Inspirational Quotes
It is quite possible to work without results, but never will there be results without work.
Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.
When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers.
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.
One of the main reasons people are not rich is that they worry too much about things that might never happen. quotes
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.
Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him.
The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability and determination to overcome bad luck.
A human being is a part of a whole, called by us _universe_ , a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest... a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -- how passionately I hate them !
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.
Nothing is predestined The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
When a man finds no peace within himself, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.
Abilities wither under faultfinding, blossom with encouragement.
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.
Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.
The main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance but to do what lies clearly at hand.
It ain't over till it's over.
All successful people men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.
Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
Life is not accountable to us. We are accountable to life.
Human beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come back home.
The best way to find yourself, is to lose yourself in the service of others.
Whatever good things we build end up building us.
Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.
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 can't build a reputation on what you're going to do.
If there is something to gain and nothing to lose by asking, by all means ask.
The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.
The real leader has no need to lead, he is content to point the way.
Take a chance ! All life is a chance. The man who goes the furthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
Giving people a little more than they expect is a good way to get back more than you'd expect.
In order to grasp the reality, we must see the possibilities. In the present, a formulation of the possibilities is the area in which I gain uncertainty concerning what I decide, without a vision of the possibilities, I act blindly, only a knowledge of the possibilities enables me to know what I am actually doing.
Never give in -- never, never, never, never.
Are we to love only those who deserve our love ? Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you , that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven.
I don't think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
Sooner or later the truth comes to light.
If I were required to guess off-hand, and without collusion with higher minds, what is the bottom cause of the amazing material and intellectual advancement of the last fifty years, I should guess that it was the modern-born and previously non-existent disposition on the part of men to believe that a new idea can have value.
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead, his eyes are closed.
The path to success is to take massive, determined action.
Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours.
Accomplishment of purpose is better than making a profit.
Don't argue for other people's weaknesses. Don't argue for your own. When you make a mistake, admit it, correct it, and learn from it -- immediately.
All condemnation of others really condemns ourselves. Adjust the microcosm which is in your power to do and the macrocosm will adjust itself for you.
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.
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 greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.
It's always darkest before the dawn.
People who worked with me or knew me still called me the 'world's fastest human' because I almost never stopped. I'd found that I could get more done with no regular job or regular hours at all, but by being on my own, flying to speak here, help with a public relations campaign for some client there, tape my regular jazz radio show one morning at 5:00 a.m. before leaving on a plane for another city or another continent three hours later to preside over a major sporting event.
Don't fear, just live right.
If there is something to gain and nothing to lose by asking, by all means ask !
You will become as small as your controlling desire, as great as your dominant aspiration.
So whether or not we can get together, remember well that art lives where absolute freedom is. With all the training thrown to nowhere, with a mind perfectly unaware of its own working, with the self vanishing nowhere the art of JKD attains its perfection.
There is a time to let things happen, and a time to make things happen.
We mustn't let our passions destroy our dreams.
No man or woman is an island. To exist just for yourself is meaningless. You can achieve the most satisfaction when you feel related to some greater purpose in life, something greater than yourself.
Fear is the parent of cruelty.
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination
An error gracefully acknowledged is a victory won.
A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
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.
Your family and your love must be cultivated like a garden. Time, effort, and imagination must be summoned constantly to keep any relationship flourishing and growing.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
I believe that the science of chemistry alone almost proves the existence of an intelligent creator.
Say not, "I have found the truth" but rather, "I have found a truth".
It is not enough to have a good mind, the main thing is to use it well.
The one thing that separates winners from losers is, winners take action!
I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than attempting to satisfy them.
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
When you work, work, and when you play, play, dont get the two mixed up
You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective. Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the things around you helping you toward success -- or are they holding you back ?
Not being able to do everything is no excuse for not doing everything you can.
You can not escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
People can't live with change if there's not a changeless core inside them. The key to the ability to change is a changeless sense of who you are, what you are about and what you value.
Well done is better than well said.
Personal leadership is not a singular experience. It is, rather, the ongoing process of keeping your vision and values before you and aligning your life to be congruent with those most important things.
The currency of success is not money. It’s minutes. What percentage of my life do I spend doing what I want, in the way I want? That’s true success.
Keep the Faith.
Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never -- in nothing, great or small, large or petty -- never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.
A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.
I am quite correctly described as 'more of a sponge than an inventor'.
It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.
A life lived in fear is half lived.
Never bring the problem solving stage into the decision making stage. Otherwise, you surrender yourself to the problem rather than the solution.
He who lives without discipline dies without honor.
He that would be a leader must be a bridge.