For everyone who enjoys a good quote, here are some inspiring ones. You’re sure to find at least one you’ll enjoy.

Four Things That Never Return
“Four things that come not back,–the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, and the neglected opportunity.”
–Anonymous

Growth of the Individual
“The less government we have, the better–the fewer laws, and the less confided power. The antidote to this abuse of formal government is the influence of private character, the growth of the individual.”
–Ralph Waldo Emerson

The One Sole Necessity
“I realize more and more the truth that love is the one sole necessity of earth and heaven, all else can be dispensed with.”
–J. G. Whittier

One or the Other
“A man must be one of two things, either a reed shaken by the wind, or a wind to shake the reeds.”
–T. W. Handford

Mind and Money
“It is the mind that makes us richer and happy, in what condition soever we are, and money signifies no more to it than it does to the gods.”
–Seneca

I Will Not Be Unhappy
“If it be my lot to crawl, I will crawl contentedly; if to fly, I will fly with alacrity; but, as long as I can avoid it, I will never be unhappy.”
–Sydney Smith

Great and Little Men
“The real difference between men is energy. A strong will, a settled purpose, an invincible determination, can accomplish almost anything: and in this lies the distinction between great men and little men.”
–Andrew Fuller

The Cost of Idleness
“Many a young man is utterly ruined by wealth and want of occupation. It does not cost much to live a happy, honorable life, but it costs a mint of money to live and do nothing.”
–T. W. Handford

Knowledge Will Govern Ignorance
“Knowledge will ever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.”
–James Madison

Desperate Masses
“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.”
–Henry David Thoreau

Bliss
“Follow your bliss.”
–Joseph Campbell

Don’t Waste Time
“Time and tide melt the snowman.”
–7th Doctor, Doctor Who

The Crazy Ones
“…the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
–Apple Computer, Think Different ad campaign

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