Inspirational Quotes
Men stumble over the truth from time to time but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.
One joy scatters a hundred griefs.
To succeed you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
Level with your child by being honest. Nobody spots a phony quicker than a child.
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.
My experience has taught me that a man who has no vices has damned few virtues.
Optimists are right. So are pessimists. It's up to you to choose which you will be.
Your talent is god's gift to you.
A man is about as big as the things that make him angry.
He who joyfully marches to music rank and file, has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is ; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action. It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.
There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated from right living.
The thing I lose patience with the most is the clock. Its hands move too fast.
The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
World is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.
It is better to do the wrong thing than to do nothing.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
The show must go on.
The wisest mind has something yet to learn.
Never say anything about yourself you do not want to come true.
Religion is being and becoming. Religion is the manifestation of the divinity already in man.
We are what and where we are because we have first imagined it.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.
It is never too late to be what we might have been
People fascinated by the idea of progress never suspect that every step forward is also a step on the way to the end.
Acting on a good idea is better than just having a good idea.
He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time he looks at the object beloved, drawing from it with his eyes and his mind those virtues which it possesses.
When you work, work, and when you play, play, dont get the two mixed up
The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but reveal to them their own.
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.
Ideals are like stars, you will not succeed in touching them with your hands, but like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them, you reach your destiny.
I know that many people feel that old age is a time to take it easy, but I compare my life now to being the last runner in a relay race. Would you have me slow down as I near the finish line ?
We mustn't let our passions destroy our dreams.
Motivation is like food for the brain. You can not get enough in one sitting. It needs continual and regular refills.
Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far. quotes
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.
When you arrive at your future, will you blame your past ?
No man is wise enough by himself.
Examine the opportunities, the challenges you've given yourself.
Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to conceive.
A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.
If you want things to be different, perhaps the answer is to become different yourself.
Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world.
Why not go out on a limb ? Isn't that where the fruit is ?
The doctor and the pastor ask about your health, but eternity makes you responsible for your condition.
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.
The only job where you start at the top, is digging a hole.
Until we take how we see ourselves (and how we see others) into account, we will be unable to understand how others see and feel about themselves and their world. Unaware, we will project our intentions on their behavior and call ourselves objective.
A short saying often contains much wisdom.
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
Some say you have to use your five best players, but I found out you win with the five that fit together best as a team
The path to success is to take massive, determined action.
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him, and then choose that way with all his strength.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
The only gift is a portion of thyself.
Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
Action, to be effective, must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
You must consider the bottom line, but make it integrity before profits.
You can do what you want to do.
When one door closes another opens, but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.
A man builds a fine house ; and now he has a master, and a task for life ; he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair, the rest of his days.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war.
I'm not here just to make a living, I'm here to make a difference.
The daily grind of hard work gets a person polished.
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.
The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
If we all tired to make other peoples paths easy, our own feet would have a smooth even place to walk on.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
I know god will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much.
It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.
"It's Pretty Cool" - on winning Super Bowl XLVII.
Results ? Why, man, I have gotten lots of results ! If I find ways something won't work, I haven't failed
People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.
As you think in your heart, so shall you be.
It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship.
As you live your values, your sense of identity, integrity, control, and inner-directedness will infuse you with both exhilaration and peace. You will define yourself from within, rather than by people's opinions or by comparisons to others.
He who dares nothing need hope for nothing.
If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
The gulf between god and me is thus bridged. Thus by knowing god, we find that the kingdom of heaven is within us.
Happiness is a state of activity.
Listen with regard when others talk. Give your time and energy to others, let others have their own way, do things for reasons other than furthering your own needs.
If the going is real easy, beware, you may be headed down hill.
What we can or can not do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. It is more likely a function of our beliefs about who we are.
There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group, there is less competition there.
There's always a way - if you're committed.
Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake.
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, this time more wisely.
Perspective is in the quiet of a walk, the wisdom of a good book, or the harmony of your favorite music. I find it sometimes in the slow peace of fishing.
Want to learn to eat a lot ? Here it is : Eat a little. That way, you will be around long enough to eat a lot.