Inspirational Quotes
Where there is life, there is hope. Where there are hopes, there are dreams. Where there are vivid dreams repeated, they become goals. Goals become the action plans and game plans that winners dwell on in intricate detail, knowing that achievement is almost automatic when the goal becomes an inner commitment. The response to the challenges of life -- purpose -- is the healing balm that enables each of us to face up to adversity and strife.
There is no point at which you can say 'Well, I'm successful now. I might as well take a nap.'
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Yes, we have to divide up our time like that, between our politics and our equations. But to me our equations are far more important, for politics are only a matter of present concern. A mathematical equation stands forever.
You must do the things you think you cannot do.
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
What is tolerance ? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error , let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature.
War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow men.
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.
There are times when a man should be content with what he has but never with what he is.
A chain is as strong as its weakest link.
The struggle of the mind to keep itself free from every sort of bondage -- to remain curious, open, unsatiated in all its relations with nature -- is tenfold more difficult than the cultivation of a stable, satisfying point of view, but a thousandfold more precious.
Time is really the only capital that any human being has and the thing that he can least afford to waste or lose.
People who worked with me or knew me still called me the 'world's fastest human' because I almost never stopped. I'd found that I could get more done with no regular job or regular hours at all, but by being on my own, flying to speak here, help with a public relations campaign for some client there, tape my regular jazz radio show one morning at 5:00 a.m. before leaving on a plane for another city or another continent three hours later to preside over a major sporting event.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
The successful man is the average man, focused.
How different our lives are when we really know what is deeply important to us, and keeping that picture in mind, we manage ourselves each day to be and to do what really matters most.
I never could have done without the habits of punctuality, order and diligence the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time.
The more alternatives, the more difficult the choice.
The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though chequered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the grey twilight that knows not victory or defeat.
Do it now !
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
You can never be happy at the expense of the happiness of others.
To do great things is difficult, but to command great things is more difficult.
Desire, ignorance, and inequality, this is the trinity of bondage.
Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time
Obstacles are great incentives.
Man is a creature of hope and invention, both of which belie the idea that things can not be changed.
Indecision is the seedling of fear.
There is no substitute for hard work.
Results ? Why, man, I have gotten lots of results ! If I find ways something won't work, I haven't failed
Why hesitate? Upon the plains of hesitation are the bleached bones of countless millions, who on the threshold of victory sat down to wait, and in waiting they died.
One mistake will never kill you. The same mistake over and over again will.
The road to success is lined with many tempting parking spaces.
In this world a man must either be an anvil or hammer.
I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.
Volunteers don't get paid, not because they're worthless, but because they're priceless.
Ideals serve well as our guides. They are like beacons on a journey , they do not permit us to tarry, as though our goal and rest were already contained in them.
I am again fairly settled down to the pleasant duties of an old fashioned Virginia house-keeper, steady as a clock, busy as a bee, and as cheerful as a cricket.
The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.
Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -- how passionately I hate them !
The point is that you can't be too greedy.
One of the main reasons people are not rich is that they worry too much about things that might never happen. quotes
Don't fear, just live right.
To freely bloom - that is my definition of success.
When the going gets tough the tough get going.
As different streams having different sources all mingle their waters in the sea, so different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to god.
You don't just stumble into the future you create your own future.
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.
Lives of great men all remind us we can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us footprints in the sands of time.
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.
Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them, a desire, a dream, a vision.
Deep down inside of all of us is the power to accomplish what we want to, if we'll just stop looking elsewhere.
A fellow doesn't last long on what he has done. He has to keep on delivering.
Ask nothing, want nothing in return. Give what you have to give, it will come back to you, but do not think of that now.
To go fast, row slowly.
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
Sometimes I lie awake at night and ask, Where have I gone wrong ? Then a voice says to me, This is going to take more than one night.
It's not what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you are not.
Your children will become what you are, so be what you want them to be.
The beginning is the half of every action.
Shri Ramakrishna used to say, "As long as I live, so long do I learn". That man or that society which has nothing to learn is already in the jaws of death. Heart and core of everything here is good, that whatever may be the surface waves, deep down and underlying everything, there is an infinite basis of goodness and love.
Knowledge is proud that she knows so much , wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender , it's holy ground. There's no greater investment.
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.
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
The one thing that separates winners from losers is, winners take action!
What can be said but not practiced is better not said. What can be practiced but not spoken of is better not done.
You really can change the world if you care enough.
If you want to be enthusiastic, act enthusiastic.
A child becomes an adult when he realizes that he has a right not only to be right but also to be wrong.
You are what you are and you are where you are because of what has gone into your mind. You change what you are and you change where you are by changing what goes into your mind.
What doesn't kill me, makes me stronger.
Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game. quotes
We are still masters of our fate. We are still captains of our souls.
He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes. He who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds.
Where there is a will, there is a way.
Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.
Inspiration and genius -- one and the same.
I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.
Happiness is a state of activity.
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.
We come to beginnings only at the end.