Inspirational Quotes

"Simple, generous goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when fame and money fail, and is the only riches we can take out of this world with us." ~ Little Men by Louisa May Alcott "Action may not always be happiness," said the general; "but there is no happiness without action." ~ Lothair by Benjamin Disraeli "Fight till the last gasp." ~ Henry VI, Part One by William Shakespeare Peril, loneliness, an uncertain future, are not oppressive evils, so long as the frame is healthy and the faculties are employed; so long, especially, as Liberty lends us her wings, and Hope guides us by her star. ~ Villette by Charlotte Bronte In the Destroyer's steps there spring up bright creations that defy his power, and his dark path becomes a way of light to Heaven. ~ The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens The Sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on. ~ The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens "Can you suppose there's any harm in looking as cheerful and being as cheerful as our poor circumstances will permit?" ~ The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens From the death of each day's hope another hope sprung up to live to-morrow. ~ The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens "All things are ready, if our minds be so." ~ Henry V by William Shakespeare The mind is its own place, and in it self
Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven. ~ Paradise Lost by John Milton