Inspirational Quotations

 

When a dog runs at you, whistle for him.

Thoreau

When a pickpocket sees a saint, he sees only his pockets.

Hari Dass Baba

When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign,
that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.

Jonathan Swift

When friendships are real, they are not glass threads or frost work, but the solidest things we know.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

When I eat Jell-O I feel better. Don’t ask me to reduce it to a science.

Ally McBeal

When I have forgiven myself and remembered who I am I will bless everyone
and everything I see. . . I will look with love on all that I failed to see before.

A Course in Miracles

When I stopped seeing my mother with the eyes of a child,
I saw the woman who helped me give birth to myself.

Nancy Friday

When I tune into my beautiful self, I get happiness.
Everything in the universe belongs to me.

Dick Gregory

When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant
I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21,
I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.

Mark Twain

When it is not necessary to make a decision, it is necessary not to make a decision.

Lord Falkland

When mind soars in pursuit of the things conceived in space, it pursues emptiness; but when man dives deep within himself, he experiences the fullness of existence.

Meher Baba

When of thy mortal goods thou find thyself bereft, And from the goodly store two loaves alone are left…Sell one, and with the dole buy hyacinths to feed thy soul

Moslih Eddin Saadi

When the bull’s-eye becomes as big as an elephant in your mind,
you won’t be able to miss it.

Alejandro Jodorowski

When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends.

Japanese Proverb

When the defining moment comes along, you define the moment,
or the moment defines you.

From the film,
Tin Cup

When the heart grieves over what it has lost, the spirit rejoices over what it has found.

Source unknown

When the power of love overpowers the love of power, the world will know peace. 

Jimi Hendrix

When the solution is simple, God is answering.

Albert Einstein

When the whole world starts to push and shove me, I need to relax and let God love me.

Song lyrics,
source unknown

When Thoreau was on his deathbed, a friend asked him, “Have you made peace with God?” Thoreau answered, “I wasn’t aware that God and I had quarreled.”

Source unknown 

When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.

William Arthur Ward

When we use our imagination properly it is our greatest friend; it goes belyond reason and is the only light that takes us everywhere.

Swami Vivekananda

When you are having fun, you are helping others. When you are not having fun, and telling yourself that you’re helping others, you are not helping them or yourself.

Seth 
(Jane Roberts)

When you are involved in something, you do it only when it is convenient. When you are committed, you accept no excuses – only results.

Ken Blanchard

When you change the way you see the world, the world you see will change.

Dr. Wayne Dyer

When you feel dog tired at night, it may be because you've growled all day long.

Source unknown

When you feel gratitude, you are the closest to the natural state you were born to live in.

Abraham-Hicks

When you get the message, hang up the phone.

Source unknown

When you have learned how to decide with God, all decisions become as easy
and as right as breathing. There is no effort and you will be led as gently
 as if you were being carried down a quiet path in summer.

A Course in Miracles

When you shoot an arrow of truth, dip its point in honey.

Arabian proverb

When you speak from your heart, everyone listens - because God is talking.

Source unknown

When your heart is in your dreams, no request is too extreme.

From the song, “When You Wish Upon a Star”

When your work speaks for itself, don’t interrupt!

Henry J. Kaiser

Wherever you are is the entry point.

Kabir

Who is the doctor? The mind of the patient.

A Course in Miracles

Who would attempt to fly with the tiny wings of a sparrow
when the mighty power of an eagle has been given him?

A Course in Miracles

Whoever is happy will make others happy, too.

Mark Twain

Whoever makes himself freer and more human in his own existence
is doing his part towards peace.

Maria Rainer Rilke

Why be something to everybody when you can be everything to somebody?

G.K. Chesterton

 

   

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