Inspirational Quotes

"You know, there are two good things in life, freedom of thought and freedom of action." ~ Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. ~ Great Expectations by Charles Dickens "Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape." ~ Great Expectations by Charles Dickens That was a memorable day to me, for it made great changes in me. But, it is the same with any life. Imagine one selected day struck out of it, and think how different its course would have been. Pause you who read this, and think for a moment of the long chain of iron or gold, of thorns or flowers, that would never have bound you, but for the formation of the first link on one memorable day. ~ Great Expectations by Charles Dickens "Now, I return to this young fellow. And the communication I have got to make is, that he has great expectations." ~ Great Expectations by Charles Dickens "What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult to each other?" ~ Middlemarch by George Eliot We are all drifting reefwards now, and faith is our only anchor. ~ Dracula by Bram Stoker "As long as the heart beats, as long as body and soul keep together, I cannot admit that any creature endowed with a will has need to despair of life." ~ Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne "Axel," replied the Professor with perfect coolness, "our situation is almost desperate; but there are some chances of deliverance, and it is these that I am considering. If at every instant we may perish, so at every instant we may be saved. Let us then be prepared to seize upon the smallest advantage." ~ Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne "Liberty is worth paying for." ~ 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne