Inspirational Quotes
Happiness is a choice.
To me, at least the way that I teach it, all types of knowledge ultimately means self-knowledge. So, therefore they're coming in and asking me to teach them not so much how to defend themselves or how to do somebody in. Rather, they want to learn to express themselves through some movement, be it anger, be it determination or whatever. So, in other words, they're paying me to show them, in combative form, the art of expressing the human body.
A bold onset is half the battle.
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you do not try.
I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.
Man is a creature of hope and invention, both of which belie the idea that things can not be changed.
Listen with regard when others talk. Give your time and energy to others, let others have their own way, do things for reasons other than furthering your own needs.
Confidence imparts a wonderful inspiration to its possessor.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from Jesud. And I put them in a book. If you don't like their rules whose would you use ?
The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and god will be in them.
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost , that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
Every achiever I have ever met says, My life turned around when I began to believe in me.
The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.
A ship in harbor is safe -- but that is not what ships are for.
The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions.
The doctor and the pastor ask about your health, but eternity makes you responsible for your condition.
Our first journey is to find that special place for us.
Don't quit.
God is merciful to those whom he sees struggling heart and soul for realization. But remain idle, without any struggle, and you will see that his grace will never come.
I am resolved that I will not through my humility become the devil's attorney. I will endeavor to speak a good word for the truth.
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
Success is never ending, failure is never final.
No man is wise enough by himself.
I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than attempting to satisfy them.
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Get into a line that you will find to be a deep personal interest, something you really enjoy spending twelve to fifteen hours a day working at, and the rest of the time thinking about.
The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel, its poverty by how little.
Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.
The Athenians, alarmed at the internal decay of their Republic, asked Demosthenes what to do. His reply: Do not do what you are doing now.
Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold , the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul.
Leaders are people who are able to express themselves fully, they know who they are, what their strengths and weaknesses are, and how to fully deploy their strengths and compensate for their weaknesses. They also know what they want, why they want it, and how to communicate what they want to others, in order to gain compensation and support. Finally, they know how to achieve their goals. The key to full self-expression is understanding one's self and the world, and the key to understanding is learning -- from one's own life and experience.
If one advances confidently in the direction of their goals and endeavors to live the life that they have imagined, they'll meet with success unexpected in common hours.
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.
Truth fears no questions.
Many of life's failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
A child becomes an adult when he realizes that he has a right not only to be right but also to be wrong.
Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon must inevitably come to pass!
Out of need springs desire, and out of desire springs the energy and the will to win.
A short saying often contains much wisdom.
Determine never to be idle... It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.
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 ?
Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the future.
Be grateful to the Man you help, think of him as god. Is it not a great privilege to be allowed to worship god by helping our fellow men ?
Flacco when asked whether fourth quarter performance defines a quarterback - "I have no idea. If we win the Super Bowl, I guess it will be".
Fortune favors the brave.
Get busy living or get busy dying.
By asking the question " How can I afford it ? " your brain is put to work.
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
There are millions of children today who don't attend school. However, education is the only way to get ahead in this country.
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you will land among the stars.
It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars.
Commit yourself to a dream nobody who tries to do something great but fails is a total failure. Why ? Because he can always rest assured that he succeeded in life's most important battle -- he defeated the fear of trying.
It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.
Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.
Boldness, more boldness, and always boldness !
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Many have encountered and overcome the challenge of homelessness Many men go fishing all their lives not knowing it is not fish they are after.
Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.
The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.
The older I grow, the more everything seems to me to lie in manliness. This is my new gospel.
Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose -- a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.
Live your life and forget your age.
When we won't consider suggestions, we reject our own potential - but we have a right to expect people to be tactful.
Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life.
If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think another negative thought.
The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.
What really matters is what you do with what you have.
Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him, and then choose that way with all his strength.
Accept the past for what it was. Acknowledge the present for what it is. Anticipate the future for what it can become.
While we may not be able to control all that happens to us, we can control what happens inside us.
Old love does not rust.
Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there. Philip Brooks Children are the reward of life.
Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch-what make you go beyond the norm.
Your level of brilliance will determine the size of your opportunities in life.
A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.
It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.
A gentleman can withstand hardships , it is only the small man who, when submitted to them, is swept off his feet.
I am speaking now of the highest duty we owe our friends, the noblest, the most sacred that of keeping their own nobleness, goodness, pure and incorrupt. . . . If we let our friend become cold and selfish and exacting without a remonstrance, we are no true lover, no true friend.
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.
A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.
Wherever there is danger, there lurks opportunity ; whenever there is opportunity, there lurks danger. The two are inseparable. They go together.
First, believe in the world - that there is meaning behind everything.
Some say you have to use your five best players, but I found out you win with the five that fit together best as a team
What is strength without a double share of wisdom ?
To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says Leave no stone unturned.
Keep the Faith.
You don't use a hammer to tighten a screw.
When the going gets tough the tough get going.