Favorite Quotes That Resonate With Truth

I love discovering beautifully written quotes that gift the reader with a powerful jolt of wisdom.

Who penned these great golden quotable nuggets? What were their lives about? Those are the questions that inspire me to dig deeper to learn more about the writer of these divine drops of inspiration. Here you will find some quotable treasures and a little something about the writer.


"It's never too late to become what you might have been." George Elliot, a leading female writer of the Victorian era who took on a male pen name so that her writings would be taken seriously.

"Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul, unbelief, in denying them."
George Elliot, Victorian female writer whose writings were infused with realism and psychological perspicacity.

"Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy." Felicia Hemans, Nineteenth Century Poet

"Thou art coming to a King! Large petitions with thee bring: For HIS grace and power are such, none can ever ask too much." John Newton in 1779. John Newton was the author of "Amazing Grace, How Sweet The Sound." While trying to navigate through a violent storm Newton experienced what he would later refer to as his "great deliverance. " A deliverance that would save a wretch like him.

"What may first seem like a road full of obstacles is actually a series of opportunities to help you along to your destination." Bruce Wilkinson, author of The Dream Giver, a modern day parable that will help you get started on your own daring adventure.

"The mind is like a pond. On the surface you see all the disturbances. Yet the surface is only a fraction of the pond. It is in the depth below the surface, where there is stillness that you will come to know the true essence of the pond, as well as your own mind." Nice picturesque quote from Dr. Wayne Dyer, who has written oodles of positive living books. I like some of what he says but I don't agree with him when he says this world is all there is.

"There are a couple ways to live life without opposition. If you want to live life without any criticism, do nothing and say nothing. But if you are going to accomplish anything extraordinary in this life, beware of the vision vandals." Ed Young, Author of High Definition Living : Bringing Clarity To Your Life's Mission and Founding and Senior Pastor of Fellowship Church in the heart of Dallas/Fort Worth Texas.

" We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken away from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way." ~ Victor Frankl; 20th century psychiatrist, professor, scientist, existential philosopher, holocaust survivor, and author of Man's Search for Meaning. Frankl was a longtime concentration camp prisoner who was stripped to naked existence and experienced the deplorable inhumane deaths of almost every member of his family. In the midst of such suffering, comes the realization that to live is to suffer and to survive is to find meaning within that suffering.

"Paraphrasing the words of Robert Kennedy at the 1968 presidential campaign, there are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why. . . while trailblazers dream of things that never were, and ask why not?However, they are not renegades. They are people who are doing the personal work, releasing their fears, reviewing the facts, and moving forward in expressing their vision. They are willing to trust themselves in achieving their dreams and assist others in doing the same. Trailblazers are not superhuman; in fact, they make mistakes. Not only do they learn from their mistakes, but they share their lessons with others." Lucinda, a Spread The Word Ministries Internet Bookstore Owner.

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed people can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that every has." ~ Margaret Mead