Words for My Soul

“The keys to patience are acceptance and faith. Accept things as they are, and look realistically at the world around you. Have faith in yourself and in the direction you have chosen.”
-Ralph Marston; author and publisher of The Daily Motivator

“Laughing is better, easier, and it doesn’t smear your mascara.”
~Lynn

“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.”
-Harriet Tubman (1820-1913); American escaped slave, abolitionist, humanitarian

“If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.”
-Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672); writer, poet, first woman to be published in Colonial America

“Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able and yet humble man is a jewel worth a kingdom.”
-William Penn(1644-1718); Founded the English colony that later became the U.S. State of Pennsylvania.

“I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader [...]

“Original love never appears in pure form, but in manifold veils and shapes, such as confidence, humility, reverence, serenity, as faithfulness and modesty, as gratefulness.”
-Friedrich Von Schlegel (1772-1829), philosopher

“Humility leads to strength and not to weakness. It is the highest form of self-respect to admit mistakes and to make amends for them.”
-John J. McCloy (1895-1989); lawyer and banker, former political advisor

“Humility, that low, sweet root, From which all heavenly virtues shoot.”
-Thomas Moore (1779-1852); poet

“You are here for a purpose. There is no duplicate of you in the whole wide world. There never has been, there never will be. You were brought here now to fill a certain need. Take time to think that over.”
-Lou Austin; author