Words & reflection

25 Inspirational Quotes

Short selections recovered from GADEL’s original collection. Wording is kept as found; the archived attribution is not a verification of authorship.

Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up.
Thomas Alva EdisonAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up.
Chinese proverbTraditional attribution
You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.
Christopher ColumbusAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Fall seven times, stand up eight.
Japanese proverbTraditional attribution
Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
Melody BeattieAttributed in the original GADEL collection
No amount of worry can solve any problem.
Godwin Delali AdadzieAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. And Today? Today is a gift. That’s why we call it the present.
Babatunde OlatunjiAttributed in the original GADEL collection
You don’t get to choose how you are going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you are going to live. Now.
Joan BaezAttributed in the original GADEL collection
You can’t direct the wind, but you can adjust your sails.
UnknownTraditional attribution
A smile will gain you ten more years of life.
Chinese proverbTraditional attribution
It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.
Mark TwainAttributed in the original GADEL collection
One doesn’t discover new lands without losing sight of the shore.
Andre GideAttributed in the original GADEL collection
A day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work.
John LubbockAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Don’t let what you can’t do stop you from what you can do.
John WoodenAttributed in the original GADEL collection
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of conflict and controversy.
Martin Luther King Jr.Attributed in the original GADEL collection
I shall pass through this life but once.
Etienne de GrelletAttributed in the original GADEL collection
I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.
Thomas Alva EdisonAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Original collection & source

Original title: 25 Inspirational Quotes To Start Your Day

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