Quotes

It's amazing how an encouraging word and/or thought can make your day and completely change your mood or outlook.

I've been reading some of these quotes lately ---on a more regular basis for various reasons, mainly to help continue creating a positive outlook on life and to keep things in perspective. I also find these quotes thoughtful and inspiring. With that in mind, I thought I'd share some of these quotes as it may be helpful to someone else who may need a lift, a change in thought/perspective, or simply in search of some encouraging words. Here are a few of my favorite-- Enjoy.

By the way, the above photo was taken on holiday from my hotel room on New Year's Day. A new day, a new year, a new world!

Dream lofty dreams. For as you dream, so shall ye become. ---James Allen


Your willingness to create a new dream or vision for your life is a statement of belief in your own potential. ---David McNally


Let me listen to me, not to them. ---Gertrude Stein


Let no one come to you without leaving better. ---Mother Theresa

Out of every crisis comes the chance to be reborn. ---Nena O'Neill


If you're going to doubt something, doubt your limits. ---Don Ward


Never, never, never, give up. --- Winston Churchill


Do not fear mistakes. There are none. ---Miles Davis


Make your own trail! ---Katherine Hepburn


To thine own self be true. ---William Shakespeare.


Stretch your mind and fly. ---African proverb


Art is the only way to run away without leaving home. ---Twyla Tharp


Believe that there's a light at the end of the tunnel. Believe that you may be that light for someone else. ---Kobi Yamada


To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else. ---Emily Dickerson


To love a person is to learn the song that is in their heart, and to sing it to them when they have forgotten. ---Thomas Chandler


Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure that you are. ---Mary Jean Irion


Still I am learning. ---Michaelangelo


High intention sets the universe in motion. ---Armand Hammer


What courage it takes to believe in a dream. ---Carlos Menta


Life doesn't do anything to you, it just reveals your spirit. ---Unknown


When you get into a tight place and it seems you can't go on, hold on--for that is just the place and the time when the tide will turn. ---Harriet Beecher Stowe

We take on the strength of that which we overcome. ---Unknown


Give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. ---Native American saying


A mighty oak was once an acorn who stood its ground. ---Unknown