To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air…
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children...to leave the world a better place...to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded. 
The one thing in the world, of value, is the active soul. 
Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.
Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage.
It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinions; it is easy in solitude to live after your own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. 
Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.
To the attentive eye, each moment of the year has its own beauty, and in the same field, it beholds, every hour, a picture which was never seen before, and which shall never be seen again.
Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.
Always do what you are afraid to do.
What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.
We are always getting ready to live, but never living. 
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in, forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day, you shall begin it well and serenely... 
The quality of the imagination is to flow and not to freeze.
Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.
Make yourself necessary to somebody. 
The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well. 
In art the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can inspire.
Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you. Always do what you are afraid to do. What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you. We are always getting ready to live, but never living. Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in, forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day, you shall begin it well and serenely... The quality of the imagination is to flow and not to freeze. Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.Make yourself necessary to somebody. The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well. We must be our own before we can be another's.
Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries. 
People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
In art the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can inspire.For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.
Insist upon yourself. Be original.
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Boy, that was a refreshing dose of inspiration. Now off to change the world...or something :)
love this post
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