Inspirational words to live by

by Ivania - April 13, 2011

Because I felt that you all deserved a happy post. :)

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"A single dream is more powerful than a thousand realities." -- J.R.R. Tolkien

"I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love." -- Mother Teresa

Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither. -- C.S. Lewis

"The most wasted of all days is one without laugher." -- E.E. Cummings

"If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be.
Now put foundations under them." --

Henry David Thoreau

"There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear ... " -- 1 John 4:18

"Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.
Life is beauty, admire it.
Life is a dream, realize it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is a tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it." -- Mother Teresa

"Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you." -- Deuteronomy 3:16

"Joy is a net of love in which you can catch souls." -- Mother Teresa

“You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore”
- Christopher Columbus

"I'm on Aslan's side even if there isn't any Aslan to lead it. I'm going to live as like a Narnian as I can even if there isn't any Narnia." -- C.S. Lewis

"It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit." -- J.R.R. Tolkien

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that’s all” -- Oscar Wilde

“If you want to be happy, be” -- Leo Tolstoy

"If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world." -- C.S. Lewis

“Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.” -- Mark Twain

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of conflict and controversy” -- Martin Luther King Jr.

“We must be the change we want to see” -- Gandhi

"You don't have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body." -- C.S. Lewis

"Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens." -- J.R.R. Tolkien

With these lovely words in mind, I leave now, to do useful things! Have a good evening!

God bless,