop Anger Before it Stops You
How to Deal with Anger
Never Let Anyone Get Your Goat
Labels:
Albert Schweitzer,
Jesus,
Martin Luther King,
Matthew,
revenge
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Past - Future
Life - for most people - is their past projected large
onto the movie screen of their future.
- jlh
Don't let the past bully the future.
You own the future, the past owns itself,
and you are greater than them both.
- Carly Cermak
There is a great future in front of you,
you can leave your past behind.
- Joel Osteen
Don't let the past drive life - choose life.
Drive into your future looking at the open road ahead
rather than into the rear-view mirror of your past.
- jlh
Further reading: Choose Your Habits, Choose Your Life
How to be Successful in Business
Success Tip: Drive Change
Friday, September 16, 2011
Accomplishment
One never notices what has been done;
one can only see what remains to be done.
- Marie Curie
The reward of a thing well done, is to have done it.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
How different our lives are when we
really know what is deeply important to us,
and keeping that picture in mind,
we manage ourselves each day
to be and to do what really matters most
- Stephen Covey
How often we fail to appreciate what we have already accomplished. Take a moment, right now, to congratulate yourself on what you have accomplished today, this week, in your lifetime.
Further reading: Let Each Day be a Thanksgiving
How to Live Without Anxiety or Worry
When is Your Best Good Enough?
Gratitude quotes
Perseverance quotes
Courage quotes
Success quotes
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Storms
Clouds come floating into my life,
no longer to carry rain or usher storm,
but to add color to my sunset sky.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
- Publilius Syrus
Fear cannot be banished, but it can be calm and without panic;
it can be mitigated by reason and evaluation.
- Vannevar Bush
If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm,
you'll never enjoy the sunshine.
- Morris West
Relax. Deal with life as it comes with grace and courage.
Further reading: Love All of Life
Abundance or Scarcity? Love or Fear?
Risks Define Life
Positive Quotes
Quotes about Purpose
Quotes about Self Esteem
Quotes about Strength
Labels:
Morris West,
Publilius Syrus,
Rabindranath Tagore,
storm,
storms,
Vannevar Bush
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Endings-Beginnings
Celebrate endings - for they precede new beginnings.
- jlh
In the midst of difficulty lies opportunity.
- Albert Einstein
My Mama always said
you've got to put the past behind you
before you can move on.
- the movie Forrest Gump
When one door of happiness closes, another opens,
but often we look so long at the closed door
that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.
- Helen Keller
All good things end - and new good things begin.
Further reading: Renewal and Rebirth - The Great Cycle
Question Your Questions
The Jump is So Frightening - Mary Anne Radmacher
Maybe So, Maybe Not. - Ancient Taoist Proverb
Lessons quotes
Moving On Quotes
my own quotes about moving on
my quotes about endings
Labels:
Albert Einstein,
endings,
Forrest Gump,
Helen Keller,
new beginnings
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Challenge
When It’s Darkest, Men See the Stars.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Don't Limit Your Challenges... Challenge Your Limits.
- Anonymous
Courage is the power to let go of the familiar.
- Raymond Lindquist
Our lives are defined not by the challenges we encounter,
but by how we respond to those challenges.
Only when life is difficult, are we challenged to become our greatest selves.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: How to Think Positive
How to Move On and Let Go
Take Charge of Your Life
Monday, September 12, 2011
Wisdom
Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three
universally recognized moral qualities of men.
- Confucius
A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
- Francis Bacon
Life is pretty simple:
You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works.
You do more of what works.
- Leonardo da Vinci
Common sense in an uncommon degree
is what the world calls wisdom.
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Wisdom is really just opening your eyes
to the whole world and having perspective.
Further reading: Assumptions
Expectations
Truth isn't True. Reality isn't Real.
Perspective on Tradition: An Open Mind
Wisdom Quotes
Quotes that Make You Think
Quotes to Live By
Words of Encouragement
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Remember
How far you can go without destroying from within
what you are trying to defend from without?
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
Difficulties show men what they are.
In case of any difficulty,
remember that God has pitted you
against a rough antagonist
that you may be a conqueror,
and this cannot be without toil.
- Epictetus
If thy brother wrongs thee,
remember not so much his wrong-doing,
but more than ever that he is thy brother.
- Epictetus
Remember - but live without fear or hatred.
Further reading: How to Stop Worrying
What to Do When Your Whole World is Falling Apart?
Plant Trees For Your Grandchildren
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Life is Funny
In the book of life, the answers aren't in the back.
- Charles M. Schulz in his Peanuts cartoon
There is no pleasure in having nothing to do;
the fun is in having lots to do and not doing it.
- Mary Wilson Little
When we remember we are all mad,
the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.
- Mark Twain
Through humor, you can soften some of
the worst blows that life delivers.
And once you find laughter,
no matter how painful your situation might be,
you can survive it.
- Bill Cosby
Today is your day to laugh at life,
laugh at what's funny - laugh at what's sad,
laugh loud - laugh often,
laugh at me - laugh at you - laugh at life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Laugh with Life
Lighten Up
Cute Wisdom
Labels:
Bill Cosby,
Charles M. Schulz,
funny,
Life,
Mark Twain,
Mary Wilson Little
Friday, September 9, 2011
Feeling Overwhelmed?
Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.
- W. Clement Stone
Being defeated is often a temporary condition.
Giving up is what makes it permanent.
