Inspirational Quotes
The United States, and other advanced nations, will someday be able to produce instruments of death so terrible the world will be in abject terror of itself and its ability to end civilization... . Such war-making weapons should be developed - but only for purposes of discovery and experimentation
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.
Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves ; and under a just God, cannot long retain it.
Our minds are as different as our faces we are all traveling to one destination, happiness, but few are going by the same road.
Life is a great story. It's just that sometimes we forget we are the author and can write it however we want.
There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because his conscience tells him it is right.
Success doesn't come to you, you go to it.
The real and lasting victories are those of peace and not of war.
Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance.
Love is a bird, she needs to fly.
Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.
Success comes from taking the initiative and following up... persisting... eloquently expressing the depth of your love. What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life ?
Everyone who achieves success in a great venture, solves each problem as they came to it. They helped themselves. And they were helped through powers known and unknown to them at the time they set out on their voyage. They keep going regardless of the obstacles they met.
Accumulate learning by study, understand what you learn by questioning.
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.
There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying things which are beyond the power of our will.
You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time.
If I can line up the people who, back through the ages, have gone at life in ways I greatly admire, then I can feel their strength supporting me, all their standards and values pointing the way in which I am to go.
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.
When one door closes another opens. But often we look so long so regretfully upon the closed door that we fail to see the one that has opened for us.
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.
Every achiever I have ever met says, My life turned around when I began to believe in me.
Where there's life, there's hope.
You owe it to yourself to find your own unorthodox way of succeeding, or sometimes, just surviving.
A man never likes you so well as when he leaves your company liking himself.
Until a person can say deeply and honestly, "I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday'', that person can not say, "I choose otherwise''.
Each time someone stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.
Your decision to be, have and do something out of ordinary entails facing difficulties that are out of the ordinary as well. Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else.
Be strong ! You talk of ghosts and devils. We are the living devils. The sign of life is strength and growth. The sign of death is weakness. Whatever is weak, avoid ! It is death. If it is strength, go down into hell and get hold of it ! There is salvation only for the brave. "None but the brave deserves the fair". None but the bravest deserves salvation.
Never stop learning. If you learn one new thing everyday, you will overcome 99% of your competition
A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.
Use what talent you possess, the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.
People who are afraid to fail can never experience the joys of success.
Life is but a moment, death also is but another.
Two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the the universe.
Hunker down.
Seize the day.
When I hear somebody sigh, life is hard, I am always tempted to ask, compared to what ?
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.
Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy : true fulfillment.
The time is always right to do what is right.
You will never find time for anything. You must make it.
The beginning is the half of every action.
My friends are my estate.
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.
As a man thinketh in his heart so is he.
Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying.
If you would live your life with ease, do what you ought, not what you please.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
You can never be happy at the expense of the happiness of others.
Courage faces fear and thereby masters it.
When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened. Winston Churchill When I want to read a novel, I write one.
Advice is seldom welcome , and those who want it the most always like it the least.
Adversity is the diamond dust that heaven polishes its jewels with.
To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
But inaction itself is a kind of action, and it has consequences. Consistently and absolutely maintained, inaction would necessarily lead to swift ruin , it would be a form of suicide. A refusal to enter into the world is a refusal to meet the challenge of reality which darkly demands that I dare and find out what will happen. In my situation I bear responsibility for what occurs because I do not intervene , if I can do something and I don't do it, I am guilty of the consequences of my inaction.
Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.
No matter how small, acknowledge the achievement.
This is the best kind of voyeurism, hearing joy from your neighbors.
The real test in golf and in life is not in keeping out of the rough, but in getting out after you are in.
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.
It's not about the money. It's about what you feel you deserve.
In matters of style, swim with the current, in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.
The heights by great men reached and kept were not obtained by sudden flight. But they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.
There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.
One can spend a lifetime assigning blame, find the cause 'out there' for all the troubles that exist. Contrast this with the 'responsible attitude' of confronting the situation, bad or good, and instead of asking, 'What caused the trouble ? Who was to blame ?' asking 'How can I handle this present situation to make the most of it ? What can I salvage here ?'
You do not lead by hitting people over the head -- that's assault, not leadership.
To succeed... you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
We are like tea bags - we don't know our own strength until we're in hot water.
Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.
There are two kinds of failures. The man who will do nothing he is told, and the man who will do nothing else.
I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others. I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent.
There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.
I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's were the fun is.
You're happiest while you're making the greatest contribution.
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.
The best way out is always through.
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For with god all things are possible.
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.
If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.
Hatred stirreth up strifes, but love covereth all sins.
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.
Action may not always bring happiness , but there is no happiness without action.
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is often a step forward.
Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.
Reach for the stars.
It's a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you often get it.
Now is the time. Needs are great, but your possibilities are greater.
When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.