What is your favorite inspirational quote?

I'm making my friend a jar of "Encourage-Mints" (a jar filled with mints and inspirational quotes written on little envelopes) as a good luck present before he has exams and wanted some more quotes. Any suggestions?

The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.
- John Ruskin

10 Responses to “What is your favorite inspirational quote?”

  1. donfpizza, on October 12th, 2008 at 3:25 am Said:

    live and let live, or, to err is human but to forgive divine.:):)
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  2. K360°, on October 12th, 2008 at 3:30 am Said:

    here is a classical one
    This one is my favorite.
    "If you love me by seeing my dress, you are loving the TAILOR
    If you love me by seeing my face, you are loving the GOD; but,
    If you love me by seeing my work, you really and truly love me."

    hope this one will go into the jar.
    thanks in advance
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  3. Hitman, on October 12th, 2008 at 4:01 am Said:

    Continuous effort–not strength or intelligence–is the key to unlocking our potential – Winston Churchill
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  4. Ice_Man, on October 12th, 2008 at 4:20 am Said:

    If you can imagine it, you can achieve it; if you can dream it, you can become it.

    or this one

    We are still masters of our fate.
    We are still captains of our souls
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  5. UR, on October 12th, 2008 at 4:33 am Said:

    …So, Work like you don't need money.Love like you've never been hurt and ~ Dance Like no one's watching.

    I just love this inspirational quote. I hope you also like it.
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  6. Louise N, on October 12th, 2008 at 4:38 am Said:

    "Be the best that you can be- and you will be loved in whatever you do" Simple but
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  7. The 8 Bicycle and Jim, on October 12th, 2008 at 5:14 am Said:

    The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.
    - John Ruskin
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  8. phdbrown237, on October 12th, 2008 at 5:22 am Said:

    "A mind is a terrible thing to waste"
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  9. Aliissa Garcia, on October 12th, 2008 at 5:38 am Said:

    Hopee you likee them <33

    Pretending to be someone you're
    not is a waste of the person you are

    Falling for someone the first time is easy…
    it's the second time around,
    after you have fallen and trusted someone
    to catch you and they didn't…
    when it becomes difficult to let yourself fall again.

    Laugh when you can,
    apologize when you should,
    and let go of what you can't change.

    It's really nice when you can just think
    about someone and smile

    The truly painful goodbyes are the ones
    that are never said, never explained

    I hate that time before you go to sleep at night
    because that's when all the thoughts you've been
    trying to avoid start lingering in your mind

    Fate exists,
    but it can only take you so far
    cause once you’re there,
    it’s up to you to make it happen.

    Love doesnt walk away, people do

    No matter what someone tells you
    there is a person out there that is meant
    to wake up next to you every morning

    Too often we don't realize what we have until it's gone
    too often we're too stubborn to say "i'm sorry, i was wrong"
    too often it seems we hurt the ones closets to our hearts
    and we let the most foolish thing tear us apart

    If you're not willing to risk it all
    then you don't want it bad enough.

    Faliure is divided into two classes;
    those who thought and never did,
    and those who did and never thought

    People die everyday
    and we only care
    when we actually knew the person.

    You dont even realize how much someone means to you
    until you are with someone else
    and you realize that its not what you want
    and all you do want is
    the one you don't have anymore

    You know you really love someone
    when you don't hate them for breaking your heart.

    Just because you
    left doesn't mean
    i stopped loveing you.

    Rule Number One of Love:
    You can never be "just friends"
    with the person you`re in love with.

    The biggest mistake you can make
    is to drift apart from someone,
    who you once had the time of your life with.

    The truth of the matter is, if
    you have to stop & ask yourself, "is
    it really worth it?", it probably isn't.

    The weak can never forgive.
    Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
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    ; )

  10. Jo W, on October 12th, 2008 at 6:12 am Said:

    “To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.” – Anatole France

    “Try and fail, but don't fail to try.” – Stephen Kaggwa

    “You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, 'Why not?'” – George Bernard Shaw

    “Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.” – Thomas Alva Edison

    “Never, never, never, never give up.” – Winston Churchill
    References :
    http://www.quotesdaddy.com/quote/38274/anatole-france/to-accomplish-great-things-we-must-not-only-act-but

    http://www.quotesdaddy.com/quote/579299/stephen-kaggwa/try-and-fail-but-dont-fail-to-try

    http://www.quotesdaddy.com/quote/514342/george-bernard-shaw/you-see-things-and-you-say-why-but-i-dream-things

    http://www.quotesdaddy.com/quote/343126/thomas-alva-edison/genius-is-one-percent-inspiration-and-ninety-nine

    http://www.quotesdaddy.com/quote/280669/winston-churchill/never-never-never-never-give-up

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