“Hatred does not cease by hatred at any time: hatred ceases by love - this is an old rule.”
Buddha (Dhammapada)
LoveForgiveness
200 FAMOUS QUOTES · INSPIRATIONAL
Inspirational Quotes
Read 200 of the best inspirational quotes on hope, kindness, love, faith and life from Helen Keller, Kahlil Gibran, Tagore, Emerson and more.
“Let a man overcome anger by love, let him overcome evil by good; let him overcome the greedy by liberality, the liar by truth!”
Buddha (Dhammapada)
LoveGoodness
“Health is the greatest of gifts, contentedness the best riches; trust is the best of relationships.”
Buddha (Dhammapada)
HealthContentment
“Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
The Bible (Hebrews 11:1)
FaithHope
“Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.”
The Bible (Psalm 30:5)
HopeJoy
“Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.”
The Bible (Joshua 1:9)
CourageFaith
“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”
William Shakespeare
MindsetPerspective
“How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.”
William Shakespeare
KindnessGoodness
“The quality of mercy is not strain'd, it droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath: it is twice blest; it blesseth him that gives and him that takes.”
William Shakespeare
MercyKindness
“I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.”
Abraham Lincoln
MercyJustice
“If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
CompassionUnderstanding
“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to any one else.”
Charles Dickens
KindnessPurpose
“The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves - say rather, loved in spite of ourselves.”
Victor Hugo
LoveHappiness
“Little friends may prove great friends.”
Aesop
FriendshipKindness
“Kindness effects more than severity.”
Aesop
KindnessGentleness
“Adapt thyself to the things with which thy lot has been cast: and the men among whom thou hast received thy portion, love them, but do it truly, sincerely.”
Marcus Aurelius
LoveAcceptance
“Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.”
Seneca
KindnessHumanity
“What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.”
Confucius
Golden RuleKindness
“Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practises it will have neighbours.”
Confucius
VirtueFriendship
“Nature never did betray the heart that loved her.”
William Wordsworth
NatureLove
“A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness.”
John Keats
BeautyJoy
“I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.”
Walt Whitman
NatureWonder
“'Hope' is the thing with feathers - that perches in the soul - and sings the tune without the words - and never stops - at all.”
Emily Dickinson
HopeSoul
“If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain.”
Emily Dickinson
KindnessPurpose
“To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.”
Oscar Wilde
Self-LoveHappiness