10000+ Motivational and Inspiring Quotes About Life, Love & Success

A man builds a fine house;

and now he has a master,

and a task for life: he is to furnish,

watch, show it,

and keep it in repair,

the rest of his days.

The earth laughs in flowers.

The civilized man has built a coach,

but has lost the use of his feet.

The ancestor of every action is a thought.

A chief event of life is the day in which

we have encountered a mind that startled us.

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants,

and to serve them one's self?

The best effort of a fine person is

felt after we have left their presence.

Every man I meet is in some way my superior.

Who hears me,

who understands me,

becomes mine,

a possession for all time.

Wisdom has its root in goodness,

not goodness its root in wisdom.

Every experiment,

by multitudes or by individuals,

that has a sensual and selfish aim,

will fail.

He who is not everyday conquering

some fear has not learned the secret of life.

The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.

Mysticism is the mistake of an accidental

and individual symbol for an universal one.

In skating over thin ice

our safety is in our speed.

This time,

like all times,

is a very good one,

if we but know what to do with it.

An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

Win as if you were used to it,

lose as if you enjoyed it for a change.