[Flamesguy_SJ]

"This must be Thursday. I could never get the hang of Thursdays..."
--Douglas Adams, as Arthur Dent (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)

"If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them."
--Henry David Thoreau

"Exigez la liberté comme un droit, soyez ce que vous voulez être."
--Richard Bach, Jonathan Livingston le Goéland

"I have noticed that the people who are late are often so much jollier than the people who have to wait for them."
--E. V. Lucas

"Nice guys finish last, but we get to sleep in."
--Evan Davis

"In love, one and one are one."
--Jean-Paul Sartre

"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep."
--Scott Adams

"Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome."
--Isaac Asimov

"In the end, you'll know which people really love you. They're the ones who see you for who you are and, no matter what, will always find a way to be at your side."
--Randy K. Milholland

"The Great French Marshall Lyautey once asked his gardener to plant a tree. The gardener objected that the tree was slow growing and would not reach maturity for 100 years. The Marshall replied, 'In that case, there is no time to lose; plant it this afternoon!'"
--John F. Kennedy

And this one isnt particularly inspirational, but is by far my favorite quote/passage of all time. It's from Moby Dick:

"When beholding the tranquil beauty and brilliancy of the ocean's skin, one forgets the tiger heart that pants beneath it; and would not willingly remember that this velvet paw but conceals a remorseless fang."
--Harman Melville