Healthy and Green Living

Here are the daily inspirational quotes for April 2007. We hope you enjoy them as much as we enjoy collecting them!

Start doing the things you think should be done, and start being what you think society should become. Do you believe in free speech? Then speak freely. Do you love the truth? Then tell it. Do you believe in an open society? Then act in the open. Do you believe in a decent and humane society? Then behave decently and humanely.
–Adam Michnik

Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them.
–Orison Swett Marden

Self-esteem must be earned! When you dare to dream, dare to follow that dream, dare to suffer through the pain, sacrifice, self-doubts, and friction from the world, you will genuinely impress yourself.
–Laura Schlessinger

Trust the still, small voice that says, “this might work and I’ll try it.”
–Diane Mariechild

Common sense is seeing things as they are; and doing things as they ought to be.
–Harriet Beecher Stowe

Moral cowardice that keeps us from speaking our minds is as dangerous to this country as irresponsible talk. The right way is not always the popular and easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character.
–Margaret Chase Smith

Beauty saves. Beauty heals. Beauty motivates. Beauty unites. Beauty returns us to our origins, and here lies the ultimate act of saving, of healing, of overcoming dualism.
–Matthew Fox

Healing yourself is connected with healing others.
–Yoko Ono

The only work that will ultimately bring any good to any of us is the work of contributing to the healing of the world.
–Marianne Williamson

I had found a kind of serenity, a new maturity… I didn’t feel better or stronger than anyone else but it seemed no longer important whether everyone loved me or not–more important now was for me to love them. Feeling that way turns your whole life around; living becomes the act of giving.
–Beverly Sills

In struggling against anguish one never produces serenity; the struggle against anguish only produces new forms of anguish.
–Simone Weil

Gardening is about enjoying the smell of things growing in the soil, getting dirty without feeling guilty, and generally taking the time to soak up a little peace and serenity.
–Lindley Karstens

You’ve got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.
–Irish saying