Favourites on Friday - Quotes to Inspire

Thought I'd start the first 'Favourites on Friday' of 2014 with some quotes I find particularly inspiring...

I wish to live because life has with it that which is good, that which is beautiful, and that which is love. ~ Lorraine Hansberry

Peace.  It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work.  It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart. ~ Unknown

To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting. ~  e.e. cummings

 Do not follow where the path may lead… go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. ~ Harold R McAlindon

 Never be bullied into silence.  Never allow yourself to be made a victim.  Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself. ~ Harvey Fierstein

Make each day your masterpiece. ~ John Wooden