Daily updates in appearance of chronological order http://www.inspirationdaily.com/ Every man, as to character, is the creature of the age in which he lives http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/creature-of-the-age-in-which-he-lives Character is, for the most part,simply habit become fixed http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/habit-become-fixed In the stormy current of life characters are weights or floats which at one time make us glide along the bottom, and at another maintain us on the surface http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/in-the-stormy-current-of-life-characters-are-weights-or-floats-which-at-one-time-make-us-glide-along-the-bottom The imagination exercises a powerful influence over every act of sense, thought, reason,-- over every idea http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/the-imagination-exercises-a-powerful-influence-over-every-act-of-sense It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/it-is-easier-to-be-wise-for-others-than-for-ourselves No man was ever wise by chance http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/no-man-was-ever-wise-by-chance How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/how-prone-to-doubt Success is the good fortune that comes from aspiration, desperation, perspiration and inspiration http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/success-is-the-good-fortune-that-comes-from-aspiration The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/the-secret-of-success-in-life-is-for-a-man-to-be-ready-for-his-opportunity-when-it-comes The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/the-surest-way-not-to-fail-is-to-determine-to-succeed Action may not always bring happiness;but there is no happiness without action http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/action-may-not-always-bring-happiness If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/if-you-wish-success-in-life Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/great-effort-from-great-motives-is-the-best-definition-of-a-happy-life Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers\' gardens http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/happiness-grows-at-our-own-firesides The essential thing is not knowledge, but character http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/the-essential-thing-is-not-knowledge A fair reputation is a plant, delicate in its nature, and by no means rapid in its growth http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/a-fair-reputation-is-a-plant Talents are best nurtured in solitude http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/talents-are-best-nurtured-in-solitude Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/solitude-is-as-needful-to-the-imagination-as-society-is-wholesome-for-the-character Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead. http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/far-away-in-the-sunshine-are-my-highest-aspiration The more a man knows, the more he forgives http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/the-more-a-man-knows The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions—the little soon-forgotten charities of a kiss, a smile, a kind look, a heartfelt compliment in the disguise of a playful raillery, and the countless other infinitessimals of pleasurable thought and geni http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/the-happiness-of-life-is-made-up-of-minute-fractions Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don\'t think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/exert-your-talents Heaven never helps the man who will not act. http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/heaven-never-helps-the-man-who-will-not-act Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/knowing-yourself-is-the-beginning-of-all-wisdom Happiness is where we find it, but rarely where we seek it http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/happiness-is-where-we-find-it Success does not consist in never making blunders, but in never making the same one a second time http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/success-does-not-consist-in-never-making-blunders The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/the-difference-between-a-successful-person-and-others-is-not-a-lack-of-strength Happiness depends upon ourselves http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/happiness-depends-upon-ourselves Try to be happy in this present moment, and put not off being so to a time to come,—as though that time should be of another make from this which has already come and is ours http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/try-to-be-happy-in-this-present-moment The greatest results in life are usually attained by simple means and the exercise of ordinary qualities http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/the-greatest-results-in-life-are-usually-attained-by-simple-means-and-the-exercise-of-ordinary-qualitie Success is sweet: the sweeter if long delayed and attained through manifold struggles and defeats http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/success-is-sweet The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/the-thing-always-happens-that-you-really-believe-in Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/success-is-the-sum-of-small-efforts We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is, the more he is inspired to glory http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/we-are-all-motivated-by-a-keen-desire-for-praise To live is like to love--all reason is against it, and all healthy instinct for it http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/to-live-is-like-to-love One life - a little gleam of time between two eternities http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/one-life Life is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/life-is-a-tragedy-for-those-who-feel They can because they think they can http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/they-can-because-they-think-they-can To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/to-be-happy-we-must-not-be-too-concerned-with-others Life, in all ranks and situations, is an outward occupation, an actual and active work http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/life-is-an-outward-occupation Life is like the dice that, falling, still show a different face http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/life-is-like-the-dice No man is happy who does not think himself so http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/no-man-is-happy-who-does-not-think-himself-so A man should have any number of little aims about which he should be conscious and for which he should have names, but he should have neither name for, nor consciousness concerning, the main aim of his life http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/a-man-should-have-any-number-of-little-aims-about-which-he-should-be-conscious The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret to outward success http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/the-ability-to-convert-ideas-to-things-is-the-secret-to-outward-success Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/knowledge-of-what-is-possible-is-the-beginning-of-happiness Ah, but a man\'s reach should exceed his grasp,or what\'s a heaven for http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/a-mans-reach-should-exceed-his-grasp Our life\'s a stage, a comedy: either learn to play and take it lightly, or bear its troubles patiently http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/either-learn-to-play-and-take-it-lightly Aim out of the ballpark http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/aim-out-of-the-ballpark The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do, well http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/the-talent-of-success-is-nothing-more-than-doing-what-you-can-do When the best things are not possible, the best may be made of those that are http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/when-the-best-things-are-not-possible Do not follow where the path may lead