Inspirational Quotes
Procrastination is opportunities natural assassin.
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.
Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.
A good idea is never lost. Even though its originator or possessor may die, it will someday be reborn in the mind of another.
Your purpose is to make your audience see what you saw, hear what you heard, feel what you felt. Relevant detail, couched in concrete, colorful language, is the best way to recreate the incident as it happened and to picture it for the audience.
It is possible to fail in many ways while to succeed is possible only in one way.
A short saying often contains much wisdom.
People are where they are because that's exactly where they really want to be. . . whether they'll admit that or not
Practice loving people. It is true that this requires effort and continued practice, for some are not very lovable, or so it seems - with emphasis on "seems". Every person has lovable qualities when you really learn to know him.
Between stimulus and response, one has the freedom to choose.
We have only one reality, and that is here and now. What we miss by our evasions will never return, but if we squander ourselves, then too we lose being. Each day is precious a moment can be everything.
The more we grow in love, virtue and holiness, the more we see love, virtue and holiness outside.
Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.
You haven't failed until you quit trying.
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it.
No general can fight his battles alone. He must depend upon his lieutenants, and his success depends upon his ability to select the right man for the right place.
The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.
Abilities wither under faultfinding, blossom with encouragement.
Mistakes are painful when they happen, but years later a collection of mistakes is what is called experience.
If we all did the things we are capable of doing we would literally astound ourselves.
Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
Intelligence without ambition is like a bird without wings.
Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse , however if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.
It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship.
It's your attitude not your aptitude that determines your altitude.
Misfortunes often sharpen the genius.
It is not the critic who counts, nor the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again, who knows great enthusiasms, great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
It's always too soon to quit !
Let your imagination release your imprisoned possibilities.
It has always been my belief that a man should do his best, regardless of how much he receives for his services, or the number of people he may be serving or the class of people served.
Boldness, more boldness, and always boldness !
I feel I have this great creative and spiritual force within me that is greater than faith, greater than ambition, greater than confidence, greater than determination, greater than vision. It is all these combined. Whether it is a godhead or not, I feel this great force, this untapped power, this dynamic something within me. This feeling defies description, and there is no experience with which this feeling may be compared. It is something like a strong emotion mixed with faith, but a lot stronger.
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.
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Ideals are like stars, you will not succeed in touching them with your hands, but like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them, you reach your destiny.
Each person born into this world represents something new, something that never existed before, something original and unique.
He who lives without discipline dies without honor.
You have the power to think what you want. No matter what the circumstance.
You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.
If you know peace, then you thrive , if you know contentment, then you are rich.
The rare individual who honestly satisfies this heart-hunger ( praise ) will hold people in the palm of his hand, and even the undertaker will be sorry when he dies.
There is only one person who could ever make you happy, and that person is you.
If a man does his best, what else is there ?
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.
The past does not equal the future.
Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end, an end which was already but too easy to arrive at
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
The very use of the word savage, as it is applied in its general sense, I am inclined to believe is an abuse of the word, and the people to whom it is applied.
Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves.
The only gift is a portion of thyself.
Self delusion is pulling in your stomach when you step on the scales.
Those who work at a thing with their whole heart receive help from god. For one, thoroughly believe that no power in the universe can withhold from anyone anything they really deserve.
We shall neither fail nor falter, we shall not weaken or tire. Give us the tools and we will finish the job.
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've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.
There are few people who can manage more than their own business.
The man who has no imagination has no wings.
For those who have seen the Earth from space, and for the hundreds and perhaps thousands more who will, the experience most certainly changes your perspective. The things that we share in our world are far more valuable than those which divide us.
You can do what you want to do.
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life - it goes on.
You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth.
Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless it's a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
When I give a minister an order, I leave it to him to find the means to carry it out.
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
The purpose of life is not to be happy but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you have lived at all.
The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.
It is never too late to be what you might have been.
Results ? Why, man, I have gotten lots of results ! If I find ways something won't work, I haven't failed
Put your heart, mind, intellect, and soul even to your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.
Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else's can shorten it.
It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.
Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers gardens.
The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized -- never knowing.
We are what and where we are because we have first imagined it.
The road to success is lined with many tempting parking spaces.
Life is change, growth is optional. Choose wisely.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
A weak man has doubts before a decision, a strong man has them afterwards.
The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you don't agree with.
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.
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.
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.
Boldness in business is the first, second and third thing.
The several tribes of indians inhabiting the regions of the upper missouri, and of whom I spoke in my last letter, are undoubtedly the finest looking, best equipped, and most beautifully costumed of any on the continent.
Nature never deceives us, it is we who deceive ourselves.
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
Keep the Faith.