Inspirational Quotes
There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.
Just because something does n't do what you planned it to do in the first place doesn't mean it's useless.
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.
We are so lazy, we do not want to do anything ourselves. We want a personal god, a savior or a prophet to do everything for us. Long as we believe ourselves to be even the least different from god, fear remains with us, but when we know ourselves to be the one, fear goes, of what can we be afraid ?
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Our real problem is not our strength today ; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure strength tomorrow.
Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead.
All the negative thoughts and ideas that are in the world have proceeded from this evil spirit of fear. Are people so afraid ? The answer is that they have made themselves helpless and dependent on others
I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than attempting to satisfy them.
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.
Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.
Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal
Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.
Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.
Some people enter our lives and leave almost instantly. Others stay, and forge such an impression on our heart and soul, we are changed forever.
Between stimulus and response is our greatest power -- the freedom to choose.
Never fear the want of business. A man who qualifies himself well for his calling, never fails of employment.
What can be said but not practiced is better not said. What can be practiced but not spoken of is better not done.
Our life is what it is as a result of how we think.
We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it, begin it now.
The main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance but to do what lies clearly at hand.
I have, for many years past, contemplated the noble races of red men who are now spread over these trackless forests and boundless prairies, melting away at the approach of civilization.
If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have the capacity at the beginning.
This is the first day, of the rest of your life.
Resentment or grudges do no harm to the person against whom you hold these feelings but every day and every night of your life, they are eating at you.
You will come to know that what appears today to be a sacrifice will prove instead to be the greatest investment that you will ever make.
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 ?
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.
Excellence is more fun than mediocrity.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
A wise man makes his own decisions , an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
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.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Where there is no wealth there is no poverty.
If a man does his best, what else is there ?
It is the patient building of character, the intense struggle to realize the truth, which alone will tell in the future of humanity.
It is absurd that a man should rule others, who can not rule himself.
Things do not change we change.
Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.
When you can't solve the problem, manage it.
When were the good and the brave ever in a majority ?
You don't just stumble into the future you create your own future.
Censure is often useful, praise often deceitful.
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.
I know people that got diagnosed with Parkinson's, and they just gave up. Sat in a wheelchair and refused to get up. I'll never give up. Some day this will probably take me, but I'm not going to walk away from life.
Science may have found a cure for most evils , but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all -- the apathy of human beings.
Believe, when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you to do in the world. So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain.
Everything is okay in the end. If it's not okay, then it's not the end.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It's a miracle, and the dance, is a celebration of that miracle.
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.
Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.
The only truly happy man is always a fighting optimist. Optimism includes not only altruism but also social responsibility, social courage and objectivity.
If you want things to be different, perhaps the answer is to become different yourself.
Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.
Out of need springs desire, and out of desire springs the energy and the will to win.
My experience has taught me that a man who has no vices has damned few virtues.
Success is a journey not a destination.
Ineffective people live day after day with unused potential. They experience synergy only in small, peripheral ways in their lives. But creative experiences can be produced regularly, consistently, almost daily in people's lives. It requires enormous personal security and openness and a spirit of adventure.
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
The death of fear is in doing what you fear to do.
A ship is safe in harbor, but thats not what ships are for.
Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.
To be a champion, you have to believe in yourself when nobody else will.
What is tolerance ? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error , let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature.
Having all the money in the world isn't much good if you can hardly get out of bed in the morning to enjoy it
We will find only what we look for, nothing more and nothing less.
In order to form an immaculate member of a flock of sheep one must, above all, be a sheep.
We are what our thoughts have made us, so take care about that you think.
May you live all the days of your life.
Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is.
Seeds of faith are always within us; sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their growth.
Love understands all languages.
He that would be a leader must be a bridge.
You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.
It is the marriage of the soul with Nature that makes the intellect fruitful, and gives birth to imagination.
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.
A man should have any number of little aims about which he should be conscious and for which he should have names, but he should have neither name for, nor consciousness concerning, the main aim of his life.
Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.
The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at a time.
There may be peace without joy, and joy without peace, but the two combined make happiness
It's easier to prepare and prevent, than to repair and repent.
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
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?
The more goals you set - the more goals you get.
There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
It is the very essence of good leadership to give away all credit for positive achievement, to identify only team goals and always to refer to them as such.