Inspiration

With the recent graduation, impending future as a 'real adult', and the really poor economy putting a damper on my job hunt, many days I find myself needing a little bit of inspiration. Random quotes usually work quite well to remind that things will ultimately work out, and that just because I don't find a job right away, or find one that does not directly relate to my degree, does not make me unsuccessful. I chose an academic path that I was interested in, not just something that I knew would get me a job. And I still enjoy my life - I'm not making much, but I'm able to hang out with friends, spend time with the boyfriend, go to movies, go rollerblading, read a book in my front yard at 2 in the afternoon, and spend time doing other things that I enjoy. While I could be better off financially, I still consider the fact that I'm happy, (fairly) healthy, and doing things that I want, to be 'success'.


Here are some good quotes to think about, if you are in a similar situation, or just want to feel inspired in some way:

If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes.
St. Clement of Alexandra

The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible.
Arthur C. Clarke

No longer forward nor behind
I look in hope and fear;
But grateful take the good I find,
The best of now and here.
John G. Whittier

I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.
Albert Einstein

We learn wisdom from failure much more than success. We often discover what we will do, by finding out what we will not do.
Samuel Smiles

Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow.
Doug Firebaugh

You will never "find" time for anything. If you want time, you must make it.
Charles Bruxton

Success does not consist in never making blunders, but in never making the same one a second time.
Josh Billings