Inspirational Quotes
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
Do not wait ; the time will never be "just right". Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.
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.
Don't quit.
You. too, can determine what you want. You can decide on your major objectives, targets, aims, and destination. quotes
Laughter is the best medicine.
Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed, but not defeated.
Courage is not a virtue of value among other personal values like love or fidelity. It is the foundation that underlies and gives reality to all other virtues and personal values. Without courage our love pales into mere dependency. Without courage our fidelity becomes conformism.
Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character.
Desire, ignorance, and inequality, this is the trinity of bondage.
If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
It is not length of life, but depth of life.
The land where humanity has attained its highest towards gentleness, towards generosity, towards purity, towards calmness - it is India.
It is not enough to have a good mind, the main thing is to use it well.
Not being able to do everything is no excuse for not doing everything you can.
Love is a daily, mutual exchange of value.
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Unfortunately, there seems to be far more opportunity out there than ability... . We should remember that good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation.
Embrace that small things lead to big things.
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.
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.
It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.
Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
It is no sin to attempt and fail. The only sin is to not make the attempt.
If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x ; y is play ; and z is keeping your mouth shut.
It is better to bind your children to you by a feeling of respect and by gentleness, than by fear.
Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.
You pile up enough tomorrows, and you'll find you've collected a lot of empty yesterdays.
People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in the world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can't find them, make them.
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We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it.
In everything the ends well defined are the secret of durable success.
Results come from constantly applying what you know, not just knowing.
If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all.
If you want to be enthusiastic, act enthusiastic.
The more you venture to live greatly, the more you will find within you what it takes to get on top of things and stay there.
Intelligence without ambition is like a bird without wings.
Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.
Strength is life, weakness is death. Expansion is life, contraction is death. Love is life, hatred is death.
Look at the weaknesses of others with compassion, not accusation. It's not what they're not doing or should be doing that's the issue. The issue is your own chosen response to the situation and what you should be doing. If you start to think the problem is "out there", stop yourself. That thought is the problem.
First comes thought, then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans, then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.
One does evil enough when one does nothing good.
Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never -- in nothing, great or small, large or petty -- never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.
We tend to live up to our expectations.
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.
It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake.
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.
Be happy. It's one way of being wise.
I maintained my edge by always being a student, you will always have something new to learn.
The quality of a man's life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence, regardless of his chosen field of endeavor.
Experience taught me a few things. One is to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper. The second is that you're generally better off sticking with what you know. And the third is that sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make.
Keep away from small people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you too can become great.
To go fast, row slowly.
Look within, for within is the wellspring of virtue, which will not cease flowing, if you cease not from digging.
Truth is nobody's property, no race, no individual can lay any exclusive claim to it. Truth is the nature of all souls.
A Native American grandfather was talking to his grandson about how he felt. He said, 'I feel as if I have two wolves fighting in my heart. One wolf is the vengeful, violent one, the other wolf is the loving compassionate one.' The grandson asked him, 'Which wolf will win the fight in your heart?' The grandfather answered, 'The one I feed.'
Are you fit company for the person you wish to become ?
Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.
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.
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.
Success is the child of audacity.
Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is.
In each man there is a priceless treasure that is in no other. Every man's foremost task is the actualization of his unique, unprecedented and never-recurring potentialities, and not the repetition of something that another, and be it even the greatest, has already achieved.
Efficiency is doing things right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing.
A smile is a light in the window of the soul indicating that the heart is at home.
No fate is worse than a life without a love.
Man is a ladder placed on the earth and the top of it touches heaven. And all his movements and doings and words leave traces in the upper world.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for ?
The ability to concentrate and to use your time well is everything if you want to succeed in business or in anything else, for that matter.
To live for results would be to sentence myself to continuous frustration. My only sure reward is in my actions and not from them.
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.
A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties. No religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.
A good general not only sees the way to victory , he also knows when victory is impossible.
A kind speech and forgiveness is better than alms followed by injury.
When a man finds no peace within himself, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.
We must all suffer one of two things : the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
The most elusive and desired quality of leadership is vision. Vision is the perfume of the mind.
They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they kept only one. They promised to take our land, and they did.
Come to the edge. We can't. We're afraid. We can't. We will fall ! Come to the edge. And they came. And he pushed them. And they flew.
Yesterday is but a dream, tomorrow but a vision. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore, to this day.
Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
All men are created equal. Government by consent of the governed. Give me liberty or give me death. And those are not just clever words, and those are not just empty theories.
Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.
I pack my trunk, embrace my friends, embark on the sea, and at last wake up in Naples, and there beside me is the Stern Fact, the Sad Self, unrelenting, identical, that I fled from.
The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting, by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth.