Quotes are inspirational, quotes are reminders; quotes are something most people write down and save for later. I, personally, really enjoy having quotes around as daily reminders for little things - look on the sunny side of things, don't be so hard on yourself, someone always has it worse, etc. I feel there are always a few quotes everyone should read, that might get looked over sometimes, so I'd like to share some of those with you.

1. "I know that if I ever go looking for my heart's desire, I'll never go any further than my own backyard. For if it isn't there, I never really lost it." The Wizard of Oz; Dorothy

2. "Don't complain about growing old - many, many people don't have that privilege." Unknown

3. "Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not." Oprah Winfrey

4. “I hope that my achievements in life shall be these–that I will have fought for what was right and fair, that I will have risked for that which mattered, and that I will have given help to those who were in need, that I will have left the earth a better place for what I’ve done and who I’ve been.” C. Hoppe

5. "When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on." Franklin D. Roosevelt

6. "You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist." Indira Gandhi

7. “If you are never scared, embarrassed, or hurt, it means you never take chances.” Julia Soul

8. "The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward." Amelia Earhart

9. "Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for yourself." Henry James

10. “Be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. Talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet. Make all your friends feel there is something special in them. Look at the sunny side of everything. Think only of the best, work only for the best, and expect only the best. Be as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own. Forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future. Give everyone a smile. Spend so much time improving yourself that you have no time left to criticize others. Be too big for worry and too noble for anger.” Norman Vincent Peale

11. "No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted." Aesop

12. "To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart." Eleanor Roosevelt

13. "Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching." Satchel Paige

14. "If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way." Napoleon Hill

15. "Love has no age, no limit; and no death." John Galsworthy

16. "The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step." Lao Tzu

17. "Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." Samuel Beckett

18. "Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success." Henry Ford

19. "Whoever is happy will make others happy too." Anne Frank

20. "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." Thomas A. Edison

21. "If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door." Milton Berle

22. "Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines." Robert H. Schuller

23. "Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier." Mother Teresa

24. "All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them." Walt Disney

25. "Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." George Bernard Shaw

26. "Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness." Oprah Winfrey

27. "Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it." Confucius

28. "As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them." John F. Kennedy

29. "Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'" Martin Luther King, Jr.

30. "Believe you can and you're halfway there." Theodore Roosevelt

31. "Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!" Dr. Seuss

32. "Change your thoughts and you change your world." Norman Vincent Peale

33. "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." Eleanor Roosevelt

34. "In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on." Robert Frost

35. "Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough." Oprah Winfrey

36. "Do all things with love." Og Mandino

37. "Where there is love there is life." Mahatmas Gandhi

38. "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant." Robert Louis Stevenson

39. "Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud." Maya Angelou

40. "The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart." Helen Keller

Quotes are great reminders that we can do anything, be anything, share love, spread happiness and love ourselves. Just remember that you are worthy of everything, that you can achieve whatever you put effort into and if you don't, failure is a part of life - we fail more than we succeed. It's easy to get discouraged and sometimes inspirational quotes help get your through. Just think, JK Rowling didn't finishing the best selling Harry Potter series until she was 42. You have time to do and be whatever you want.