Inspirational Quotes
Love is a bird, she needs to fly.
Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.
Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war.
When people are like each other they tend to like each other.
Be courageous ! Whatever setbacks America has encountered, it has always emerged as a stronger and more prosperous nation. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith and go forward !
The history of the world is but the biography of great men.
I love Ray, and I love how he always spoke from the heart, but if you listened to those speeches, a lot of them didn't even make sense. He meant everything he was saying, but I didn't know what he was talking about 90 percent of the time.
I am resolved that I will not through my humility become the devil's attorney. I will endeavor to speak a good word for the truth.
When god closes a door, he opens a window.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these.
Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
Be the change you want to see in the world Ghandi Be useful where thou livest.
Truth fears no questions.
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.
Don't ever give up.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.
Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.
An error gracefully acknowledged is a victory won.
A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man , but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Anyone who thinks the sky is the limit, has limited imagination.
The world belongs to the energetic.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
To love what you do and feel that it matters, how on earth could anything be more fun !
Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it.
There's always a way - if you're committed.
Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.
Happiness is a state of activity.
A smile is a light in the window of the soul indicating that the heart is at home.
The more often a man feels without acting, the less he'll be able to act. And in the long run, the less he'll be able to feel.
The soul is covered with the color of its leisure thoughts.
We have a responsibility in our time, as others have had in theirs, not to be prisoners of history but to shape history, a responsibility to fill the role of path-finder, and to build with others a global network of purpose and law.
Seldom does an individual exceed his own expectations.
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, " What's in it for me ? ".
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.
An army of lions commanded by a deer will never be an army of lions.
I pack my trunk, embrace my friends, embark on the sea, and at last wake up in Naples, and there beside me is the Stern Fact, the Sad Self, unrelenting, identical, that I fled from.
Look back on times of adversity with hope for the future, not regret for the past. Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.
Security is a kind of death.
Will springs from the two elements of moral sense and self-interest.
Self-knowledge is the basis of JKD because it is effective, not only for the individuals martial art, but also for his life as a human being.
Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
No man is free who is not master of himself.
I am not overly impressed by the great names and reputations of those who might be trying to beat me to an invention... . Its their 'ideas' that appeal to me.
The road to success is always under construction.
It's never too late.
If the going is real easy, beware, you may be headed down hill.
The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.
If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as painted, or composed music or wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well.
Knowledge is proud that she knows so much , wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
Every dog has his day.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
There is no pleasure in life equal to that of the conquest of a vicious habit.
We have not yet begun to fight.
For myself, I am an optimist -- it does not seem to be much use being anything else.
What we do not see, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistible power which comes to the rescue of those who fight on in the face of discouragement.
Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow
I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.
Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to conceive.
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
In matters of style, swim with the current, in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
Until man duplicates a blade of grass, nature can laugh at his so-called scientific knowledge.
Believe in yourself.
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, really believe, your mind will find the ways to do it. Believing a solution paves the way to solution.
If you want to feel rich, just count all of the things you have that money can't buy.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
Ask for advice but do what you think is best.
Basing our happiness on our ability to control everything is futile.
The death of fear is in doing what you fear to do.
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.
Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.
What you can do, or dream you can, begin it, boldness has genius, power and magic in 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.
'Wake Me When It's Funny'
Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconscious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character
Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.
Resolve to be a master of change rather than a victim of change.
Pretty much everything will come to him who hustles while he waits. I believe that restlessness is discontent, and discontent is merely the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.
Every time an artist dies, part of the vision of mankind passes with him.
The important thing is this, to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are, for what we could become.
If you don't know where you are going, you'll end up someplace else.
Whether you think you can or think you can't - you are right.
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.
There is always room for those who can be relied upon to delivery the goods when they say they will.