Inspirational Quotes
You are never a loser until you quit trying.
Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities -- always see them, for they're always there.
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
What is strength without a double share of wisdom ?
Science may have found a cure for most evils , but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all -- the apathy of human beings.
High expectations are the key to everything.
Look at the weaknesses of others with compassion, not accusation. It's not what they're not doing or should be doing that's the issue. The issue is your own chosen response to the situation and what you should be doing. If you start to think the problem is "out there", stop yourself. That thought is the problem.
Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special and always significant and remarkable point at which the world's phenomena intersect, only once in this way, and never again.
If our thoughts and hopes are elsewhere, it is impossible to set our faces steadily toward the work required of us.
Never live in the past but always learn from it.
Whatever we leave to God, God does and blesses us.
An error gracefully acknowledged is a victory won.
To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
Success is predictable.
Learning acquired in youth is an inscription on stone.
Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling.
The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.
I have seen so many of these, and lived with them, and travelled with them, and oftentimes felt as if I should starve to death on an equal allowance, that I am fully convinced I am correct in saying that the North American Indians, taking them in the aggregate, even where they have an abundance to subsist on, eat less than any civilized population of equal numbers, that I have ever travelled amongst.
Most people who succeed in the face of seemingly impossible conditions are people who simply don't know how to quit.
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
As different streams having different sources all mingle their waters in the sea, so different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to god.
Come forth into the light of things , Let nature be your Teacher.
A dream is simply reality waiting to happen.
As long as we are persistence in our pursuit of our deepest destiny, we will continue to grow. We can not choose the day or time when we will fully bloom. It happens in its own time.
Man is a creature of hope and invention, both of which belie the idea that things can not be changed.
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.
None of us will every accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.
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.
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.
Ability is sexless.
What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail ?
Sometimes I lie awake at night and ask, Where have I gone wrong ? Then a voice says to me, This is going to take more than one night.
If you don't set goals, you can't regret not reaching them.
There's always free cheese in the mouse traps, but the mice there ain't happy.
The greater a man is in power above others, the more he ought to excel them in virtue. None ought to govern who is not better than the governed.
This world will always continue to be a mixture of good and evil. Our duty is to sympathize with the weak and to love even the wrongdoer.
Hell is the knowledge of opportunity lost, the place where the man I am comes face to face with the man I might have been.
He who praises another enriches himself far more than he does the one praised. To praise is an investment in happiness. The poorest human being has something to give that the richest could not buy.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
Pretty much everything will come to him who hustles while he waits. I believe that restlessness is discontent, and discontent is merely the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.
The true way to soften one's troubles is to solace those of others.
It is the marriage of the soul with Nature that makes the intellect fruitful, and gives birth to imagination.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time, and it annoys the pig
I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot. Men are not superior by reason of the accidents of race or color. They are superior who have the best heart the best brain.
Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.
Better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.
Education is one of the few things a person is willing to pay for and not get.
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.
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.
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.
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.
Change comes from within.
We have no simple problems or easy decisions after kindergarten.
Seize the day.
God does not care about our mathematical difficulties. He integrates empirically.
The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.
It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference.
A human being is a part of a whole, called by us _universe_ , a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest... a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
It is not the critic who counts, nor the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again, who knows great enthusiasms, great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
You may be on the right track, but if you just sit there you'll get run over.
There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.
Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands.
Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, and live on idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success. tremendous stream is flowing toward the ocean, carrying us all along with it , and though like straws and scraps of paper we may at times float aimlessly about, in the long run we are sure to join the ocean of life and bliss.
You must do the things you think you cannot do.
Without courage, all others virtues lose their meaning.
There comes a moment when you have to stop revving up the car and shove it into gear.
You have the power to think what you want. No matter what the circumstance.
Your daily life is your temple and your religion. When you enter into it take with you your all.
How often we fail to realize our good fortune in living in a country where happiness is more than a lack of tragedy.
It means a great deal to those who are oppressed to know that they are not alone. And never let anyone tell you that what you are doing is insignificant. Bishop
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Success is counted sweetest by those who ne'er succeed.
Fractures well cured make us more strong.
I don't like the man. I must get to know him better.
It's just about playing fundamental, physical football and playing a full 60 minutes. And no matter what's going on at the moment, being able to keep the blinders on and keep moving forward.
Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous, you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened. Winston Churchill When I want to read a novel, I write one.
As you think in your heart, so shall you be.
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.
Our schools and are not teaching students to think. It is astonishing how many young people have difficulty in putting their brains definitely and systematically to work.
Better to light a candle than curse the darkness.
A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
Determine never to be idle... It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.
You must be the change you want to see in the world.
My faith is in the younger generation, the modern generation, out of them will come my workers. They will work out the whole problem, like lions.
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope or confidence.
Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.