Inspirational Quotes
The storm also beats on the house that is built on the rock.
Speak what you think today in words as hard as cannon-balls and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said today.
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time, and it annoys the pig
Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.
Growth and change are never easy... If it were easy, you would have done it long ago.
Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade ?
Be courageous ! Whatever setbacks America has encountered, it has always emerged as a stronger and more prosperous nation. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith and go forward !
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.
The history of the world is but the biography of great men.
Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds.
You must consider the bottom line, but make it integrity before profits.
Almost any idea is good if a man has ability and is willing to work hard. The best idea is worthless if the creator is a loafer and ineffective.
The life which is unexamined is not worth living
We always strive after what is forbidden, and desire the things refused us.
In every difficult situation is potential value. Believe this, then begin looking for it.
No great man ever complains of want of opportunities.
There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. That little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.
I want to talk with people who care about things that matter that will make a life- changing difference
The secret of success is to do common things uncommonly well.
If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.
To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.
Beliefs have the power to create and the power to destroy. Human beings have the awesome ability to take any experience of their lives and create a meaning that disempowers them or one that can literally save their lives.
You really can change the world if you care enough.
Make the second effort your second nature.
Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.
The "how" thinker gets problems solved effectively because he wastes no time with futile "ifs" but goes right to work on the creative "how''.
The mind is a lousy master but a wonderful servant.
He didn't get all of those injuries from a fall.
There are times when a man should be content with what he has but never with what he is.
If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.
Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof.
Do or do not, there is no try.
You are what you think you are.
Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
But we can not avoid conflict, conflict with society, other individuals and with oneself. Conflicts may be the sources of defeat, lost life and a limitation of our potentiality but they may also lead to greater depth of living and the birth of more far-reaching unities, which flourish in the tensions that engender them.
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.
If we all tired to make other peoples paths easy, our own feet would have a smooth even place to walk on.
My main purpose in life is to make money so I can afford to go on creating more inventions.
It is possible to fail in many ways while to succeed is possible only in one way.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.
It not knowing what to do, it's doing what you know.
Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt and dance like no one is watching
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
We are the only beings on the planet who lead such rich internal lives that it's not the events that matter most to us, but rather, it's how we interpret those events that will determine how we think about ourselves and how we will act in the future.
None are homely who smile.
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.
I do not think there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
Before I learned the art, a punch was just a punch, and a kick, just a kick. After I learned the art, a punch was no longer a punch, a kick, no longer a kick. Now that I understand the art, a punch is just a punch and a kick is just a kick.
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.
A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline.
Success is counted sweetest by those who ne'er succeed.
Anything in life worth having is worth working for.
In everything the ends well defined are the secret of durable success.
The atmosphere of expectancy is the breeding ground for miracles.
Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality in your own mind.
We aren't in an information age, we are in an entertainment age.
Fundamental progress has to do with the reinterpretation of basic ideas.
The truth is that we can learn to condition our minds, bodies, and emotions to link pain or pleasure to whatever we choose. By changing what we link pain and pleasure to, we will instantly change our behaviors.
Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.
Friends are made by many acts and lost by only one.
Peace can not be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the world's work, and the power to appreciate life.
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.
Never react emotionally to criticism. Analyze yourself to determine whether it is justified. If it is, correct yourself. Otherwise, go on about your business.
I am resolved that I will not through my humility become the devil's attorney. I will endeavor to speak a good word for the truth.
Formal education will make you a living, self education will make you a fortune.
Admission of ignorance is often the first step in our education.
Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold , the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul.
The road to success is lined with many tempting parking spaces.
To succeed you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I... I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
To go fast, row slowly.
You know when you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend.
They will rise highest who strive for the highest place.
Cease trying to work everything out with your minds. It will get you nowhere. Live by intuition and inspiration and let your whole life be a revelation.
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.
To be successful, you must decide exactly what you want to accomplish, then resolve to pay the price to get it.
When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished by how much the old man had learned in 7 years.
It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
Never fear the want of business. A man who qualifies himself well for his calling, never fails of employment.
Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.
Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.
Love - the feeling - is a fruit of love, the verb.
First get rid of the delusion "I am the body", and then only can we want real knowledge.
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.