“Favorite Quotes”

“The best contribution one can make to humanity is to improve oneself.”
~Unknown Author

All misfortune is but a stepping stone to fortune.
~Henry David Thoreau

“The aim of life is self-development. To realize one’s nature perfectly – that is what each of us is here for.”

If you have an hour, will you not improve that hour, instead of idling it away?
~Lord Chesterfield

Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow.
~Doug Firebaugh

“Insist on yourself. Never imitate.”
~Ralph Waldo Emerson

I’m tired of dreaming. I’m into doing at the moment. It’s, like, let’s only have goals that we can go after.
~Bono

The world is more malleable than you think and it’s waiting for you to hammer it into shape.
~Bono

In spite of your fear, do what you have to do.
~Chin-Ning Chu

“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.”
~Walt Disney

Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.
~Benjamin Disraeli

Being “brave” means doing or facing something frightening. … Being “fearless” means being without fear.
~Penelope Leach

“What you are afraid to do is a clear indicator of the next thing you need to do.”
~Anonymous

When thinking won’t cure fear, action will.
~W Clement Stone

“Gratefulness is the key to a happy life that we hold in our hands, because if we are not grateful, then no matter how much we have we will not be happy — because we will always want to have something else or something more.”
~Brother David Steindl-Rast

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