Inspirational Quotes
You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you had to overcome to reach your goals.
When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.
One rule of action more important than all others is consists in never doing anything that someone else can do for you.
Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory.
Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.
Whenever we're afraid, its because we don't know enough. If we understood enough, we would never be afraid.
A human being is a part of a whole, called by us _universe_ , a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest... a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
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.
Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating.
He who dares nothing need hope for nothing.
Take heed : you do not find what you do not seek.
Love is a bird, she needs to fly.
Seeds of faith are always within us; sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their growth.
To succeed... you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
You can not plough a field by turning it over in your mind.
I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.
All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.
Practice does not make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
If you feel you have no faults there's another one.
We get to make a living , we give to make a life.
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.
Embrace that small things lead to big things.
The storm also beats on the house that is built on the rock.
This is the first day, of the rest of your life.
Every artist was first an amateur.
People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it, begin it now.
Seek first to understand, then to be understood.
is the greatest gift of the mind , it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.
You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition.
If we are going to teach 'creation science' as an alternative to evolution, then we should also teach the stork theory as an alternative to biological reproduction.
Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.
The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.
I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.
Children are all foreigners.
Rock and roll is the music of America, of youth, of rebellion, and of the common spirit that ties all that together.
Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game. quotes
There is no beauty but the beauty of action.
Life does not happen to us, it happens from us.
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
The toughest part of getting to the top of the ladder, is getting through the crowd at the bottom.
Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.
The time is always right to do what is right.
He who hesitates is lost.
It's never too late.
When I've heard all I need to make a decision, I don't take a vote. I make a decision.
You can be greater than anything that can happen to you.
Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.
Wealth belongs to the person who enjoys it and not to the one who keeps it.
Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never -- in nothing, great or small, large or petty -- never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.
The greater a man is in power above others, the more he ought to excel them in virtue. None ought to govern who is not better than the governed.
Any man who selects a goal in life which can be fully achieved has already defined his own limitations.
Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.
It is amazing how much people can get done if they do not worry about who gets the credit.
Fear nothing, for every renewed effort raises all former failures into lessons, all sins into experience.
In the space age the most important space is between the ears.
There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
We simply assume that the way we see things is the way they really are or the way they should be. And our attitudes and behaviors grow out of these assumptions.
Be like the turtle. If he didn't stick his neck out, he wouldn't get anywhere at all.
If there is a will, there is a way.
Wisdom is knowing what to do next.
There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized ; they die when neglected. Life is a long line of opportunities.
We have a problem. ''Congratulations. '' But it's a tough problem. ''Then double congratulations. ''
Many hands make light work.
We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insolvuble problems.
Whatever we leave to God, God does and blesses us.
The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.
If there is one word that you find coming out like a bomb from the upanishads, bursting like a bombshell upon masses of ignorance, it is the word fearlessness.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.
Live with passion.
The more credit you give away, the more will come back to you. The more you help others, the more they will want to help you.
Feel nothing, know nothing, do nothing, have nothing, give up all to god, and say utterly, 'Thy will be done'. We only dream this bondage. Wake up and let it go.
My faith is in the younger generation, the modern generation, out of them will come my workers. They will work out the whole problem, like lions.
You can not do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
End your day by privately looking directly into your eyes in the mirror and saying, 'I love you ! ' Do this for thirty days and watch how you transform.
Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.
I am not sure I should have dared to start , but I am sure that I should not have dared to stop.
Anybody can do just about anything with himself that he really wants to and makes up his mind to do. We are all capable of greater things than we realize.
Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend.
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.
Its so hard when contemplated in advance, and so easy when you do it.
Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities -- always see them, for they're always there.
If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.
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.
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
By asking the question " How can I afford it ? " your brain is put to work.
Talent does you no good unless it's recognized by someone else.
Volunteers don't get paid, not because they're worthless, but because they're priceless.