Inspirational Quotes
Every shot you don't take is a guaranteed miss.
Service is the rent we pay to be living. It is the very purpose of life and not something you do in your spare time.
All men dream, but unequally. Those that dream at night in the dusty recesses of their minds awake the next day to find that their dreams were just vanity. But those who dream during the day with their eyes wide open are dangerous men , they act out their dreams to make them reality.
A person's true wealth is the good he or she does in the world.
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in ; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day ; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense.
The grand essentials of happiness are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.
He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall , but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles, they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
A weak man has doubts before a decision, a strong man has them afterwards.
In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.
What this power is I cannot say. All I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.
Honesty characterizes the person and enables him to create an identity, to communicate a real presence, and to establish authentic bonds with others. The individual increasingly comes to know who he is through the stand he takes when he expresses his ideas, values, beliefs, and convictions, and through the declaration and ownership of his feelings.
Beliefs have the power to create and the power to destroy. Human beings have the awesome ability to take any experience of their lives and create a meaning that disempowers them or one that can literally save their lives.
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
Whatever it takes !
World is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.
If you don't set goals, you can't regret not reaching them.
For children to take morality seriously they must be in the presence of adults who take morality seriously. And with their own eyes they must see adults take morality seriously.
There is a time to let things happen, and a time to make things happen.
Platitudes ? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.
Never complain about what you permit.
No man is happy who does not think himself so.
Some things have to be believed to be seen.
Education means inspiring someones mind, not just filling their head.
Remember the difference between a boss and a leader a boss says "Go ! '' -- a leader says "Let's go ! ''
Change does not change tradition. It strengthens it. Change is a challenge and an opportunity, not a threat. Change does not necessarily assure progress, but progress implacably requires change. Education is essential to change, for education creates both new wants and the ability to satisfy them.
Ideas... they have the power
Success doesn't come to you, you go to it.
A small house will hold a hundred friends.
We don't live in a world of reality, we live in a world of perceptions.
Anything that we have to learn we learn by the actual doing of it we become just by performing just acts, temperate by performing temperate ones, brave by performing brave ones.
All the negative thoughts and ideas that are in the world have proceeded from this evil spirit of fear. Are people so afraid ? The answer is that they have made themselves helpless and dependent on others
The grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence. Fences have nothing to do with it. The grass is greenest where it is watered. When crossing over fences, carry water with you and tend the grass wherever you may be.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.
Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind, therefore as soon as they are becoming prominent in our minds, we should see a physician, take good food, and rest.
You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it.
Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
We do what we must, and call it by the best names.
What doesn't kill me, makes me stronger.
Put off for one day and ten days will pass by.
A bold onset is half the battle.
What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it.
Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.
Don't water your weeds.
Where is there dignity unless there is honesty ?
First law on holes - when you're in one, stop digging.
This attachment of love to god is indeed one that does not bind the soul but effectively breaks all its bondages.
A ship is safe in harbor, but thats not what ships are for.
We are the only beings on the planet who lead such rich internal lives that it's not the events that matter most to us, but rather, it's how we interpret those events that will determine how we think about ourselves and how we will act in the future.
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, and live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.
A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.
To live a creative life we must lose our fear of being wrong.
Better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.
Every ceiling, when reached, becomes a floor, upon which one walks as a matter of course and prescriptive right.
Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt and dance like no one is watching
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
You're gonna have to learn your cliches. You're gonna have to study them, you're gonna have to learn them, you're gonna have to know them. They're your friends. Write this down: "We gotta play 'em one day at a time."
Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
Admission of ignorance is often the first step in our education.
Life without a purpose is a languid, drifting thing , every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves, 'This day let me make a sound beginning
Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end, an end which was already but too easy to arrive at
What is strength without a double share of wisdom ?
We must not say every mistake is a foolish one.
The most important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silent chambers of the soul.
Whenever I get the energy to exercise, I sit down until it passes.
There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.
Sharing is the essence of teaching. It is, I have come to believe, the essence of civilizationWithout it, the imagination is but the echo of the self, trapped in a soundproof chamber, reverberating upon itself until it is spent in exhaustion or futility.
Private victories precede public victories. You can't invert that process any more than you can harvest a crop before you plant it.
You become what you think about.
Efficiency is doing things right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing.
Life is what you make it.
If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man.
Knowing means to penetrate through the surface, in order to arrive at the roots, and hence the causes, knowing means to "see" reality in its nakedness. Knowing does not mean to be in the possession of the truth , it means to penetrate the surface and to strive critically and actively in order to approach truth ever more closely.
Leadership is much more an art, a belief, a condition of the heart, than a set of things to do. The visible signs of artful leadership are expressed, ultimately, in its practice.
If you want to be enthusiastic, act enthusiastic.
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
Every man has in himself a continent of undiscovered character. Happy is he who acts as the Columbus to his own soul.
The foundation my parents laid down with our faith continues to be my core.
Man has been endowed with reason, with the power to create, so that he can add to what he's been given. But up to now he hasn't been a creator, only a destroyer. Forests keep disappearing, rivers dry up, wild life's become extinct, the climate's ruined and the land grows poorer and uglier every day.
I do not resent criticism, even when, for the sake of emphasis, it parts for the time with reality.
One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.
We aren't in an information age, we are in an entertainment age.
How you react when the joke's on you can reveal your character.
I am the captain of my soul.
Goals give you more than a reason to get up in the morning, they are an incentive to keep you going all day. Goals tend to tap the deeper resources and draw the best out of life.
You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough ! You must take action.
Don't argue for other people's weaknesses. Don't argue for your own. When you make a mistake, admit it, correct it, and learn from it -- immediately.