Motivational and Inspirational Quotes from the Public Domain

Motivational and Inspirational Quotes from the Public Domain

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become

more, you are a leader.

~ John Quincy Adams, American former

president from 1825 to 1829

The secret of getting ahead is getting started. American writer and humorist, 1835-1910

~ Mark Twain,

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do. ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer and statesman, 1749-

1832

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on

the present moment.

~ Gautama Buddha

The mind is everything. What you think, you become. Buddha

~ Gautama

To keep the body in good health is a duty ... otherwise we shall not be able to

keep our mind strong and clear.

~ Gautama Buddha

We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. Buddha

~ Gautama

Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them

and be influenced by them for good or ill.

~ Gautama Buddha

There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth: Not going

all the way, and not starting.

~ Gautama Buddha

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

~ Thomas Jefferson, American former president from 1801 to 1809

For success, attitude is equally as important as ability. Scottish novelist and poet, 1771-1832

~ Walter Scott,

Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they

have to say something.

~ Plato, Ancient Greek philosopher

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Beware of missing chances; otherwise it may be altogether too late some day. ~ Franz Liszt, Hungarian musician, 1811-1886

The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart. ~ Robert Green Ingersoll, American political leader, 1833-1899

A great man does not seek applause or place; he seeks for truth; he seeks the

road to happiness, and what he ascertains, he gives to others.

~

Robert Green Ingersoll, American political leader, 1833-1899

Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be

happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so

~ Robert

Green Ingersoll

Experience is the teacher of all things. politician, 100-44 BC

~ Julius Caesar, Roman

Life is the continuous adjustment of internal relations to external relations. Herbert Spencer, English philosopher, 1820-1903

The great aim of education is not knowledge but action. Spencer, English philosopher, 1820-1903

~ Herbert

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without

accepting it.

~ Aristotle, Ancient Greek philosopher

A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it. ~ Jean de La Fontaine, French poet, 1621-1695

True happiness is... to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon

the future.

~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Roman philosopher

Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in

his lifetime for the good of the community.

~ Andrew Carnegie, Scottish

businessman, 1835-1919

As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they

do.

~ Andrew Carnegie, Scottish businessman, 1835-1919

Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive. Hubbard, American writer, 1859-1915

~ Elbert

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Positive anything is better than negative nothing. American writer, 1859-1915

Elbert Hubbard,

To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing. Elbert Hubbard, American writer, 1859-1915

If you suffer, thank God! It is a sure sign that you are alive. Elbert Hubbard, American writer, 1859-1915

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be

alive ? to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.

Marcus Aurelius,

Roman emperor

Don't judge each day by the harvest that you reap but by the seeds that you

plant.

Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish poet and novelist

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