Inspirational Quotes
If you wish others to believe in you, you must first convince them that you believe in them.
For changes to be of any true value, they've got to be lasting and consistent.
Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion
Wherever we look upon this earth, the opportunities take shape within the problems.
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.
To succeed... you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
Look at every situation as if you were in the future and you were looking back on it.
The measure of a man is what he does with power.
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost, that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.
We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are, whether that view is accurate or not.
No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an unchartered land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.
They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they kept only one. They promised to take our land, and they did.
Curse ruthless time ! Curse our mortality. How cruelly short is the allotted span for all we must cram into it.
Just because we increase the speed of information doesn't mean we can increase the speed of decisions. Pondering, reflecting and ruminating are undervalued skills in our culture.
Procrastination is the fear of success. People procrastinate because they are afraid of the success that they know will result if they move ahead now. Because success is heavy, carries a responsibility with it, it is much easier to procrastinate and live on the 'someday I'll' philosophy.
The "Inside-Out" approach to personal and self , even more fundamentally, to start with the most inside part of self - with your paradigms, your character, and your motives. The inside-out approach says that private victories precede public victories, that making and keeping promises to ourselves precedes making and keeping promises to others. It says it is futile to put personality ahead of character, to try to improve relationships with others before improving ourselves.
One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon- instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today.
Grow deep - not just tall.
He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes. He who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.
Tolerance can lead to learning something.
Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -- how passionately I hate them !
Every time we open our mouths, men look into our minds.
Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.
Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep.
Science may have found a cure for most evils , but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all -- the apathy of human beings.
A smile is a light in the window of the soul indicating that the heart is at home.
For children to take morality seriously they must be in the presence of adults who take morality seriously. And with their own eyes they must see adults take morality seriously.
Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities -- always see them, for they're always there.
Success is never ending, failure is never final.
You have enemies ? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
One can spend a lifetime assigning blame, find the cause 'out there' for all the troubles that exist. Contrast this with the 'responsible attitude' of confronting the situation, bad or good, and instead of asking, 'What caused the trouble ? Who was to blame ?' asking 'How can I handle this present situation to make the most of it ? What can I salvage here ?'
Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness , it is generally the by- product of other activities.
If we are to have real peace, we must begin with the children.
We tend to live up to our expectations.
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.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
Each person born into this world represents something new, something that never existed before, something original and unique.
I assume everybody thinks they're a top-five quarterback. I think I'm the best. I don't think I'm top five, I think I'm the best. I don't think I'd be very successful at my job if I didn't feel that way.
There are two things to aim at in life , first to get what you want, and after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind has achieved the second.
Practice does not make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.
Your current safe boundaries were once unknown frontiers.
The heights by great men reached and kept were not obtained by sudden flight. But they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.
Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us.
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
Who is blind ? He who can see no other world. Who is dumb ? He who can say nothing pleasant about his lot. Who is poor ? He who is troubled with too many desires. Who is rich ? He who is happy with his lot.
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.
They alone live, who live for others.
Service is the rent we pay to be living. It is the very purpose of life and not something you do in your spare time.
Remember the difference between a boss and a leader a boss says "Go ! '' -- a leader says "Let's go ! ''
Take heed : you do not find what you do not seek.
Except and expect positive things and that is what you will receive.
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
Do it now !
When a problem comes along, study it until you are completely knowledgeable. Then find that weak spot, break the problem apart, and the rest will be easy.
Keep the Faith.
Strike while the iron is hot.
I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day , I'd rather have one walk beside me than merely point the way.
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
Barring serious accidents, if you are not preoccupied with worry and you work hard, you can look forward to a reasonably lengthy existence. Its not the hard work that kills, its the worrying that kills.
The truth is more important than the facts.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
He that would be a leader must be a bridge.
The world belongs to the energetic.
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
The important thing is this, to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are, for what we could become.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.
It is no use saying "we are doing our best". You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
Change your thoughts, change your life.
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
Cease trying to work everything out with your minds. It will get you nowhere. Live by intuition and inspiration and let your whole life be a revelation.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear. Ambrose Redmoon Courage is the first of the human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all the others.
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.
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.
Give me a place to stand and I will move the earth.
A chain is as strong as its weakest link.
The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement.
Be patient with your enemies and forgiving of your friends.
This attachment of love to god is indeed one that does not bind the soul but effectively breaks all its bondages.
To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable
The handgun would not be my choice of weapon if I knew I was going to a fight. ...I'd choose a rifle, a shotgun, an RPG or an atomic bomb instead.
We aren't in an information age, we are in an entertainment age.
Only those who do nothing at all make no mistakes but that would be a mistake.
Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.
All of the subjects that I've chosen have had to do with isolation. ... The whole idea of [people] gathering ... doesn't really appeal to me.
A lie has speed, but truth has endurance.
Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.