Quotes:
“Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right, and stopping the leaks in the roof, and so on: you knew that those jobs needed doing and you are not surprised. But presently He starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably, and does not seem to make sense. What on earth is He up to?
"The explanation is that He is building quite a different house from the one you thought of– throwing out a new wing here, putting on an extra floor there, running up towers, making courtyards. You thought you were going to be made into a decent little cottage: but He is building a palace. He intends to come and live in it Himself.”
–C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity (London: William Collins, 1970), 172.
(picture of C.S. Lewis taken from http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1e/C.s.lewis3.JPG)
–C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity (London: William Collins, 1970), 172.
(picture of C.S. Lewis taken from http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1e/C.s.lewis3.JPG)
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"Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate, but 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, gorgeous, handsome, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?
"You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.
"We were born to make manifest the glory of God within us. It is not just in some; it is in everyone.
"And, as we let our own light shine, we consciously give other people permission
to do the same.As we are liberated from our fear,
our presence automatically liberates others."
-Nelson Mandela
(picture of Nelson Mandela taken from http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Nelson_Mandela-2008_%28edit%29.jpg)
"People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered;
Forgive them anyway...
"If you are kind, People may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway...
"If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies;
Succeed anyway...
"If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway...
"What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway...
"If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway...
"The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway...
"Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough;
Give the world the best you've got anyway...
"You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God;
It was never between you and them anyway...
- Mother Teresa
(image taken from: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/MotherTeresa_090.jpg)
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish
by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its
whole life believing that it is stupid.”
"Anyone who has never made a mistake has
never tried anything new."
- Albert Einstein
(picture taken from http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/86/Einstein_tongue.jpg)
"A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but
more useful than a life spent doing nothing."
- George Bernard Shaw
(image taken from: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/GBShaw_1909.jpg)
"Success is to be measured not so much by the position
that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he
has overcome."
- Booker T. Washington
(image taken from: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Booker_T_Washington_retouched_flattened-crop.jpg)
"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do."
- Eleanor Roosevelt
(image taken from: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/Eleanor_Roosevelt_at_United_Nations.png)
"The point is not to pay back kindness but to pass it on."
- Julia Alvarez
(image taken from: http://www.hispanicallyspeakingnews.com/uploads/images/article-images/JuliaAlvarezAUTHOR.jpg)
"When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: 'If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right.' It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.
- Steve Jobs
(image taken from: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/Steve_Jobs_Headshot_2010-CROP.jpg)
"Parents can only give good advice or put them [children] on the right paths, but the final forming of a
person's character lies in their own hands."
"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world."
- Anne Frank
(image taken from: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/47/Anne_Frank.jpg)
"Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced."
"Those who say it can't be done are usually interrupted by others doing it."
- James Baldwin
(image taken from: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/James_baldwin.jpg)
"The way to gain a good reputation, is to
endeavor to be what you desire to appear."
-Socrates
(image taken from: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/UWASocrates_gobeirne_cropped.jpg)
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"When you find peace within yourself, you become the
kind of person who can live at peace with others."
- Peace Pilgrim
(image taken from: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/Peace_Pilgrim-1980-Hawaii.jpg)
"Every day do something that will inch you
closer to a better tomorrow."
- Doug Firebaugh
(image taken from: http://www.passionfire.com/DougFirebaughWeb.jpg)
"Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got."
- Janis Joplin
(image taken from: http://www.palzoo.net/file/pic/user/Janis-Joplin.jpg)
"Heaven never helps the man who will not act."
- Sophocles
(image taken from: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Sophocles_pushkin.jpg)
"Love comes when manipulation stops; when you think more about the other person than about his or her reactions to you. When you dare to reveal yourself fully. When you dare to be vulnerable."
- Dr. Joyce Brothers
(image taken from: http://www.corporateartists.com/images/joycebrothers.jpg)
"Our ideas, like orange-plants, spread out in proportion to
the size of the box which imprisons the roots."
- Edward Bulwer Lytton
(image taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Edward_George_Earle_Lytton_Bulwer_Lytton ,_1st_Baron_Lytton_by_Henry_William_Pickersgill.jpg)
"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody."
"You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything, even poverty, you can survive it."
- Bill Cosby
(image taken from: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Bill_cosby_1969.JPG)
"You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back."
- Barbara De Angelis
(image taken from:http://www.speaking.com/clientimages/clientimages,a/angelisbarbarade.jpg)
"Only those who dare to fall greatly can
achieve greatly."
