Inspirational Quotes
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you'll help them to become what they are capable of becoming.
Every ceiling, when reached, becomes a floor, upon which one walks as a matter of course and prescriptive right.
Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.
You will never find time for anything. You must make it.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
"Every achiever I have ever met says, 'My life turned around when I began to believe in me.'"
I didn't have time to hire half my coaching staff. I didn't know any of the players by sight, but somehow we got through spring ball with the help of a couple of graduate assistants.
One mistake will never kill you. The same mistake over and over again will.
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.
Love conquers all.
People will exercise great effort and creativity to make our plan work, and sometimes expend just as much effort and creativity to make your plan fail.
The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human body, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.
It is quite possible to work without results, but never will there be results without work.
A small house will hold a hundred friends.
Wherever we look upon this earth, the opportunities take shape within the problems.
Great minds have purpose, while others just have wishes.
All condemnation of others really condemns ourselves. Adjust the microcosm which is in your power to do and the macrocosm will adjust itself for you.
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
The ready back gets all the loads.
The show must go on.
There is nothing to fear, but fear itself.
You can't expect people to look eye to eye with you if you are looking down on them.
Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
Men do less than they ought, unless they do all they can.
There is no such thing as failure. There are only results.
No limits are set to the ascent of man, and to each and everyone the highest stands open. Here it is only your personal choice that decides.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
The most elusive and desired quality of leadership is vision. Vision is the perfume of the mind.
Failure doesn't mean you are a failure, it just means you haven't succeeded yet.
War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow men.
The mind has exactly the same power as the hands, not merely to grasp the world, but to change it
The significance of a man is not in what he attains but in what he longs to attain.
Count it all joy, my brethren, when you meet various trials, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
There are two things to aim at in life , first to get what you want, and after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind has achieved the second.
To become a leader, then, you must become yourself, become the maker of your own life.
If you think you can, or you think you can't, you're probably right.
I feel like a tiny bird with a big song !
Honesty characterizes the person and enables him to create an identity, to communicate a real presence, and to establish authentic bonds with others. The individual increasingly comes to know who he is through the stand he takes when he expresses his ideas, values, beliefs, and convictions, and through the declaration and ownership of his feelings.
People with goals succeed because they know where they're going.
No involvement, no commitment.
Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.
You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.
Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
Procrastination is opportunities natural assassin.
Difficulties strengthen the mind, as well as labor does the body.
Even when change is elective, it will disorient you. You may go through anxiety. You will miss aspects of your former life. It doesn't matter. The trick is to know in advance of making any big change that you're going to be thrown off your feet by it. So you prepare for this inevitable disorientation and steady yourself to get through it. Then you take the challenge, make the change, and achieve your dream.
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
Love like you've never been hurt, dance like no one is watching, live as though heaven is on earth.
Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.
Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate. So practice happy thinking every day. Cultivate the merry heart, develop the happiness habit, and life will become a continual feast.
The most important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silent chambers of the soul.
Service is the rent we pay to be living. It is the very purpose of life and not something you do in your spare time.
Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality in your own mind.
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.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
You can often measure a person by the size of his dream.
It's the investor who is risky, not the investment.
With malice toward none, with charity for all.
Most people don't get much praise in daily life, but we all need it very much. I think receiving praise makes us brave. Down deep we really know our worth, but we don't have easy access to that knowledge. We need to hear praise coming from outside ourselves or we won't remember that we deserve it.
Make no mistake, my friend, it takes more than money to make men rich.
You'll find boredom where there is an absence of a good idea.
No legacy is so rich as honesty.
You're happiest while you're making the greatest contribution.
Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds.
A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.
God doesn't make junk.
It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow.
Better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
Never say die.
No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like.
Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.
Be who you are in every situation.
Live with passion !
One way to become enthusiastic is to look for the plus sign. To make progress in any difficult situation, you have to start with what's right about it and build on that.
To succeed, you need to take that gut feeling in what you believe and act on it with all of your heart.
When love and skill work together expect a masterpiece.
The price of greatness is responsibility.
The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible.
It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt and dance like no one is watching
No great man ever complains of want of opportunities.
Enjoy each step, for in every moment there is something to learn.
If you would create something, you must be something.
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.
I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.
An error gracefully acknowledged is a victory won.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
A 'No' uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble.