Inspirational Quotes

I enjoy reading quotes that are thought provoking and inspirational. They can really set you up for the day in a positive frame of mind. Here are a few of my favourites:

"There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open." - Martha Graham

"If one asks for success and prepares for failure, he will get the situation he has prepared for" - Florence Scovel Shinn

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us, it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others." - Marianne Williamson, quoted in speech by Nelson Mandela

"The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for." - Maureen Dowd

"By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired." - Nikos Kazantzakis

"Your life is what your thoughts make it. "- Marcus Aurelius

"The world is but a canvas to the imagination." - Henry David Thoreau

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