- Robert F. Kennedy
(image source: http://www.garvandwane.com/images/rfk.jpg)
"To conquer oneself is the best and noblest victory;
to be vanquished by one's own nature is the worst
and most ignoble defeat."
- Plato
(image taken from: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/Plato-raphael.jpg)
"Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not."
"As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for you - the first time"
"Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it."
"Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment."
"Everything in your world is created by what you think."
- Oprah Winfrey
(image taken from: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons
/c/c1/Oprah_Winfrey_2010.jpg)
"If you want the rainbow, you've got to put up with the rain."
- Dolly Parton
(image taken from: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/Dolly_Parton_4.jpg)
"A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition
but no love is dead. A man with ambition and love for his
blessings here on earth is ever so alive."
- Pearl Bailey
(image taken from: http://www.latimes.com/includes/projects/hollywood/portraits/pearl_bailey.jpg)
"If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything."
"There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time."
"Don't be in a hurry to condemn because he doesn't do what you do or think as you think or as fast. There was a time when you didn't know what you know today."
- Malcom X
(image taken from: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/Malcolm_X_NYWTS_2a.jpg)
"If we all did the things we are capable of, we would
astound ourselves."
- Thomas Edison
(image taken from: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Thomas_Edison2.jpg)
"So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.
Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view, and demand that they respect yours. Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life.
"Seek to make your life long and its purpose in the service of your people. Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide. Always give a word or a sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend,even a stranger, when in a lonely place. Show respect to all people and grovel to none.
"When you arise in the morning give thanks for the food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies only in yourself.
"Abuse no one and no thing, for abuse turns the wise ones to fools and robs the spirit of its vision.
"When it comes your time to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with the fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song and die like a hero going home."
- Chief Tecumseh, Shawnee Nation
(image taken from: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Tecumseh02.jpg)
"Without a struggle, there can be no progress."
"People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get."
"It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake."
- Frederick Douglass
(image taken from: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/Frederick_Douglass_portrait.jpg)
"Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over
if you just sit there."
–Will Rogers
(image taken from: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/Rogers-Will-LOC.jpg)
"We should acknowledge differences, we should greet differences,
until difference makes no difference anymore."
- Dr. Adela Allen
(image taken from: http://image2.findagrave.com/photos/2011/263/75180332_131667221524.jpg)
"He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life."
"Don't count the days, make the days count."
"If my mind can conceive it; and my heart can believe it - then I can achieve it."
"We have one life; it soon will be past; what we do for God is all that will last."
- Muhammad Ali
(image taken from: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/Muhammad_Ali_NYWTS.jpg)
"Rest and you rust."
- Helen Hayes
(image taken from: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Helenhayes32767v.jpg)
"When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world."
"How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these."
- George Washington Carver
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commons/f/f2/George_Washington_Carver.jpg)
"Don’t let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use."
–Earl Nightingale
(image taken from: http://www.asamanthinketh.net/images/earl-nightingale.jpg)
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
"After one has discovered what he is made for, he should surrender all of the power in his being to the achievement of this." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
(image taken from: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/Martin-Luther-King-1964-leaning-on-a-lectern.jpg)
"We are what we imagine. Our very existence consists in
our imagination of ourselves….The greatest tragedy that
can befall us is to go unimagined."
- N. Scott Momaday
(image taken from: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/
4/4d/N_Scott_Momaday_George_W_Bush.jpg)
"Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no
happiness without action."
–Benjamin Disraeli
(image taken from: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Benjamin_Disraeli_by_Cornelius_Jabez_Hughes%2C_1878.jpg)
(image taken from: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Benjamin_Disraeli_by_Cornelius_Jabez_Hughes%2C_1878.jpg)
"You don’t get to choose how you’re going to die. Or when.
You can only decide how you’re going to live. Now."
- Joan Baez
(image taken from: http://www.joan-baez.com/joan.jpg)
"Change will not come if we wait for some other person of some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."
"We need to steer clear of this poverty of ambition, where people want to drive fancy cars and wear nice clothes and live in nice apartments but don't want to work hard to accomplish these things. Everyone should try to realize their full potential."
- Barack Obama
(image taken from: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Official_portrait_of_Barack_Obama.jpg)
"He who spends time regretting the past loses the present and risks the future."
- Don Fransisco de Quevedo
(image taken from: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/Don_francisco_de_quevedo-villegas.jpg)
"When you get right down to the root of the meaning of the word 'succeed,' you find that it simply means to follow through.”
–F. W. Nichol
"Be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid only of standing still."
