Inspirational Quotes
Great and glorious events which dazzle the beholder are represented by politicians as the outcome of grand designs whereas they are usually products of temperaments and passions.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
If the student thinks he is the spirit, he will be a better student. If the lawyer thinks he is the spirit, he will be a better lawyer, and so on.
Yesterday ended last night. Every day is a new beginning. Learn the skill of forgetting. And move on.
There is more to life than increasing its speed.
There is no chance, no fate, no destiny that can circumvent, or hinder, or control a firm resolve of a determined soul.
Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold , the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul.
Real glory springs from the silent conquest of ourselves.
The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It's as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer.
If people find fault with you and try to put you into bad light, wrongly slandering and vilifying you, just step back and observe yourself. Don't harbor any dislike, don't enter into it any contests, and don't get upset, angry, or resentful. Just cut right through it and be as if you never or saw it. Eventually malevolent pests will disappear of themselves. If you contend with them, then a bad name will bounce back and forth with never an end in sight.
Action may not always bring happiness , but there is no happiness without action.
It may be all right to be content with what you have, never with what you are.
There is time for everything.
We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives.
Keys to success : Research your ideas, plan for success, expect success, and just do it.
Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.
If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look farther than you can see.
Be courageous ! Whatever setbacks America has encountered, it has always emerged as a stronger and more prosperous nation. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith and go forward !
If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today.
Remember the difference between a boss and a leader a boss says "Go ! '' -- a leader says "Let's go ! ''
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take
Mistakes are painful when they happen, but years later a collection of mistakes is what is called experience.
If you want to be enthusiastic, act enthusiastic.
The hero is no braver than the ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer
We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.
Your family and your love must be cultivated like a garden. Time, effort, and imagination must be summoned constantly to keep any relationship flourishing and growing.
Strength is life, weakness is death. Expansion is life, contraction is death. Love is life, hatred is death.
Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep.
Change does not change tradition. It strengthens it. Change is a challenge and an opportunity, not a threat. Change does not necessarily assure progress, but progress implacably requires change. Education is essential to change, for education creates both new wants and the ability to satisfy them.
Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us.
Every man goes down to his death bearing in his hands only that which he has given away.
To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan, you should wear it inside, where it functions best.
The most important part of being a leader is maintaining the desire to keep on learning. That means learning about yourself, about your peers, and about the people you serve.
The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration.
It's a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best. You very often get it.
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word freedom , justice , honor , duty , mercy , hope.
Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.
Know thyself was the inscription over the Oracle at Delphi. And it is still the most difficult task any of us faces. But until you truly know yourself, strengths and weaknesses, know what you want to do and why you want to do it, you can not succeed in any but the most superficial sense of the word. The leader never lies to himself, especially about himself, knows his flaws as well as his assets, and deals with them directly. You are your own raw material. When you know what you consist of and why you want to make of it, then you can invent yourself.
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.
Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.
Just smiling can do wonders for your attitude
When love and skill work together expect a masterpiece.
Keep your business affairs in your own hands. It's the only way to be happy.
Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life.
There may be peace without joy, and joy without peace, but the two combined make happiness
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human experience.
Concentration of wealth and power has been built upon other people's money, other people's business, other people's labor. Under this concentration, independent business has been a menace to American society.
You'll find boredom where there is an absence of a good idea.
When I hear somebody sigh, life is hard, I am always tempted to ask, compared to what ?
Like snowflakes, my Christmas memories gather and dance each beautiful, unique and too soon gone.
The man who has no imagination has no wings.
Count your blessings.
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.
There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.
This is a great fact : strength is life, weakness is death. Strength is felicity, life eternal, immortal , weakness is constant strain and misery, weakness is death.
Never say more than is necessary.
That which does not kill you makes you stronger.
Average investors are on the outside trying to look into the inside of the company or property they are investing in.
Make the second effort your second nature.
While we pursue happiness, we flee from contentment.
I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than attempting to satisfy them.
Take heed : you do not find what you do not seek.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
Failure ? I never encountered it. All I ever met were temporary setbacks.
Above all to thine own self be true.
Because ideas have to be original only with regard to their adaptation to the problem at hand, I am always extremely interested in how others have used used them.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
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.
You have enemies ? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
Use your gifts faithfully, and they shall be enlarged , practice what you know, and you shall attain to higher knowledge.
Nature never deceives us, it is we who deceive ourselves.
I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.
Every sale has five basic obstacles : no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.
Difficulties, by bracing the mind to overcome them, assist cheerfulness, as exercise assists digestion.
The successful man is the average man, focused.
The whole universe is only the self with variations, one tune made bearable by variations. Sometimes there are discords, but they only make the subsequent harmony more perfect. In this hell of a world one can bring a little joy and peace even for a day into the heart of a single person, that much alone is true, this I have learnt after suffering all my life, all else is mere moonshine.
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
Never put off to tomorrow what you can do today.
Well done is better than well said.
Follow your dreams.
Laughter is the best medicine.
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Many people seem to think that success in one area can compensate for failure in other areas. But can it really ? True effectiveness requires balance.
Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
Reach for the stars.
Bad friends prevent you from having good friends.
The show must go on.