Inspirational Quotes
The only job where you start at the top, is digging a hole.
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.
Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.
People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.
Success is achieved by those who try and keep trying with a positive mental attitude.
Why should a man be moral ? Because this strengthens his will.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open.
They are able because they think they are able.
If one advances confidently in the direction of their goals and endeavors to live the life that they have imagined, they'll meet with success unexpected in common hours.
Live your dreams.
If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
Do it now !
I have failed over and over again. That is why I succeed.
Learning karate requires self-control and discipline Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by.
I don't like the man. I must get to know him better.
Platitudes ? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.
Wealth belongs to the person who enjoys it and not to the one who keeps it.
Tolerance can lead to learning something.
When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers.
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.
Inspiration and genius -- one and the same.
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.
It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look farther than you can see.
Take heed : you do not find what you do not seek.
Success is neither magical or mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.
Men are often capable of greater things than they perform. They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.
I want it said of me by those who knew me best ; that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.
Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you.
Self delusion is pulling in your stomach when you step on the scales.
The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
You only get out what you put in.
Love conquers all.
I am not sure I should have dared to start , but I am sure that I should not have dared to stop.
You may have to fight a battle more than once to win.
They alone live, who live for others.
I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.
All power is within you. You can do anything and everything. Believe in that. Do not believe that you are weak, do not believe that you are half-crazy lunatics, as most of us do nowadays. Stand up and express the divinity within you. Truth is eternal.
O Captain ! My Captain ! our fearful trip is done.
In all things of nature, there is something of the marvelous.
It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.
Action may not always bring happiness , but there is no happiness without action.
Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do.
Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the number of apples in a seed.
We must all suffer one of two things : the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.
All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Until man duplicates a blade of grass, nature can laugh at his so-called scientific knowledge.
If we are going to teach 'creation science' as an alternative to evolution, then we should also teach the stork theory as an alternative to biological reproduction.
A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds, it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change.
We do our best that we know how at the moment, and if it doesn't turn out, we modify it.
The sun will come up tomorrow
Many hands make light work.
Every hero becomes a bore at last.
There is no education like adversity.
No man is wise enough by himself.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
The best things in life are free.
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.
Difficulties, by bracing the mind to overcome them, assist cheerfulness, as exercise assists digestion.
There is a great man who makes every man feels small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.
A lie has speed, but truth has endurance.
The time to make friends is before you need them.
There's always free cheese in the mouse traps, but the mice there ain't happy.
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
Tough times never last but tough people do.
Let's not just transform those in need, we can also find ways to help transform those in power.
When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.
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.
A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.
Whoever said anybody has a right to give up ?
We are ever free if we would only believe it, only have faith enough. You are the soul, free and eternal, ever free, ever blessed. Have faith enough and you will be free in a minute.
Formal education will make you a living, self-education will make you a fortune.
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.
And he can make, so say the wise, no claim who makes no sacrifice.
If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.
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.
Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow
Count it all joy, my brethren, when you meet various trials, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
World is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.
I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.
You must take personal responsibility. You can not change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.
Truth is nobody's property, no race, no individual can lay any exclusive claim to it. Truth is the nature of all souls.
Fear is the parent of cruelty.
is a choice to focus one's being in a certain way, to bring one's faith, commitment, creativity, and love into coordination with a particular value and purpose.
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.
Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction
Experience is the best teacher.
Build a dream and the dream will build you.