Inspirational Quotes
In order to succeed you must fail so that you know what not to do the next time.
If we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find we have lost the future.
The most important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silent chambers of the soul.
Grow deep - not just tall.
You'll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind.
You only get out what you put in.
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
In the arena of human life the honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action
The Crows are very handsome and gentlemanly Indians in their personal appearance and have been always reputed, since the first acquaintance made with them, very civil and friendly.
Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited.
When you come to the edge of all the light you know and are about to step off into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing one of two things will happen. There will be something solid to stand on or you will be taught to fly.
There go the people. I must follow them for I am their leader.
To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself : First, what could I do ? Second, what could I read ? And third, who could I ask ?
The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking.
No one is more definite about the solution than the one who doesn't understand the problem.
In the space age the most important space is between the ears.
Never fear the want of business. A man who qualifies himself well for his calling, never fails of employment.
A 'No' uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble.
Life can only be understood backwards , but it must be lived forwards.
No pain, No gain.
Level with your child by being honest. Nobody spots a phony quicker than a child.
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
I have seen too much of the vanity of human affairs, to expect felicity from the splendid scenes of public life.
You may have to fight a battle more than once to win.
Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.
No man is happy who does not think himself so.
If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.
If parents pass enthusiasm along to their children, they will leave them an estate of incalculable value.
Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.
Be patient with your enemies and forgiving of your friends.
Surprises and reverses can serve as an incentive for great accomplishment. There are no rules here, we're just trying to accomplish something.
Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.
Be like the turtle. If he didn't stick his neck out, he wouldn't get anywhere at all.
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 true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.
I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot. Men are not superior by reason of the accidents of race or color. They are superior who have the best heart the best brain.
No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see the possibilities -- they're always there.
The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire.
Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.
When you reach for the stars, you may not get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud, either.
"I can't do it" never accomplished anything ; "I will try" has performed miracles.
You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
A smile is a light in the window of the soul indicating that the heart is at home.
The more you venture to live greatly, the more you will find within you what it takes to get on top of things and stay there.
In the midst of winter, I found there was within me an invincible summer.
You haven't failed until you quit trying.
Believe that you are bigger than your difficulties, for you are, indeed.
Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.
Every achiever I have ever met says, My life turned around when I began to believe in me.
There is no point at which you can say 'Well, I'm successful now. I might as well take a nap.'
The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
The handgun would not be my choice of weapon if I knew I was going to a fight. ...I'd choose a rifle, a shotgun, an RPG or an atomic bomb instead.
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune, but great minds rise above them.
Change comes from within.
There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.
Peace can not be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.
Motherhood qualified me to let the child within come out and play.
With vision, every person, organization and country can flourish. The Bible says, 'Without vision we perish.
Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast, a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.
One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.
Men stumble over the truth from time to time but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.
The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but reveal to them their own.
What doesn't kill me, makes me stronger.
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you can not do.
They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment.
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in ; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day ; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense.
Whatever you need more of is what you need to tithe some. quotes
Go to the people. Learn from them. Live with them. Start with what they know. Build with what they have. The best of leaders when the job is done, when the task is accomplished, the people will say we have done it ourselves.
See how nature - trees, flowers, grass - grows in silence , see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence we need silence to be able to touch souls.
Happiness itself does not stay -- only moments of happiness do.
A kind speech and forgiveness is better than alms followed by injury.
Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.
Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.
You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.
After your jump, the net appears.
Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.
One had to cram all this stuff into one's mind for the examinations, whether one liked it or not. This coercion had such a deterring effect on me that, after I had passed the final examination, I found the consideration of any scientific problems distasteful to me for an entire year.
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time, and it annoys the pig
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
We carry the seeds of happiness with us wherever we go.
The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.
Seek the wisdom of the ages, but look at the world through the eyes of a child.
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.
If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep.
I demolish my bridges behind methen there is no choice but to move forward. Firdtjof Nansen I do not cast my eyes away from my troubles. I pack them in as little compass as I can for myself, and never let them annoy others.
Inspiration and genius -- one and the same.
I think therefore I am