Inspirational Quotes
When I asked god for strength He gave me difficult situations to face When I asked god for brain & brawn He gave me puzzles in life to solve When I asked god for happiness He showed me some unhappy people When I asked god for wealth He showed me how to work hard When I asked god for favors He showed me opportunities to work hard When I asked god for peace He showed me how to help others God gave me nothing I wanted He gave me everything I needed
Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.
There is time for everything.
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.
Acknowledge that you failed, draw your lessons from it, and use it to your advantage to make sure it never happens again.
Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory.
The crocodile is only strong in the water.
Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them, a desire, a dream, a vision.
Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is.
It's not enough that we do our best, sometimes we have to do what's required.
You become what you think about.
Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.
Wisdom is knowing what to do next.
Doomed are the hotheads ! Unhappy are they who lose their cool and are too proud to say, ''I'm sorry. ''
Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.
The leader has a clear idea of what he wants to do -- professionally and personally -- and the strength to persist in the face of setbacks, even failures.
A man's dreams are an index to his greatness.
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.
Some make it happen, some watch it happen, and some say, What happened ?
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.
Nature abhors a vacuum, and if I can only walk with sufficient carelessness I am sure to be filled.
Misfortunes often sharpen the genius.
It is never too late to be what we might have been
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.
It doesn't matter how much milk you spill as long as you don't lose the cow.
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
If I am not for myself, who will be for me ? Yet if I am for myself alone, of what good am I ?
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
Believe in yourself.
The fire that warms us can also consume us, it is not the fault of the fire.
You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage -- pleasantly, smilingly, non-apologetically -- to say 'no' to other things. And the way you do that is by having a bigger 'yes' burning inside. The enemy of the 'best' is often the 'good. '
To succeed, you need to take that gut feeling in what you believe and act on it with all of your heart.
The key to truth is the next deed, and this key opens the door if one does what one has to do in such a way that the meaning of the action here finds its fulfillment. Thus truth in the world of man is not to be found as the content of knowledge, but only as human existence. One does not express it, one does not perceive it, but one lives it, and receives it as life.
Give a man a fish and he will eat for the day, teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.
Are you fit company for the person you wish to become ?
Always bear in mind, that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other thing.
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.
It is the very essence of good leadership to give away all credit for positive achievement, to identify only team goals and always to refer to them as such.
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.
If you're proactive, you don't have to wait for circumstances or other people to create perspective expanding experiences. You can consciously create your own.
Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
If one has to submit, it is wasteful not to do so with the best grace possible.
It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get back up.
Some people come into our lives and quickly go, some stay for a while and leave footprints in our hearts, and we are never, ever the same.
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.
Never bring the problem solving stage into the decision making stage. Otherwise, you surrender yourself to the problem rather than the solution.
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.
The most important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silent chambers of the soul.
Surprises and reverses can serve as an incentive for great accomplishment. There are no rules here, we're just trying to accomplish something.
Some of us have great runways already built for us. If you have one, take off. But if you don't have one, realize it is your responsibility to grab a shovel and build one for yourself and for those who will follow after you.
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.
You'll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind.
Trust in yourself. Your perceptions are often far more accurate than you are willing to believe.
It is not our purpose to become each other , it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is.
You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.
A leader is a dealer in hope.
The grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence. Fences have nothing to do with it. The grass is greenest where it is watered. When crossing over fences, carry water with you and tend the grass wherever you may be.
Be loyal to people in their absence. Then watch how others begin having more faith and confidence in you, because they know you won't be talking about them behind their backs.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
The best leaders of all, the people know not they exist. They turn to each other and say, We did it ourselves.
History does nothing , it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this.
A wise man adapts himself to circumstances as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it.
A man is about as big as the things that make him angry.
When you face your fear, most of the time you will discover that it was not really such a big threat after all. We all need some form of deeply rooted, powerful motivation - it empowers us to overcome obstacles so we can live our dreams.
They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they kept only one. They promised to take our land, and they did.
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
The longer the excuse, the less likely it's the truth.
If you want to feel rich, just count all of the things you have that money can't buy.
Level with your child by being honest. Nobody spots a phony quicker than a child.
You can not do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness -- great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.
The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
Never fear the want of business. A man who qualifies himself well for his calling, never fails of employment.
Nothing is more honorable than enlightenment, nothing is more beautiful than virtue.
Keys to success : Research your ideas, plan for success, expect success, and just do it.
If it is to be it is up to me.
Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.
A chain is as strong as its weakest link.
This is the beginning of a new day.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself : First, what could I do ? Second, what could I read ? And third, who could I ask ?
Recognize that transition has a characteristic shape.
Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace.
Attitude is everything.
Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker.
Action without study is fatal. Study without action is fatal. Mary Beard Actions speak louder than words.
Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us.