Inspirational Quotes
The point is that you can't be too greedy.
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.
Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations
Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore, Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me I lift me lamp beside the golden door.
The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.
Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.
One only gets to the top rung on the ladder by steadily climbing up one at a time, and suddenly, all sorts of powers, all sorts of abilities which you thought never belonged to you suddenly become within your own possibility and you think, 'Well, I'll have a go, too.'
There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.
Today... maybe I can take one step on that profoundly complex path to peace.
The beginning is the half of every action.
There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way.
No, this trick won't work... How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love ?
Abilities wither under faultfinding, blossom with encouragement.
How we spend our days is of course how we spend our lives.
Synergy is everywhere in nature. If you plant two plants close together, the roots commingle and improve the quality of soil so that both plants will grow better than if they were separated. If you put two pieces of wood together, they will hold much more weight than the total of the weight held by each separately. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. One plus one equals three or more.
I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
Sooner or later the truth comes to light.
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.
What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it.
Basing our happiness on our ability to control everything is futile.
The time to make friends is before you need them.
A Native American grandfather was talking to his grandson about how he felt. He said, 'I feel as if I have two wolves fighting in my heart. One wolf is the vengeful, violent one, the other wolf is the loving compassionate one.' The grandson asked him, 'Which wolf will win the fight in your heart?' The grandfather answered, 'The one I feed.'
Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win -- essential to success.
Each human organism is conceived with a potential for becoming a complete human being -- as a seed contains the potential for becoming a complete plant. But his becoming may be completed in an infinite variety of ways.
The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible.
Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made.
If we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find we have lost the future.
Oh, to be free from the stifling pressures of life to rest, a peaceful slumber that will rejuvenate my soul
It's nice to be the best, but not when being the best brings out the worst in you.
Between stimulus and response is our greatest power -- the freedom to choose.
People are like stained glass windows, they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results
Throughout the centuries there have been men who took the first steps down new roads armed with nothing but their own vision.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will.
This world will always continue to be a mixture of good and evil. Our duty is to sympathize with the weak and to love even the wrongdoer.
The storm also beats on the house that is built on the rock.
No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.
The life which is unexamined is not worth living
Lives of great men all remind us we can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us footprints in the sands of time.
If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.
The way we see the problem is the problem.
I just love when people say I cant do something because all my life people said I wasn't going to make it.
Every artist was first an amateur.
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.
"I can't do it" never accomplished anything ; "I will try" has performed miracles.
I maintained my edge by always being a student, you will always have something new to learn.
The only job where you start at the top, is digging a hole.
Someday when I grow up, finish school and get a job, I'll start living my life the way I want someday after the mortgage is paid off, the finances are on track and the kids are grown up, I'll drive that new car and take exciting trips abroad someday, now that I'm 9 about to retire, I'll buy that beautiful motor home and travel across this great country, and see all there is to see someday.
The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement.
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
Every hero becomes a bore at last.
That is a lesson for all life - face the terrible, face it boldly. Like the monkeys, the hardships of life fall back when we cease to flee before them.
The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
Success comes from taking the initiative and following up... persisting... eloquently expressing the depth of your love. What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life ?
Only the educated are free.
I do not think there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.
Talent does you no good unless it's recognized by someone else.
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be overcome first.
Who is blind ? He who can see no other world. Who is dumb ? He who can say nothing pleasant about his lot. Who is poor ? He who is troubled with too many desires. Who is rich ? He who is happy with his lot.
You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it.
Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.
Nothing is predestined The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.
Desire, ignorance, and inequality, this is the trinity of bondage.
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
Each person's life is a story that is telling itself in the living.
Your thoughts are the architects of your destiny.
No man is wise enough by himself.
To live a creative life we must lose our fear of being wrong.
Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
The real and lasting victories are those of peace and not of war.
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity , an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Life is but a moment, death also is but another.
As a cure for worrying, work is far better than whiskey. I always found that, if I began to worry, the best thing I could do was focus upon doing something useful and then work very hard at it. Soon, I would forget what was troubling me.
All successful people men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.
Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.
Be the change you want to see in the world.
Live Well... Laugh Often... Love Much.
The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while Nature cures the disease
The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.
The more alternatives, the more difficult the choice.
Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.
High expectations are the key to everything.
The time is always right to do what is right.
The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.
They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment.
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.
Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.
Obstacles are great incentives.