Inspirational Quotes
Great men are not always wise.
Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.
As long as we are persistence in our pursuit of our deepest destiny, we will continue to grow. We can not choose the day or time when we will fully bloom. It happens in its own time.
Many hands make light work.
In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.
If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse , however if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities.
You'll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind.
A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
Without a general an army is lost.
Men spend their lives in anticipations, in determining to be vastly happy at some period when they have time. But the present time has one advantage over every otherit is our own. Past opportunities are gone, future have not come. We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock of wine , but if we defer the tasting of them too long, we shall find that both are soured by age.
Success often comes to those who dare to act. It seldom goes to the timid who are ever afraid of the consequences.
Most people are about as happy as they make up their mind to be.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
It means a great deal to those who are oppressed to know that they are not alone. And never let anyone tell you that what you are doing is insignificant. Bishop
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
Every dog has his day.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon- instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today.
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you do not try.
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.
Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.
Between stimulus and response, one has the freedom to choose.
The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.
Remember when you see a man at the top of a mountain, he didn't fall there.
Even though I am nearly deaf, I seem to be gifted with a kind of inner hearing which enables me to detect sounds and noises which the ordinary person does not hear.
Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade ?
This life is a hard fact, work your way through it boldly, though it may be adamantine, no matter, the soul is stronger. I have seen in life those who are overcautious about themselves fall into dangers at every step, those who are afraid of losing honor and respect, get only disgrace, and those who are always afraid of loss, always lose.
The secret to happiness is not in doing what one likes to do, but in liking what one has to do.
Success is having a flair for the thing that you are doing , knowing that is it not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose.
Take control of your consistent emotions and begin to consciously and deliberately reshape your daily experience of life.
When the going gets tough the tough get going.
The power is detested, and miserable the life, of him who wishes to be feared rather than to be loved.
It is the surmounting of difficulties that make heroes.
Failure doesn't mean you are a failure, it just means you haven't succeeded yet.
Only after you challenge your biases and stereotypes-- what Francis Bacon called the 'idols which beset men's minds'--can you help others do the same.
High expectations are the key to everything.
I believe that it is better to learn from the diverse people around us than to try in vain to emulate them, better to be a teacher than a role model. As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.
It's always darkest before the dawn.
The ready back gets all the loads.
A ship in harbor is safe -- but that is not what ships are for.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
Practice makes perfect.
Many people may listen, but few people actually hear.
Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.
Go as far as you can see and when you get there, you will always be able to see farther.
Leadership is a secret ingredient that goes into failure. But it's only kept a secret from the person who fails.
Life's most soothing things are a child's goodnight and sweet music.
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not, nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not, unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not, the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
Don't ask for a light load, but rather ask for a strong back.
There are essentially two things that will make you wiser the books you read and the people you meet.
There is no education like adversity.
It is not length of life, but depth of life.
Find and use your passion, and you'll have a great career. Don't do it, you won't. It's as simple as that.
Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself : First, what could I do ? Second, what could I read ? And third, who could I ask ?
If you want to be creative in your company, your career, your life, all it takes is one easy stepthe extra one. When you encounter a familiar plan, you just ask one question '' What ELSE could we do ? ''
I have learned that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing-that's why we recommend it daily.
God is subtle but he is not malicious.
A Crow is known wherever he is met by his beautiful white dress, and his tall and elegant figure. The greater part of the men being six feet high.
Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.
Example sheds a genial ray which men are apt to borrow, so first improve yourself today, and then your friends tomorrow.
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety.
The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at a time.
Success is not to be pursued ; it is to be attracted by the person you become.
Because I readily absorb ideas from every source - frequently starting where the last person left off - I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it.
Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow
If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.
It's never too late to be what you might have been.
He who conquers himself has won a greater victory than he who conquers a city.
The person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.
This is a great fact : strength is life, weakness is death. Strength is felicity, life eternal, immortal , weakness is constant strain and misery, weakness is death.
The show must go on.
The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions.
When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished by how much the old man had learned in 7 years.
To catch lots of fish, you must first go to the water. To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.
When something is finally obvious that should have been obvious years before, we call it common sense.
To succeed, you need to take that gut feeling in what you believe and act on it with all of your heart.
What happens to a man is less significant than what happens within him.
It not knowing what to do, it's doing what you know.
Real glory springs from the silent conquest of ourselves.
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
Yesterday is but a dream, tomorrow but a vision. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore, to this day.
The Crows are very handsome and gentlemanly Indians in their personal appearance and have been always reputed, since the first acquaintance made with them, very civil and friendly.