Inspirational Quotes
The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret to outward success.
Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell'em, Certainly I can ! - and get busy and find out how to do it
Just because something does n't do what you planned it to do in the first place doesn't mean it's useless.
Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.
You can do anything you put your mind to.
I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
Almost any idea is good if a man has ability and is willing to work hard. The best idea is worthless if the creator is a loafer and ineffective.
A child becomes an adult when he realizes that he has a right not only to be right but also to be wrong.
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.
Between stimulus and response, one has the freedom to choose.
There is no pleasure in life equal to that of the conquest of a vicious habit.
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
Let's not confuse hasty decisions with strength or intelligence. It's important to be decisive - after giving consideration that reflects the time you have and what's at stake.
Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence, is the key to unlocking our potential.
Good fortune and bad are equally necessary to man, to fit him to meet the contingencies of this life.
The leader wonders about everything, wants to learn as much as he can, is willing to take risks, experiment, try new things. He does not worry about failure, but embraces errors, knowing he will learn from them.
I do not resent criticism, even when, for the sake of emphasis, it parts for the time with reality.
Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.
We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations.
Someday, man will harness the rise and fall of the tides, imprison the power of the sun, and release atomic power.
The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.
Wealth belongs to the person who enjoys it and not to the one who keeps it.
The chances are that you have already come to believe that happiness is unattainable. But men have attained it. And they have attained it by realizing that happiness does not spring from the procuring of physical or mental pleasure, but from the development of reason and the adjustment of conduct to principles.
Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.
Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression, in order that every man present his views without penalty, there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population.
The person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image.
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.
A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline.
Boldness in business is the first, second and third thing.
There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction.
We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.
While we may not be able to control all that happens to us, we can control what happens inside us.
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity , an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Accept the past for what it was. Acknowledge the present for what it is. Anticipate the future for what it can become.
One lie ruins a thousand truths.
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.
Your purpose is to make your audience see what you saw, hear what you heard, feel what you felt. Relevant detail, couched in concrete, colorful language, is the best way to recreate the incident as it happened and to picture it for the audience.
Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed, but not defeated.
I know that many people feel that old age is a time to take it easy, but I compare my life now to being the last runner in a relay race. Would you have me slow down as I near the finish line ?
Obstacles are those frightful things you can see when you take your eyes off your goal.
The whole secret of existence is to have no fear.
The quality of a man's life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence, regardless of his chosen field of endeavor.
It's a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best. You very often get it.
Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating.
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.
Personally, I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.
Winning isn't everything , it's the only thing.
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.
Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.
The main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance but to do what lies clearly at hand.
Excellence is more fun than mediocrity.
Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.
Seeing yourself as you want to be is the key to personal growth.
I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among my people the greatest asset I possess, and the way to develop the best in a person is by appreciation and encouragement. I believe in giving people incentive to work. So I am anxious to praise but loath to find fault. I am hearty in my approbation and lavish in my praise.
Look back on times of adversity with hope for the future, not regret for the past. Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.
If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.
Ill can he rule the great that cannot reach the small.
Vivacity, leadership, must be had, and we are not allowed to be nice in choosing. We must fetch the pump with dirty water, if clean can not be had.
He who has hope has everything.
You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
In the long run, we only hit what we aim at.
The fire that warms us can also consume us, it is not the fault of the fire.
Those who are fired with an enthusiastic idea and who allow it to take hold and dominate their thoughts find that new worlds open for them. As long as enthusiasm holds out, so will new opportunities.
We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities.
In prosperity, our friends know us , in adversity, we know our friends.
Life can only be understood backwards , but it must be lived forwards.
Smile ! and the world will smile with you !
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
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.
You pile up enough tomorrows, and you'll find you've collected a lot of empty yesterdays.
There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
I always try to turn my personal struggles into something helpful for others.
Nothing is more validating and affirming than feeling understood. And the moment a person begins feeling understood, that person becomes far more open to influence and change.
Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
When you reach for the stars, you may not get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud, either.
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly it is dearness only that gives everything its value.
What is tolerance ? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error , let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature.
The crocodile is only strong in the water.
Fractures well cured make us more strong.
Each person born into this world represents something new, something that never existed before, something original and unique.
Determine never to be idle... It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.
The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have or would have done, or what they can't do.
We imagine that our mind in a mirror, that it is more or less accurately reflecting what is happening outside us. On the contrary, our mind itself is the principal element of creation. The world, while I am perceiving it, is being incessantly created for myself in time and space.
People begin to become successful the minute they decide to be.