Inspirational Quotes
You can be greater than anything that can happen to you.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take
What really matters is what you do with what you have.
Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.
I think therefore I am
Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating.
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
The currency of success is not money. It’s minutes. What percentage of my life do I spend doing what I want, in the way I want? That’s true success.
Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality.
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human experience.
When you reach for the stars, you may not get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud, either.
It is better to have loved and lost than to never have loved.
Nothing succeeds like success.
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.
To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people And the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure The betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded
For things to change you've got to change. Otherwise, nothing much will change
Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
Let's just go and win a (bleeping) game.
The harder I work, the luckier I get.
People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.
He who lives without discipline dies without honor.
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for ?
"I am the thread that runs through all these pearls", and each pearl is a religion or even a sect thereof. Such are the different pearls, and god is the thread that runs through all of them, most people, however, are entirely unconscious of it.
Reach for the stars.
It's your attitude not your aptitude that determines your altitude.
We must not say every mistake is a foolish one.
The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.
A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.
Into the hands of every individual is given a marvelous power for good or evil -- the silent, unconscious, unseen influence of his life. This is simply the constant radiation of what man really is, not what he pretends to be.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret to outward success.
You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.
You become what you think about.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. -
Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself.
For myself, I am an optimist -- it does not seem to be much use being anything else.
If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep.
I never worry about action, but only about inaction.
You are what you are and you are where you are because of what has gone into your mind. You change what you are and you change where you are by changing what goes into your mind.
You're happiest while you're making the greatest contribution.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.
You create your reality.
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.
When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished by how much the old man had learned in 7 years.
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.
This one step, choosing a goal and sticking to it, changes everything.
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.
Better late than never.
Whatever you think that you will be. If you think yourself weak, weak you will be , if you think yourself strong, you will be.
It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What's tough is being good every day.
There's no such thing as not enough time if you're doing what you want to do.
Ideals serve well as our guides. They are like beacons on a journey , they do not permit us to tarry, as though our goal and rest were already contained in them.
Learning karate requires self-control and discipline Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by.
The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.
In all things of nature, there is something of the marvelous.
Do not wait for ideal circumstances, nor for the best opportunities, they will never come.
The hero is no braver than the ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.
Your current safe boundaries were once unknown frontiers.
The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.
We came to enjoy, we are being enjoyed. We came to rule, we are being ruled. We came to work, we are being worked. All the time, we find that. And this comes into every detail of our life.
Always look at what you have left. Never look at what you have lost.
Freedom requires the capacity to accept, bear and live constructively with anxiety. I refer of course to the normal anxiety all of us experience at every step in our psychological growth as well as in this upset contemporary world. To be free means to face and bear anxiety, to run away from anxiety means automatically to surrender one's freedom.
Reflection doesn't take anything away from decisiveness, from being a person of action. In fact, it generates the inner toughness that you need to be an effective person of action -- to be a leader. Think of leadership as some of two vectors competence: (your specialty, your skills, your know-howl) and authenticity: (your identity, your character, your attitude) .
One of the reasons mature people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure.
Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.
Success is counted sweetest by those who ne'er succeed.
All misfortune is but a stepping stone to fortune.
I never let my subject get in the way of what I want to talk about.
The strength of the heart comes from the soundness of the faith.
Friends are made by many acts and lost by only one.
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.
He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes. He who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.
Honesty is the best image.
To succeed... you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.
Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.
The individual activity of one man with backbone will do more than a thousand men with a mere wishbone.
The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
Your neighbor's vision is as true for him as your own vision is true for you.
Change your thoughts, change your life.
Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game. quotes
Man shapes himself through decisions that shape his environment.
You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough ! You must take action.
Do it now !
Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
I don't like the man. I must get to know him better.