Inspirational Quotes
Try to be happy in this present moment, and put not off being so to a time to come, as though that time should be of another make from this which has already come and is ours.
What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
There are many who's tongues might govern multitudes, if they could govern their tongues.
Respect the past in the full measure of its desserts, but do not make the mistake of confusing it with the present nor seek in it the ideals of the future.
Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among my people the greatest asset I possess, and the way to develop the best in a person is by appreciation and encouragement. I believe in giving people incentive to work. So I am anxious to praise but loath to find fault. I am hearty in my approbation and lavish in my praise.
There is nothing as remarkable as learning how to think better.
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly it is dearness only that gives everything its value.
Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality.
The leader wonders about everything, wants to learn as much as he can, is willing to take risks, experiment, try new things. He does not worry about failure, but embraces errors, knowing he will learn from them.
Besides the short catnaps I take each day, I average about four to five hours of sleep per night.
Wealth is but dung, useful only when spread about.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
My parents told me that I could do and be anything I really wanted. I believed them.
Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.
Tough times never last but tough people do.
Sow a thought, and you reap an act , Sow an act, and you reap a habit , Sow a habit, and you reap a character , Sow a character, and you reap a destiny.
Lives most persistent and urgent question is, What are you doing for others ?
World is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.
My experience will help, but I insist and maintain that art - true art that is - cannot be handed out. Furthermore, art is never decoration or embellishment. Instead it is a constant process of maturing.
It is always your next move.
Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
is the greatest gift of the mind , it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.
A gentle breeze blowing in the right direction is better than a pair of strong oars.
Censure is often useful, praise often deceitful.
A person's true wealth is the good he or she does in the world.
I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others. I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent.
One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus ; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.
The best and most beautiful things in this world can not be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the heart.
As different streams having different sources all mingle their waters in the sea, so different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to god.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible.
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
Nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as true strength.
It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow.
Accept challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
You must do the things you think you cannot do.
The way we see the problem is the problem.
Great changes may not happen right away, but with effort even the difficult may become easy.
Don't fall victim to your own melodrama. Keep things in perspective. The odds are that your problem is solvable. Address the solution and don't dwell on the problem to the point at which it paralyzes you.
An army of lions commanded by a deer will never be an army of lions.
Your thoughts are the architects of your destiny.
We shall neither fail nor falter, we shall not weaken or tire. Give us the tools and we will finish the job.
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality in your own mind.
Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.
Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
When you do the wrong thing, knowing it is wrong, you do so because you have n't developed the habit of effectively controlling or neutralizing strong inner urges that tempt you, or because you have established the wrong habit and don't know how to eliminate them effectively.
Remember happiness doesn't depend on who you are or what you have, it depends solely upon what you think.
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow men.
Don't think it, ink it.
A mature man is his own judge. In the end, his only form of support is being faithful to his own convictions. The advice of others may be welcomed invaluable, but it does not free him from responsibility.
One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything.
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded or how much you have.
Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.
Don't hide your light under a bushel.
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead, his eyes are closed.
Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.
Living a life of integrity is one of the greatest missions we can undertake.
There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because his conscience tells him it is right.
Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.
People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.
Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.
We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insolvuble problems.
The will to prepare is more important than the will to win.
You will become as small as your controlling desire ; as great as your dominant aspiration.
Fortune favors the brave.
It is possible to fail in many ways while to succeed is possible only in one way.
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who can not read and write, but those who can not learn, unlearn, and relearn.
Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air
It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.
If you are afraid of failure you don’t deserve to be successful!
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.
Do not wait for ideal circumstances, they will never come, nor for the best opportunities.
In matters of style, swim with the current, in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
Sometimes you gotta create what you want to be a part of.
You may be on the right track, but if you just sit there you'll get run over.
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
When I hear somebody sigh, Life is hard, I am always tempted to ask, Compared to what ?
So many fail because they don't get started -- they don't go. They don't overcome inertia. They don't begin.
To become a leader, then, you must become yourself, become the maker of your own life.
One man with courage is a majority.
All that is real in me is god. All that is real in god is I. The gulf between god and me is thus bridged. Thus by knowing god, we find that the kingdom of heaven is within us.
Commit yourself to a dream... Nobody who tries to do something great but fails is a total failure. Why ? Because he can always rest assured that he succeeded in life's most important battle -- he defeated the fear of trying.
There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.
I am again fairly settled down to the pleasant duties of an old fashioned Virginia house-keeper, steady as a clock, busy as a bee, and as cheerful as a cricket.
A small house will hold a hundred friends.
Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.
Change yourself, change your fortunes.