Famous Quotes & Sayings

John C. Maxwell

Never underestimate the power of an encouraging word.

John C. Maxwell

Remember, man does not live on bread alone: sometimes he needs a little buttering up.

Eric Thomas

If you can look up, you can get up.

Rainer Maria Rilke

Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants help from us.

John Milton

When we speak of knowing God, it must be understood with reference to man's limited powers of comprehension. God, as He really is, is far beyond man's imagination, let alone understanding. God has revealed only so much of Himself as our minds can conceive and the weakness of our nature can bear.

Joel Osteen

You need to get ready because I have explosive blessings coming your way.

Leo Buscaglia

Life lived for tomorrow will always be just a day away from being realized.

Joseph Campbell

A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. A goal is what specifically you intend to make happen. Dreams and goals should be just out of your present reach but not out of sight. Dreams and goals are coming attractions in your life.

Jim Rohn

Ask yourself, 'how long am I going to work to make my dreams come true?' I suggest you answer, 'as long as it takes.'

Elizabeth George

Perseverance is not a passive submission to circumstances-it is a strong and active response to the difficult events of life.

Joyce Meyer

Turn you situation over to God because He can do more in a moment than you can do in a lifetime.

Lou Holtz

You aren't going to find anybody that's going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance.

Joyce Meyer

You never know how close you are to a breakthrough. It may be right around the corner. Don't quit!

Mattie Stepanek

We all have life storms, and when we get the rough times and we recover from them, we should celebrate that we got through it. No matter how bad it may seem, there's always something beautiful that you can find.

Ken Hensley

It is always encouraging and kind when people say nice things about my work but I know that it is not me that did it then and it is not me that is doing it now. It is God living in me and for that I will always be grateful.

Pam Brown

The baby rises to its feet, takes a step, is overcome with triumph and joy - and falls flat on its face. It is a pattern for all that is to come! But learn from the bewildered baby. Lurch to your feet again. You'll make the sofa in the end.

Nelson Mandela

Thinking too well of people often allows them to be better than they otherwise would.

Margaret Thatcher

I've got a woman's ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it.

Harry Emerson Fosdick

Nothing else matters much...not wealth, nor learning, nor even health...without this gift: the spiritual capacity to keep zest in living. This is the creed of creeds, the final deposit and distillation of all important faiths: that you should be able to believe in life.

Friedrich Nietzsche

There are no facts, only interpretations.

Joyce Carol Oates

Honorary degrees and lifetime achievement awards are very encouraging. I know that it might sound strange that a writer who has published many books still needs encouragement, but this is true.

Robert M. Pirsig

The only Zen you can find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.

Wally Amos

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.

Washington Irving

There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.

Zhuangzi

Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.

William Hazlitt

The more you do, the more you can do.