Inspirational Quotes
If you want to be enthusiastic, act enthusiastic.
God gives nothing to those who keep their arms crossed.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
There is a great man who makes every man feels small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.
There is no pleasure in life equal to that of the conquest of a vicious habit.
The person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image.
There is something inside all of us that yearns not for reason but for mystery, not for penetrating clear thought but for the whisperings of the irrational, not for science but for wizardry disguised as science, not for rationally founded influence but for magic.
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
They alone live, who live for others.
The best way to find yourself, is to lose yourself in the service of others.
Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep.
Every time we open our mouths, men look into our minds.
Censure is often useful, praise often deceitful.
The first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.
I love great music and art, but I think 'cubist' songs and paintings are hideous.
We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.
To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.
Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.
If it is to be it is up to me.
My experience has taught me that a man who has no vices has damned few virtues.
Change your thoughts and you change your world.
Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life.
It's easier to prepare and prevent, than to repair and repent.
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.
What really matters is what you do with what you have.
The main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance but to do what lies clearly at hand.
If we are going to teach 'creation science' as an alternative to evolution, then we should also teach the stork theory as an alternative to biological reproduction.
Abilities wither under faultfinding, blossom with encouragement.
Never say anything about yourself you do not want to come true.
When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.
You have available to you, right now, a powerful supercomputer. This powerful tool has been used through-out history to take people from rags to riches, from poverty and obscurity to success and fame, from unhappiness and frustration to joy and self-fulfillment, and it can do the same for you.
Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.
Be the change you want to see in the world.
The Athenians, alarmed at the internal decay of their Republic, asked Demosthenes what to do. His reply: Do not do what you are doing now.
Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof.
Two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the the universe.
Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender , it's holy ground. There's no greater investment.
Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.
Bad friends prevent you from having good friends.
Ability is sexless.
Condemn none. If you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way.
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 do not resent criticism, even when, for the sake of emphasis, it parts for the time with reality.
Indecision is the seedling of fear.
Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.
It's a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you often get it.
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 ?
So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost indispensable , and no man is useless while he has a friend.
Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.
Love is blind, friendship closes its eyes.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
Nothing is predestined The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.
You can not do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
Your current safe boundaries were once unknown frontiers.
Speak what you think today in words as hard as cannon-balls and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said today.
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
Be strong ! You talk of ghosts and devils. We are the living devils. The sign of life is strength and growth. The sign of death is weakness. Whatever is weak, avoid ! It is death. If it is strength, go down into hell and get hold of it ! There is salvation only for the brave. "None but the brave deserves the fair". None but the bravest deserves salvation.
This is no time for ease and comfort. It is the time to dare and endure.
Knowledge is proud that she knows so much , Wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
Success is predictable.
Slow but steady wins the race.
Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.
You see, it's never the environment ; it's never the events of our lives, but the meaning we attach to the events - how we interpret them - that shapes who we are today and who we'll become tomorrow. quotes
Life without a purpose is a languid, drifting thing , every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves, 'This day let me make a sound beginning
A gentle hand may lead even an elephant by a single hair.
You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition.
There are two ways of meeting difficulties you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them.
He who lives without discipline dies without honor.
A life lived in fear is half lived.
In order to grasp the reality, we must see the possibilities. In the present, a formulation of the possibilities is the area in which I gain uncertainty concerning what I decide, without a vision of the possibilities, I act blindly, only a knowledge of the possibilities enables me to know what I am actually doing.
How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these.
You can have everything in life you want if you'll just help enough other people get what they want.
Kind words conquer.
Leadership is a secret ingredient that goes into failure. But it's only kept a secret from the person who fails.
Nothing happens unless first we dream.
Great changes may not happen right away, but with effort even the difficult may become easy.
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
My parents told me that I could do and be anything I really wanted. I believed them.
Wisdom is supreme , therefore make a full effort to get wisdom. Esteem her and she will exalt you , embrace her and she will honor you. Wise men speak because they have something to say, fools because they have to say something.
Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one.
Any man who selects a goal in life which can be fully achieved has already defined his own limitations.
Let him that would move the world first move himself.
Whenever I get the energy to exercise, I sit down until it passes.
Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.
Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.
Who is blind ? He who can see no other world. Who is dumb ? He who can say nothing pleasant about his lot. Who is poor ? He who is troubled with too many desires. Who is rich ? He who is happy with his lot.
I think there is something, more important than believing : Action ! The world is full of dreamers, there aren't enough who will move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize their vision.
You must learn from your past mistakes, but not lean on your past successes.
If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.