Inspirational Quotes
It is amazing how much people can get done if they do not worry about who gets the credit.
The road to success is lined with many tempting parking spaces.
There's no such thing as coulda, shoulda and woulda. If you shoulda and coulda, you woulda done it.
Never give in -- never, never, never, never.
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.
The time to make friends is before you need them.
The foundation my parents laid down with our faith continues to be my core.
Not many people are willing to give failure a second opportunity. They fail once and it is all over. The bitter pill of failure is often more than most people can handle. If you are willing to accept failure and learn from it, if you are willing to consider failure as a blessing in disguise and bounce back, you have got the essential of harnessing one of the most powerful success forces.
Be the best that you can be.
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.
A dream is simply reality waiting to happen.
It looks as if there were a single ultimate goal for mankind, a far goal toward which all persons strive. This is called variously by different authors self-actualization, self- realization, integration, psychological health, individuation, autonomy, creativity, productivity, but they all agree that this amounts to realizing the potentialities of the person, that is to say, becoming fully human, everything that person can be.
Men who have attained things worth having in this world have worked while others idled, have persevered while others gave up in despair, have practiced early in life the valuable habits of self-denial, industry, and singleness of purpose. As a result, they enjoy in later life the success so often erroneously attributed to good luck.
If you can't do it today, what makes you think you can do it tomorrow.
Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us.
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 best way to predict the future is to create it.
Only that day dawns to which we are awake.
You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this ? And radio operates exactly the same way : you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat.
The one thing that separates winners from losers is, winners take action!
Thou love life ? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff that life is made of.
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.
Success isn't magic or hocus-pocus, it's simply learning to focus.
Trust in yourself. Your perceptions are often far more accurate than you are willing to believe.
If you don't learn from your mistakes, there's no sense making them.
It is better to do the wrong thing than to do nothing.
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
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.
Every man has in himself a continent of undiscovered character. Happy is he who acts as the Columbus to his own soul.
If you don't quit, and don't cheat, and don't run home when trouble arrives, you can only win.
Its obvious that we don't know one millionth of one percent about anything.
No matter how small, acknowledge the achievement.
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.
Anonymity is your friend. Hmmm.. If someone adds an item to this list without knowing who "Larry" is... Is this still a list of Larryisms?
Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.
God is merciful to those whom he sees struggling heart and soul for realization. But remain idle, without any struggle, and you will see that his grace will never come.
A time comes when you need to stop waiting for the man you want to become and start being the man you want to be.
When you arrive at your future, will you blame your past ?
No, this trick won't work... How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love ?
Your current safe boundaries were once unknown frontiers.
The death of fear is in doing what you fear to do.
Live life with passion.
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.
You have the power to think what you want. No matter what the circumstance.
I am a great believer in luck and I find that the harder I work the more I have of it.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Success is not to be pursued ; it is to be attracted by the person you become.
Only a fool knows everything. A wise man knows how little he knows.
It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get back up.
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'll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind.
The only truly happy man is always a fighting optimist. Optimism includes not only altruism but also social responsibility, social courage and objectivity.
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.
Never spend your money before you have it.
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost , that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
Who is the happiest of men ? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though'twere his own.
Live out of your imagination, not your history.
You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough ! You must take action.
Things do not change we change.
Make no mistake, my friend, it takes more than money to make men rich.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.
Success is a journey not a destination.
If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
Ideas attract money, time, talents, skills, energy and other complementary ideas that will bring them into reality.
Great music and art are earthly wonders, but I think 'cubist' songs and paintings are hideous.
Try to be happy in this present moment, and put not off being so to a time to come, as though that time should be of another make from this which has already come and is ours.
I just love when people say I cant do something because all my life people said I wasn't going to make it.
Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.
Vivacity, leadership, must be had, and we are not allowed to be nice in choosing. We must fetch the pump with dirty water, if clean can not be had.
Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
It's always too soon to quit !
Draw from others the lesson that may profit yourself.
You always succeed in producing a result.
The first and greatest commandment is, Don't let them scare you.
Each human organism is conceived with a potential for becoming a complete human being -- as a seed contains the potential for becoming a complete plant. But his becoming may be completed in an infinite variety of ways.
Nature abhors a vacuum, and if I can only walk with sufficient carelessness I am sure to be filled.
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.
Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise.
It helps to write down half a dozen things which are worrying me. Two of them, say, disappear, about two nothing can be done, so it's no use worrying, and two perhaps can be settled.
Without continuous personal development, you are now all that you will ever become, and hell starts when the person you are meets the person you could have been.
In order to succeed you must fail so that you know what not to do the next time.
Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man , but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body, and be yet thankful.
A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.
Who is blind ? He who can see no other world. Who is dumb ? He who can say nothing pleasant about his lot. Who is poor ? He who is troubled with too many desires. Who is rich ? He who is happy with his lot.