Words to inspire by influential people

Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.  Elie Wiesel #rafikfarouk

If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.  Albert Einstein #Rafikfarouk

The keystone of successful business is cooperation. Friction retards progress.  James Cash Penney #rafikfarouk

Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too?  I thought that no one but myself . . .  C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves #rafikfarouk

Perseverance is an active principle, and cannot continue to operate but under the influence of desire. William Godwin #rafikfarouk

Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined.  Leo Rosten #rafikfarouk

Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up,  if you just dig.  Marcus Aurelius #rafikfarouk

Personally, I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.  Winston S. Churchill #rafikfarouk

Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.  Saint Augustine #rafikfarouk

In the end  these things matter most: How well did you love? How fully did you live? How deeply did you let go?  Gautama Buddha #rafikfarouk

One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.  Sigmund Freud #rafikfarouk

Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.  Arthur Schopenhauer #rafikfarouk

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11

Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.  Maya Angelou #rafikfarouk

People never learn anything by being told, they have to find out for themselves.  Paulo Coelho #rafikfarouk

In martial arts, every time you graduate, move to another level, you don't forget everything you've done. You build on it, but it's always there.  Melody Beattie #Rafikfarouk

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.  Robert Louis Stevenson #rafikfarouk

It's not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.  Roy Disney #rafikfarouk

Build up your weaknesses until they become your strong points.  Knute Rockne #rafikfarouk