#rational

It put me upon reflecting how little repining there would be among mankind at any condition of life, if people would rather compare their condition with those that were worse, in order to be thankful, than be always comparing them with those which are better, to assist their murmurings and complaining. ↗

— Daniel Defoe

#inspirational

A cliche is everything you've ever heard of. ↗

— Janet Fitch

#writing #inspirational

By perseverance, the snail reached the ark. ↗

— Charles H. Spurgeon

#inspirational

The holiness of love inspired ordinary men and women to act like angels. It lifted them on wings closer to God. ↗

— Nancy Holder

#inspirational #inspirational

Behind every stressful thought is the desire for things to be other than they are. ↗

— Toni Bernhard

#stress #inspirational

I'd rather have people hate me with the knowledge that I tried to save them. ↗

— Keith Green

#inspirational

You can't understand where someone's going unless you understand where they've been. ↗

— Jerry B. Jenkins

#inspirational

Living in a world that is valued only as gain, an ever-expanding world-as-frontier that has no worth of its own, no fullness of its own, you live in danger of losing your own worth to yourself. That's when you begin to listen to the voices from the other side, and to ask questions of failure and the dark. ↗

— Ursula K. Le Guin

#inspirational

I think that if you have a horse, pegasus, qilin, or unicorn, you should sit on it! You should stroke its hair, whisper in its ear, be one with it! And you shouldn't feel sorry if other people don't have one. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#inspirational-quotes #on-horseback #pegasus #qilin #self-empowerment

Does it take the harsh light of disaster to show a person’s true nature? ↗

— Jean-Dominique Bauby

#heart-wrenching #inspirational #inspirational