Inspirational Quotes
The only truly happy man is always a fighting optimist. Optimism includes not only altruism but also social responsibility, social courage and objectivity.
Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.
Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.
There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.
It's not about the money. It's about what you feel you deserve.
The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration.
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
Only after you challenge your biases and stereotypes-- what Francis Bacon called the 'idols which beset men's minds'--can you help others do the same.
The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies.
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.
Friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life.
Peace can not be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
He who hesitates is lost !
All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.
The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.
You control your future, your destiny. What you think about comes about. By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to be. Put your future in good hands -- your own.
No one became poor by giving alms.
The heart is wiser than the intellect.
Ask for advice but do what you think is best.
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
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 small house will hold a hundred friends.
I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among my people the greatest asset I possess, and the way to develop the best in a person is by appreciation and encouragement. I believe in giving people incentive to work. So I am anxious to praise but loath to find fault. I am hearty in my approbation and lavish in my praise.
The world belongs to the energetic.
When you get right down to the root of the meaning of the word 'succeed', you find it simply means to follow through.
We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insolvuble problems.
When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems you cannot hold on a minute longer, never give up then for that is just the place and time the tide will turn.
People are where they are because that's exactly where they really want to be. . . whether they'll admit that or not
In life you can never be too kind or too fair ; everyone you meet is carrying a heavy load. When you go through your day expressing kindness and courtesy to all you meet, you leave behind a feeling of warmth and good cheer, and you help alleviate the burdens everyone is struggling with.
We are what our thoughts have made us, so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live, they travel far.
The harder I work, the luckier I get.
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, " What's in it for me ? ".
Learning acquired in youth is an inscription on stone.
Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time, it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.
The further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances, the more certain it seems to me that the path to genuine religiosity does not lie through the fear of life, and the fear of death, and blind faith, but through striving after rational knowledge.
Its obvious that we don't know one millionth of one percent about anything.
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.
But inaction itself is a kind of action, and it has consequences. Consistently and absolutely maintained, inaction would necessarily lead to swift ruin , it would be a form of suicide. A refusal to enter into the world is a refusal to meet the challenge of reality which darkly demands that I dare and find out what will happen. In my situation I bear responsibility for what occurs because I do not intervene , if I can do something and I don't do it, I am guilty of the consequences of my inaction.
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
Virtuous and wise he was, but not severe , He still remember'd that he once was young.
If you feel you have no faults there's another one.
Self delusion is pulling in your stomach when you step on the scales.
You will come to know that what appears today to be a sacrifice will prove instead to be the greatest investment that you will ever make.
Between stimulus and response, one has the freedom to choose.
The dove is my emblem. I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it. I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.
I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.
Within us all there are wells of thought and dynamos of energy which are not suspected until emergencies arise. Then oftentimes we find that it is comparatively simple to double or treble our former capacities and to amaze ourselves by the results achieved. Quotas, when set up for us by others, are challenges which goad us on to surpass ourselves. The outstanding leaders of every age are those who set up their own quotas and constantly achieve them.
You'll find boredom where there is an absence of a good idea.
Go to the people. Learn from them. Live with them. Start with what they know. Build with what they have. The best of leaders when the job is done, when the task is accomplished, the people will say we have done it ourselves.
Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes.
The only gift is a portion of thyself.
War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow men.
What this power is I cannot say. All I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.
It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.
A gentle breeze blowing in the right direction is better than a pair of strong oars.
I have seen too much of the vanity of human affairs, to expect felicity from the splendid scenes of public life.
I know people that got diagnosed with Parkinson's, and they just gave up. Sat in a wheelchair and refused to get up. I'll never give up. Some day this will probably take me, but I'm not going to walk away from life.
Tell me and I forget , show me and I remember , involve me and I understand.
Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.
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.
Play for more than you can afford to lose and you will learn the game.
No man is wise enough by himself.
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
Believe that the loose ball that you are chasing has your name on it.
Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they shall never cease to be amused.
To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform.
Without a general an army is lost.
Don't think it, ink it.
Every artist was first an amateur.
Practice does not make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect.
Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.
The speed of the leader determines the rate of the pack.
I light my candle from their torches.
I'm not here just to make a living, I'm here to make a difference.
While we pursue happiness, we flee from contentment.
I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than attempting to satisfy them.
Enjoy each step, for in every moment there is something to learn.
A kind speech and forgiveness is better than alms followed by injury.
Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.
Even though I am nearly deaf, I seem to be gifted with a kind of inner hearing which enables me to detect sounds and noises which the ordinary listener does not hear. quotes
When you wholeheartedly adopt a 'with all your heart' attitude and go all out with the positive principle, you can do incredible things.
One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything.
It's not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.
To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable
Be all you can be.
But we can not avoid conflict, conflict with society, other individuals and with oneself. Conflicts may be the sources of defeat, lost life and a limitation of our potentiality but they may also lead to greater depth of living and the birth of more far-reaching unities, which flourish in the tensions that engender them.
Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconscious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character
A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you'll help them to become what they are capable of becoming.
Where there is no vision, the people perish.