Lofty Motivational Quotes & Sayings

A cup of wisdom is more valuable than an ocean of intelligence. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Arithmetic must be discovered in just the same sense in which Columbus discovered the West Indies, and we no more create numbers than he created the Indians. — Bertrand Russell

Of course, only fools believed in perfection. Only lunatics tried to achieve it. — Natalie French

As trite as the thought was, even her butterflies got the butterflies with just a tilt of his lips, and it had always been so. — Genevieve Dewey

Forgive yourself for what you think you've done or not done. At every moment, you had your reasons for all of your actions and decisions. You've always done the best that you could do. Forgive yourself. — Doreen Virtue

How often one talks not to hear what the other person has got to say, but to hear what one has got to say oneself! — Mary Elizabeth Coleridge

Oh yes, as a matter of fact it is quite interesting that exercises can be conducted which demonstrate conclusively that there are memories which exist prior to this life. — L. Ron Hubbard

I'll worry about tomorrow tomorrow. — Soseki Natsume

If I were proud of anything in my life, it would be of our love. I feel we have to tell to each other as many things as we can, so we are not only lovers, but the closest of friends at the same time. — Simone De Beauvoir

We two make banquets of the plainest fare
In every cup we find the thrill of pleasure ...
For us life always moves with lilting measure
We two, we two, we make our world, our pleasure — Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Putting allows the touchy golfer two to four opportunities to blow a gasket in the short space of two to forty feet. — Tommy Bolt

We're in a world that celebrates things: success, beauty, money. And I reckon that's really about 4 per cent of the world. The rest of us are just getting on with it. — Imelda Staunton