Inspirational Quotes #1

"A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do." -- Bob Dylan


Will Smith commenting on the movie, Seven Pounds:

"Well, the difference between depression and joy is purpose, right? That you have a reason beyond yourself to wake up in the morning. Somebody's life is going to be better because you woke up. And if you can find that purpose, that is the elixir for depression. That pushes you closer to joy. And, you know, this movie so revealed that to me."

[Source: TODAY, 31/12/2008, "How Will Smith ruined my year" by Genevieve Loh]


"it's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice". -- John Cassis

[Source: TODAY, 31/12/2008, "The importance of being nice" by Koh Poh Tiong]


"You've got to say, 'I think that if I keep working at this and I want it badly enough I can have it.' It's called perseverance." -- Lee J. Iacocca


"The idea behind One Foundation is simple: think big by thinking small. Starting in China, Li (Jet) has set out to raise one yuan (15 cents) from very person each month. He likens it to one big family helping each other out.

'All too often you see people expecting others to dip into their pockets,' he says. 'They blame their government. They say corporations with their big profits should be more generous. I believe helping each other starts with the individuals. It is everybody's responsibility to give. If everyone gives one yuan every month, it will add up to billions of dollars.'

[Source: page 42, Reader's Digest (January 2009), "The Power of One" by Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop]



"Why do people go to work? Because they're hungry. But that's not the reason Christians are to go to work. They are to work for the reason set forth in Ephesians 4:28, 'Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need.'

In other words, you don't work for yourself; you go to work for the person next to you.

That's why you never have to get upset about your job or despise what you do in the workplace. After all, when you go to work, you're going there for someone else. You can therefore go through your workday, confident that Jesus will meet your needs as you labor to meet someone else's needs through your sowing."

[Source: page 49~50, "Excellence in Seed, Time and Harvest" by Robb Thompson]