Seek Out People Beyond Your Own Circles

To acquire knowledge, one must study;
but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.
- Marilyn vos Savant

I am not the same having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness,
and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.
Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things
cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.
- Mark Twain

Travel teaches toleration.
- Benjamin Disraeli

Seek Out People Beyond Your Own Small Social, Political, Religious, and Geographical Circles.
 - Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Dare to dream of your great success

Boldly Sail the Storms of Life

One World

The World is My Family
      

To Appreciate People, Spend Time with Them

Travel teaches toleration.
- Benjamin Disraeli

To acquire knowledge, one must study;
but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.
- Marilyn vos Savant

Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness,
and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.
Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things
cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.
- Mark Twain

I am not the same having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.
- Mary Anne Radmacher


Further reading: Dare to dream of your great success

One World

Boldly Sail the Storms of Life

The World is My Family
      

Strength from Life's Storms

There is no education like adversity.
- Benjamin Disraeli

Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life.
The evening beam that smiles the clouds away,
and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray.
- Lord Byron

Today's Affirmation:
Today is my day to honor my being,
release each and every struggle,
gather strength from life's storms,
relax into the arms of spirit.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Coping with the Impossible

Let Go and Let God

Tending the Garden of Our Lives
     

Never Ever Give Up

You drown not by falling into a river,
but by staying submerged in it.
- Paulo Coelho

Men do not fail; they give up trying.
- Elihu Root

Through perseverance, many people win success
out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.
- Benjamin Disraeli

You may have a fresh start any moment you choose,
for this thing that we call "failure" is not the falling down,
but the staying down.
- Mary Pickford

The majority of men meet with failure
because of their lack of persistence
in creating new plans to take
the place of those which fail.
- Napoleon Hill

For every failure, there's an alternative course of action.
You just have to find it.
When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.
- Mary Kay Ash

Further reading: When Life Looks Hopeless

Circumstance Reveals a Person's Nature

Responsibility, Not Blame

Overcoming Difficulties
    

Travel

To travel is to take a journey into yourself.
- Danny Kaye

Travel teaches toleration.
- Benjamin Disraeli

Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness,
and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.
Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things
cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.
- Mark Twain

To acquire knowledge, one must study;
but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.
- Marilyn vos Savant

You never really understand a person
until you consider things from his point of view.
- Harper Lee

I am not the same having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

We are all different - and we are all one.
Take time to understand, and to appreciate.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Dare to dream of your great success

Boldly Sail the Storms of Life

One World

The World is My Family

Travel

World

Point of View

Observer

Why Quotations?

Quotations help us remember the simple yet profound truths
that give life perspective and meaning.
- Criswell Freeman

The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages
are perpetuated by quotations.
- Benjamin Disraeli

Words are a lens to focus one's mind.
- Ayn Rand

Quotations are dead unless a spur for inquiry.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Know thyself.
- Socrates (inscribed on the ancient Greek temple at Delphi)

Further reading: Nature of Quotations

Inspirational Quotes - Spur for Inquiry

Most Inspiring Quotations

Truths

Meaning

Inquiry

Questions

Ancient Wisdom

Words of Wisdom

Patience

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

The secret of success is constancy to purpose.
- Benjamin Disraeli

Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.
- Ovid

Patience, persistence, and perseverance.
A little more each day, a little better each day.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Tending the Garden of Our Lives

Play to win, but be a good loser

Planting Seeds

Quotes about Patience

Never Give Up Quotes

Quotes about Perseverance

Quotes about Hope

Quotes about Lessons

You Can Do It Quotes

Life's Storms

There is no education like adversity. - Benjamin Disraeli 

 Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life. The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray. - Lord Byron 

 Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass... It's about learning to Dance in the Rain. - Vivian Greene

Today's Affirmation: Today is my day to honor my being, release each and every struggle, gather strength from life's storms, relax into the arms of spirit. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie 

 Further reading: Coping with the Impossible 

  Tending the Garden of Our Lives

Keep Going

Winners never quit and quitters never win. 

- Vince Lombardi 

 The secret of success is constancy to purpose. 

- Benjamin Disraeli 

 The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart. 

- Robert Ingersoll 

 Further reading: What Can Christopher Columbus Teach Us Today? 

The Mind

To the mind that is still,
the whole universe surrenders.
- Lao Tzu

Beware the Rattlesnake of the Mind.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

We are shaped by our thoughts;
we become what we think.
When the mind is pure, joy follows
like a shadow that never leaves.
- The Buddha

Nurture your mind with great thoughts,
for you will never go any higher than you think.
- Benjamin Disraeli

Further reading: Question Your Questions

Perspective on Tradition: An Open Mind

Open Mind - Open Heart

Mind Quotes

Thoughts Quotes

Heart Quotes

Gentle Quotes

Beware Quotes

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. - Dale Carnegie

Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get.
- Dale Carnegie

The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
- Benjamin Disraeli

Gardening is all about optimism.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

Be optimistic. Visualize yourself as happy and successful.

Further reading: 12 Life Lessons I Learned From My Cat

Your big opportunity may be right where you are now - Napoleon Hill

Opportunities multiply as they are seized. - Sun Tzu

To travel is to take a journey into yourself. Danny Kaye

To travel is to take a journey into yourself.
- Danny Kaye

It is better to travel well than to arrive.
- The Buddha

Travel teaches toleration.
- Benjamin Disraeli

Further reading: Boldly Sail the Storms of Life

Practical Forgiveness by Sheri Rosenthal

Mark Twain quotes: Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness

Imagine - John Lennon: Imagine Peace, Imagine Love