You've Got to Read These Inspirational Quotes
Sometimes all it takes is a word or feeling-filled thought to quicken the imagination and open the heart. What follows are some of my favorites which I return to time and again, moving through them like prayer beads or a rosary, whispering the wisdom of others to stir my own creative juices. I hope you enjoy theme as much as I do!
The ancients knew something which we seem to have forgotten. All means prove a blunt instrument, if they have not behind them a living spirit.” — Albert Einstein, 20th Century Physicist
We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men. “ — Herman Melville (1819-1891), Novelist & Poet
We should every night call ourselves to an account; What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed? What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired? Our vices will abort of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift. — Seneca (4 B. C – A. D. 65), Roman Playright, Orator, Philosopher
Be a first rate version of yourself, not a second rate version of someone else.
— Judy Garland (1922-1969), American Actress & Singer
The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning to work on becoming yourself. — Anna Quindlen, Living Writer
