Inspirational Quotes
Ideas... they have the power
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.
No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an unchartered land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.
The truth is more important than the facts.
When you reach for the stars, you may not get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud, either.
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
Live Well... Laugh Often... Love Much.
You are what you repeatedly do. Excellence is not an event - it is a habit.
If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
If you want to get the best out of a man, you must look for the best that is in him.
If you feel you have no faults there's another one.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Ideas become powerful only if they appear in the flesh , an idea which does not lead to action by the individual and by groups remains at best a paragraph or a footnote in a book -- provided the idea is original and relevant. It is like a seed stored in a dry place. If the idea is to have influence, it must be put into the soil, and the soil is people and groups of people.
We need to embrace that the things that we love come to an end. And to not take them for granted. To step back & make sure we really live in the moments which matter to us. Not just being there as a participant. But to really be there a 100%.
Where there is a will, there is a way.
Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
There is no one giant step that does it. It's a lot of little steps.
We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities.
A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority. There is but little virtue in the action of masses of men.
You have enemies ? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
Inspiration and genius -- one and the same.
I assume everybody thinks they're a top-five quarterback. I think I'm the best. I don't think I'm top five, I think I'm the best. I don't think I'd be very successful at my job if I didn't feel that way.
An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity, a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.
A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.
What we can or can not do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. It is more likely a function of our beliefs about who we are.
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.
Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.
Anybody can do just about anything with himself that he really wants to and makes up his mind to do. We are all capable of greater things than we realize.
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
It is quite possible to work without results, but never will there be results without work.
One rule of action more important than all others is consists in never doing anything that someone else can do for you.
When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.
Flacco when asked whether fourth quarter performance defines a quarterback - "I have no idea. If we win the Super Bowl, I guess it will be".
Don't hide your light under a bushel.
The rare individual who honestly satisfies this heart-hunger ( praise ) will hold people in the palm of his hand, and even the undertaker will be sorry when he dies.
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.
The greatest sin is to think yourself weak.
Without the human community one single human being cannot survive.
Better late than never.
I have realized god sitting in the temple of every human body, the moment I stand in reverence before every human being and see god in him - that moment I am free from bondage, everything that binds vanishes, and I am free.
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
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.
Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.
Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend.
Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality in your own mind.
Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the number of apples in a seed.
In life you can never be too kind or too fair ; everyone you meet is carrying a heavy load. When you go through your day expressing kindness and courtesy to all you meet, you leave behind a feeling of warmth and good cheer, and you help alleviate the burdens everyone is struggling with.
Work spares us from three evils boredom, vice, and need.
What the world wants is character. The world is in need of those whose life is one burning love, selfless. That love will make every word tell like a thunderbolt.
By doing well the duty which is nearest to us, the duty which is in our hands, we make ourselves stronger.
The quality of a man's life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence, regardless of his chosen field of endeavor.
If money is your hope for independence, you will never have it. The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
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.
Do not wait for ideal circumstances, nor for the best opportunities, they will never come.
Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable.
You may have to fight a battle more than once to win.
An executive is a person who always decides , sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides.
The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.
There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction.
Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.
Whether you think you can or think you can't - you are right.
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.
Take heed : you do not find what you do not seek.
Love is a bird, she needs to fly.
I can change. I can live out my imagination instead of my memory. I can tie myself to my limitless potential instead of my limiting past.
Reflection doesn't take anything away from decisiveness, from being a person of action. In fact, it generates the inner toughness that you need to be an effective person of action -- to be a leader. Think of leadership as some of two vectors competence: (your specialty, your skills, your know-howl) and authenticity: (your identity, your character, your attitude) .
Self delusion is pulling in your stomach when you step on the scales.
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
The secret to happiness is not in doing what one likes to do, but in liking what one has to do.
The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel, its poverty by how little.
Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.
A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.
In order to succeed you must fail so that you know what not to do the next time.
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
Motivation is like food for the brain. You can not get enough in one sitting. It needs continual and regular refills.
All of the subjects that I've chosen have had to do with isolation. ... The whole idea of [people] gathering ... doesn't really appeal to me.
You become what you think about.
The first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in 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 ?
Success is neither magical or mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
Predetermine the objectives you want to accomplish. Think big, act big and set out to accomplish big results.
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.