Inspirational Quotes
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.
Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.
Unless a man undertakes more than he possibly can do, he will never do all that he can.
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies.
Find and use your passion, and you'll have a great career. Don't do it, you won't. It's as simple as that.
It is not our purpose to become each other , it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is.
We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insolvuble problems.
Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.
Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
Money without brains is always dangerous.
The mind, ever the willing servant, will respond to boldness, for boldness, in effect, is a command to deliver mental resources.
Obstacles are what appear when you take your eyes off your dreams.
If anything is worth trying at all, it's worth trying at least ten times.
Now is the only time there is. Make your now wow, your minutes miracles, and your days pay. Your life will have been magnificently lived and invested, and when you die you will have made a difference.
When you wholeheartedly adopt a 'with all your heart' attitude and go all out with the positive principle, you can do incredible things.
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.
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost, that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.
The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it.
Success is predictable.
I assume everybody thinks they're a top-five quarterback. I think I'm the best. I don't think I'm top five, I think I'm the best. I don't think I'd be very successful at my job if I didn't feel that way.
Be grateful to the Man you help, think of him as god. Is it not a great privilege to be allowed to worship god by helping our fellow men ?
Friendship is not born of words alone.
History does nothing , it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this.
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.
Every dog has his day.
As a cure for worrying, work is far better than whiskey. I always found that, if I began to worry, the best thing I could do was focus upon doing something useful and then work very hard at it. Soon, I would forget what was troubling me.
To catch lots of fish, you must first go to the water. To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.
Courage faces fear and thereby masters it.
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.
The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible.
Believe in yourself.
The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
If we are to achieve results never before accomplished, we must expect to employ methods never before attempted.
The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.
My experience will help, but I insist and maintain that art - true art that is - cannot be handed out. Furthermore, art is never decoration or embellishment. Instead it is a constant process of maturing.
The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking, the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker.
What is a friend ? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
Look within, for within is the wellspring of virtue, which will not cease flowing, if you cease not from digging.
A teacher, a really good teacher, is never a giver of truth; he is a guide, a pointer to truth. Therefore, a good teacher, or, more appropriately, a guide, studies each student individually and helps to awaken the student to explore himself, both internally and externally, and ultimately to integrate himself with his being. All in all, a teacher acts as a catalyst, and not only must he have a tremendous understanding; he must also possess a sensitive mind with great flexibility and adaptability.
You become what you think about.
I feel like a tiny bird with a big song !
It is not good for all our wishes to be filled , through sickness we recognize the value of health, through evil, the value of good, through hunger, the value of food, through exertion, the value of rest.
We come to beginnings only at the end.
When you make a mistake or get ridiculed or rejected, look at mistakes as learning experiences, and ridicule as ignorance. . . . Look at rejection as part of one performance, not as a turn down of the performer.
All misfortune is but a stepping stone to fortune.
Tough times never last but tough people do.
Formal education will make you a living, self education will make you a fortune.
The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.
Resolve to be a master of change rather than a victim of change.
Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.
Sooner or later the truth comes to light.
A man builds a fine house ; and now he has a master, and a task for life ; he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair, the rest of his days.
You are what you think you are.
The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.
Oh, to be free from the stifling pressures of life to rest, a peaceful slumber that will rejuvenate my soul
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, 'What's in it for me?'
Each work has to pass through these stages - ridicule, opposition, and then acceptance. Those who think ahead of their time are sure to be misunderstood.
Kind words conquer.
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
Any man who selects a goal in life which can be fully achieved has already defined his own limitations.
So many fail because they don't get started -- they don't go. They don't overcome inertia. They don't begin.
As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.
If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.
The best way out is always through.
While we pursue happiness, we flee from contentment.
If faith in ourselves had been more extensively taught and practiced, I am sure a very large portion of the evils and miseries that we have would have vanished. Duty is to encourage everyone in his struggle to live up to his own highest idea, and strive at the same time to make the ideal as near as possible to the truth.
Some people come into our lives and quickly go, some stay for a while and leave footprints in our hearts, and we are never, ever the same.
How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young ?
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.
You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition.
The best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
If you can't do it today, what makes you think you can do it tomorrow.
A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, and live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.
Reason is like an open secret that can become known to anyone at any time , it is the quiet space into which everyone can enter through his own thought.
You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.
When asked about clinching a playoff berth for Cleveland Browns during the 2023 NFL regular season - "You don't know how many of these moments you're going to get. Not too many people get the opportunity to have kids as old as mine and that understand what's going on - get to witness this. I'm going to remember this for the rest of my life. And anything that you get to do with people that you love, especially your children, they just make everything that much more special."
The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
To be a great leader and so always master of the situation, one must of necessity have been a great thinker in action. An eagle was never yet hatched from a goose's egg.
Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations
Ideas attract money, time, talents, skills, energy and other complementary ideas that will bring them into reality.
No pain, No gain.
How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg ? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
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.