Inspirational Quotes

Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.

Pleasure Consequence Moderation Suffering The devil has put a penalty on all things we enjoy in life. Either we suffer in health or we suffer in soul or we get fat.

Albert Einstein

Anthropomorphism Narrative Reality Transformation Consequence Anthropomorphic animals, when taken out of narrative into actual visibility, always turn into buffoonery or nightmare.

C. S. Lewis

Free Will Consequence Salvation Choice Free will carried many a soul to hell, but never a soul to heaven.

Charles Spurgeon

Liberty Slavery Extremes Consequence Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.

Plato

Sin Indifference Consequence After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.

Henry David Thoreau

Authority Judgment Responsibility Consequence One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Violence Conflict Consequence Ethics Violence is both unavoidable and unjustifiable.

Albert Camus

Possession Inaction Taking Action Opportunity Consequence Whatever you have, you must either use or lose.

Henry Ford

Inaction Consequence Moral Ambiguity Passivity The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.

Hannah Arendt

Intention Consequence Focus Revenge Control vs Unintended Outcomes I didn't mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to hit that bastard in the stands.

Babe Ruth