- Chinese Proverb
"If you have an hour, will you not improve that hour, instead of idling it away?"
- Lord Chesterfield
"The truth is you can acquire any quality you want by acting as though you already have it."
–Joseph Murphy
"Never criticize a man until you've walked a mile in his moccasins." -American Indian Proverb "It's not your fault if you're not beautiful by age 18, but it is your fault if you're not beautiful by age 80." --annonymous |
"Sometimes I go about pitying myself
And all the while I am being carried across the skyBy beautiful clouds."- Ojibway Indian Poem
Then Laugh
By Bertha Adams Backus
Build for yourself a strong box,
fashion each part with care;
When it’s strong as your hand can make it,
put all your troubles there;
Hide there all thought of your failures;
and each bitter cup that you quaff;
Lock all your heartaches within it,
Then sit on the lid and laugh.
Tell no one else its contents,
Never its secrets share;
When you’ve dropped in your care and worry
keep them forever there;
Hide them from sight so completely
That the world will never dream half;
Fasten the strongbox securely—
Then sit on the lid and laugh.
The following quotes I got from posters on allposters.com. See the sections below about pictures and drawing to find out how to find more of these quotes: |
"Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful."
"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done with out hope and confidence."
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are small compared to what lies within us."
"Insist on yourself. Never imitate."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
(image taken from: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/RWEmerson1859.jpg)
"It is hard" (meaning it is sad or disappointing) "to fail, but it is
worse never to have tried to succeed."
- Theodore Roosevelt
(image taken from: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/President_Theodore_Roosevelt%2C_1904.jpg)
"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear -
not absence of fear"
- Mark Twain
(image taken from: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Twain1909.jpg)
"Great work is done by people who are not afraid to be great."
- Fernando Flores
(image taken from: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Fernando_Flores.jpg)
"Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice."
- William Jennings Bryan
(image taken from: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/WilliamJBryan1902.png)
"To improve it to change; to be perfect is to change often."
- Winston Churchill
(image taken from: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Churchill_HU_90973.jpg)
"Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after
others have let go."
- William Feather
(image taken from: http://itsheynow.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/feather_older.jpg?w=235&h=268)
"One's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its
original dimensions."
- Oliver Wendell Holmes
(image taken from: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Oliver_Wendell_Holmes_Jr_circa_1930.jpg)
"To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream;
not only plan, but also believe."
- Anatole France
(image taken from: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/Anatole_France_young_years.jpg)
"Let go of the past and go for the future. Go confidently in the
direction of your dreams. Live the life you imagined."
- Henry David Thoreau
(image taken from: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Henry_David_Thoreau.jpg)
"The fact is, that to do anything in the world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can."
- Robert Cushing
"Many of life's failures occur when people give up without realizing how close they are to success"
- Poster from Allposters.com (http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Ambition-Posters_i2548922_.htm)
"Watch your thoughts, they become your words. Watch your words, they become your actions. Watch you actions, they become your habits. Watch your habits, they become your character. Watch your character, it becomes your destiny."
- Poster from allposters.com http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Character-Posters_i5129664_.htm
"Learn from yesterday, Live for today, Hope for tomorrow."
- from allposters.com (Louise Carey) http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Learn-Live-Hope-Posters_i5185613_.htm
"Life isn't about finding yourself; life is about creating yourself."
- from allposters.com (Louise Carey) http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Creating-Yourself-Posters_i5244474_.htm
Maya Angelou has some of the best inspirational quotes ever! In fact, she has so many that I put her last on this page so I could put all of her quotes together:
“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
“If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain.”
“I've learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow. I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights. I've learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you'll miss them when they're gone from your life. I've learned that making a "living" is not the same thing as making a "life." I've learned that life sometimes gives you a second chance. I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back. I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision. I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one. I've learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back. I've learned that I still have a lot to learn. I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
“I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.”
“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.”
“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.”
“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style”
“If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?”
“Be a rainbow in someone else's cloud.”
“I do not trust people who don't love themselves and yet tell me, 'I love you.' There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.”
“You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!”
“I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one.”
“Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.”
“I don't trust anyone who doesn't laugh.”
“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it. ”
“Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in the world, but has not solved one yet.”
