Inspirational Quotes
Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction
That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.
If we always look back, we lose sight of what's ahead.
Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there. Philip Brooks Children are the reward of life.
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
The only job where you start at the top, is digging a hole.
Use what talent you possess, the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.
The principles you live by create the world you live in ; if you change the principles you live by, you will change your world. -
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Courage is not a virtue of value among other personal values like love or fidelity. It is the foundation that underlies and gives reality to all other virtues and personal values. Without courage our love pales into mere dependency. Without courage our fidelity becomes conformism.
The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It's as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer.
Some people dream of success while others wake up and work hard at it.
Time is really the only capital that any human being has and the thing that he can least afford to waste or lose.
Embrace that it's ok to grow.
It's to be expected that you make mistakes when you're breaking new ground.
What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first steps to something better.
That which does not kill you makes you stronger.
Happiness is a choice.
Truth fears no questions.
There are no guarantees. From the viewpoint of fear, none are strong enough. From the viewpoint of love, none are necessary.
Each action can be the one on which all depends , what is decisive is only the strength and concentration of hallowing with which I do it. To the question of what had been the most essential matter for his late teacher, a disciple answered, 'Always just what he was engaged in at the moment'.
People are like stained glass windows, they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
When we won't consider suggestions, we reject our own potential - but we have a right to expect people to be tactful.
Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You deserve delight.
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is often a step forward.
There are no mistakes, save one, the failure to learn from a mistake.
Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.
Nothing is more honorable than enlightenment, nothing is more beautiful than virtue.
Persistence is what makes the impossible possible, the possible likely, and the likely definite.
A bold onset is half the battle.
Love is a daily, mutual exchange of value.
Don't take no for an answer, never submit to failure. Do not be fobbed off with mere personal success or acceptance. You will make all kinds of mistakes, but as long as you are generous and true, and also fierce, you can not hurt the world or even seriously distress her. She was made to be wooed by youth.
Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game. quotes
Trust men and they will be true to you, treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.
Let thy words be few.
Wherever there is danger, there lurks opportunity ; whenever there is opportunity, there lurks danger. The two are inseparable. They go together.
There is no education like adversity.
The most important part of being a leader is maintaining the desire to keep on learning. That means learning about yourself, about your peers, and about the people you serve.
In the court of basketball, there are no objections only rejections.
You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective. Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the things around you helping you toward success -- or are they holding you back ?
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
Action is the antidote to despair.
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.
Misfortunes, untoward events, lay open, disclose the skill of a general, while success conceals his weakness, his weak points.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
The "how" thinker gets problems solved effectively because he wastes no time with futile "ifs".
Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes.
I have, for many years past, contemplated the noble races of red men who are now spread over these trackless forests and boundless prairies, melting away at the approach of civilization.
It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference.
The test we must set for ourselves is not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.
Do or do not, there is no try.
To catch lots of fish, you must first go to the water. To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.
No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like.
A goal properly set is halfway reached.
Life is the movie you see through your own eyes. It makes little difference what's happening out there. It's how you take it that counts.
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good, every action that retards it is evil.
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you do not try.
Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow
There is no chance, no fate, no destiny that can circumvent, or hinder, or control a firm resolve of a determined soul.
We do our best that we know how at the moment, and if it doesn't turn out, we modify it.
One can spend a lifetime assigning blame, find the cause 'out there' for all the troubles that exist. Contrast this with the 'responsible attitude' of confronting the situation, bad or good, and instead of asking, 'What caused the trouble ? Who was to blame ?' asking 'How can I handle this present situation to make the most of it ? What can I salvage here ?'
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is.
The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes.
God gives nothing to those who keep their arms crossed.
Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give the world your best anyway.
The cherokee people are not "my people".
He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything.
Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.
In all things of nature, there is something of the marvelous.
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.
People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.
If you employed study, thinking, and planning time daily, you could develop and use the power that can change the course of your destiny.
Examine the opportunities, the challenges you've given yourself.
Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable.
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.
It is the patient building of character, the intense struggle to realize the truth, which alone will tell in the future of humanity.
Misfortunes often sharpen the genius.
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.
A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.
Common looking people are the best in the world : that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.
I want to know God's thoughts ; the rest are details.
Every man goes down to his death bearing in his hands only that which he has given away.
Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.
The vedanta recognizes no sin, it only recognizes error. And the greatest error, says the vedanta is to say that you are weak, that you are a sinner, a miserable creature, and that you have no power and you cannot do this and that.
Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement
The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.