Words to inspire by influential people

The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.  Audrey Hepburn #rafikfarouk

To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.  Alfred Lord Tennyson #rafikfarouk

You believe that easily which you hope for earnestly.  Terence #rafikfarouk

Know or listen to those who know.  Baltasar Gracian #rafikfarouk

It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.  Niccolo Machiavelli   #rafikfarouk~

Uncertainty is the refuge of hope.  Henri Frederic Amiel #rafikfarouk

What is straight? A line can be straight, or a street, but the human heart, oh, no, it's curved like a road through mountains.  Tennessee Williams #rafikfarouk

Things start out as hopes and end up as habits.  Lillian Hellman #rafikfarouk

Hope is a talent like any other.  Storm Jameson #rafikfarouk

Every exit is an entry somewhere else.  Tom Stoppard #rafikfarouk

If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.  William Glasser #rafikfarouk

It's the steady, quiet, plodding ones who win in the lifelong race.  Robert W. Service #rafikfarouk

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.  Benjamin Disraeli #rafikfarouk

Principles and rules are intended to provide a thinking man with a frame of reference.  Carl Von Clausewitz #rafikfarouk

I've got big shoes to fill. This is my chance to do something. I have to seize the moment.  Andrew Jackson #Rafikfarouk

Leadership is not a popularity contest; it's about leaving your ego at the door. The name of the game is to lead without a title.  Robin S. Sharma #rafikfarouk

Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.  William Arthur Ward #rafikfarouk

We are twice armed if we fight with faith.  Plato #rafikfarouk

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.  William Shakespeare #rafikfarouk

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.  Marcus Tullius Cicero #rafikfarouk

Some memories are unforgettable, remaining ever vivid and heartwarming!  Joseph B. Wirthlin #rafikfarouk

Never lose the childlike wonder. Show gratitude... Don't complain; just work harder... Never give up.  Randy Pausch #rafikfarouk

Believe in yourself, take on your challenges, dig deep within yourself to conquer fears. Never let anyone bring you down. You got to keep going.  Chantal Sutherland #rafikfarouk

In my deepest, darkest moments, what really got me through was a prayer. Sometimes my prayer was 'Help me.' Sometimes a prayer was 'Thank you.' What I've discovered is that intimate connection and communication with my creator will always get me through because I know my support, my help, is just a prayer away.  Iyanla Vanzant #rafikfarouk

Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.  Lyndon B. Johnson #rafikfarouk

We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing.  Seneca #rafikfarouk

Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.  C. S. Lewis #rafikfarouk

Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life.  Wayne Dyer #rafikfarouk

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.  Martin Luther King, Jr. #rafikfarouk

A picture is a poem without words.  Horace #rafikfarouk

Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.  Desmond Tutu #Rafikfarouk

Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.  Marcus Tullius Cicero #rafikfarouk

If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.  Booker T. Washington #rafikfarouk

All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination.  Earl Nightingale #rafikfarouk

I want to stand for something, and it's probably going to be something that some people stand against.  Blake Shelton #rafikfarouk

Let my soul smile through my heart and my heart smile through my eyes, that I may scatter rich smiles in sad hearts.  Paramahansa Yogananda #rafikfarouk

Quality is pride of workmanship.  W. Edwards Deming #rafikfarouk

Trust but verify.  Ronald Reagan #rafikfarouk

We need to give each other the space to grow, to be ourselves, to exercise our diversity. We need to give each other space so that we may both give and receive such beautiful things as ideas, openness, dignity, joy, healing, and inclusion.  Max de Pree #rafikfarouk

Draw not your bow till your arrow is fixed. Unknown #Rafikfarouk

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.  Blaise Pascal #rafikfarouk

There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest.  Napoleon Bonaparte #rafikfarouk

A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.  John Wooden #rafikfarouk

Failure is good. It's fertilizer. Everything I've learned about coaching, I've learned from making mistakes.  Rick Pitino #rafikfarouk

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.  William James #Rafikfarouk

If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm.  Mahatma Gandhi #rafikfarouk

Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.  W. Clement Stone #rafikfarouk

Perseverance is a positive, active characteristic.  Joseph B. Wirthlin #rafikfarouk

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.  Charles Dickens #rafikfarouk

Grace is not part of consciousness; it is the amount of light in our souls, not knowledge nor reason.  Pope Francis #rafikfarouk