Inspirational Quotes
Obstacles are great incentives.
No man is free who is not master of himself.
Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him, and then choose that way with all his strength.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
Unless a man undertakes more than he possibly can do, he will never do all that he can.
Immaturity can last a lifetime.
Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they shall never cease to be amused.
Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.
World is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.
There is always room for those who can be relied upon to delivery the goods when they say they will.
The grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence. Fences have nothing to do with it. The grass is greenest where it is watered. When crossing over fences, carry water with you and tend the grass wherever you may be.
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
It is love that makes the impossible possible.
The only time I really become discouraged is when I think of all the things I would like to do and the little time I have in which to do them.
There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
Great minds have purpose, while others just have wishes.
It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.
Stopping at third base adds no more runs than striking out.
Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.
Even though I am nearly deaf, I seem to be gifted with a kind of inner hearing which enables me to detect sounds and noises which the ordinary listener does not hear. quotes
Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game. quotes
It is never too late to be what you might have been.
That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.
The whole universe is only the self with variations, one tune made bearable by variations. Sometimes there are discords, but they only make the subsequent harmony more perfect. In this hell of a world one can bring a little joy and peace even for a day into the heart of a single person, that much alone is true, this I have learnt after suffering all my life, all else is mere moonshine.
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open.
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.
Until man duplicates a blade of grass, nature can laugh at his so-called scientific knowledge.
Go to the people. Learn from them. Live with them. Start with what they know. Build with what they have. The best of leaders when the job is done, when the task is accomplished, the people will say we have done it ourselves.
If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today.
The ready back gets all the loads.
Where there is no wealth there is no poverty.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success.
Whatever you are be a good one.
There was no hope on earth, and god seemed to have forgotten us. Some said they saw the son of god, others did not see him. If he had come, he would do some great things as he had done before. We doubted it because we had seen neither him nor his works.
Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep.
Only by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the moment you can grow more surely toward the stars.
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.
Everyone's life is an object lesson to others.
You owe it to yourself to find your own unorthodox way of succeeding, or sometimes, just surviving.
Live out of your imagination, not your history.
Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker.
We aren't in an information age, we are in an entertainment age.
People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
Those convinced against their will are of the same opinion still.
Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid.
Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
Our life is what our thoughts make it.
It's your attitude not your aptitude that determines your altitude.
The heart is wiser than the intellect.
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.
The first and greatest commandment is, Don't let them scare you.
I thought that training for the Olympics would be hardest thing I would ever have to do," former Olympic gymnast Jordyn Wieber said in court. "But the hardest thing I've ever had to do is process that I am a victim of Larry Nassar. But even though I'm a victim, I do not and will not live my life as one.
You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose site of the shore.
All successful people men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.
We must have friendship for all, we must be merciful toward those that are in misery, when people are happy, we ought to be happy, and to the wicked we must be indifferent. These attitudes will make the mind peaceful.
Success doesn't come to you, you go to it.
The past does not equal the future.
Happiness consists of a solid faith, good health, and a bad memory.
It's always darkest before the dawn.
First, believe in the world - that there is meaning behind everything.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
In matters of style, swim with the current, in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
If one advances confidently in the direction of their goals and endeavors to live the life that they have imagined, they'll meet with success unexpected in common hours.
Action, to be effective, must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
Peace can not be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
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.
Only in his own way and not in any other can the one who strives perfect himself. He who lays hold of the rung of his companion and lets go of his own rung, through him neither the one nor the other will be realized.
The person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.
An error gracefully acknowledged is a victory won.
It takes a strong fish to swim against the current. Even a dead one can float with it.
In addition to self-awareness, imagination, and conscience, it is the fourth human endowment -- independent will -- that really makes effective self-management possible. It is the ability to make decisions and choices and to act in accordance with them. It is the ability to act rather than to be acted upon, to proactively carry out the program we have developed through the other three endowments. Empowerment comes from learning how to use this great endowment in the decisions we make every day.
Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, really believe, your mind will find the ways to do it. Believing a solution paves the way to solution.
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
I deal with the obvious. I present, reiterate and glorify the obvious -- because the obvious is what people need to be told.
Words do two major things : They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness.
If anything is worth trying at all, it's worth trying at least ten times.
Hard work often leads to success. No work seldom does.
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead. His eyes are closed.
Better to light a candle than curse the darkness.
We must all suffer one of two things : the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.
Happiness itself does not stay -- only moments of happiness do.
There's always free cheese in the mouse traps, but the mice there ain't happy.
I am not overly impressed by the great names and reputations of those who might be trying to beat me to an invention... . Its their 'ideas' that appeal to me.
Whatever happens, take responsibility !
The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.