Inspirational Quotes
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.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
God gives us our relatives - thank God we can choose our friends.
This is no time for ease and comfort. It is the time to dare and endure.
Hard work pays off.
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.
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way.
I have realized god sitting in the temple of every human body, the moment I stand in reverence before every human being and see god in him - that moment I am free from bondage, everything that binds vanishes, and I am free.
Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
When you put faith, hope and love together, you can raise positive kids in a negative world.
It looks as if there were a single ultimate goal for mankind, a far goal toward which all persons strive. This is called variously by different authors self-actualization, self- realization, integration, psychological health, individuation, autonomy, creativity, productivity, but they all agree that this amounts to realizing the potentialities of the person, that is to say, becoming fully human, everything that person can be.
Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.
Never fear the want of business. A man who qualifies himself well for his calling, never fails of employment.
So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost indispensable , and no man is useless while he has a friend.
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.
Success isn't magic or hocus-pocus, it's simply learning to focus.
I am speaking now of the highest duty we owe our friends, the noblest, the most sacred that of keeping their own nobleness, goodness, pure and incorrupt. . . . If we let our friend become cold and selfish and exacting without a remonstrance, we are no true lover, no true friend.
Accept the past for what it was. Acknowledge the present for what it is. Anticipate the future for what it can become.
When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make a lemonade.
Many of us spend half of our time wishing for things we could have, if we didn't spend half of our time wishing.
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.
If we are to achieve results never before accomplished, we must expect to employ methods never before attempted.
Men do less than they ought, unless they do all they can.
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
Most people resist change, so a key part of innovating is convincing other people that your idea is a good one -- by enlisting their help, and, in doing so, by helping them see the usefulness of the idea.
As a principle-centered person you try to stand apart from the emotion of the situation and from other factors that would act on you, and evaluate the options. Looking at the balanced whole -- the work needs, the family needs, the other needs that may be involved, and the possible implications of the various alternatives -- you'll try to come up with the best solution taking all factors into consideration.
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.
Whenever I get the energy to exercise, I sit down until it passes.
There is nothing as remarkable as learning how to think better.
The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
There was no hope on earth, and god seemed to have forgotten us. Some said they saw the son of god, others did not see him. If he had come, he would do some great things as he had done before. We doubted it because we had seen neither him nor his works.
Unless a man undertakes more than he possibly can do, he will never do all that he can.
Roll with the punches.
Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.
If you face a delicate situation, don't go into it wearing your spurs or you'll rip it apart. Instead, dress for the occasion. Cloak yourself in diplomacy. Vest yourself with wisdom, and wear a smile.
Don't be hard on yourself. Embrace your journey with kindness and patience, recognizing that every step, even the small ones, is a part of your growth.
The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
Some people come into our lives and quickly go, some stay for a while and leave footprints in our hearts, and we are never, ever the same.
Never complain about what you permit.
Persistence is what makes the impossible possible, the possible likely, and the likely definite.
The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking, the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker.
Indecision is the seedling of fear.
People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in the world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can't find them, make them.
The aims and ideals that move us are generated by imagination. But they are not made out of imaginary stuff. They are made out of the hard stuff of the world of physical and social experience.
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
if one is unable to assert oneself, one is unable to participate in a genuine relationship.
Wisdom is supreme , therefore make a full effort to get wisdom. Esteem her and she will exalt you , embrace her and she will honor you. Wise men speak because they have something to say, fools because they have to say something.
Be all you can be.
The Athenians, alarmed at the internal decay of their Republic, asked Demosthenes what to do. His reply: Do not do what you are doing now.
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.
It may be all right to be content with what you have, never with what you are.
Without continuous personal development, you are now all that you will ever become, and hell starts when the person you are meets the person you could have been.
You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving ; they make mistakes, but they do not quit.
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
We get to make a living , we give to make a life.
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal ; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
It's a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you often get it.
Do or do not, there is no try.
I have seen so many of these, and lived with them, and travelled with them, and oftentimes felt as if I should starve to death on an equal allowance, that I am fully convinced I am correct in saying that the North American Indians, taking them in the aggregate, even where they have an abundance to subsist on, eat less than any civilized population of equal numbers, that I have ever travelled amongst.
Live with passion !
People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care.
Each work has to pass through these stages - ridicule, opposition, and then acceptance. Those who think ahead of their time are sure to be misunderstood.
It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.
It's not about the money. It's about what you feel you deserve.
Character can not be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.
The only guide to man is his conscience , the only shield to his memory is the rectitude and sincerity of his actions. It is very imprudent to walk through life without this shield, because we are so often mocked by the failure of our hopes and the upsetting of our calculations, but with this shield, however the fates may play, we march always in the ranks of honor.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
He who lives without discipline dies without honor.
Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow
Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.
Your most expensive advice is the free advice you receive from your financially struggling friends and relatives.
It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.
Kind words conquer.
The older I grow, the more everything seems to me to lie in manliness. This is my new gospel.
He who dares nothing need hope for nothing.
The most common cause of fear of old age is associated with the possibility of poverty.
A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties. No religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.
The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.
You are today where your thoughts have brought
Will springs from the two elements of moral sense and self-interest.
In order to be walked on, you have to be lying down.
The power is detested, and miserable the life, of him who wishes to be feared rather than to be loved.
None of us will every accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal, nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
Some of us have great runways already built for us. If you have one, take off. But if you don't have one, realize it is your responsibility to grab a shovel and build one for yourself and for those who will follow after you.
When it comes to giving, some people stop at nothing.
A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.
Wherever we look upon this earth, the opportunities take shape within the problems.