Daily Dose of Inspirational Quotes

One spark can start a fire. Every revolution starts with a voice, and every great achievement begins with one person, and one idea. Daily Dose of Inspirational Quotes is about sharing thoughts that inspire you to “be the change you want to see in the world” – Mahatma Gandhi

Inspiration is the spark that can set the world blazing. It drives the exploited to take a stand, the seeker to discover, and brings out the best in people. Few are born with it. Others pray for it. For last few years I have found inspiration in many places, from the lyrics of a song, or a moving scene from a movie. One thing for sure, or probably the written word, inspiration is what drives the world.

We suggest that you bookmark this webpage, or take a print out, and refer to it for Daily Dose of Inspirational throughout the year. Share it with everyone you know who can use some inspiration. These are the quotes that have inspired me the most–please leave your comments at the bottom of this article and don’t forget to share your favorite inspirational quote.

Here’s hoping you get everything you want in 2015!

“Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you’d have preferred to talk.” –Doug Larson.

“Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. The friends who listen to us are the ones we move toward. When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand.” –Karl A. Menniger

“If you make listening and observation your occupation, you will gain much more than you can by talk.” –Robert Baden-Powell

“One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.” –Bryant H. McGill

“Always be a first-rate version of yourself and not a second-rate version of someone else.” –Judy Garland

“Listening is being able to be changed by the other person.” –Alan Alda

“There is as much wisdom in listening as there is in speaking–and that goes for all relationships, not just romantic ones.” –Daniel Dae Kim

“When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.” –Ernest Hemingway

“Friends are those rare people who ask how we are, and then wait to hear the answer.” –Ed Cunningham

“Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.” –Stephen R. Covey

“The art of conversation lies in listening.” –Malcom Forbes

“We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.” –Diogenes

“Great stories happen to those who can tell them. ” –Ira Glass

“The human species thinks in metaphors and learns through stories.” –Mary Catherine Bateson

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” –Maya Angelou

“Enlightenment is the key to everything, and it is the key to intimacy, because it is the goal of true authenticity.” –Marianne Willliamson

“I know of nothing more valuable, when it comes to the all-important virtue of authenticity, than simply being who you are.” –Charles R. Swindoll

“We need to find the courage to say no to the things and people that are not serving us if we want to rediscover ourselves and live our lives with authenticity.” –Barbara de Angelis

“Hard times arouse an instinctive desire for authenticity.”–Coco Chanel

“The keys to brand success are self-definition, transparency, authenticity and accountability.” –Simon Mainwaring

“Be yourself–not your idea of what you think somebody else’s idea of yourself should be.” –Henry David Thoreau

“Authenticity requires a certain measure of vulnerability, transparency, and integrity” –Janet Louise Stepenson

“If you trade your authenticity for safety, you may experience the following: anxiety, depression, eating disorders, addiction, rage, blame, resentment, and inexplicable grief.” -Brene Brown

“We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.” –May Sarton

“There is no persuasiveness more effectual than the transparency of a single heart, of a sincere life.” –Joseph Barber Lightfoot

“A lack of transparency results in distrust and a deep sense of insecurity.”–Dalai Lama

“Transparency, honesty, kindness, good stewardship, even humor, work in businesses at all times.” –John Gerzema

“I love when things are transparent, free and clear of all inhibition and judgment.” –Pharrell Williams

“Transparency is not the same as looking straight through a building: it’s not just a physical idea, it’s also an intellectual one.” –Helmut Jahn

“Truth never damages a cause that is just.” –Mahatma Gandhi

“I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.” –Simone de Beauvoir

“A basic tenet of healthy democracy is open dialogue and transparency”–Peter Fenn

“Our whole philosophy is one of transparency.” –Valerie Jarrett

“Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.” –Thomas Jefferson

“Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.” –Andrew Carnegie

“Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.” —Michael Jordan

“Remember teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability.” –Patrick Lencioni

“None of us is as smart as all of us.” –Ken Blanchard

“If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.” –Henry Ford