Inspirational Haiku Quotes & Sayings

The conversation between Fletcher and Jonathan Livingston Seagull is centered on why some have achieved more than others ... are they divine ... ahead of their times ... Fletcher says, Well, this kind of flying has always been here to be learned by anybody who wanted to discover it; that's got nothing to do with time. We're ahead of the fashion, maybe. Ahead of the way most gulls fly. Poor Fletch. Don't you believe what your eyes are telling you? All they show is limitations. Look with your understanding, find out what you already know, and you'll see the way to fly. — Richard Bach

What a glorious title, Nature, a veritable stroke of genius to have hit upon. It is more than a cosmos, more than a universe. It includes the seen as well as the unseen, the possible as well as the actual, Nature and Nature's God, mind and matter. I am lost in admiration of the effulgent blaze of ideas it calls forth. — James Joseph Sylvester

Anybody is as their land and air is. Anybody is as the sky is low or high, the air heavy or clear and anybody is as there is wind or no wind there. It is that which makes them and the arts they make and the work they do and the way they eat and the way they drink and the way they learn and everything. — Gertrude Stein

When you touch a life,
strive to leave it the better
for the change you make — J. Benson

There is no difference:
Love is love and love is love.
We are all the same. — Tyler Knott Gregson

I see the beauty
All around me I see it
The polished faces — Nicole Eskuri

The solid, solid universe
Is pervious to Love;
With bandaged eyes he never errs,
Around, below, above.
His blinding light
He flingeth white
On God's and Satan's brood,
And reconciles
By mystic wiles
The evil and the good. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Secure in his flight
Rider on the constant winds
Hawk flies through his days

Looks then to the east
Prompted by fate's gentle breeze
Changes his intent

Fate's gentle breezes
Move the mighty heart to change
Destiny remade — Steve Robison

It was Jesus who gave me peace when the shark severed my arm. I trust in Jesus whenever I'm going through a hard time. I see all the beautiful things that have come out of my situation. I'm able to share my story with young girls who have few role models, and I can help others cope with what they have been through. — Bethany Hamilton

Stretched by an idea,
we can aspire to new heights,
new ways of thinking. — J. Benson

I think in other generations, the 50s, the 60s, people went into religion and they were really involved with religion. I found that religion doesn't answer certain unique questions people have about faith and belief. — James Van Praagh

Footsteps of success,
are trailed by fading footprints,
of failures past.. — J. Benson

Are they beautiful?
The lines left from suffering,
Scars of emptiness. — Tyler Knott Gregson

You may exist in
this world
but I exist too
and I will not yield — Matthew Quick

We avenge intellect when we dupe a fool, and it is a victory not to be despised for a fool is covered with steel and it is often very hard to find his vulnerable part. — Giacomo Casanova

I honestly see the battle between Democrat and Republican, liberal and conservative as the exact same dynamic
there's a group of people in this world that don't like conflict and care about what other people are going through, and then there's this other group of people in the world who hate that. 'Suck it up, man, we're not coddling you, take care of yourself, what's your problem?' It's jocks versus geeks, and I've always referred to life as perpetual high school because it never stops. — Paul Feig

Rigid belief systems, including skeptism, is signing up for the suppression of curiosity. — Deepak Chopra

a slow walker, but I never walk back. ABRAHAM LINCOLN — Cheryl Strayed

I like driving around town and listening to new records. — Hunter Hayes

Some believe they can,
Some believe that they cannot.
Both are clearly right — J. Benson

I knew I loved you
when 'home' went from being a place
to being a person. — Eric Micha'el Leventhal

Exhale the remnants/Of wounds that steal your freedom./No more prisons. Breathe. — Staci Backauskas

Life without challenge
is life denied any chance
for one to achieve. — J. Benson

The Heidelberg Catechism is like a refreshing bath with cool gospel water. — Kevin DeYoung

Just keep waking up,
dragging yourself out of bed.
It will get better. — Tyler Knott Gregson

Ah, it's too hard to pick a favorite president. It really is. It's like picking your favorite from a box of chocolates - I love all of them. — Mitt Romney