Henry David Thoreau Quotes

If you can draw something from my life that helps, more power to you.

One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Three, if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don't throw it away.

I gave them hope, and so turned away their eyes from death

Hope is life's greatest treasure. If you have no hope, create some!

When I was in the eighth grade, I wrote this huge long paper about how I had no idea what I was gonna do with my life, but that I wanted to make a difference and touch even if it was like one person's life... inspire them.

My mama always used to tell me: 'If you can't find somethin' to live for, you best find somethin' to die for.'

While some no other cause for life can give, but a dull habitude to live.

I am absolutely convinced that my life was redeemed by poetry.

We live because of the dreams.

The only thing that mattered was what you were to do in life, and it wasn't about money. It was about teaching, or learning.

When you cease to dream you cease to live.

Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.

I always say to myself that if I can make a movie that makes a kid smile or gives them some hope or something to get excited about, then I'm applying myself in the best way that I can. I don't think that just goes for kids. I think that it goes for adults, as well, and for families.

The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life. It provides human beings with a sense of destination and the energy to get started.

For me, a life without expectation results in a life with inspiration.

I hope that my story, I hope that my life is... an encouragement for people, especially in Brooklyn. I feel humbled and blessed.

I didn't have nothin' going for me... school, home... until I found something I loved, which was music, and that changed everything.

A dream is what makes people love life even when it is painful.

Oprah's aspiration to inspire her audience with hope - elaborated on her TV show, in her magazine, and on her website - is hardly ignoble.

I would say I'm an inspirational guidelines book. You can take my life story or scenarios or songs and relate to them and apply them to your everyday life.

I want to do things of significance, things that will inspire people to know how good life can be.

I think that's when life began for me: when I started to follow my dreams.

There are few things as powerful as the joy of someone who got a second chance and found their purpose.

My past made me who I am today. I can’t just pretend it never happened. But the biggest lesson I learnt from that, is that I can be an example for others who are still struggling! There’s always hope and help for everyone. I think it’s my responsibility to do that, to help. I always refer to this as the “moment of clarity”. It’s hard to explain what really happened, but it was a once in a lifetime kind of moment. I had reached my lowest point and I just knew things had to change quickly because there was just no other way, you know.

We're here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark.