Inspirational Quotes
The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.
The rare individual who honestly satisfies this heart-hunger ( praise ) will hold people in the palm of his hand, and even the undertaker will be sorry when he dies.
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for ?
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.
We are what our thoughts have made us, so take care about that you think.
First say to yourself what you would be , and then do what you have to do.
Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success.
Only the educated are free.
I am not sure I should have dared to start , but I am sure that I should not have dared to stop.
If you have to drive people that hard to do their job, then you've either got the wrong people, or you've got the right people doing the wrong job.
Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.
Commit yourself to a dream... Nobody who tries to do something great but fails is a total failure. Why ? Because he can always rest assured that he succeeded in life's most important battle -- he defeated the fear of trying.
A goal properly set is halfway reached.
Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war.
Success often comes to those who dare to act. It seldom goes to the timid who are ever afraid of the consequences.
Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body. The more efficient your body, the better you feel and the more you will use your talent to produce outstanding results.
The art of choosing men is not nearly so difficult as the art of enabling those one has chosen to attain their full worth.
How a man plays a game shows something of his character, how he loses shows all of it.
All men dream, but unequally. Those that dream at night in the dusty recesses of their minds awake the next day to find that their dreams were just vanity. But those who dream during the day with their eyes wide open are dangerous men , they act out their dreams to make them reality.
One joy scatters a hundred griefs.
It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.
Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.
My life is my message.
Count your blessings.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
The earth is enjoyed by heroes, this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero. Always say, I have no fear.
If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
The speed of the leader determines the rate of the pack.
In imagination, there's no limitation.
What is strength without a double share of wisdom ?
Determine never to be idle... It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.
Only when all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.
No one became poor by giving alms.
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
The strongest among the weak is the one who doesn't forget his weaknesses.
The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.
Believe in yourself.
It's not enough that we do our best, sometimes we have to do what's required.
Be like a postage stamp. Stick to it until you get there.
Some people plant in the spring and leave in the summer. If you're signed up for a season, see it through. You don't have to stay forever, but at least stay until you see it through.
Success leaves clues.
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.
Man is a ladder placed on the earth and the top of it touches heaven. And all his movements and doings and words leave traces in the upper world.
if you can't lift the corners, let the middle sag.
Winning is not everything, but the effort to win is.
The time to make friends is before you need them.
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.
There are two ways of meeting difficulties you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them.
Old love does not rust.
If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always gotten.
Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.
Formal education will make you a living, self education will make you a fortune.
No involvement, no commitment.
If you want to get the best out of a man, you must look for the best that is in him.
The difficulties and distresses to which we have been exposed during the war must now be forgotten. We must endeavor to let our ways be the way of pleasantness and all our paths peace.
One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.
If there is something to gain and nothing to lose by asking, by all means ask !
"I can't do it" never accomplished anything ; "I will try" has performed miracles.
When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened. Winston Churchill When I want to read a novel, I write one.
Happiness consists of a solid faith, good health, and a bad memory.
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.
There are times when a man should be content with what he has but never with what he is.
All of the most successful human beings I've know were inwardly at war with themselves. Their turmoil was at least as great as our own, and sometimes greater. What distinguished these leaders was not some inner peace but rather how they had learned to organize their lives around a noble ambition and to focus on it.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
It is not our purpose to become each other , it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is.
The grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence. Fences have nothing to do with it. The grass is greenest where it is watered. When crossing over fences, carry water with you and tend the grass wherever you may be.
is the greatest gift of the mind , it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.
As a mother of teenagers, do you know how many times I picked up the phone to apologize to my own mother ?
Insist on yourself, never imitate. Every great man is unique.
To succeed... you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.
If a profound gulf separates my neighbor's belief from mine, there is always the golden bridge of tolerance.
Sometimes, all you need to invent something is a good imagination and a pile of junk.
To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.
You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.
Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
He who lends to the poor gets his interest from God.
No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see the possibilities -- they're always there.
Times of great calamity and confusion have ever been productive of the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace, and the brightest thunderbolt is elicited from the darkest storm.
As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.
Better to light a candle than curse the darkness.
Come forth into the light of things , Let nature be your Teacher.
It means a great deal to those who are oppressed to know that they are not alone. And never let anyone tell you that what you are doing is insignificant. Bishop
Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life.
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead, his eyes are closed.
If it is to be it is up to me.
Think and grow rich.