Inspirational & Motivational Quotes: P-S

Parenthood is the art of bringing up children without putting them down.

Passion makes every detail important.
- G. K. Chesterton

People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
- Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

People spend too much time finding other people to blame, too much energy finding excuses for not being what they are capable of being, and not enough energy putting themselves on the line, growing out of the past, and getting on with their lives.
- J. Michael Straczynski

People who want to move mountains must start by carrying away small stones.

Poise is the act of raising your eyebrows instead of the roof.

Prayer is exhaling the spirit of man and inhaling the Spirit of God.
- Edwin Keith

Procrastination is attitude's natural assassin. There's nothing so fatiguing as an uncompleted task.
- William James

Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort.
- John Ruskin

Quiet minds can't be perplexed or frightened, but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm.
- Robert Louis Stevenson

Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.
- Albert Einstein

Reality is merely an illusion...albeit a persistent one.
- Albert Einstein

Reputation is what you are supposed to be; character is what you are.

Reputation is what you need to get a job; character is what you need to keep it.

Reputation makes you rich or poor; character makes you happy or miserable.

Self-discipline is when you tell yourself to do something and you don't talk back.
- W. K. Hope

Setting an example is not the main means of influencing others; it is the only means.
- Albert Einstein

Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.
- Plutarch

Silence is one of the hardest things to refute.
- Josh Billings

Silence is the voice of the convinced. Loudness is the voice of those who want to convince themselves.
- Dagobert Runes

Silence isolates us from the crowds that love to pool their misery. An unhappy civilization is always gregarious.
- Bishop Fulton J. Sheen

Sincerity makes the least man to be of more value than the most talented hypocrite.
- Charles Spurgeon

Some men see things as they are and say, "Why?" I dream things that never were and say, "Why not?"
- George Bernard Shaw

Stopping a piece of work just because it's hard, either emotionally or imaginatively, is a bad idea. Sometimes you have to go on when you don't feel like it.
- Stephen King

Success doesn't come to you...you go to it.
- Marva Collins

Success is a lousy teacher. It makes smart people think they can't lose.
- Bill Gates

Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.
- Coach John Wooden

Superstition is the dark side of wonder.
- Dean Koontz