Inspirational Quotes
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Honesty characterizes the person and enables him to create an identity, to communicate a real presence, and to establish authentic bonds with others. The individual increasingly comes to know who he is through the stand he takes when he expresses his ideas, values, beliefs, and convictions, and through the declaration and ownership of his feelings.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Don't fall victim to your own melodrama. Keep things in perspective. The odds are that your problem is solvable. Address the solution and don't dwell on the problem to the point at which it paralyzes you.
Knowing is not enough we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.
You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.
The way to happiness : keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Fill your life with love. Scatter sunshine. Forget self, think of others. Do as you would be done by. Try this for a week and you will be surprised.
Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it for yourself. In giving it, you will accumulate a deposit of joy greater than you ever believed possible.
Level with your child by being honest. Nobody spots a phony quicker than a child.
A dream unrealized is a dream imprisoned by that enemy of all enemies - the fear of failure. Set that you will make it happen ! -
Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there. Philip Brooks Children are the reward of life.
Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.
Practice does not make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect.
An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity, a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity.
Happiness can be defined, in part at least, as the fruit of the desire and ability to sacrifice what we want now for what we want eventually.
Never give an order that can't be obeyed.
All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.
We must be the change we wish to see.
"It's Pretty Cool" - on winning Super Bowl XLVII.
A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you have n't truly decided.
You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.
Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special and always significant and remarkable point at which the world's phenomena intersect, only once in this way, and never again.
Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance.
History does nothing , it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this.
What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
He who hesitates is lost.
I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.
Men stumble over the truth from time to time but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.
When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
It is never too late to be what we might have been
Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
It is not the job of the general to be winning. It is his job to win.
Accept the past for what it was. Acknowledge the present for what it is. Anticipate the future for what it can become.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.
Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us.
Wisdom is not like money to be tied up and hidden.
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.
There's no such thing as not enough time if you're doing what you want to do.
Learning karate requires self-control and discipline Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by.
Why not go out on a limb ? Isn't that where the fruit is ?
Good habits are as addictive as bad habits, and a lot more rewarding.
Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.
The whole universe is only the self with variations, one tune made bearable by variations. Sometimes there are discords, but they only make the subsequent harmony more perfect. In this hell of a world one can bring a little joy and peace even for a day into the heart of a single person, that much alone is true, this I have learnt after suffering all my life, all else is mere moonshine.
The only guide to man is his conscience , the only shield to his memory is the rectitude and sincerity of his actions. It is very imprudent to walk through life without this shield, because we are so often mocked by the failure of our hopes and the upsetting of our calculations, but with this shield, however the fates may play, we march always in the ranks of honor.
The earth is enjoyed by heroes, this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero. Always say, I have no fear.
Attitude is everything.
Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable.
Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.
Rely on your own strength of body and soul. Take for your star self-reliance, faith, honesty and industry. Don't take too much advice keep at the helm and steer your own ship, and remember that the great art of commanding is to take a fair share of the work. Fire above the mark you intend to hit. Energy, invincible determination with the right motive, are the levers that move the world.
Be all you can be.
You see things and you say, why ? But I dream things that never were and say, why not ?
Most people are about as happy as they make up their mind to be.
Look within, for within is the wellspring of virtue, which will not cease flowing, if you cease not from digging.
Great minds have purpose, while others just have wishes.
You don't just stumble into the future you create your own future.
Common looking people are the best in the world : that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.
Education is one of the few things a person is willing to pay for and not get.
When I've heard all I need to make a decision, I don't take a vote. I make a decision.
The death of fear is in doing what you fear to do.
In matters of style, swim with the current, in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
This is the best kind of voyeurism, hearing joy from your neighbors.
No man is wise enough by himself.
The soul is covered with the color of its leisure thoughts.
There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying things which are beyond the power of our will.
Actions speak louder than words.
Ideas attract money, time, talents, skills, energy and other complementary ideas that will bring them into reality.
Seeing yourself as you want to be is the key to personal growth.
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.
Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
When you get right down to the root of the meaning of the word 'succeed', you find it simply means to follow through.
To live happily with other people, ask of them only what they can give.” Tristan Bernard
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.
When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened. Winston Churchill When I want to read a novel, I write one.
Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made.
For children to take morality seriously they must be in the presence of adults who take morality seriously. And with their own eyes they must see adults take morality seriously.
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.
If you think you can, or you think you can't, you're probably right.
Follow humbly wherever and to whatever abyss Nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.
Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands.
If you don't like something, change it, if you can't change it, change your attitude.
Within us all there are wells of thought and dynamos of energy which are not suspected until emergencies arise. Then oftentimes we find that it is comparatively simple to double or treble our former capacities and to amaze ourselves by the results achieved. Quotas, when set up for us by others, are challenges which goad us on to surpass ourselves. The outstanding leaders of every age are those who set up their own quotas and constantly achieve them.
If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.
To go fast, row slowly.
Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness -- great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.
Let thy words be few.
A chain is as strong as its weakest link.
My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.
Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion
Your decision to be, have and do something out of ordinary entails facing difficulties that are out of the ordinary as well. Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else.