Inspirational Quotes
The foundation my parents laid down with our faith continues to be my core.
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.
Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender , it's holy ground. There's no greater investment.
What we do not see, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistible power which comes to the rescue of those who fight on in the face of discouragement.
Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction
Change comes from within.
Authentic leaders have absorbed the fundamental fact of existence -- that you can't get around life's inherent contradictions. The leadership mind is spacious. It has ample room for the ambiguities of the world, for conflicting feelings, and for contradictory ideas. I believe that the central leadership attribute is the ability to manage polarity.
Begin with the end in mind.
Our schools and are not teaching students to think. It is astonishing how many young people have difficulty in putting their brains definitely and systematically to work.
If our thoughts and hopes are elsewhere, it is impossible to set our faces steadily toward the work required of us.
Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.
Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him.
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insolvuble problems.
Stopping at third base adds no more runs than striking out.
Conflict itself is, of course, a sign of relative health as you would know if you ever met really apathetic people, really hopeless people, people who have given up hoping, striving, and coping.
Pep without purpose is piffle.
One cannot think crooked and walk straight.
I know people that got diagnosed with Parkinson's, and they just gave up. Sat in a wheelchair and refused to get up. I'll never give up. Some day this will probably take me, but I'm not going to walk away from life.
Joy can be real only if people look on their life as a service, and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness.
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do.
Whatever is at the center of our life will be the source of our security, guidance, wisdom, and power.
Life is change, growth is optional. Choose wisely.
No one became poor by giving alms.
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.
I have noticed that folks are generally about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us.
Men spend their lives in anticipations, in determining to be vastly happy at some period when they have time. But the present time has one advantage over every otherit is our own. Past opportunities are gone, future have not come. We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock of wine , but if we defer the tasting of them too long, we shall find that both are soured by age.
Wisdom is more precious than rubies.
What you can do, or dream you can, begin it, boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
You create your reality.
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.
Even when change is elective, it will disorient you. You may go through anxiety. You will miss aspects of your former life. It doesn't matter. The trick is to know in advance of making any big change that you're going to be thrown off your feet by it. So you prepare for this inevitable disorientation and steady yourself to get through it. Then you take the challenge, make the change, and achieve your dream.
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
Hope springs eternal.
Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.
Any man who selects a goal in life which can be fully achieved has already defined his own limitations.
The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body. The more efficient your body, the better you feel and the more you will use your talent to produce outstanding results.
Self-suggestion makes you master of yourself.
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be overcome first.
In prosperity, our friends know us , in adversity, we know our friends.
For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been' .
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing-that's why we recommend it daily.
You must tolerate that which you can not change.
It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, Always do what you are afraid to do.
Your belief determines your action and your action determines your results, but first you have to believe.
What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness ?
Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the future.
No man can stand on top because he is put there.
Keep the Faith.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
I live a very dull life here, indeed I think I am more like a state prisoner than anything else.
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.
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
"It's Pretty Cool" - on winning Super Bowl XLVII.
Wealth is the product of man's ability to think.
The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.
Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance.
It's nice to be the best, but not when being the best brings out the worst in you.
You learn as much from those who have failed as from those who have succeeded.
Curse ruthless time ! Curse our mortality. How cruelly short is the allotted span for all we must cram into it.
The miracle power that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application and perseverance, under the promptings of a brave determined spirit.
If you want to reach a goal, you must see the reaching in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal.
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.
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.
People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals - that is, goals that do not inspire them.
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.
Almost all of the world-class athletes and other peak performers are visualizers. They see it , they feel it, they experience it before they actually do it. They began with the end in mind. You can do it in every area of your life. Before performance, a sales presentation, a difficult confrontation, or the daily challenge of meeting a goal, see it clearly, vividly, relentlessly, over and over again. Create an internal "comfort zone''. Then, when you get into the situation, it isn't foreign. It doesn't scare you.
Get excited and enthusiastic about you own dream. This excitement is like a forest fire -- you can smell it, taste it, and see it from a mile away.
Some things have to be believed to be seen.
It ain't over till it's over.
You can never be happy at the expense of the happiness of others.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all.
Dare to be free, dare to go as far as your thought leads, and dare to carry that out in your life.
Hard work often leads to success. No work seldom does.
Life is the movie you see through your own eyes. It makes little difference what's happening out there. It's how you take it that counts.
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Possibilitizing is overcoming while you're undergoing.
Your world is a living expression of how you are using and have used your mind
A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
A leader is a dealer in hope.
The individual activity of one man with backbone will do more than a thousand men with a mere wishbone.
Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.
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.'
The grand essentials of happiness are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
You are what you think you are.
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.