Inspirational Quotes
The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.
A Native American grandfather was talking to his grandson about how he felt. He said, 'I feel as if I have two wolves fighting in my heart. One wolf is the vengeful, violent one, the other wolf is the loving compassionate one.' The grandson asked him, 'Which wolf will win the fight in your heart?' The grandfather answered, 'The one I feed.'
Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating.
Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.
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.
Live with passion !
Only the educated are free.
When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.
Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.
Talent does you no good unless it's recognized by someone else.
To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.
How far you go in life depends on your 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.
Everyone's life is an object lesson to others.
An executive is a person who always decides , sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides.
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
The heart is wiser than the intellect.
The gulf between god and me is thus bridged. Thus by knowing god, we find that the kingdom of heaven is within us.
An army of a thousand is easy to find, but, ah, how difficult to find a general.
Good habits are as addictive as bad habits, and a lot more rewarding.
You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it.
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.
Only those who are absolutely their true selves in this world can have pervading influence.
Many of us spend half of our time wishing for things we could have, if we didn't spend half of our time wishing.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
Imitate until you emulate, match and surpass those who launched you. It's the highest form of thankfulness.
Whatever we leave to God, God does and blesses us.
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.
Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
Success is having a flair for the thing that you are doing , knowing that is it not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose.
People with goals succeed because they know where they're going.
Discontent is the source of all trouble, but also of all progress, in individuals and nations.
We come to beginnings only at the end.
Do not let what you can not do interfere with what you can do.
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.
The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear. Ambrose Redmoon Courage is the first of the human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all the others.
I never worry about action, but only about inaction.
Barring serious accidents, if you are not preoccupied with worry and you work hard, you can look forward to a reasonably lengthy existence. Its not the hard work that kills, its the worrying that kills.
No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like.
Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human experience.
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
How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg ? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.
Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.
If you feel you have no faults there's another one.
Nature never deceives us, it is we who deceive ourselves.
Part of being a winner is knowing when enough is enough. Sometimes you have to give up the fight and walk away, and move on to something that's more productive.
It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.
Anything in life worth having is worth working for.
Opportunity does not knock ; it presents itself when you beat down the door. -
A good general not only sees the way to victory , he also knows when victory is impossible.
The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.
Its so hard when contemplated in advance, and so easy when you do it.
An Arabian proverb says there are four sorts of men: He who knows not and knows not he knows not: he is a fool, shun him. He who knows not and knows he knows not: he is simple, teach him. He who knows and knows not he knows: he is asleep--wake him. He who knows and knows he knows: he is wise, follow him.
A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties. No religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.
One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything.
You have enemies ? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you will land among the stars.
You haven't failed until you quit trying.
I am again fairly settled down to the pleasant duties of an old fashioned Virginia house-keeper, steady as a clock, busy as a bee, and as cheerful as a cricket.
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore, Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me I lift me lamp beside the golden door.
People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconscious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character
Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement
Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.
Only that day dawns to which we are awake.
The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.
Laughter is the best medicine.
Listen with regard when others talk. Give your time and energy to others, let others have their own way, do things for reasons other than furthering your own needs.
Always mistrust a subordinate who never finds fault with his superior.
Wealth belongs to the person who enjoys it and not to the one who keeps it.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
The more alternatives, the more difficult the choice.
The path to success is to take massive, determined action.
Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously.
Now is the time. Needs are great, but your possibilities are greater.
End your day by privately looking directly into your eyes in the mirror and saying, 'I love you ! ' Do this for thirty days and watch how you transform.
Fortune favors the brave.
Reason is like an open secret that can become known to anyone at any time , it is the quiet space into which everyone can enter through his own thought.
Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid.
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.
Confidence imparts a wonderful inspiration to its possessor.
In order to be walked on, you have to be lying down.
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.
And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
Every man goes down to his death bearing in his hands only that which he has given away.
Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.
When you wholeheartedly adopt a 'with all your heart' attitude and go all out with the positive principle, you can do incredible things.
Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.