Inspirational Quotes
The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
Impossible situations can become possible miracles.
It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.
There may be peace without joy, and joy without peace, but the two combined make happiness
If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.
Desire, ignorance, and inequality, this is the trinity of bondage.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they kept only one. They promised to take our land, and they did.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.
Trust men and they will be true to you, treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.
The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible.
I maintained my edge by always being a student, you will always have something new to learn.
Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade ?
No one knows what he can do until he tries.
You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.
It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get back up.
They are able because they think they are able.
The best leaders of all, the people know not they exist. They turn to each other and say, We did it ourselves.
Fear is met and destroyed with courage. Again and again, when the struggle seems hopeless and all opportunity lost, some man or women with a little more courage, a little more effort, brings victory.
I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
Better late than never.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
An error gracefully acknowledged is a victory won.
The only real valuable thing is intuition.
Leaders are people who are able to express themselves fully, they know who they are, what their strengths and weaknesses are, and how to fully deploy their strengths and compensate for their weaknesses. They also know what they want, why they want it, and how to communicate what they want to others, in order to gain compensation and support. Finally, they know how to achieve their goals. The key to full self-expression is understanding one's self and the world, and the key to understanding is learning -- from one's own life and experience.
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
A fellow doesn't last long on what he has done. He has to keep on delivering.
The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.
There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts : what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.
Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's were the fun is.
Religion is being and becoming. Religion is the manifestation of the divinity already in man.
Be the change you want to see in the world Ghandi Be useful where thou livest.
To go fast, row slowly.
A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.
Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.
Reach for the stars.
Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.
In life you can never be too kind or too fair ; everyone you meet is carrying a heavy load. When you go through your day expressing kindness and courtesy to all you meet, you leave behind a feeling of warmth and good cheer, and you help alleviate the burdens everyone is struggling with.
If you don't like something, change it , if you can't change it, change the way you think about it.
Formal education will make you a living, self education will make you a fortune.
Know thyself.
This world will always continue to be a mixture of good and evil. Our duty is to sympathize with the weak and to love even the wrongdoer.
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
Embrace that it's ok to grow.
The thing I lose patience with the most is the clock. Its hands move too fast.
To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
Every day in every way I am getting better and better.
Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.
I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot. Men are not superior by reason of the accidents of race or color. They are superior who have the best heart the best brain.
Go to the people. Learn from them. Live with them. Start with what they know. Build with what they have. The best of leaders when the job is done, when the task is accomplished, the people will say we have done it ourselves.
Do not wait for ideal circumstances, they will never come, nor for the best opportunities.
The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.
Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habits. Watch your habits, they become character.Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.
Fundamental progress has to do with the reinterpretation of basic ideas.
Great music and art are earthly wonders, but I think 'cubist' songs and paintings are hideous.
You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it.
The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.
When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.
Every hand does its part to hold up the world. Every healthy individual guides his life by a selected motive which takes precedence over all the others. He is the man who maintains his integrity in the midst of change, his individuality in the face of external pressures to conform.
Adversity is the diamond dust that heaven polishes its jewels with.
Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself.
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
You can observe a lot just by watching.
Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind, therefore as soon as they are becoming prominent in our minds, we should see a physician, take good food, and rest.
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.
Our life is what our thoughts make it.
There is more to life than increasing its speed.
Let's just go and win a (bleeping) game.
Discontent is the source of all trouble, but also of all progress, in individuals and nations.
There are few people who can manage more than their own business.
All knowledge that the world has ever received comes from the mind, the infinite library of the universe is in our own mind.
If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x ; y is play ; and z is keeping your mouth shut.
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
All misfortune is but a stepping stone to fortune.
If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
Every ceiling, when reached, becomes a floor, upon which one walks as a matter of course and prescriptive right.
Commit yourself to a dream nobody who tries to do something great but fails is a total failure. Why ? Because he can always rest assured that he succeeded in life's most important battle -- he defeated the fear of trying.
Whenever I get the energy to exercise, I sit down until it passes.
The most elusive and desired quality of leadership is vision. Vision is the perfume of the mind.
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
Commit yourself to a dream... Nobody who tries to do something great but fails is a total failure. Why ? Because he can always rest assured that he succeeded in life's most important battle -- he defeated the fear of trying.
When we won't consider suggestions, we reject our own potential - but we have a right to expect people to be tactful.
No man is wise enough by himself.
I don't think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
The path to success is to take massive, determined action.
The entire law is summed up in a single command, Love your neighbor as yourself.