Inspirational Quotes
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.
To succeed you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
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.
People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
Knowledge is proud that she knows so much , Wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
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.
Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.
The best and most beautiful things in this world can not be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the heart.
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.
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, 'What's in it for me?'
He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.
Only after you challenge your biases and stereotypes -- what Francis Bacon called the 'idols which beset men's minds' --can you help others do the same.
We don't live in a world of reality, we live in a world of perceptions.
You're as old as you behave.
A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds, it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change.
There was no hope on earth, and god seemed to have forgotten us. Some said they saw the son of god, others did not see him. If he had come, he would do some great things as he had done before. We doubted it because we had seen neither him nor his works.
We are made for loving. If we don't love, we will be like plants without water.
Hatred stirreth up strifes, but love covereth all sins.
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time, and it annoys the pig
Whether you think you can or think you can't - you are right.
Equations are more important to me, because politics is for the present, but an equation is something for eternity.
Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.
You learn as much from those who have failed as from those who have succeeded.
Almost any idea is good if a man has ability and is willing to work hard. The best idea is worthless if the creator is a loafer and ineffective.
Remove failure as an option.
Anybody can do just about anything with himself that he really wants to and makes up his mind to do. We are all capable of greater things than we realize.
People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals - that is, goals that do not inspire them.
Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
You create your reality.
'Wake Me When It's Funny'
Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender , it's holy ground. There's no greater investment.
Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise.
You must think of failure and defeat as the spring boards to new achievements, and to the next level of accomplishment.
I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
Character is higher than intellect... A great soul will be strong to live, as well as to think.
I deal with the obvious. I present, reiterate and glorify the obvious -- because the obvious is what people need to be told.
Those who are fired with an enthusiastic idea and who allow it to take hold and dominate their thoughts find that new worlds open for them. As long as enthusiasm holds out, so will new opportunities.
I believe that the science of chemistry alone almost proves the existence of an intelligent creator.
Each person's life is a story that is telling itself in the living.
Without continuous personal development, you are now all that you will ever become, and hell starts when the person you are meets the person you could have been.
In matters of style, swim with the current, in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
May you live all the days of your life.
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
The leader has a clear idea of what he wants to do -- professionally and personally -- and the strength to persist in the face of setbacks, even failures.
Only by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the moment you can grow more surely toward the stars.
We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us.
All progress occurs because people dare to be different
If the going is real easy, beware, you may be headed down hill.
Never put off to tomorrow what you can do today.
Just smiling can do wonders for your attitude
Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father.
Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.
The longer the excuse, the less likely it's the truth.
Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.
He that has done nothing has known nothing.
If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad.
The "how" thinker gets problems solved effectively because he wastes no time with futile "ifs" but goes right to work on the creative "how''.
You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
The foundation my parents laid down with our faith continues to be my core.
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal, nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
A gentle breeze blowing in the right direction is better than a pair of strong oars.
Sooner or later the truth comes to light.
Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war.
One man with courage is a majority.
Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.
Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.
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.
What you can do, or dream you can, begin it, boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
A small house will hold a hundred friends.
The miracle power that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application and perseverance, under the promptings of a brave determined spirit.
Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do.
The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.
A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake.
The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you don't agree with.
Ability is sexless.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.
Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs.
There are few people who can manage more than their own business.
Go forward confidently, energetically attacking problems, expecting favorable outcomes.
It is love that makes the impossible possible.
Good fortune and bad are equally necessary to man, to fit him to meet the contingencies of this life.
It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What's tough is being good every day.
Seeing yourself as you want to be is the key to personal growth.
When one door closes another opens. But often we look so long so regretfully upon the closed door that we fail to see the one that has opened for us.
All men dream, but unequally. Those that dream at night in the dusty recesses of their minds awake the next day to find that their dreams were just vanity. But those who dream during the day with their eyes wide open are dangerous men , they act out their dreams to make them reality.
If you are afraid of failure you don’t deserve to be successful!
Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.
Anything in life worth having is worth working for.