Inspirational Quotes

by **Yuri Lehrer** on March 6th, 2014, 10:42 pm

Hello there Everyone, I was wondering... What quotes do you look to when you feel low on creativity or motivation to get yourself back on your feet. Feel free to post your inspirational quotes here, whether said by famous people, or by yourself.

Personally I tell myself the following: "It takes a brave person to start something; it takes an even braver person to finish it." -Yuri Lehrer

by **Cale Valiant Fox** on March 6th, 2014, 10:47 pm

"It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think with the masses or majority, merely because the majority is the majority. Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people" ~Giordano Filippo Bruno
Quotes from my AP/Honors History Teacher and Mentor, Mary Ellen Jutca:
"The harder it is now, the easier it is later"
"Don't wait too long to find your passion"
"Bad decisions make a bad society"
"If you can't prove your beliefs, then who are you too not give other people the right to believe what they chose to?"
"The only constant in life is change"
... and finally the standard and value I choose to live by;

"Do the right thing because it is the right thing to do"

by **Wanda Endust** on March 6th, 2014, 11:13 pm

"People do not seem to realise that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character."
Ralph Waldo Emerson

I've basically made it my philosophy that we can overcome any problem if we just adjust our outlook a little bit. I think that, whether or not she knows it, Wanda's adopted that idea too!

by **Cale Valiant Fox** on March 7th, 2014, 12:08 am

by **Radiant** on March 7th, 2014, 12:20 am

I just learned about this the hard way.

"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." -Abraham Lincoln

by **Sei Tendo** on March 7th, 2014, 12:31 am

"Life is 10% what happens to me, and 90% how I react to it."
-Charles R. Swindoll

by **Razkar** on March 7th, 2014, 1:21 am

I asked, "What is the most important virtue a samurai may possess?"

The first to answer was the Crab.

"Strength! For a weak man is not a man at all."

Many in the room quietly nodded, but the Lion was next.

"Courage, for even if a man is strong, should he be a coward, his strength will serve nothing but his flight."

Many more nodded at the wisdom of the Lion but when the Unicorn spoke up, there was naught but silence.

"Resourcefulness, I think. Strength and courage are good and well, but if a man cannot think, he cannot make use of any of his virtues."

And then suddenly, a quiet voice spoke from the crowd. I almost did not hear it as it softly said.

"Loyalty."

All turned to see the Scorpion standing in the corner, picking from the fresh sashimi on the table.

"For is a man is not loyal, all his virtues serve your enemy."

-Extracted from the Way of the Scorpion from the Legends of the Five Rings

by **Zandelia** on March 7th, 2014, 2:10 am

This is one that comes from, in my opinion, one of the greatest and underrated minds in history. I tell myself this every time I wonder whether something is worth the risk:

'Never was anything great achieved without danger' - Niccolo Machiavelli

The second one is from the greatest magician of all time and one I hope to rework and use myself in RP:

'I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me' - Sir Isaac Newton

by **Annalisa Marin** on March 7th, 2014, 2:28 am

Right, so call me a nerd or whatever but I've always like Confucius. Dunno why, but his words speak to me when I'm down and pick me right back up. Here are three of my personal favorites.

"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

"The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence."

"Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?"

by **Naia Whitewater** on March 7th, 2014, 5:33 am

Although I'm not exactly Christian myself, Paulo Coelho's 'The Alchemist' has got at least a dozen good quotes that still apply no just to my characters and their own stories, but my own as well. My favourite is:

“The fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself.”

Another one, by Socrates, that really gets to me and that is at the core of Naia's character is:

"True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing."