“He that embarks on the voyage of life will always wish to advance rather by the impulse of the wind than the strokes of the oar; and many fold in their passage; while they lie waiting for the gale.”

Dr. Samuel Johnson poet, essayist, lexicographer

Sacrifice
Pass It On®
Pass It On®

  email   print

Your Comments

Here are some other inspiring quotes you might like.
True humility is being able to accept criticisms as graciously as we accept compliments. #<Author:0x00007f0a5294a878>
HUMILITY
Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. #<Author:0x00007f0a52912ce8>
LIVE YOUR DREAMS
There is only one happiness in life. To love and be loved. #<Author:0x00007f0a528f0b70>
LOVE
Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. #<Author:0x00007f0a52981670>
GRATITUDE
One of the greatest things you can do to help others is not just to share and give what you have, but to help them discover what they have within themselves to help themselves. #<Author:0x00007f0a52958590>
HELPING OTHERS
We all come from different paths in life but we can find common ground. #<Author:0x00007f0a52a6ffc8>
COMMON GROUND
You have many choices. You can choose forgiveness over revenge, joy over despair. You can choose action over apathy. #<Author:0x00007f0a52a47d70>
FORGIVENESS
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. #<Author:0x00007f0a52af01a0>
AMBITION
Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe that the future can be better, you are unlikely to step up and take responsibility for making it so. #<Author:0x00007f0a52ac3330>
OPTIMISM
Education breeds confidence. #<Author:0x00007f0a52b51f40>
CONFIDENCE
In the end, though, maybe we must all give up trying to pay back the people in this world who sustain our lives. In the end, maybe it's wiser to surrender before the miraculous scope of human generosity and to just keep saying thank you, forever and sincerely, for as long as we have voices. #<Author:0x00007f0a52b28c80>
GRATITUDE
True beauty is born through our actions and aspirations and in the kindness we offer to others. #<Author:0x00007f0a52bcd438>
TRUE BEAUTY
Mentoring is a brain to pick, an ear to listen, and a push in the right direction. #<Author:0x00007f0a52b90010>
MENTORING
A few simple tips for life: feet on the ground, head to the skies, heart open-quiet mind. #<Author:0x00007f0a52b68e20>
MINDFULNESS
And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. #<Author:0x00007f0a52c0db50>
WONDER
Just follow your joy. Always. I think that if you do that, life will take you on the course that it’s meant to take you. #<Author:0x00007f0a52bdd3b0>
JOY
All Pass It On® Quotes