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| My Favorite Quote...
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Hmm, with so many inspirational quotes out there, it's difficult to pick a favorite, isn't it?
But that's what this quotes page - filled with happiness quotes, motivation quotes, success quotes and even some famous inspirational quotes - is all about!
I've picked my favourite quotation - from thousands of quotes, literally, and tens of quotations websites (tch, why so many! ;-)) - and I'd like you to do the same.
View the quotes on this and other pages on Self Help Collective, and let us know what your favorite quote is!
Oh, and tell us the reason why, too! Please.
Think of it as an antidote to the problems of the world - the Credit Crunch, Global Warming, The Rise of Teenage Hoodies!... - or think of it as a bit of fun, but do play the favorite inspirational quotes game!...
For those of you having trouble coming up with a favourite quote, please take a look at this long-list of my fave inspirational quotations, for inspiration. Then do let me know (with reasons why) what your favorite quote is. Deal?
Okay, drum-roll please!...
MY 'LONG-LIST' OF FAVOURITE INSPIRATIONAL QUOTATIONS
GENERAL
"Use what talent you possess: the woods
would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best"
-- Henry Van Dyke
"Keep away from people who try to belittle
your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel
that you, too, can become great."
-- Mark Twain
Yes, absolutely. And Mark should also have said, 'keep away from people who take their inspirational quotes too seriously!' :-) I like my quotes, as you will see, but think it's okay to have a bit of fun, too... (But only after you've played the favorite quotation game, of course!)
"Treat people as if
they were what they ought to be and you will help them become what they are capable
of becoming."
-- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
BUSINESS
"You have to trust in something -- your gut, destiny,
life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all
the difference in my life."
-- Steve Jobs
"The man
who never makes a mistake always takes orders from one who does."
--
Daisy Bates
And what about the woman who never makes a mistake. Which man does she take orders from? Ho ho. (Just kidding...!) I'm not kidding about this - share your fave quote here!
LIFE
"Don't
take life too seriously, you'll never get out of it alive."
-- Elbert
Hubbard
"Always remember: Life is for enjoying. "
--
Abraham Lincoln
LOVE INSPIRATIONAL QUOTATIONS
"The course of true love never
did run smooth."
-- William Shakespeare
"With love and
patience, nothing is impossible."
-- Daisaku Ikeda
Yes, I'm thinking that with love and patience you - yes, you! - can tell us about your favourite inspirational quote, with reasons why! Oh, and maybe with some begging! Please, please, please!... ;-)
CHILDREN
"The child must know that he
is a miracle, that since the beginning of the world there hasn't been, and until
the end of the world there will not be, another child like him."
--
Pablo Casals
"The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity
in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives."
-- Albert
Einstein
TEACHER
"Teaching is not a lost art,
but the regard for it is a lost tradition."
-- Jacques Barzun
"The
secret of teaching is to appear to have known all your life what you learned this
afternoon."
-- Anonymous
FAMILY INSPIRATIONAL QUOTATIONS
"The most important thing a father can
do for his children is to love their mother."
-- Theodore Hesburgh
I just daredn't make a sarcastic comment, here, I just daredn't
"When
you look at your life the greatest happiness are family happinesses"
--
Dr. Joyce Brothers
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SPORTS
"If you worried about falling
off the bike, you'd never get on."
-- Lance Armstrong
"You
can always become better."
-- Tiger Woods
POSITIVE ATTITUDE
"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.
The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time."
--
Thomas Edison
"Failure is an event, not a person. Yesterday ended
last night."
-- Zig Ziglar
Yesterday ended last night. Well... ya can't argue with that! :-O (Favorite quotations, anyone?)
SELF CONFIDENCE
"Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to
look like a winner. Even if you are behind, a sustained look of control and confidence
can give you a mental edge that results in victory."
-- Arthur Ashe
"Too
many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are."
--
Malcolm S. Forbes
SELF ESTEEM
"Why do people accept the opinions of
others about themselves as truth? Who is going to live the rest of your life anyway?
Now that is TRUTH!"
-- Doug Firebaugh
"Whoever you
are, there is some younger person who thinks you are perfect. There is some work
that will never be done if you don't do it. There is someone who would miss you
if you were gone. There is a place that you alone can fill."
-- Jacob
M. Braude
(Hey, if you're interested in some quick and easy ways to boost your self esteem you could do a lot worse than see what Kevin Yang has to say! (He has a free ecourse on offer - just give him your email!))
SELF MOTIVATION
"Motivation gets you going but habit
gets you there."
-- Zig Ziglar
"It does not matter
how slowly you go so long as you do not stop."
-- Confucius
And that goes for playing the favorite quotations game. You gotta be in it to win it, remember! ;-)
SELF HELP
"It is not the strongest of the species
that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change
"
-- Charles Darwin
"Everyone is a house with four
rooms, a physical, a mental, an emotional and a spiritual. Most of us tend to
live in one room most of the time, but unless we go into every room, every day,
even if only to keep it aired, we are not a complete person."
-- Indian
Proverb
SELF IMPROVEMENT
"I hear and I forget. I see and I
remember. I do and I understand."
-- Confucius
"Pretend
that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says.
'Make me feel important.' Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed
in life."
-- Mary Kay Ash
FUNNY INSPIRATIONAL QUOTATIONS
"I wish people who have trouble communicating
would just shut up."
-- Tom Lehrer
"I am not afraid
of death, I just don't want to be there when it happens."
-- Woody
Allen
HAPPINESS QUOTES
"Success is getting what you want. Happiness
is wanting what you get."
