Inspirational Quotes
Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.
God is subtle but he is not malicious.
A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds, it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change.
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.
The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.
Nothing succeeds like success.
Someday when I grow up, finish school and get a job, I'll start living my life the way I want someday after the mortgage is paid off, the finances are on track and the kids are grown up, I'll drive that new car and take exciting trips abroad someday, now that I'm 9 about to retire, I'll buy that beautiful motor home and travel across this great country, and see all there is to see someday.
The hero is no braver than the ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer
The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.
Friends are made by many acts and lost by only one.
Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.
The road to success is always under construction.
Giving people a little more than they expect is a good way to get back more than you'd expect.
Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
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.
Action may not always bring happiness , but there is no happiness without action.
We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish.
The thing I lose patience with the most is the clock. Its hands move too fast.
Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold , the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul.
No legacy is so rich as honesty.
Once you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is that most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year - and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade !
There's always free cheese in the mouse traps, but the mice there ain't happy.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
The principles you live by create the world you live in ; if you change the principles you live by, you will change your world. -
The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.
Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, really believe, your mind will find the ways to do it. Believing a solution paves the way to solution.
Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.
Many have encountered and overcome the challenge of homelessness Many men go fishing all their lives not knowing it is not fish they are after.
Anything is possible.
To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.
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.
A man's dreams are an index to his greatness.
Repeat anything long enough and it will start to become you.
How a man plays a game shows something of his character, how he loses shows all of it.
Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade ?
The Athenians, alarmed at the internal decay of their Republic, asked Demosthenes what to do. His reply: Do not do what you are doing now.
There are so many things that we wish we had done yesterday, so few that we feel like doing today.
Relationships are the hallmark of the mature person.
Just because something does n't do what you planned it to do in the first place doesn't mean it's useless.
Accomplishment of purpose is better than making a profit.
Always do right, this will gratify some and astonish the rest.
When one door closes another opens, but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
Success is never wondering what if.
You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time.
The entire law is summed up in a single command, Love your neighbor as yourself.
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.
He who joyfully marches to music rank and file, has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is ; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action. It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.
Indecision is the seedling of fear.
The best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline.
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.
If we are going to teach 'creation science' as an alternative to evolution, then we should also teach the stork theory as an alternative to biological reproduction.
My experience has taught me that a man who has no vices has damned few virtues.
In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia.
If you are afraid of failure you don’t deserve to be successful!
The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.
A leader is a dealer in hope.
Open your ears before you open your mouth, it may surprise your eyes !
I want everyone to be the way I strive to become -- to be himself in his truth. Do not follow me, follow yourself ! is the existential challenge. Self-being awakens self-being but does not force itself on it.
It's nice to be the best, but not when being the best brings out the worst in you.
The greater the obstacle the more glory.
Smile ! and the world will smile with you !
God is to be worshipped as the one beloved, dearer than everything in this and next life.
Almost any idea is good if a man has ability and is willing to work hard. The best idea is worthless if the creator is a loafer and ineffective.
Happiness is a state of activity.
Accumulate learning by study, understand what you learn by questioning.
Do not wait for ideal circumstances, they will never come, nor for the best opportunities.
The way we see the problem is the problem.
Lives of great men all remind us we can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us footprints in the sands of time.
A short saying often contains much wisdom.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Sacrifice is giving up something good for something better.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad.
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.
In love beggar and king are equal.
Hope is like a bird that senses the dawn and carefully starts to sing while it is still dark.
You only get out what you put in.
You see things and you say, why ? But I dream things that never were and say, why not ?
Thou love life ? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff that life is made of.
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.
Much as we may wish to make a new beginning, some part of us resists doing so as though we were making the first step toward disaster.
Get busy living or get busy dying.
Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.
Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.
To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.
You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose site of the shore.
Follow humbly wherever and to whatever abyss Nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.