Inspirational Quotes
A man never likes you so well as when he leaves your company liking himself.
Remember when you see a man at the top of a mountain, he didn't fall there.
The idea for Googles search engine came to Page in a dream about downloading the entire web and keeping the links, he told Michigan graduates. When no one else is crazy enough to do it, you have little competition, he said.
The fire that warms us can also consume us, it is not the fault of the fire.
You see, when we have the opportunity of working out, you'll see that your way of thinking is definitely not the same as mine. Art, after all, is a means of acquiring personal liberty. Your way is not my way nor mine yours.
If there is something to gain and nothing to lose by asking, by all means ask !
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.
Get excited and enthusiastic about you own dream. This excitement is like a forest fire -- you can smell it, taste it, and see it from a mile away.
The only truly happy man is always a fighting optimist. Optimism includes not only altruism but also social responsibility, social courage and objectivity.
Two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the the universe.
The ready back gets all the loads.
Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.
Man is a creature of hope and invention, both of which belie the idea that things can not be changed.
Life does not happen to us, it happens from us.
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.
The mind is a lousy master but a wonderful servant.
Be patient with your enemies and forgiving of your friends.
In life you need either inspiration or desperation.
It is interesting to notice how some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage, and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.
Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.
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.
No fate is worse than a life without a love.
Use your gifts faithfully, and they shall be enlarged , practice what you know, and you shall attain to higher knowledge.
Winning isn't everything , it's the only thing.
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.
Be who you are in every situation.
The history of the world is but the biography of great men.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.
You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time.
The sun will come up tomorrow
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes.
If you want to get the best out of a man, you must look for the best that is in him.
Where there is life, there is hope. Where there are hopes, there are dreams. Where there are vivid dreams repeated, they become goals. Goals become the action plans and game plans that winners dwell on in intricate detail, knowing that achievement is almost automatic when the goal becomes an inner commitment. The response to the challenges of life -- purpose -- is the healing balm that enables each of us to face up to adversity and strife.
If you don't first handle fear and desire, and you get rich, you'll be a high pay slave.
Anything that we have to learn we learn by the actual doing of it we become just by performing just acts, temperate by performing temperate ones, brave by performing brave ones.
I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among my people the greatest asset I possess, and the way to develop the best in a person is by appreciation and encouragement. I believe in giving people incentive to work. So I am anxious to praise but loath to find fault. I am hearty in my approbation and lavish in my praise.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
Condemn none. If you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way.
To love what you do and feel that it matters, how on earth could anything be more fun !
Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender , it's holy ground. There's no greater investment.
A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds, it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change.
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but reveal to them their own.
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.
The best effect of fine persons is felt after we have left their presence.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
A gentleman can withstand hardships , it is only the small man who, when submitted to them, is swept off his feet.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
Success is predictable.
Live Well... Laugh Often... Love Much.
One joy scatters a hundred griefs.
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?
Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs.
The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.
Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
The broadest, and maybe the most meaningful definition of volunteering - Doing more than you have to because you want to, in a cause you consider good.
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
You could unwrap a Fudgesicle at the first light and never touch the brake lever till you threw away the stick.
He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time he looks at the object beloved, drawing from it with his eyes and his mind those virtues which it possesses.
You must motivate yourself every day.
It's easier to prepare and prevent, than to repair and repent.
Be all you can be.
Know thyself was the inscription over the Oracle at Delphi. And it is still the most difficult task any of us faces. But until you truly know yourself, strengths and weaknesses, know what you want to do and why you want to do it, you can not succeed in any but the most superficial sense of the word. The leader never lies to himself, especially about himself, knows his flaws as well as his assets, and deals with them directly. You are your own raw material. When you know what you consist of and why you want to make of it, then you can invent yourself.
The unique ability to take decisive action while maintaining focus on the ultimate mission is what defines a true leader.
I never had a policy, I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.
The glow of inspiration warms us, it is a holy rapture.
Begin with the end in mind.
Seek first to understand, then be understood
Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for his competitors, for it is that which all are practicing every day while they live.
I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than attempting to satisfy them.
Until we take how we see ourselves (and how we see others) into account, we will be unable to understand how others see and feel about themselves and their world. Unaware, we will project our intentions on their behavior and call ourselves objective.
Every life form seems to strive to its maximum except human beings. How tall will a tree grow ? As tall as it possibly can. Human beings, on the other hand, have been given the dignity of choice. You can choose to be all or you can choose to be less. Why not stretch up to the full measure of the challenge and see what all you can do ?
From Freud we learned that the past exists now in the person. Now we must learn, from growth theory and self-actualization theory that the future also now exists in the person in the form of ideals, hopes, duties, tasks, plans, goals, unrealized potentials, mission, fate, destiny, etc. One for whom no future exists is reduced to the concrete, to hopelessness, to emptiness.
Attitude determines altitude.
Are great things ever done smoothly ? Time, patience, and indomitable will must show.
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.
Any man who selects a goal in life which can be fully achieved has already defined his own limitations.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.
He didn't get all of those injuries from a fall.
A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.
Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress, working together is success.
Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid.
Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.
Someday, man will harness the rise and fall of the tides, imprison the power of the sun, and release atomic power.
The positive thinker is a hard-headed, tough-minded, and factual realist. He sees all the difficulties clearly... which is more than can be said for the average negative thinker. But he sees more than difficulties -- he tries to see the solutions of those difficulties.