Inspirational Quotes, and lots of them !

Far away, there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead. Louisa May Alcott

Toughness…is not dependent on being crude or cruel. You can be feminine and tough. I love my femininity – as much as I rely on my toughness. What others call tough, I call persistent. Estee Lauder

I believe in life after birth! Maxie Dunham

Your real security is yourself. You know you can do it, and they can’t ever take that away from you. Mae West

Just as you are about to give up, take one step forward and then another… Mandi Upward

Real women don’t have flushes, they have power surges. Sandra Cabot

Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. Muriel Strode

Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person. Mother Teresa

Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies. Mother Teresa
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 which has been opened for us. Helen Keller

I believe that there are certain attributes in a woman that give her some advantages over a man. Women are usually more honest, more sensitive to issues and bring a stronger sense of commitment and dedication to what they do. Maybe because they were mothers, and being a mother you have that special attention for the family, for the young, for children. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf

No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit. Helen Keller

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood. Marie Curie

Sometimes the poorest woman leaves her children the richest inheritance. Ruth E. Renkel

One of the most valuable things we can do to heal one another is listen to each other's stories. Rebecca Falls

You don’t get to choose how you die. Or when. You can only decide how you’re going to live. Now. Joan Baez

We all procrastinate at one time or another. The most unfortunate procrastination of all is to put off being happy. Maureen Mueller

What if we smashed the mirrors and saw our true face? Elsa Gidlow
Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose – a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.
Mary Shelley

Only she who says she did not choose, is the loser in the end. Adrienne Riche

Life is not the way it is supposed to be. It is the way it is. The way you cope with it makes the difference. Virginia Satir

Without fanaticism, one cannot accomplish anything. Eva Peron

I have a personal motto that I live by, which is feel the fear and do it anyway. If you fail, you get up and you keep trying again. Tamara Mellon

You don't do anybody any favours by being less than you are. Fiona Wood


Compassion, kindness, and concern can be found everywhere in America.
And if we have learned nothing else from this [Sept. 11th] tragedy,
we have learned that our time on earth is short, so there is simply
no time for hate. Sandra Dahl, wife of Jason Dahl, pilot of Flight 93

We're here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw
little torches out to lead people through the dark. Whoopi Goldberg
What you should want from life is an arena big enough to express your talents and gifts. Pleasant Rowland

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single minute before starting to improve the world. Anne Frank

Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. Barbara DeAngelis

I have never been especially impressed by the heroics of people convinced that they are about to change the world. I am more awed by...those who...struggle to make one small difference after another. Ellen Goodman

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead
We look at problems happening halfway across the world and we think, 'Well, that's their problem.' But it's not. … When you solve somebody else's problem, you're solving a problem for yourself because our world today is so interconnected. Queen Rania of Jordan

The only real disability in life is losing your mind. Wesla Whitfield

Beauty is something inside of us. If you love yourself and accept yourself, that shows on the outside. Beauty is an act—it's how you carry yourself. Gisele Bundchen

People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. Bonnie Jean Wasmund

Power is the ability to do good things for others. Brooke Astor

Success is like reaching an important birthday and finding you're exactly the same. Audrey Hepburn

To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given the chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. Bette Davis

It's not the having, it's the getting. Elizabeth Taylor

Why grab possessions like thieves, or divide them like socialists, when you can ignore them like wise (wo)men? Nancy Clifford Barney.

When one team member succeeds, the entire team succeeds. Stacey Allison
How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single minute before starting to improve the world. Anne Frank Love

Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. Barbara DeAngelis

I have never been especially impressed by the heroics of people convinced that they are about to change the world. I am more awed by...those who...struggle to make one small difference after another. Ellen Goodman

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead

People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered;
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough;
Give the world the best you've got anyway.
You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God;
It never was between you and them anyway. Mother Teresa

Compassion, kindness, and concern can be found everywhere in America. And if we have learned nothing else from this [Sept. 11th] tragedy, we have learned that our time on earth is short, so there is simply no time for hate. Sandra Dahl, wife of Jason Dahl, pilot of Flight 93
When you choose your thoughts, you choose results. Imelda Shanklin

How many of us go through our days parched and empty, thirsting after happiness, when we're really standing knee-deep in the river of abundance? Sarah Ban Breathnach

The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. Ashley Montagu

Getting what you go after is success; but liking it while you are getting it is happiness. Bertha Damon

To have that sense of one's intrinsic worth…is potentially to have everything… Joan Didion

The older I get, the more I feel almost beautiful… ! Sharon Olds

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face…You must do the thing you cannot do. Eleanor Roosevelt

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and…confidence in ourselves. Marie Curie

We're here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark. Whoopi Goldberg

Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but she did it backwards and in high heels. Faith Whittlesey

If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun. Katherine Hepburn

I think the key is for women not to set any limits. Martina Navratilova

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do. Eleanor Roosevelt

Thoughts are energy and you can make or break your world by your thinking. Susan Taylor

Just try to do something – just being there, showing up – is how we get braver. Self-esteem is about doing. Joy Browne

Women are like tea bags; put them in hot water and they get stronger! Eleanor Roosevelt

A ship in port is safe, but that’s not what ships are built for. Grace Hopper

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal. Hannah More

Ultimately, we know deeply that the other side of every fear is a freedom. Marilyn Ferguson

It ain’t braggin’ if you really done it. Dizzy Dean

A good goal is like a strenuous exercise – it makes you stretch. Mary Kay Ash Power

Power is the ability not to have to please. Elizabeth Janeway

You can have it all. You just can’t have it all at one time. Oprah Winfrey

I believe that we are solely responsible for our choices, and we have to accept the consequences of every deed, word, and thought throughout our lifetime. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

One kind word can warm three winter months. Japanese Proverb

I am a woman above all else. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis