Uplifting Quotes

May the Lord grant you great grace, great strength and great wisdom. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Excellence is always the target of champions. ~ Mark F. LaMoure

But Psyche uplifting her finger said: Sadly this star I mistrust ~ Edgar Allan Poe

When your sense of worth exceeds your conditions, conditions will shift to match your vision. ~ Alan Cohen

It's not just the books Alba craves, it's standing inside a place that houses millions of them. Libraries are Alba's churches, and the university library, containing one edition of every book ever published in England, is her cathedral. ~ Menna Van Praag

Each of us embodies, in a particular tale and clothed in the garments of time & place, universal truth and everlasting life. ~ J.R.R. Tolkien

You see yourself as a shipwreck, but we see your treasure glowing inside, beneath the oceans in your eyes. ~ Curtis Tyrone Jones

Now is the right time for you to become excellent. By taking action on your dreams of excellence, you start polishing the rough diamond you are. As you buff and shine yourself with practice, sparkling success becomes yours. ~ Mark F. LaMoure

The Great stories give us the hope and the courage to survive life. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

It now seems to be quite a thing to pull down the mighty from their seats and roll them in the mire. This practice deserves pronounced condemnation. Hero worship is a tremendous force in uplifting and strengthening. Humanity, let us have our heroes. Let us continue to believe that some have been truly great. ~ Lyndon B. Johnson

The greatest self are self-improvement, self-development and self-discovery. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

May God grant us grace for our daily work. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

I would say courage first; then wisdom, which is a sense of knowledge and confidence; and also the wish and desire to uplift. The underlying notion is "How do I help?" That attitude really is a spiritual journey and a path. ~ Sakyong Mipham

We can be unhappy about many things, but jy can still be there ... It is important to become aware that at every moment of our life we have an opportunity to choose joy ... It is in the choice that our true freedom lies, and that freedom is, in the final analysis, the freedom to love. ~ Henri Nouwen

I have tried to protect myself against men, to react against their madness to discern its source; I have listened and I have seen
and I have been afraid of acting for the same motives or for any motive whatever, of believing in the same ghosts or in any other ghost, of letting myself be engulfed by the same intoxications or by some other ... afraid, in short, of raving in common and of expiring in a horde of ecstasies. ~ Emil Cioran

O Lord, only you can satisfy my soul. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

The future is bright like the morning sun. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

If you pray with your knees bow, you surrender to God. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

You do not suffer because things are impermanent. You suffer because things are impermanent and you think they are permanent. ~ Nhat Hanh

Quotes are nothing but inspiration for the uninspired ~ Richard Kemp

Who are you today? Are you a gulfstream, uplifting others... or are you a bad parachute? ~ Jose N Harris

When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves. ~ William Arthur Ward

Jesus wept, but He never complained. ~ Charles Spurgeon

If you possess a gentle spirit will move mountains. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Meditation means learning how to get out of this current, sit by its bank and listen to it, learn from it, and then use its energies to guide us. ~ Jon Kabat-Zinn

The spirituality of the soul is awakening of spirit. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

The beauty of the soul enfold in spiritual-life. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

And, yes, words matter. They may reflect reality, but they also have the power to change reality - the power to uplift and to abase. ~ William Raspberry

There was something terribly sad, yet terribly uplifting, about watching this prophet of the ancient art of distance running turning his back on everything except his dream, and heading back down to "the best place in the world to run." Alone. ~ Christopher McDougall

One of the best moments of any Liars show is hearing the crowd squawk 'We're doomed! We're doomed!' on cue during 'We Fenced Other Houses with the Bones of Our Own.' Maybe not the most uplifting audience sing-along in the indie rock world, but one of the most reliably entertaining. ~ Rob Sheffield

It's rather fun writing a female spy, because she has so much more kit. Bond never carried a hair dryer or a makeup bag. And he certainly didn't wear an uplift bra. ~ Helen Fielding

Faith in God is confident hope. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Motivation is soothing medicine for the soul. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Music should be truthful and real, but it should also be healing and uplifting. ~ Steve Forbert

It is a wealthy person, indeed, who calculates riches not in gold but in friends. ~ Jim Stovall

Fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge. Only Fools despise wisdom and discipline.
Proverbs 1:7 NLT ~ Eddie Johnson

No better way to help brighten humanity than uplifting others ... especially your friends ~ Timothy Pina

God's grace gives you strength to overcome any situation. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Music should be healing. Music should uplift the soul. Music should inspire. ~ Hazrat Inayat Khan

We stand in the awe of God's greatness. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

