#inspiration

Therefore, dearly beloved brethren, let us cheerfully do all things that lie in our power; and then may we stand still, with the utmost assurance, to see the salvation of God, and for his arm to be revealed. ↗

— Joseph Smith Jr.

#uplifting #way-to-be #inspirational

My circumstances of unrelieved responsibility and permanent distraction necessitated the short story form. ↗

— Raymond Carver

#work #work-ethic #writing #inspirational

Keep me safe, keep me from harm, keep me in your loving arms. ↗

— Mindy Starns Clark

#prayer #inspirational

Step up and move ahead, life is all about moving on and traveling all along like a bird. ↗

— Santosh Kalwar

#inspirational

Supernatural is a dangerous and difficult word in any of its senses, looser or stricter. But to fairies it can hardly be applied, unless super is taken merely as a superlative prefix. For it is man who is, in contrast to fairies, supernatural; whereas they are natural, far more natural than he. Such is their doom. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#mankind #supernatural #the-tolkien-reader #inspirational

When we support or vote for candidates outside the two major political parties we are immediately lectured about wasting our vote or making it easier for the less desirable of the two major candidates to claim victory. These lies are repeated every election and they must be ignored. You never waste your vote if you vote your conscience. ↗

— Glenn Beck

#true-to-life #inspirational

You can map out a fight plan or a life plan, but when the action starts, it may not go the way you planned, and you're down to your reflexes - that means your [preparation:]. That's where your roadwork shows. If you cheated on that in the dark of the morning, well, you're going to get found out now, under the bright lights. ↗

— Joe Frazier

#inspirational-success-failure #motivation #under-the-bright-lights #work-ethic #working-out

Try for once to justify the meaning of your existence as it were a posteriori by setting yourself an aim, a goal... an exalted and noble 'to this end.' Perish in pursuit of this and only this ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#inspirational #philosophy #inspirational

There is more to life than just surviving it. Inside each turbulence there is a calm -- a sliver of light buried in the darkness. ↗

— Norman Ollestad

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He is beginning to master wisdom when he tries to learn how not to try. ↗

— Paul Brunton

#inspirational #wisdom #inspirational