Inspirational Quotes
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
When you face your fear, most of the time you will discover that it was not really such a big threat after all. We all need some form of deeply rooted, powerful motivation - it empowers us to overcome obstacles so we can live our dreams.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
Commit yourself to a dream nobody who tries to do something great but fails is a total failure. Why ? Because he can always rest assured that he succeeded in life's most important battle -- he defeated the fear of trying.
I have failed over and over again. That is why I succeed.
One lie ruins a thousand truths.
Goals are not only absolutely necessary to motivate us. They are essential to really keep us alive.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
Action is the antidote to despair.
When love and skill work together expect a masterpiece.
If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving ; they make mistakes, but they do not quit.
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
I feel I have this great creative and spiritual force within me that is greater than faith, greater than ambition, greater than confidence, greater than determination, greater than vision. It is all these combined. Whether it is a godhead or not, I feel this great force, this untapped power, this dynamic something within me. This feeling defies description, and there is no experience with which this feeling may be compared. It is something like a strong emotion mixed with faith, but a lot stronger.
Count your blessings.
Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man , but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.
In order to form an immaculate member of a flock of sheep one must, above all, be a sheep.
When you do the wrong thing, knowing it is wrong, you do so because you have n't developed the habit of effectively controlling or neutralizing strong inner urges that tempt you, or because you have established the wrong habit and don't know how to eliminate them effectively.
Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch-what make you go beyond the norm.
Courage is a moral quality , it is not a chance gift of nature like an aptitude for games. It is a cold choice between two alternatives, the fixed resolve not to quit , an act of renunciation which must be made not once but many times by the power of the will. Courage is will power.
Your daily life is your temple and your religion. When you enter into it take with you your all.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.
If anything is worth trying at all, it's worth trying at least ten times.
Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.
If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
Anything is possible.
When you become detached mentally from yourself and concentrate on helping other people with their difficulties, you will be able to cope with your own more effectively. Somehow, the act of self-giving is a personal power-releasing factor.
Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they shall never cease to be amused.
Your talent is god's gift to you.
If you're proactive, you don't have to wait for circumstances or other people to create perspective expanding experiences. You can consciously create your own.
To do great things is difficult, but to command great things is more difficult.
Whenever your present situation, I assure you that you are not your habits. You can replace old patterns of self-defeating behavior with new patterns, new habits of the effectiveness, happiness, and trust-based relationships.
Always look at what you have left. Never look at what you have lost.
God is subtle but he is not malicious.
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
It's never too late to be what you might have been.
There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts : what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.
Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
Hope is like a bird that senses the dawn and carefully starts to sing while it is still dark.
There is no point at which you can say 'Well, I'm successful now. I might as well take a nap.'
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''.
We are like tea bags - we don't know our own strength until we're in hot water.
When your self-worth goes up, your net worth goes up with it.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear. Ambrose Redmoon Courage is the first of the human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all the others.
The willow knows what the storm does not that the power to endure harm outlives the power to inflict it.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot , but make it hot by striking.
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 can observe a lot just by watching.
Silence is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
We must be the change we wish to see.
Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one.
Carpe diem.
First law on holes - when you're in one, stop digging.
Surprises and reverses can serve as an incentive for great accomplishment. There are no rules here, we're just trying to accomplish something.
This is as true in everyday life as it is in battle we are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live.
Happiness is a state of activity.
Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it.
No matter how small, acknowledge the achievement.
We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.
Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace.
A chain is as strong as its weakest link.
The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.
The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.
I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day , I'd rather have one walk beside me than merely point the way.
The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.
There is no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit.
It's a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best. You very often get it.
I do not resent criticism, even when, for the sake of emphasis, it parts for the time with reality.
Seldom does an individual exceed his own expectations.
To me, at least the way that I teach it, all types of knowledge ultimately means self-knowledge. So, therefore they're coming in and asking me to teach them not so much how to defend themselves or how to do somebody in. Rather, they want to learn to express themselves through some movement, be it anger, be it determination or whatever. So, in other words, they're paying me to show them, in combative form, the art of expressing the human body.
Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to ; all they need is one reason why they can.
Friendship doubles joy and halves grief.
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.
Our limitations and success will be based most often on our own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep.
Life is a great story. It's just that sometimes we forget we are the author and can write it however we want.
Pep without purpose is piffle.
The truth is more important than the facts.
Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.
Know that although in the eternal scheme of things you are small, you are also unique and irreplaceable, as are all your fellow humans everywhere in the world.
Practice loving people. It is true that this requires effort and continued practice, for some are not very lovable, or so it seems - with emphasis on "seems". Every person has lovable qualities when you really learn to know him.
A wise man makes his own decisions , an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
Friends are made by many acts and lost by only one.
It not knowing what to do, it's doing what you know.
Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.
A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.
Every sale has five basic obstacles : no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.
I never could have done without the habits of punctuality, order and diligence the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time.