-- Dale Carnegie
But what is 'wanting what you want, and getting what you get' called? Hello, Dale? Are you there, Dale?... (I know you're here! Have you told us about your favorite quote yet? )
"The supreme happiness in life is the conviction
that we are loved - loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves."
--
Victor Hugo
FAMOUS INSPIRATIONAL QUOTATIONS
"I am always doing that which
I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it."
-- Pablo Picasso
"Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't, you're
right."
-- Henry Ford
SUCCESS!
"The act of taking the first step is what
separates the winners from the losers."
-- Brian
Tracy
"If you don't first handle fear and desire, and you get
rich, you'll only be a highpay slave."
-- Robert Kiyosaki
And that don't sound like fun, do it Robert?
PS About your favorite inspirational quotations! Have you voted, yet? Do so, and play the favorite inspirational quotes game - thanks!
PPS I'd like your favourite quote to be one that's listed on the Self Help Collective website, but I will accept quotes that aren't AS LONG AS THEY'RE PRETTY BLOOMIN' INSPIRATIONAL ;-) And your 'reasons why' will help convince me of this - oh yes!
So many inspirational quotations so little time! :-) The thing is we all have a favorite inspiring quote, one that's moved us or changed our life, and the Self Help Collective would love to hear about yours. E.g. could your fave quote be...
Click on the links below to read other people's favorite inspirational quotes (with reasons why). They were all written by visitors to this page.
My Least Favourite Quotation is by George Bernard Shaw
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"He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches."
-- George Bernard Shaw
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My favourite quotation is by Albert Einstein
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"What is right is not always popular and what is popular is not always right."
— Albert Einstein
This is my favourite inspirational life quote because,...
A quote from Nanook of the North
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"The measure (worth) of a man is what he does with what he has." -- Taken from Nanook of the North
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Steve's Favorite Inspirational Quotation is by Galileo Galilei
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"You can't teach anybody anything, only make them realize the answers are already inside them." by Galileo Galilei
Okay, why is it my favourite?
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Favorite Quote is by Sir Winston Churchill
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"Never in the field of conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." -- Winston Churchill
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My Favorite Quote By Eckhart Tolle
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"Get your inside right, and the outside will take care of itself." -- Eckhart Tolle
Applies to all areas of your life. When you align your heart and ...
Elbert Hubbard Quotation
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"Don't take life too seriously, you'll never get out of it alive" -– Elbert Hubbard
This is my favourite inspirational quotation as it's great and ...
My favourite inspirational quote by Tom Lehrer
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"I wish people who have trouble communicating would just shut up." -- Tom Lehrer
I guess Tom Lehrer's quotation is not politically correct, but it'...
My favorite quote is from Napoleon Hill
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"If you do not conquer self you will be conquered by self." -- Napoleon Hill
I like this quote because:
1. It resonates with what I believe to be ...
Watch your thoughts, they become your words... (by Unknown)
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["Watch your thoughts, for they become words.
Watch your words, for they become actions.
Watch your actions, for they become habits.
Watch your habits,...
Malcolm Forbes Quote
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"Diamonds are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs."
-- Malcolm Forbes
I like this quote because it says no matter who you ...
Ayn Rand Quote
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"We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality."
-- Ayn Rand
Any Rand's quote just strikes me as one of the most ...
CS Lewis Quote
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"Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point."
- CS Lewis
My thoughts on this CS Lewis inspirational ...
My favourite quotation is by Chrissy Garvin
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My favorite inspirational quote is this one:
["I find the best seasoning to use on words is grace....It makes them easy to eat and there is no heartburn ...
My Favourite Quote by Wayne Dyer
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"Infinite patience brings immediate results"
-- Wayne Dyer
I love this quote because it reminds me that emotional fitness is one of the most important ...
My favourite Inspirational Quote is by Gandhi
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"When You Are Right, No Need To Be Angry; When You Are Wrong, You Have No Right To Be Angry..."
-- Mahatma Gandhi
This is one of Gandhi's not so ...
"I Love This Inspirational Quote by Hendrix"
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"When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace."
-- Jimmy Hendrix
This is a powerful inspirational life quote for ...
My Favorite Quote is by Joe Pici
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"Find the prize, find the price, pay it!" by Joe Pici
I love the genuine honesty of this inspirational life quote .
You want something? Just ...
My favorite quote is by Abraham Lincoln
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"Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be." by Abraham Lincoln
This is an old quote, but it is most fitting for the times we ...
My favorite inspirational quote is by Marianne Williamson
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"Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learn here." -- Marianne Williamson
So many people judge others. There is no way you can please ...
Maureen's Favourite Quote is About God
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"God opens ways where to human sense there is no way" by Unknown.
I try to remember to live by this quote just to remind me that we are not alone,...
My favourite quote is by Ann Ortlund
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"To feel loved, to belong, to have a place and to hear one's dignity and worth often affirmed, these are to the soul what food is to the body."
-- Ann ...
I like this inspirational quote by Anaïs Nin
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"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage."
-- Anaïs Nin (The Diary of Anais Nin.)
I don't know if it's my favorite quote, but I like ...
That Robert McCloskey Quotation
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"I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant."
-- Robert McCloskey
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"... the next time you're faced with a setback..." by Unknown
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["So the next time you're faced with a setback, always know that an equal or better opportunity is around the corner, But.. only if you think so... and ...
My Favorite Quotation is by Eleanor Roosevelt
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"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."
-- Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor's inspirational quotation speaks for itself, at least I think ...
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