Inspirational Quotes
"Change occurs when one becomes what she is, not when she tries to become what she's not" -- Ruth P. Freedman

"It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light"
-- Taylor Benson


"Happiness can only exist in acceptance"

"Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of overcoming it"
-- Helen Keller


"Anyone can give up, it's the easiest thing in the world to do.  But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that's true strength"

"Please all and you will please none"
-- Aesop


"The more anger towards the past you carry in your heart, the less capable you are of loving the present"
-- De Angelis

"Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health"
-- Carl Jung


"It is easier to go down the mountain than up, but the view is much better at the top"

"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; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense"
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson


"All of the significant battles are waged within the self"

"Together we are strong"

"A journey of a thousand miles must being with a single step"
-- Lao Tse


"Our bodies are where we stay.  Our souls are who we are"
-- Cecil Baxter


"Healing is about embracing yourself instead of pushing yourself away.  It is about accepting, with gentleness, all of the difficulties you have suffered and learning from them.  Recovery is about experiencing your feelings, as raw and scary as they sometimes feel"

"It is not in the stars to decide our destiny, but in ourselves"
-- Shakespeare


"Every cloud doesn't mean a storm"

"I am a perfect flower"

"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody"
-- Bill Cosby

"Not until we are lost do we begin to find ourselves"
-- Henry David Thoreau


"I'm not afraid of storms, for I am learning to sail my ship"
-- Louisa May Alcott


"Do not start today with the broken pieces of yesterday"

"We cannot leave the trap until we know we are in it."
-- Mayilyn Ferguson

"Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth"
-- Aesop


"Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds"
-- Orison Swett Marden


"The truth of the matter is that there's nothing you can't accomplish if: 1) you clearly decide what it is that you're absolutely committed to achieving...2) you're willing to take massive action...3) you notice what's working or not...4) you continue to change your approach until you achieve what you want, using whatever life gives you along the way"
-- Anthony Robbins


"Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing"

"You must do the very thing you think you cannot do"
-- Eleanor Roosevelt


"The world is round.  And the very place which may seem like the end, may also be the beginning"
-- Ivy Baker Priest


"Maybe the less pain we inflict on our bodies, the more beautiful our bodies will look to us"
-- Naomi Wolfe


"Accept everything about yourself - I mean everything.  You are you and that is the beginning and the end - no apologies, no regrets"

"Smile, cause you're worth it"

"Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows"

"Every day offers opportunities for a new beginning"




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