Inspirational Quotes
They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment.
Self delusion is pulling in your stomach when you step on the scales.
I just love when people say I cant do something because all my life people said I wasn't going to make it.
The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration.
Friendship doubles joy and halves grief.
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
None of us will every accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.
Nothing is more honorable than enlightenment, nothing is more beautiful than virtue.
All the technology in the world will never replace a positive attitude.
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
Only those who do nothing at all make no mistakes but that would be a mistake.
All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
We don't live in a world of reality, we live in a world of perceptions.
Old love does not rust.
I believe that it is better to learn from the diverse people around us than to try in vain to emulate them, better to be a teacher than a role model. As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.
One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.
Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it.
Why is it that we spend so much of our time preparing for when we can do what we want, instead of just doing what we want right now.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.
All things are created twice. There's a mental or first creation, and a physical or second creation of all things. You have to make sure that the blueprint, the first creation, is really what you want, that you've thought everything through. Then you put it into bricks and mortar. Each day you go to the construction shed and pull out the blueprint to get marching orders for the day. You begin with the end in mind.
If you know peace, then you thrive , if you know contentment, then you are rich.
There is a great man who makes every man feels small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.
Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable.
It doesn't matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You can not make progress without making decisions.
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel myself infinitely the happier for it.
Luck is when opportunity knocks, and you answer.
Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Embrace that small things lead to big things.
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.
If we are to achieve results never before accomplished, we must expect to employ methods never before attempted.
Where there is life, there is hope. Where there are hopes, there are dreams. Where there are vivid dreams repeated, they become goals. Goals become the action plans and game plans that winners dwell on in intricate detail, knowing that achievement is almost automatic when the goal becomes an inner commitment. The response to the challenges of life -- purpose -- is the healing balm that enables each of us to face up to adversity and strife.
Make no mistake, my friend, it takes more than money to make men rich.
I have seen so many of these, and lived with them, and travelled with them, and oftentimes felt as if I should starve to death on an equal allowance, that I am fully convinced I am correct in saying that the North American Indians, taking them in the aggregate, even where they have an abundance to subsist on, eat less than any civilized population of equal numbers, that I have ever travelled amongst.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter can not understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.
Know that although in the eternal scheme of things you are small, you are also unique and irreplaceable, as are all your fellow humans everywhere in the world.
Fear is the parent of cruelty.
He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
Adversity is wont to reveal genius, prosperity to hide it.
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.
Volunteering is not a choice, it's a responsibility.
It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow.
Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us.
You live with your thoughts, so be careful what they are.
I never worry about action, but only about inaction.
The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor
God is present in every jiva, there is no other god besides that. Who serves jiva serves god indeed.
The most common cause of fear of old age is associated with the possibility of poverty.
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.
I have seen him set fire to his wigwam and smooth over the graves of his fathers, clap his hand in silence over his mouth, and take the last look over his fair hunting ground, and turn his face in sadness to the setting sun.
Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God.
In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life - it goes on.
I never read a food column and think 'Wow I value your opinion' because everyone has an opinion now. What makes a columnist an expert? If you stay focused on your own goal, you'll be fine. It's when you start looking too far out that you're going to get lost.
Barring serious accidents, if you are not preoccupied with worry and you work hard, you can look forward to a reasonably lengthy existence. Its not the hard work that kills, its the worrying that kills.
The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living that are desired when dying.
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
In the arena of human life the honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action
Example sheds a genial ray which men are apt to borrow, so first improve yourself today, and then your friends tomorrow.
When your self-worth goes up, your net worth goes up with it.
Never live in the past but always learn from it.
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
Successful people make decisions quickly (as soon as all the facts are available) and change them very slowly (if ever). Unsuccessful people make decisions very slowly, and change them often and quickly.
The dove is my emblem... . I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it... . I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.
Action without study is fatal. Study without action is fatal. Mary Beard Actions speak louder than words.
To succeed you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
Above all, beware of compromises. I do not mean that you are to get into antagonism with anybody, but you have to hold on to your own principles in weal or woe and never adjust them to others "fads" through the greed of getting supporters.
God is subtle but he is not malicious.
Into the house where joy lives, happiness will gladly come.
Most people who succeed in the face of seemingly impossible conditions are people who simply don't know how to quit.
Before we can forgive one another, we must understand one another
I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.
My definition of success is to live your life in a way that causes you to feel a ton of pleasure and very little pain - and because of your lifestyle, have the people around you feel a lot more pleasure than they do pain.
What the world wants is character. The world is in need of those whose life is one burning love, selfless. That love will make every word tell like a thunderbolt.
When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it.
A short saying often contains much wisdom.
When you get right down to the root of the meaning of the word 'succeed', you find it simply means to follow through.
Not being able to do everything is no excuse for not doing everything you can.
The greatest sin is to think yourself weak.
Keep your business affairs in your own hands. It's the only way to be happy.
You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you had to overcome to reach your goals.
My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.
And he can make, so say the wise, no claim who makes no sacrifice.
Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.
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.
You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth.
One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.
Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there. Philip Brooks Children are the reward of life.