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

2. Words to
Live By
Inspiring Quotes from
Inspiring People

3. 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

4. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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

11. 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

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

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

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