We all have baggage, Elizabeth. A good relationship helps you unpack it. ~ Patricia D. Eddy

Every time you try to encourage someone else, your own soul will be flooded with a light and glow of peace and good cheer. ~ Susa Young Gates

What excites me? I think it's moving and uplifting my audience. Having them get it and go with it. That excites me. ~ Tyler Perry

So many times we have told ourselves that we are not good enough. So many times the world has told us too. It is in those times that we must find ourselves and do the best we can. You and I today, let's prove the world wrong. ~ Nihar Sharma

Every soul that existed on earth is part of earth human history. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

One thing that's been a great, uplifting experience through all this is, since the first "Pirates" [movie], the people who've gone to see the films, the audience members. You meet people on the street - whether they're 5, 25, 65 or 85 - they've all had the same experience, and they've all enjoyed it. So that's what keeps me moving forward in this crazy process. ~ Johnny Depp

A delightful, intelligent read. Jim Zirin's sparkling account of life in the Second Circuit's famed MOTHER COURT is informative, riveting, accessible, and uplifting. It would be criminal not to read this book. ~ Linda Fairstein

Everybody in this life has their challenges and difficulties. That is part of our mortal test. The reason for some of these trials cannot be readily understood except on the basis of faith and hope because there is often a larger purpose which we do not always understand. Peace comes through hope. ~ James E. Faust

Nothing is more uplifting than a woman's love and nothing is more dangerous than a woman's hatred. ~ Oliver Blade

If you have WANNA, you can do ANYTHING!! - The Caterpillar That Wouldn't Change ~ Nancy S. Mure

There is hope for survival of life. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Feed your soul; books, places, people, anything. That helps it grow. ~ M.L. Shanahan

I've learned from experience that if you work harder at it, and apply more energy and time to it, and more consistency, you get a better result. It comes from the work. ~ Louis C.K.

I want to listen to Beethoven and Mozart. I want to read the best minds. I want to live with uplifting art. I don't want to live a grubby life. ~ Alexandra Stoddard

Life is a sacred love. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Even if I don't reach all my goals, I've gone higher than I would have if I hadn't set any. ~ Danielle Fotopoulos

As long as you meditate on the scriptures, you will uplift your spirit. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Hard times arouse an instinctive desire for authenticity. ~ Coco Chanel

Faith gives self-confidence, self-courage and strength. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being. ~ Albert Schweitzer

I go to see my kids in school plays, ... I watched Lorna in a concert at the Westminster College of Music the other day and it was amazing. I felt very proud and surprised. I don't know why I was surprised, because I've known her for 17 years, but I've never seen her do anything like that in front of an audience. It's brave, it's uplifting. ~ Sean Bean

Each one of us is endowed with specific sacred-skill. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

The doctrine of the sacredness of the soul sounds vaguely uplifting, but in fact is highly malignant. It discounts life on earth as just a temporary phase that people pass through, indeed, an infinitesimal fraction of their existence ... the gradual replacement of lives for souls as the locus of moral value was helped along by the ascendency of skepticism and reason ~ Steven Pinker

The suffering or the bad memories are as important as the good memories, and the good experiences. If you sort of, can imagine life as being 99% of the time quite linear, and most of the time you're in a state of neither happiness nor sadness. And then that 1% of the time you experience moments of very crystalised happiness, or crystalised sadness, or loneliness or depression. And I believe all of those moments are very pertinant. It's like I said to you, that for me it's mostly those crystalised moments of melancholy which are more inspirational to me. And in a strange way they become quite beautiful in their own way. Music that is sad, melancholic, depressing, is in a kind of perverse way more uplifting. I find happy music extremely depressing, mostly - mostly quite depressing. It's particularly this happy music that has no spirituality behind it - if it's just sort of mindless party music, it'd be quite depressing. But largely speaking, I was the kind of person that responds more to melancholia, and it makes me feel good. And I think the reason for this is, I think if you respond strongly to that kind of art, it's because in a way it makes you feel like you're not alone. So when we hear a very sad song, it makes us realise that we do share this kind of common human experience, and we're all kind of bonded in sadness and melancholia and depression. ~ Steven John Wilson

There is a sacred solution for every situation. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

It is only God who can fill our void. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

It's another day and I'm alive and so are you. Isn't that wonderful? ~ Wayne Gerard Trotman

Robert Gass and 'On Wings of Song' bring about magical transformation and inspire people with extraordinary, uplifting, and spiritual music. ~ Deepak Chopra

To me, Sri Chinmoy is a source of higher power and an uplifting example of right attitude. He understands the human impulse to transcend one's present limited state of being, and his life exemplifies this. ~ Frank Zane

