INSPIRATIONAL QUOTATIONS

Getting Started

How wonderful that no one need wait a single moment to improve the world.
— Anne Frank

If you don't believe one person can make a difference, you have never been in bed with a mosquito.
— Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop

Whether you think you can, or think you can't, you're right.
— Henry Ford

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
— Chinese Proverb

Not being able to do everything is no excuse for not doing everything you can.
— Ashleigh Brilliant

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
— Edmond Burke

You have to become involved to make an impact. No one is impressed with the won/loss record of the referee.
— John Holcomb

Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
— Mark Twain

I wondered why somebody didn't do something. Then I realized, I am somebody.
— Source Unknown

Staying Motivated

Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
— Will Rogers

Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take with you nothing that you have received — only what you have given.
— St. Francis of Assisi

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
— Margaret Mead, anthropologist

Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.
— Marlene vos Savant

With a sweet tongue and kindness, you can drag an elephant by a hair.
— Persian Proverb

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
— Aesop

Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: if you are alive, it isn't.
— Richard Bach

Rewards

It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no man can seriously help another without helping himself.
— Charles Dudley Warner, 1873

A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses.
— Chinese proverb

I am a recipient of unconditional love; I am a volunteer!
— Shanterra McBride, Empower Program

You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have really lived, are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love.
— Henry Drummond

Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns. I am thankful that thorns have roses.
— Alphonse Karr