Inspirational Quotes
The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel, its poverty by how little.
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.
A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.
He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes. He who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.
Keep in mind that you are always saying "no" to something. If it isn't to the apparent, urgent things in your life, it is probably to the most fundamental, highly important things. Even when the urgent is good, the good can keep you from your best, keep you from your unique contribution, if you let it.
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal ; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
If this is a blessing, it is certainly very well disguised.
Sacrifice is giving up something good for something better.
Unselfish and noble actions are the most radiant pages in the biography of souls.
Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded or how much you have.
There is no chance, no fate, no destiny that can circumvent, or hinder, or control a firm resolve of a determined soul.
Attitude is everything.
O Captain ! My Captain ! our fearful trip is done.
There are no perfect human beings ! My personal judgments are that no perfect human being is possible or even conceivable, but that human beings are far more improvable than most people believe.
I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel myself infinitely the happier for it.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.
If not us, who, if not now, when ?
Into the hands of every individual is given a marvelous power for good or evil -- the silent, unconscious, unseen influence of his life. This is simply the constant radiation of what man really is, not what he pretends to be.
Teamwork is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the heights of your capabilities or make the money that you want without becoming very good at it.
An avoidance of true communication is tantamount to a relinquishment of my self- being , if I withdraw from it I am betraying not only the other but myself.
Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.
It may be all right to be content with what you have, never with what you are.
Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.
You see things and you say, why ? But I dream things that never were and say, why not ?
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you do not try.
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.
Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.
Don't be hard on yourself. Embrace your journey with kindness and patience, recognizing that every step, even the small ones, is a part of your growth.
The truth is more important than the facts.
Success is predictable.
The only job where you start at the top, is digging a hole.
There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.
Fear nothing, for every renewed effort raises all former failures into lessons, all sins into experience.
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.
While we may not be able to control all that happens to us, we can control what happens inside us.
Synergy is everywhere in nature. If you plant two plants close together, the roots commingle and improve the quality of soil so that both plants will grow better than if they were separated. If you put two pieces of wood together, they will hold much more weight than the total of the weight held by each separately. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. One plus one equals three or more.
To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.
If you don't quit, and don't cheat, and don't run home when trouble arrives, you can only win.
Change comes from within.
Like snowflakes, my Christmas memories gather and dance each beautiful, unique and too soon gone.
Many of us spend half of our time wishing for things we could have, if we didn't spend half of our time wishing.
He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything.
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
Obstacles are what appear when you take your eyes off your dreams.
I never did anything worth doing entirely by accident... . Almost none of my inventions came about totally by accident. They were achieved by having trained myself to endure and tolerate hard work.
Everyone's life is an object lesson to others.
Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed, but not defeated.
Ideas become powerful only if they appear in the flesh , an idea which does not lead to action by the individual and by groups remains at best a paragraph or a footnote in a book -- provided the idea is original and relevant. It is like a seed stored in a dry place. If the idea is to have influence, it must be put into the soil, and the soil is people and groups of people.
Religion is being and becoming. Religion is the manifestation of the divinity already in man.
One only gets to the top rung on the ladder by steadily climbing up one at a time, and suddenly, all sorts of powers, all sorts of abilities which you thought never belonged to you -- suddenly become within your own possibility and you think, "Well, I'll have a go, too''.
Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you.
Advice is seldom welcome , and those who want it the most always like it the least.
Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them go, the sooner the better.
Find the good -- and praise it.
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not, nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not, unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not, the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
I do not resent criticism, even when, for the sake of emphasis, it parts for the time with reality.
Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration.
The ability to concentrate and to use your time well is everything if you want to succeed in business or in anything else, for that matter.
It is better to bind your children to you by a feeling of respect and by gentleness, than by fear.
We imagine that our mind in a mirror, that it is more or less accurately reflecting what is happening outside us. On the contrary, our mind itself is the principal element of creation. The world, while I am perceiving it, is being incessantly created for myself in time and space.
All of the subjects that I've chosen have had to do with isolation. ... The whole idea of [people] gathering ... doesn't really appeal to me.
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.
Discontent is the source of all trouble, but also of all progress, in individuals and nations.
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
Luck is when opportunity knocks, and you answer.
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.
The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses.
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
Intelligence without ambition is like a bird without wings.
Leadership is power to endure an ongoing quest for information or influence not just actual triumphs like making profits or achieving stated objectives.
Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.
What is a friend ? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
Experience is the best teacher.
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, and live on 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. tremendous stream is flowing toward the ocean, carrying us all along with it , and though like straws and scraps of paper we may at times float aimlessly about, in the long run we are sure to join the ocean of life and bliss.
Only the educated are free.
One cannot think crooked and walk straight.
Between stimulus and response is our greatest power -- the freedom to choose.
Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it.
Let he him who would be moved to convince others, be first moved to convince himself.
Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.
Live your life and forget your age.
In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, though they should fail immediately, they had better aim at something high.
Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.
It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.
Encouragement is oxygen to the soul.
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.
Knowledge is proud that she knows so much , wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
Never stop learning. If you learn one new thing everyday, you will overcome 99% of your competition
When love and skill work together expect a masterpiece.