It was after I first began to uplift my thoughts a bit that my cravings for junk food started to dissipate. I did not connect the two at that time. First, I simply noticed that I didn't need to sleep so much. It took a while before I realized that in addition to my improved energy level, there was a direct correlation between chewing on mental garbage and putting garbage in my mouth. ~ Holly Mosier

Walk on your sacred path. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

May the Lord grant you tender kind heart. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

We need new ideas and new creativities to help address contemporary issues. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine. ~ John C. Maxwell

I do not allow others to influence my thinking unless it is positive or uplifting. ~ Louise Hay

May I remember the goodness of the Lord at all times. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

This mortal life is our playing field. Our goal is to learn to love God and to extend that same love toward our fellowman. We are here to build, uplift, treat fairly, and encourage all of Heavenly Father's children. ~ Dieter F. Uchtdorf

The Shrink always warned me that carriers stay wracked with lifelong guilt. It's not an uplifting thing having turned lovers into monsters. We feel bad that we haven't turned into monsters ourselves
survivor's guilt, that's called. And we feel a bit stupid that we didn't notice our own symptoms earlier. I mean, I'd been sort of wondering why the Atkins diet was giving me night vision. But that hadn't seemed like something to worry about ... ~ Scott Westerfeld

The oil ( Jasmine) has a clearing and uplifting effect on the mind as well. ~ Amy Leigh Mercree

Great teamwork, great results. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

This strategy of what can be termed uplift suasion was based on the idea that White people could be persuaded away from their racist ideas if they saw Black people improving their behavior, uplifting themselves from their low station in American society. The burden of race relations was placed squarely on the shoulders of Black Ameri-
cans. Positive Black behavior, abolitionist strategists held, undermined racist ideas, and negative Black behavior confirmed them. ~ Ibram X. Kendi

I have finally reverted the publishing rights for my Cocoon Trilogy back to me and, for the first time, e-published the final book - Butterfly: Tomorrow's Children. Cocoon, the movie and the book, was only the beginning. ~ David Saperstein

May we continue to encourage one another, so that we will increase in strength and in wisdom. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Love is friendship. Love is happiness. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

By turns sad and uplifting, Life in the Valley of Death tells the amazing tale of Alan Rabinowitz's courageous and spirited efforts to protect Burma's (Myanmar's) remaining tigers and establish the Hukawng Valley Reserve. It is hard to imagine a more passionate or exciting account of today's conservation challenges, or a more thoughtful rendering of life, death, and politics in Burma's most remote corners. ~ Thant Myint-U

The universe will always remove what is no longer serving you. ~ Gabrielle Bernstein

May you find the God-predestined path for your life. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Spirituality leaps where science cannot yet follow, because science must always test and measure, and much of reality and human experience is immeasurable. ~ Starhawk

Knights of the spirit; warriors in the cause Of justice absolute 'twixt man and man. ~ Richard Watson Gilder

As a mighty river which when properly harnessed by dams and canals, creates a vast reservoir of water, prevents famine and provides abundant power for industry; so also the mind, when controlled, provides a reservoir of peace and generates abundant energy for the human uplift. ~ B.K.S. Iyengar

Most of the time, if I'm in a pickle, I'll call one of my brothers. They've usually got somewhat uplifting advice. One is six and a half years older and one is eight years older, so they've probably lived through whatever my problem is. ~ Liam Hemsworth

What you are thinking is what you are becoming. ~ Muhammad Ali

God's presence in our lives is the peace of mind and joy at heart. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

People do not want more noise in their social media streams. They want entertainment, uplifting conversations, and products that last. Most importantly, they want to be taken seriously. ~ Cendrine Marrouat

You are not what your critics say you are. You are wonderful sacred-soul. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Use what you've been through as fuel, believe in yourself and be unstoppable! ~ Yvonne Pierre

People who do not need to please are irresistible because they radiate wholeness, a rare delicacy in a world of hungry hearts. ~ Alan Cohen

She might not be able to fix the
past, but she was willing to spend a
lifetime showing him what love could
be: beautiful not ugly, uplifting not
destructive, and more precious than
diamonds. ~ Kitty French

I know that I've been put on this Earth to make people happy, to inspire people, and to uplift people. That's a beautiful thing. ~ DJ Khaled

When we are looking for the unexpected, we are not only looking for the unexpected in ourselves, but we are also curious about the unexpected in the behavior of the others. So as to know the others, we have got to learn how and where they differ from us. By understanding this, we are able to establish an uplifting link with otherness. ( "Looking for the unexpected" ) ~ Erik Pevernagie