Here are my top 50 favorite quotes I look up to:
50: When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on. ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
49: There is nothing permanent except change. ~ Heraclitus
48: You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. ~ Indira Gandhi
47: The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward. ~ Amelia Earhart
46: Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for yourself. ~ Henry James
45: Learning never exhausts the mind. ~ Leonardo da Vinci
44: All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream. ~ Edgar Allan Poe
43: The only journey is the one within. ~ Rainer Maria Rilke
42: Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment. ~ Will Rogers
41: Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit. ~ Khalil Gibran
40: No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. ~ Aesop
39: Love cures people - both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it. ~ Karl A. Menninger
38: Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching. ~ Satchel Paige
37: It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company. ~ George Washington
36: Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak. ~ Thomas Carlyle
35: Independence is happiness. ~ Susan B. Anthony
34: Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you. ~ Walt Whitman
33: Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise. ~ Sigmund Freud
32: Happiness can exist only in acceptance. ~ George Orwell
31: Love has no age, no limit; and no death. ~ John Galsworthy
30: You can't blame gravity for falling in love. ~ Albert Einstein
29: The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. ~ Lao Tzu
28: The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today. ~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
27: There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. ~
Edith Wharton
26: Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success. ~ Edward Everett Hale
25: Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay. ~ Simone de Beauvoir
24: I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. ~ Thomas A. Edison
23: Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. ~ Benjamin Franklin
22: There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship. ~ Thomas Aquinas
21: A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way. ~ John C. Maxwell
20: There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved. ~ George Sand
19: If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door. ~ Milton Berle
18: The secret of getting ahead is getting started. ~ Mark Twain
17: Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else. ~
Margaret Mead
16: When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves. ~ Viktor E. Frankl
15: Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines. ~ Robert H. Schuller
14: All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. ~ Walt Disney
13: We know what we are, but know not what we may be. ~ William Shakespeare
12: Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success. ~ Swami Vivekananda
11: Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced. ~ Soren Kierkegaard
10: The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. ~ Socrates
9: As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. ~ John F. Kennedy
8: The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
7: Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you! ~ Dr. Seuss
6: Love isn't something you find. Love is something that finds you. ~ Loretta Young
5: Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
4: One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood. ~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca
3: Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. ~ Buddha
2: Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain. ~ Joseph Campbell
1: It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. ~ Aristotle