Ideals, Carl Schurz

Ideals are like stars: you will not succeed in touching them with your hands, but like the seafaring man on the ocean desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them, you reach your destiny.

- Carl Schurz (1829-1906)

Beauty, Cynthia Hand

There's nothing more inspiring than the complexity and beauty of the human heart.

― Cynthia Hand, Hallowed

Inspiration, Henry Ward Beecher

A helping word to one in trouble is often like a switch in a railroad track... an inch between a wreck and smooth, rolling prosperity.

- Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887)

Inspiration, Carl Schurz

Ideal are like the stars; we never reach them, but like the mariners of the sea, we chart our course by them.

- Carl Schurz (1829-1906)

Inspiration, Kobi Yamada

Believe there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Believe that you may be that light for someone else.

― Kobi Yamada

Inspiration, Maryanne Radmacher-Herhey

Remember your dreams.

- Maryanne Radmacher-Hershey

Inspiration, Yoda, Starwars

Do or do not. There is no try.

- Yoda, character in the movie The Empire Strikes Back

Inspiration, Duke Ellington

A problem is a chance for you to do your best.

- Duke Ellington (1899-1974)

Inspiration, Albert Einstein

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

Inspiration, James Joyce

A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are portals of discovery.

- James Joyce (1882-1941)

Pleasure in the job (Aristotle)

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

- Aristotle (a Greek philosopher and polymath; 384BC-322BC)

Every flower must ... (Anonymous)

Every flower must grow through dirt.

- Anonymous

Worrying is ...

Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it doesn't get you anywhere.

- Anonymous

Inspiration, Edith Wharton

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

- Edith Wharton (1862-1937)

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Even though I can not write any good text, I clipped these texts. Can I be kinds of the mirror?

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