Words to Live By: Inspiring Quotes from Inspiring People Compiled and submitted by Christopher Brooks, RA Ohio Wesleyan University

Words to Live By Inspiring Quotes from Inspiring People

For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something. -Steve Jobs

Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. – Martin Luther King, Jr.

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind. -Mohandas Gandhi

A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool. -William Shakespeare

If you can dream it, you can do it. - Walt Disney

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success. -John D. Rockefeller

A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life. -Muhammad Ali

If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it. - Michael Jordan

I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear. - Rosa Parks

Remember no one can make you feel inferior without your consent. -Eleanor Roosevelt

As the builders say, the larger stones do not lie well without the lesser. -Plato

Words to Live By Bulletin Board Created By: Christopher Brooks Christopher Brooks is a Resident Assistant at Ohio Wesleyan University and will graduate in 2013. He is also President of the Ohio Wesleyan University Pre-Health Club