http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/do-not-follow-where-the-path-may-lead Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/do-we-not-all-agree-to-call-rapid-thought-and-noble-impulse-by-the-name-of-inspiration The more difficulties one has to encounter, within and without, the more significant and the higher in inspiration his life will be http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/the-more-difficulties-one-has-to-encounter If you would create something,you must be something http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/if-you-would-create-something Men's best successes come after their disappointments. http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/mens-best-successes-come-after-their-disappointments Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome. http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/nothing-will-ever-be-attempted-if-all-possible-objections-must-first-be-overcome Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/work-spares-us-from-three-evils Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day. http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/seek-the-lofty-by-reading-hearing-and-seeing-great-work-at-some-moment-every-day If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/you-will-not-find-what-is-beyond-your-hopes Men do less than they ought,unless they do all they can http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/men-do-less-than-they-ought Take calculated risks http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/take-calculated-risks First say to yourself what you would be;and then do what you have to do http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/first-say-to-yourself-what-you-would-be Life has no smooth road for any of us; and in the bracing atmosphere of a high aim the very roughness stimulates the climber to steadier steps, till the legend, over steep ways to the stars, fulfills itself http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/life-has-no-smooth-road-for-any-of-us If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/if-you-have-built-castles-in-the-air There is only one success--to be able to spend your life in your own way http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/there-is-only-one-success After the game,the king and the pawn go into the same box http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/the-king-and-the-pawn-go-into-the-same-box There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/there-is-no-happiness-except-in-the-realization-that-we-have-accomplished-something The virtue lies in the struggle, not in the prize http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/the-virtue-lies-in-the-struggle Failures do what is tension relieving,while winners do what is goal achieving http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/failures-do-what-is-tension-relieving In everything the ends well defined are the secret of durable success http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/in-everything-the-ends-well-defined-are-the-secret-of-durable-success Our minds are as different as our faces: we are all traveling to one destination; --happiness; but few are going by the same road http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/our-minds-are-as-different-as-our-faces Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances. http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/happiness-depends-more-on-the-inward-disposition-of-mind-than-on-outward-circumstances People with many interests live, not only longest, but happiest http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/people-with-many-interests-live If you have an hour, will you not improve that hour, instead of idling it away http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/if-you-have-an-hour Yes, know thyself: in great concerns or small,Be this thy care, for this, my friend, is all http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/be-this-thy-care Not to know at large of things remoteFrom use, obscure and subtle, but to knowThat which before us lies in daily life,Is the prime wisdom http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/not-to-know-at-large-of-things-remote A strong imagination begetteth opportunity http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/a-strong-imagination-begetteth-opportunity Hope is the dream of a man awake. http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/hope-is-the-dream-of-a-man-awake Sow an act, and you reap a habit; sow a habit, and you reap a character; sow a character, and you reap a destiny http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/you-reap-a-destiny Our character is but the stamp on our souls of the free choices of good and evil we have made through life http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/our-character-is-but-the-stamp-on-our-souls-of-the-free-choices-of-good-and-evil-we-have-made-through-life Nothing of character is really permanent but virtue and personal worth. http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/nothing-of-character-is-really-permanent-but-virtue-and-personal-worth Be your character what it will, it will be known, and nobody will take it upon your word http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/be-your-character-what-it-will The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/the-best-way-to-make-your-dreams-come-true-is-to-wake-up To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/to-climb-steep-hills-requires-a-slow-pace-at-first The power of imagination makes us infinite http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/the-power-of-imagination-makes-us-infinite The best way out is always through http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/the-best-way-out-is-always-through Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/nothing-great-was-ever-achieved-without-enthusiasm He who has learned how to obey will know how to command http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/he-who-has-learned-how-to-obey-will-know-how-to-command There are no classes in life for beginners: right away you are always asked to deal with what is most difficult http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/there-are-no-classes-in-life-for-beginners Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/life-is-a-succession-of-lessons-which-must-be-lived-to-be-understood One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/one-way-to-get-the-most-out-of-life-is-to-look-upon-it-as-an-adventure We make our fortunes, and we call them fate http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/we-make-our-fortunes The best way to prepare for life is to begin to live http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/the-best-way-to-prepare-for-life-is-to-begin-to-live The acts of this life are the destiny of the next http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/the-acts-of-this-life-are-the-destiny-of-the-next Unrest of spirit is a mark of life; one problem after another presents itself and in the solving of them we can find our greatest pleasure http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/unrest-of-spirit-is-a-mark-of-life Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine. http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/most-of-the-shadows-of-this-life-are-caused-by-our-standing-in-our-own-sunshine Govern thy life and thoughts as if the whole world were to see the one, and read the other http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/govern-thy-life-and-thoughts-as-if-the-whole-world-were-to-see-the-one The great blessing of mankind are within us and within our reach; but we shut our eyes, and like people in the dark, we fall foul upon the very thing we search for, without finding it http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/the-great-blessing-of-mankind-are-within-us-and-within-our-reach There are two things to aim at in life; first to get what you want, and after that to enjoy it http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/there-are-two-things-to-aim-at-in-life In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia http://www.inspirationdaily.com/2011/in-absence-of-clearly-defined-goals