Quotes to inspire you.
DREAMING THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM
'The mentality which urges you
never to anticipate, never to count your chickens before they
are hatched is wrong. Let your anticipation run riot, plan and
dream of things far above your grasp; reach after them in your
imagination even when the reality is receding. Think about them
always. Plan new achievements, and set about achieving them. Failure
and disappointment simply do not matter; go ahead with your dreaming,
let your enthusiasm run away with you. You were made to rise and
soar again. If you accomplish nothing else you will have kept
the rot and rust away…it is the dreamers who touch the stars.
Which is the success you plan? Are you to play safe for the rest
of your life, or are you to adventure? You must make a choice…and
having made it you must abide by it.'
A. Wainwright, Lakeland walker, author
FROM SOMEONE WHO HAS DONE IT ALL
'Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest
fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light,
not our darkness, that frightens us. We ask ourselves 'Who am
I to be brilliant or talented or fabulous?' Actually, 'Who are
we not to be brilliant or talented or fabulous?' Playing small
does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about
shrinking, so that others will not feel insecure around you.
As we let our light shine, we unconsciously give others permission
to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence
automatically embraces others.'
Nelson Mandella, inauguration speech to the South African Parliament,
taken from a piece by Marianne Williams.
IF I HAD IT ALL TO DO AGAIN
'If I had to
live my life over, I'd dare to make more mistakes next time. I'd
relax. I'd limber up. I would be sillier than I've been this trip.
I would take fewer things seriously. I would take more chances.
I would take more trips. I would climb more mountains and swim
more rivers. I would eat more ice creams and less beans. I would
perhaps have more actual troubles but I'd have fewer imaginary
ones.
You see I'm one of
those people who live sensibly and sanely hour after hour, day
after day. Oh, I've had my moments and if I had to do it over
again, I'd have more of them. In fact I'd have nothing else, just
moments, one after another, instead of living so many years ahead
of each day. I've been one of those persons who never goes anywhere
without a thermometer, a hot water bottle, a raincoat, a parachute.
If I had to do it all again, I'd travel lighter than I have.
If I had to live my
life over, I would go barefoot earlier in the spring and stay
that way later in the fall. I would go to more dances. I would
ride more merry-go-rounds. I would pick more daisies.'
Nadine Stair, aged 85 - Louisville,
Kentucky
Association for Humanistic Psychology Newsletter, July 1975
