Inward Quotes
476 Inward quotes by 347 unique authors
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Happiness itself is sufficient excuse. Beautiful things are right and true; so beautiful actions are those pleasing to the gods. Wise men have an inward…
— Aristotle
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Dress gives one the outward sign from which people in general can, and often do, judge upon the inward state of mind and feelings.
— Mae West
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There is no art which affords less opportunity to execute expression than photography. Everything is concentrated in a few seconds, when after perhaps an hours…
— Unknown Author
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Non-violence is not a quality to be evolved or expressed to order. It is an inward growth depending for sustenance upon intense individual effort.
— Mahatma Gandhi
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In classical understanding, education is the attempt to "lead out" from within the self a core of wisdom that has the power to resist falsehood…
— Parker J. Palmer
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We must have the glory sink into us before it can be reflected from us. In deep inward beholding we must have Christ in our…
— Alexander MacLaren
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The Holy Ghost is the greatest guarantor of inward peace in our unstable world.
— James E. Faust
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When you allow yourself to begin to dream big dreams, creatively abandon the activities that are taking up too much of your time, and focus…
— Brian Tracy
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A true and safe leader is likely to be one who has no desire to lead, but is forced into a position of leadership by…
— Aiden Wilson Tozer
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While both denominations maintain missions in Asia and Africa in order to win new followers for their doctrine- an activity which can boast but very…
— Adolf Hitler
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Love looks to the eternal. Love is indeed "ecstasy," not in the sense of a moment of intoxication, but rather as a journey, an on-going…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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He is wisest, who only gives, True to himself, the best he can: Who drifting on the winds of praise, The inward monitor obeys. And…
— John Greenleaf Whittier
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False notions of liberty are strangely common. People talk of it as if it meant the liberty of doing whatever one likes - whereas the…
— Frederick William Robertson
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Optimism, then, is a fact within my own heart. But as I look out upon life, my heart meets no contradiction. The outward world justifies…
— Helen Keller
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The church has long used the concept of sacraments--outward signs of inward grace--to name the spaces where God meets us in an especially present way.…
— Lauren F. Winner
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Self-reliance is the key to a vigorous life. A man must look inward to find his own answers.
— Robin Williams
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Many are so preoccupied with what others think it defines their existence. When we fixate externally, it keeps us from truly knowing ourselves and our…
— Jillian Michaels
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The process of writing fiction is totally unconscious. It comes from what you are learning, as you live, from within. For me, all writing is…
— Nadine Gordimer
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Give up the feeling of responsibility, let go your hold, resign the care of your destiny to higher powers, be genuinely indifferent as to what…
— William James
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The growth of the soul may be compared to the growth of a plant. In both cases, no new properties are imparted by the operation…
— George Ripley
Who Wrote These Inward Quotes
347 authors contributed a total of 476 Inward Quotes, led by these top contributors: