Inspirational Quotes
They are able because they think they are able.
As a cure for worrying, work is far better than whiskey. I always found that, if I began to worry, the best thing I could do was focus upon doing something useful and then work very hard at it. Soon, I would forget what was troubling me.
All that is real in me is god. All that is real in god is I. The gulf between god and me is thus bridged. Thus by knowing god, we find that the kingdom of heaven is within us.
Take a watch to pieces and examine, however carefully, its separate parts in turn, and you will never come across the principles by which the watch keeps time.
If money helps a man to do good to others, it is of some value , but if not, it is simply a mass of evil, and the sooner it is got rid of, the better.
With malice toward none, with charity for all.
As a principle-centered person you try to stand apart from the emotion of the situation and from other factors that would act on you, and evaluate the options. Looking at the balanced whole -- the work needs, the family needs, the other needs that may be involved, and the possible implications of the various alternatives -- you'll try to come up with the best solution taking all factors into consideration.
I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day , I'd rather have one walk beside me than merely point the way.
Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, then we did it. If anything goes really good, then you did it.
Don't water your weeds.
Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air
To solve a problem or to reach a goal, you don't need to know all the answers in advance. But you must have a clear idea of the problem or the goal you want to reach.
You must think of failure and defeat as the spring boards to new achievements, and to the next level of accomplishment.
The real leader has no need to lead, he is content to point the way.
It is not length of life, but depth of life.
History does nothing , it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this.
When you can't solve the problem, manage it.
One who seeks no friends is his own enemy.
If there is something to gain and nothing to lose by asking, by all means ask.
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.
When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems you cannot hold on a minute longer, never give up then for that is just the place and time the tide will turn.
Adversity is the diamond dust that heaven polishes its jewels with.
The battle is all over except the "shouting" when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be.
Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.
The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take
After all is said and done, there is usually more said than done.
Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time
Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.
The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses.
I never worry about action, but only about inaction.
Strike while the iron is hot.
Without the human community one single human being cannot survive.
When one door closes another opens, but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.
Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
We do our best that we know how at the moment, and if it doesn't turn out, we modify it.
Sow a thought, and you reap an act , Sow an act, and you reap a habit , Sow a habit, and you reap a character , Sow a character, and you reap a destiny.
Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.
He didn't get all of those injuries from a fall.
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.
Each person's life is a story that is telling itself in the living.
I maintained my edge by always being a student, you will always have something new to learn.
A ship is safe in harbor, but thats not what ships are for.
Without courage, all others virtues lose their meaning.
Obstacles are those frightful things you can see when you take your eyes off your goal.
All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.
What we can or can not do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. It is more likely a function of our beliefs about who we are.
God does not care about our mathematical difficulties. He integrates empirically.
Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.
Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.
What we do not see, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistible power which comes to the rescue of those who fight on in the face of discouragement.
An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast, a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.
The way we see the problem is the problem.
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
In order to accept change and the suffering it brings, we need to find meaning in it
You can do anything you put your mind to.
Live with passion !
Never fear the want of business. A man who qualifies himself well for his calling, never fails of employment.
The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability and determination to overcome bad luck.
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.
Success is having a flair for the thing that you are doing , knowing that is it not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose.
Everyone who achieves success in a great venture, solves each problem as they came to it. They helped themselves. And they were helped through powers known and unknown to them at the time they set out on their voyage. They keep going regardless of the obstacles they met.
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us most. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us, it's in all of us. And when we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
If you aren't going all the way, why go at all ?
Men do less than they ought, unless they do all they can.
Tell me your friends, and I'll tell you who you are.
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.
Keys to success : Research your ideas, plan for success, expect success, and just do it.
How often we fail to realize our good fortune in living in a country where happiness is more than a lack of tragedy.
To succeed, you need to take that gut feeling in what you believe and act on it with all of your heart.
if one is unable to assert oneself, one is unable to participate in a genuine relationship.
A life lived in fear is half lived.
Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm. As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands. One for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.
Times of great calamity and confusion have ever been productive of the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace, and the brightest thunderbolt is elicited from the darkest storm.
Most people who succeed in the face of seemingly impossible conditions are people who simply don't know how to quit.
Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him.
The ready back gets all the loads.
The word courage comes from the same stem as the French word coeur, meaning ''heart''. Thus just as one's heart, by pumping blood to one's arms, legs, and brain enables all the other physical organs to function, so courage makes possible all the psychological virtues. Without courage other values whither away into mere facsimiles of virtue.
There are no perfect human beings ! My personal judgments are that no perfect human being is possible or even conceivable, but that human beings are far more improvable than most people believe.
If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.
If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.
We feel good about ourselves to the exact degree we feel in control of our lives.
If money is your hope for independence, you will never have it. The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.
Friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life.
Be the change you want to see in the world.
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.
In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, though they should fail immediately, they had better aim at something high.
Everything is okay in the end. If it's not okay, then it's not the end.
Censure is often useful, praise often deceitful.
High expectations are the key to everything.