Words to inspire by influential people

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.  Ralph Waldo Emerson

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.  Henry Ford

Patience and time do more than strength or passion.  Jean de La Fontaine

Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge. Abraham Joshua Heschel

The greatest barrier to someone achieving their potential is their denial of it.  Simon Travaglia

Most people want to avoid pain, and discipline is usually painful.  John C. Maxwell

He who learns but does not think, is lost! How how thinks but does not learn is in great danger.  Confucius

From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.  Publilius Syrus

Each new situation requires a new architecture. Jean Nouvel

When a man’s willing and eager the God’s join in.  Aeschylus

Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. One fails forward toward success.  C. S. Lewis

P ositive anything is better than negative nothing.  Elbert Hubbard

I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. Jimmy Dean

Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.  Franz Kafka

Ambition is the path to success, persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.  William Eardley IV

Ambition is the path to success, persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.  William Eardley IV

Whatever you are, be a good one.  Abraham Lincoln

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.  Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Start every day off with a smile and get it over with.  W. C. Fields

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.  Albert Schweitzer