Inspiration

Collection of inspirational quotes, thanks to you and my readings

I love quotes, the ones you give me, the ones I discover in the course of a reading or a meeting.

Here are a few of them, deep or light, futile or philosophical, they inspire me.

Le Km Zéro du Chemin de Compostelle

Le Km Zéro du Chemin de Compostelle

An eternal pilgrim on the road to Compostela

An incredible journey

There is no path to happiness.
Happiness is the path.
Lao Tseu

The important thing is not so much to have many years in your life,
But a lot of life in those years.
JF Kennedy

Offered by Seb W

You can’t believe without fighting

Julien Green

The weakness of strength is to believe only in strength.

I slept and dreamed that life was all joy.
I woke up and saw that life was all about service.
I served and understood that service is joy.

Rabindramath Tagore

It’s no more amazing to be born twice than once!

The Cahors cloister

As long as we don’t commit ourselves, doubt reigns, the possibility of retraction remains and inefficiency always prevails.
When it comes to all acts of initiative and creativity, there’s an elementary truth – ignorance of which has countless repercussions and aborts splendid projects.
From the moment we commit ourselves fully, providence also sets in.
To help us, all sorts of things are put into action that would never have happened otherwise.
A chain of events, situations and decisions creates all kinds of unforeseen incidents, encounters and material help that we would never have dreamed of encountering along the way.
Anything you can do, or dream of doing, you can undertake.
Boldness contains genius, power and magic. But start now!

Text by Goethe courtesy of Laurence

Let’s be the change we want to see in the world

Gandhi

We live in the oblivion of our metamorphoses

Paul Eluard

What I know about others prevents me from knowing them

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting different results.

Albert Einstein

It doesn’t matter what’s been made of us, it’s what we do with what’s been made of us that counts.
JP Sarthre

Life is limited in length, but not in breadth

My friend Martine

Utopia is that which has not yet been attempted.

Where peril grows, that which saves also grows

Hölderlin

You can’t enslave the man who walks

Henri Vincenot

There’s no fair wind for those who don’t know where they’re going

It’s not because things are difficult that we don’t dare
It’s because we don’t dare that things are difficult

Sénèque

When the wind of change blows, some build walls,
others windmills.

Chinese proverb offered by Marie-José

You don’t get two chances to make a good first impression

Offerte par Jean-Marc

Every journey of 1,000 leagues begins with a step

Lao Tseu

Impose your luck,
Serve your happiness,
And go towards your risk,
Watching you, they’ll get used to you.

René Char