Inspirational Quotes
Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.
If I am not for myself, who will be for me ? Yet if I am for myself alone, of what good am I ?
Fortify yourself with contentment, for this is an impregnable fortress.
Embrace that it's ok to grow.
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born.
What this power is I cannot say. All I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.
I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.
The sun will come up tomorrow
You must consider the bottom line, but make it integrity before profits.
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
Tell everyone what you want to do and someone will want to help you do it.
One of the greatest moments in anybody's developing experience is when he no longer tries to hide from himself but determines to get acquainted with himself as he really is.
You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.
Oh, to be free from the stifling pressures of life to rest, a peaceful slumber that will rejuvenate my soul
Boldness in business is the first, second and third thing.
Let he him who would be moved to convince others, be first moved to convince himself.
Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.
For myself, I am an optimist -- it does not seem to be much use being anything else.
Growth in personality occurs as a consequence of meeting conflicts and impasses head on, and reconciling them. Interpersonal conflicts and impasses constitute problems which require solutions so that a satisfying relationship may be maintained. Whenever a person encounters a problem in his everyday living, he is obliged to vary his behavior until he discovers some mode of responding which is successful in achieving a solution.
I love great music and art, but I think 'cubist' songs and paintings are hideous.
Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.
The "Inside-Out" approach to personal and self , even more fundamentally, to start with the most inside part of self - with your paradigms, your character, and your motives. The inside-out approach says that private victories precede public victories, that making and keeping promises to ourselves precedes making and keeping promises to others. It says it is futile to put personality ahead of character, to try to improve relationships with others before improving ourselves.
They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment.
The secret to happiness is not in doing what one likes to do, but in liking what one has to do.
Change comes from within.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.
Go as far as you can see and when you get there, you will always be able to see farther.
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.
Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands.
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.
Just because something does n't do what you planned it to do in the first place doesn't mean it's useless.
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.
Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours.
Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them go, the sooner the better.
One can spend a lifetime assigning blame, find the cause 'out there' for all the troubles that exist. Contrast this with the 'responsible attitude' of confronting the situation, bad or good, and instead of asking, 'What caused the trouble ? Who was to blame ?' asking 'How can I handle this present situation to make the most of it ? What can I salvage here ?'
The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it.
To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.
Good habits are as addictive as bad habits, and a lot more rewarding.
If you aren't going all the way, why go at all ?
The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible.
Our life is what it is as a result of how we think.
Your world is a living expression of how you are using and have used your mind
Those who work at a thing with their whole heart receive help from god. For one, thoroughly believe that no power in the universe can withhold from anyone anything they really deserve.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
It's always too soon to quit !
Love is blind, friendship closes its eyes.
While we may not be able to control all that happens to us, we can control what happens inside us.
When you work, work, and when you play, play, dont get the two mixed up
Excellence is more fun than mediocrity.
Don't look back - forward, infinite energy, infinite enthusiasm, infinite daring, and infinite patience - then alone can great deeds be accomplished.
Sharing is the essence of teaching. It is, I have come to believe, the essence of civilizationWithout it, the imagination is but the echo of the self, trapped in a soundproof chamber, reverberating upon itself until it is spent in exhaustion or futility.
It's easier to prepare and prevent, than to repair and repent.
Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they shall never cease to be amused.
Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.
This life is a hard fact, work your way through it boldly, though it may be adamantine, no matter, the soul is stronger. I have seen in life those who are overcautious about themselves fall into dangers at every step, those who are afraid of losing honor and respect, get only disgrace, and those who are always afraid of loss, always lose.
If money helps a man to do good to others, it is of some value , but if not, it is simply a mass of evil, and the sooner it is got rid of, the better.
Change yourself, change your fortunes.
I am the captain of my soul.
I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.
Plan your progress carefully , hour-by hour, day-by-day, month-by-month. Organized activity and maintained enthusiasm are the wellsprings of your power. Planning for happiness is rarely successful. Happiness just happens.
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If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
Why hesitate? Upon the plains of hesitation are the bleached bones of countless millions, who on the threshold of victory sat down to wait, and in waiting they died.
Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.
Why should a man be moral ? Because this strengthens his will.
Excellence is the result of caring more than others think wise, risking more than other's think safe, dreaming more than others think practical, and expecting more than others think possible.
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us most. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us, it's in all of us. And when we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, 'What's in it for me?'
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
A life lived in fear is half lived.
No one knows what he can do until he tries.
I used to think anyone doing anything weird was weird. Now I know that it is the people that call others weird that are weird.
You are never a loser until you quit trying.
Build a dream and the dream will build you.
Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.
Each action can be the one on which all depends , what is decisive is only the strength and concentration of hallowing with which I do it. To the question of what had been the most essential matter for his late teacher, a disciple answered, 'Always just what he was engaged in at the moment'.
He didn't get all of those injuries from a fall.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
You can never be happy at the expense of the happiness of others.
Instill great values in your children today and your grandchildren will prosper tomorrow.
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
When a man comes to a conscious vital realization of those great spiritual forces within himself and begins to use those forces in science, in business, and in life, his progress in the future will be unparalleled.
You pile up enough tomorrows, and you'll find you've collected a lot of empty yesterdays.
A bold onset is half the battle.
You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.
Don't water your weeds.
Human beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come back home.
The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human body, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.