Inspirational Quotes
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
Be patient with your enemies and forgiving of your friends.
Besides the short catnaps I take each day, I average about four to five hours of sleep per night.
He who has great power should use it lightly.
Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory.
The art of choosing men is not nearly so difficult as the art of enabling those one has chosen to attain their full worth.
No man is happy who does not think himself so.
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.
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity , an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body, and be yet thankful.
A life lived with integrity -- even if it lacks the trappings of fame and fortune is a shinning star in whose light others may follow in the years to come.
We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing.
Trust men and they will be true to you, treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time.
Learning acquired in youth is an inscription on stone.
Tolerance can lead to learning something.
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
The positive thinker is a hard-headed, tough-minded, and factual realist. He sees all the difficulties clearly... which is more than can be said for the average negative thinker. But he sees more than difficulties -- he tries to see the solutions of those difficulties.
Whatever it takes !
Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world.
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
Practice does not make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect.
We simply assume that the way we see things is the way they really are or the way they should be. And our attitudes and behaviors grow out of these assumptions.
If you realize how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought
I have seen too much of the vanity of human affairs, to expect felicity from the splendid scenes of public life.
There are few, if any, jobs in which ability alone is sufficient. Needed, also, are loyalty, sincerity, enthusiasm and team play.
For changes to be of any true value, they've got to be lasting and consistent.
You could unwrap a Fudgesicle at the first light and never touch the brake lever till you threw away the stick.
My father taught me to work ; he did not teach me to love it.
Nature abhors a vacuum, and if I can only walk with sufficient carelessness I am sure to be filled.
The wisest mind has something yet to learn.
Knowing is not enough we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
Every time we open our mouths, men look into our minds.
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.
Impossible situations can become possible miracles.
Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.
I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.
I used to think anyone doing anything weird was weird. Now I know that it is the people that call others weird that are weird.
He who hesitates is lost.
When I look around, I always learn something and that is to be always yourself. And to express yourself. To have faith in yourself. Do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it. Start from the very root of being, which is how can I be me?
You can not shake hands with a clenched fist.
You haven't failed until you quit trying.
If we are going to teach 'creation science' as an alternative to evolution, then we should also teach the stork theory as an alternative to biological reproduction.
A goal properly set is halfway reached.
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.
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
What we hope to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.
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 not the job of the general to be winning. It is his job to win.
Determine never to be idle... It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.
It is better to have loved and lost than to never have loved.
Peace can not be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
We imagine that our mind in a mirror, that it is more or less accurately reflecting what is happening outside us. On the contrary, our mind itself is the principal element of creation. The world, while I am perceiving it, is being incessantly created for myself in time and space.
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.
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.
Be Here Now.
The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.
The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety.
Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.
The three things that are most essential to achievement are common sense, hard work and stick-to-it-iv-ness.
We aren't in an information age, we are in an entertainment age.
Wisdom is supreme , therefore make a full effort to get wisdom. Esteem her and she will exalt you , embrace her and she will honor you. Wise men speak because they have something to say, fools because they have to say something.
The United States, and other advanced nations, will someday be able to produce instruments of death so terrible the world will be in abject terror of itself and its ability to end civilization... . Such war-making weapons should be developed - but only for purposes of discovery and experimentation
You can have everything in life you want if you'll just help enough other people get what they want.
Teamwork is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the heights of your capabilities or make the money that you want without becoming very good at it.
This above all, To Thine Own Self Be True.
The maxim "Nothing but perfection" may be spelled "Paralysis".
Your most expensive advice is the free advice you receive from your financially struggling friends and relatives.
All great truths are simple in final analysis, and easily understood ; if they are not, they are not great truths.
Live your life and forget your age.
When it comes to giving, some people stop at nothing.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
It is the patient building of character, the intense struggle to realize the truth, which alone will tell in the future of humanity.
Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but religiously follows the new.
You can not step twice into the same river, for other waters are continually flowing on.
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing-that's why we recommend it daily.
To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says Leave no stone unturned.
There go the people. I must follow them for I am their leader.
The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment.
Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right.
Come forth into the light of things , Let nature be your Teacher.
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.
Whenever your present situation, I assure you that you are not your habits. You can replace old patterns of self-defeating behavior with new patterns, new habits of the effectiveness, happiness, and trust-based relationships.
I believe that it is better to learn from the diverse people around us than to try in vain to emulate them, better to be a teacher than a role model. As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.
I live a very dull life here, indeed I think I am more like a state prisoner than anything else.