Favorite Inspirational Quotes

“Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things, I am tempted to think there are no little things.” Bruce Barton-This inspirational quote might seem to be the opposite of yesterday’s quote but the emphasis and viewpoint are different. Barton was an advertising executive who knew that something as simple as changing a word in an ad’s headline could mean the difference between…

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“Often we allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise and forget. We lose many irreplaceable hours brooding over grievances that, in a year’s time, will be forgotten by us and by everybody. No, let us devote our life to worthwhile actions and feelings, to great thoughts, real affections and enduring undertakings.” Andre Maurois-It’s true that so many of the things we let irk us and upset us won’t even be remembered next month, much less a year from now. You would have to do a great job of trolling through your memory to drag up an incident from…

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“Let there be nothing within thee that is not very beautiful and very gentle, and there will be nothing without thee that is not beautiful and softened by the spell of thy presence.” James Allen-I think this is another way of saying beauty starts on the inside, but much more poetically. What we see on the outside is a reflection of what is inside us. Sometimes that can be a bitter pill to…

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