Inspirational Quotes
There is no security on this earth, there is only opportunity.
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.
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.
In order to accept change and the suffering it brings, we need to find meaning in it
If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today.
Tough times never last but tough people do.
To succeed, you need to take that gut feeling in what you believe and act on it with all of your heart.
It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look farther than you can see.
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word freedom , justice , honor , duty , mercy , hope.
Ideas attract money, time, talents, skills, energy and other complementary ideas that will bring them into reality.
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.
We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.
What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail ?
Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.
I'm going to stop procrastinating once I get around to it.
Misfortunes, untoward events, lay open, disclose the skill of a general, while success conceals his weakness, his weak points.
Much as we may wish to make a new beginning, some part of us resists doing so as though we were making the first step toward disaster.
Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for his competitors, for it is that which all are practicing every day while they live.
All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination
There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.
The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
Believe, when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you to do in the world. So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain.
The glue that holds all relationships together -- including the relationship between the leader and the led is trust, and trust is based on integrity.
I have noticed that folks are generally about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.
Each person born into this world represents something new, something that never existed before, something original and unique.
Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.
You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you had to overcome to reach your goals.
In prosperity, our friends know us , in adversity, we know our friends.
All things come to those who wait, but when they come they're out of date.
We get to make a living , we give to make a life.
He who never made a mistake never made a discovery.
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body, and be yet thankful.
Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks.
Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.
There are essentially two things that will make you wiser the books you read and the people you meet.
Success is having a flair for the thing that you are doing , knowing that is it not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose.
One of the main reasons people are not rich is that they worry too much about things that might never happen. quotes
The older I grow, the more everything seems to me to lie in manliness. This is my new gospel.
Personally, I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.
We simply assume that the way we see things is the way they really are or the way they should be. And our attitudes and behaviors grow out of these assumptions.
Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.
The secret to happiness is not in doing what one likes to do, but in liking what one has to do.
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
Intelligence without ambition is like a bird without wings.
We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.
Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.
The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire.
I do not resent criticism, even when, for the sake of emphasis, it parts for the time with reality.
The harder I work, the luckier I get.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.
Your decision to be, have and do something out of ordinary entails facing difficulties that are out of the ordinary as well. Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Self delusion is pulling in your stomach when you step on the scales.
Every choice one makes either expands or contracts the area in which he can make and implement future decisions. When one makes a choice, he irrevocably binds himself to the consequences of that choice.
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
Feel the fear and do it anyway.
Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself.
Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
Use your gifts faithfully, and they shall be enlarged , practice what you know, and you shall attain to higher knowledge.
Wealth is but dung, useful only when spread about.
I do not think much of a man who does not know more today than he did yesterday.
Boldness, more boldness, and always boldness !
The search for someone to blame is always successful.
There are two things to aim at in life, first, to get what you want, and after that to to enjoy it.
A dream unrealized is a dream imprisoned by that enemy of all enemies - the fear of failure. Set that you will make it happen ! -
To me, at least the way that I teach it, all types of knowledge ultimately means self-knowledge. So, therefore they're coming in and asking me to teach them not so much how to defend themselves or how to do somebody in. Rather, they want to learn to express themselves through some movement, be it anger, be it determination or whatever. So, in other words, they're paying me to show them, in combative form, the art of expressing the human body.
Real glory springs from the silent conquest of ourselves.
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
The leader wonders about everything, wants to learn as much as he can, is willing to take risks, experiment, try new things. He does not worry about failure, but embraces errors, knowing he will learn from them.
Each person's life is a story that is telling itself in the living.
No one knows what he can do until he tries.
We must all suffer one of two things : the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.
Deep down inside of all of us is the power to accomplish what we want to, if we'll just stop looking elsewhere.
The unexamined life is not worth living.
Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.
A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.
If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.
See how nature - trees, flowers, grass - grows in silence , see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence we need silence to be able to touch souls.
Challenges are what make life interesting , overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
Old love does not rust.
Giving people a little more than they expect is a good way to get back more than you'd expect.
Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you.
Pay no attention to what the critics say , no statue has ever been erected to a critic.
If money helps a man to do good to others, it is of some value , but if not, it is simply a mass of evil, and the sooner it is got rid of, the better.
Ideas won't keep, something must be done about them.
Motivation is like food for the brain. You can not get enough in one sitting. It needs continual and regular refills.
A person's true wealth is the good he or she does in the world.
Well done is better than well said.