Inspirational Quotes
You can often measure a person by the size of his dream.
We do our best that we know how at the moment, and if it doesn't turn out, we modify it.
We are what and where we are because we have first imagined it.
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
The past does not equal the future.
Nothing is predestined The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.
If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.
There are few people who can manage more than their own business.
For those who have seen the Earth from space, and for the hundreds and perhaps thousands more who will, the experience most certainly changes your perspective. The things that we share in our world are far more valuable than those which divide us.
Only in his own way and not in any other can the one who strives perfect himself. He who lays hold of the rung of his companion and lets go of his own rung, through him neither the one nor the other will be realized.
Leadership - The art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.
Practice does not make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect.
Now, gentlemen, let us do something today which the world may talk of hereafter.
In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.
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.
Between stimulus and response, one has the freedom to choose.
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.
Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
Always mistrust a subordinate who never finds fault with his superior.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Change does not change tradition. It strengthens it. Change is a challenge and an opportunity, not a threat. Change does not necessarily assure progress, but progress implacably requires change. Education is essential to change, for education creates both new wants and the ability to satisfy them.
I thought that training for the Olympics would be hardest thing I would ever have to do," former Olympic gymnast Jordyn Wieber said in court. "But the hardest thing I've ever had to do is process that I am a victim of Larry Nassar. But even though I'm a victim, I do not and will not live my life as one.
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.
To understand your parents love you must raise children yourself.
He is an atheist who does not believe in himself. The old religions said that he was an atheist who did not believe in god. The new religion says that he is an atheist who does not believe in himself.
Success is neither magical or mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.
To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.
Truth is nobody's property, no race, no individual can lay any exclusive claim to it. Truth is the nature of all souls.
What you can do, or dream you can, begin it, boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
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.
Seize the day.
Many hands make light work.
A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.
If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes.
The time is always right to do what is right.
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
A mature man is his own judge. In the end, his only form of support is being faithful to his own convictions. The advice of others may be welcomed invaluable, but it does not free him from responsibility.
We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities.
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.
With malice toward none, with charity for all.
For hope is but the dream of those that wake.
To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan, you should wear it inside, where it functions best.
The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions.
As a principle-centered person you try to stand apart from the emotion of the situation and from other factors that would act on you, and evaluate the options. Looking at the balanced whole -- the work needs, the family needs, the other needs that may be involved, and the possible implications of the various alternatives -- you'll try to come up with the best solution taking all factors into consideration.
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.
Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
The successful man is the average man, focused.
As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.
Volunteers don't get paid, not because they're worthless, but because they're priceless.
If you want to be creative in your company, your career, your life, all it takes is one easy stepthe extra one. When you encounter a familiar plan, you just ask one question '' What ELSE could we do ? ''
You are today where your thoughts have brought
There are no perfect human beings ! My personal judgments are that no perfect human being is possible or even conceivable, but that human beings are far more improvable than most people believe.
Never give an order that can't be obeyed.
Just because we increase the speed of information doesn't mean we can increase the speed of decisions. Pondering, reflecting and ruminating are undervalued skills in our culture.
Never stop dreaming.
The atmosphere of expectancy is the breeding ground for miracles.
To gain more abundance a person needs more skills and needs to be more creative and cooperative.
If there is one word that you find coming out like a bomb from the upanishads, bursting like a bombshell upon masses of ignorance, it is the word fearlessness.
Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.
Big pay and little responsibility are circumstances seldom found together.
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.
If you want to feel rich, just count all of the things you have that money can't buy.
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
I am convinced that He ( God ) does not play dice.
The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
Unless we think of others and do something for them, we miss one of the greatest sources of happiness.
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
History does nothing , it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this.
The stakes are too high for government to be a spectator sport.
Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep.
When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems you cannot hold on a minute longer, never give up then for that is just the place and time the tide will turn.
The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
Carpe diem.
You must learn from your past mistakes, but not lean on your past successes.
Only after you challenge your biases and stereotypes -- what Francis Bacon called the 'idols which beset men's minds' --can you help others do the same.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
Be the change you want to see in the world Ghandi Be useful where thou livest.
When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
You will never find time for anything. You must make it.
Some say you have to use your five best players, but I found out you win with the five that fit together best as a team
Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
No, this trick won't work... How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love ?
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.
Your belief determines your action and your action determines your results, but first you have to believe.