- Marilyn vos Savant
Take your life in your own hands, and what happens?
A terrible thing: no one to blame.
- Erica Jong
When you feel worried and depressed,
consciously form a smile on your face and act upbeat
until the happy feeling becomes genuine.
- jlh
Further reading: De-Stress Your Life
Seven Tips for Stress-Free Living
Conscious Breathing to Relieve Stress
Positive Affirmations for Relieving Stress
Choose Inner Peace and a Less Stressful Life
Labels:
Erica Jong,
Marilyn vos Savant,
overwhelm,
upset,
W. Clement Stone
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Sweet Love Quotes
Grow old along with me, the best is yet to be.
- Robert Browning
Love comforteth like sunshine after rain.
- William Shakespeare
Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
- Aristotle
There is no remedy for love but to love more.
- Henry David Thoreau
If (s)he's an apple and you're an orange,
celebrate your differences -
make a great fruit salad.
Love isn't about being the same -
it's about being sweet with each other.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: What is Love?
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Achieving Your Goals
Nothing can stop the man with the right
mental attitude from achieving his goal;
nothing on earth can help the man
with the wrong mental attitude.
- Thomas Jefferson
Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal.
My strength lies solely in my tenacity.
- Louis Pasteur
The tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal.
The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.
- Benjamin Mays
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important
as what you become by achieving your goals.
- Henry David Thoreau
To live a satisfying life requires two steps...
1. Plan your life goals.
2. Act on your plan - every day.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: How to Choose Your Life Purpose
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Mastering Time
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
I've developed a new philosophy...
I only dread one day at a time.
- the character Charlie Brown in Charles M. Schulz' Peanuts comic
Once you have mastered time,
you will understand how true it is that
most people overestimate what
they can accomplish in a year -
and underestimate what
they can achieve in a decade!
- Tony Robbins
Don't fight against time.
Develop a comfort and friendship with time.
Time enjoyed is never time wasted.
- jlh
Further reading: Steve Jobs Three Rules of Life
The Secret of Happiness
Practice Makes Perfect - Sometimes
Monday, September 5, 2011
Labor Day
The end of labor is to gain leisure.
- Aristotle
Manage the remarkable balance between acting
from your heart and close to your gifts
with completing the obligations
that your labor and tasks require of you.
Leverage opportunity AND seize joy.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Everything that is really great and inspiring
is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.
- Albert Einstein
A time for work, a time for play -
balance in all things.
- jlh
Further reading:
A sense of humor
Take Time For Yourself
Labels:
Albert Einstein,
Aristotle,
balance,
labor,
mary anne radmacher
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Malice
Never ascribe to malice that which is
adequately explained by incompetence.
- Napoleon
How much pain they have cost us,
the evils which have never happened.
- Thomas Jefferson
Do not anticipate trouble,
or worry about what may never happen.
Keep in the sunlight.
- Benjamin Franklin
The world is not out to get you. It is very seldom that anyone intends to harm you. When the mail-order company sends you the wrong product, or your friend doesn't return your phone call, it is very unlikely to be malice. People are usually just doing the best they can - in their own fallible human way.
Further reading: How to Stop Worrying
Never Let Anyone Get Your Goat
Vengeance
Acceptance Makes a Great Relationship Even Better
The #1 Secret of Great Relationships
Labels:
Benjamin Franklin,
malice,
Napoleon,
Thomas Jefferson,
worry
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Family
What is our family?
We touch our full hearts and see ourselves
reflected whole in each other's eyes.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
You don't choose your family.
They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.
- Desmond Tutu
Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do...
but how much love we put in that action.
- Mother Teresa
There are two lasting bequests we can give our children
One is roots, the other is wings.
- Hodding Carter
The magic words for a great family are,
"I love you just the way you are."
- jlh
Further reading: You Can't Make Them Change
Acceptance Makes a Great Relationship Even Better
Feeling Used and Left Out
What is Love?
Family Quotes
Children Quotes
Relationship Quotes
Quotes about Parents
Labels:
Desmond Tutu,
families,
family,
Hodding Carter,
mary anne radmacher,
Mother Teresa
Friday, September 2, 2011
Kick Back
The time to relax is when you don't have time for it.
- Sydney Harris
Far from idleness being the root of all evil,
it is rather the only true good.
- Soren Kierkegaard
The life of inner peace,
being harmonious and without stress,
is the easiest type of existence.
- Norman Vincent Peale
May your life always be Counterpoint to the Clamor of the World.
- jlh
Further reading: Choose Inner Peace and a Less Stressful Life
Seven Tips for Stress-Free Living
Time, Like Life Itself, Has No Inherent Meaning
May You Be Blessed
Stress Quotes
Worry Quotes
Be Happy Quotes
Labels:
Norman Vincent Peale,
relax,
Soren Kierkegaard,
stress,
Sydney Harris,
worry
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Be Bold
Freedom lies in being bold.
- Robert Frost
Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.
- Mark Twain
Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
- John F. Kennedy
Action is our greatest weapon against fear.
Left to molder, fear grows upon itself,
but in the face of action,
fear is left in the dust.
- jlh
Further reading: Appreciate the Unexpected
How to Stop Worrying
Dare to Dream of Your Great Success - Mary Anne Radmacher
Later is Never
Labels:
action,
bold,
boldness,
John F. Kennedy,
Mark Twain,
Robert Frost
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