“I don't know if I continue, even today, always liking myself. But what I learned to do many years ago was to forgive myself. It is very important for every human being to forgive herself or himself because if you live, you will make mistakes- it is inevitable. But once you do and you see the mistake, then you forgive yourself and say, 'Well, if I'd known better I'd have done better,' that's all. So you say to people who you think you may have injured, 'I'm sorry,' and then you say to yourself, 'I'm sorry.' If we all hold on to the mistake, we can't see our own glory in the mirror because we have the mistake between our faces and the mirror; we can't see what we're capable of being. You can ask forgiveness of others, but in the end the real forgiveness is in one's own self. I think that young men and women are so caught by the way they see themselves. Now mind you. When a larger society sees them as unattractive, as threats, as too black or too white or too poor or too fat or too thin or too sexual or too asexual, that's rough. But you can overcome that. The real difficulty is to overcome how you think about yourself. If we don't have that we never grow, we never learn, and sure as hell we should never teach.”
“Nothing will work unless you do.”
“If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.”
“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.”
“Some people cannot see a good thing when it is right here, right now. Others can sense a good thing coming when it is days, months, or miles away.”
“Success is loving life and daring to live it.”
“All great achievements require time.”
“While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything else are also God's creation.”
“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.”
“Talent is like electricity. We don't understand electricity. We use it.”
“Whining is not only graceless, but it can be dangerous. It can alert a brute that a victim is in the neighborhood.”
“Each of us has the right and the responsibility to assess the roads which lie ahead, and those over which we have traveled, and if the future road looms ominous or unpromising, and the roads back uninviting, then we need to gather our resolve and, carrying only the necessary baggage, step off that road into another direction. If the new choice is also unpalatable, without embarrassment, we must be ready to change that as well.”
“Living well is an art that can be developed: a love of life and ability to take great pleasure from small offerings and assurance that the world owes you nothing and that every gift is exactly that, a gift. ”
“The main thing in one's own private world is to try to laugh as much as you cry.”
“My life has been one great big joke,
A dance that's walked, A song that's spoke, I laugh so hard I almost choke, When I think about myself.”
“Ain't nothin' to it, but to do it.”
“We spend precious hours fearing the inevitable. It would be wise to use that time adoring our families, cherishing our friends and living our lives.”
“Love life. Engage in it. Give it all you've got. Love it with a passion because life truly does give back, many times over, what you put into it.”
“Each of us, famous or infamous, is a role model for somebody, and if we aren't, we should behave as though we are -- cheerful, kind, loving, courteous. Because you can be sure someone is watching and taking deliberate and diligent notes.”
“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. Try to be a rainbow in someone else's cloud. Do not complain. Make every effort to change things you do not like. If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking. You might find a new solution.”
“I've learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone.
People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back.” “If I could give you one thought, it would be to lift someone up. Lift a stranger up--lift her up. I would ask you, mother and father, brother and sister, lovers, mother and daughter, father and son, lift someone. The very idea of lifting someone up will lift you, as well.”
“When you do nothing you feel overwhelmed and powerless. But when you get involved you feel the sense of hope and accomplishment that comes from knowing you are working to make things better.”
“As soon as healing takes place, go out and heal somebody else.”
(image taken from: http://mayaangelou.com/images/bio8.jpg)
There are some really good posters, pictures, drawings, cartoons, etc. out there that can be really inspiring and motivating. I'm going to put some links in this page to a few of the ones that I like the best. Just know that some of these links will take you to an artist's or company's website where they are trying to sell products. I am in no way endorsing these products or trying to get you to buy anything from these sites. I wouldn't make any money or benefit in any way from this. I just want you to see the poster or cartoon or whatever it may be and get some inspiration from it, but I want to do it legally so that no one things I'm trying to take credit for their work. So, that being said, here are links to some of my favorite inspirational works:
With the following links, click on the poster to make it bigger so you can see all of the details and read the inspirational messages underneath the pictures:
Commitment
Knowledge
Believe
Perseverance II
Don't Quit
Character
Diversity
Courage II
Determination
Journey
Learn, Live, Hope
Challenge
Direction
Possibilities
Measure of a Man
Originality
There are sooooooo many more posters on that site. Just go to the webpage, find the link at the top that says "Subjects" and scroll down to "Motivational" and "Inspirational" and you'll find hundreds of motivational/inspirations posters and sayings that can really help inspire you, give you hope, encourage you to try again or keep moving forward, etc. Write down some of these quotes and hang them on your wall in your bedroom, on the mirror in your bathroom, or in your locker. Do whatever you can to fill your mind with positive thoughts and push out the negative. Put so many positive thoughts in your mind that there is no more room for the negative!
Finally, here are a few funny cartoons or pictures I found when I Googled "inspirational cartoons":
