Words to inspire by influential people

To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter.  Euripides #rafikfarouk

If you would know strength and patience, welcome the company of trees.  Hal Borland #rafikfarouk

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.  Ralph Waldo Emerson #rafikfarouk

Consider your origins: you were not made to live as brutes,  but to follow virtue and knowledge.  Dante Alighieri #rafikfarouk

To be is to be the value of a variable.  Willard Van Orman Quine #rafikfarouk

A man is what he thinks about all day long.  Ralph Waldo Emerson #rafikfarouk

He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise.  Quintus Ennius #rafikfarouk

Give me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue.  Cesare Pavese #rafikfarouk

The real man smiles in trouble,  gathers strength from distress,  and grows brave by reflection.  Thomas Paine #rafikfarouk

For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.  Lao Tzu #rafikfarouk

It is not whether your words or actions are tough or gentle; it is the spirit behind your actions and words that announces your inner state. Rene Char #rafikfarouk

Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.  William Butler Yeats #rafikfarouk

Prayer opens the heart to God, and it is the means by which the soul, though empty, is filled by God.  John Buchan #rafikfarouk

Courage doesn't always roar.  Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, 'I will try again tomorrow'.  Mary Anne Radmacher @rafikfarouk

Sow an act and you reap a habit.  Sow a habit and you reap a character.  Sow a character and you reap a destiny.  Charles Reade #rafikfarouk

Well done is better than well said.  Benjamin Franklin #rafikfarouk

The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life,  the clearer we should see through it.  Niccolo Machiavelli #rafikfarouk

Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement.  Henry Ford #rafikfarouk

Nothing can be done except little by little.  Charles Baudelaire #rafikfarouk

Honest hearts produce honest actions.  Brigham Young #rafikfarouk