Inspirational Quotes
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.
Get busy living or get busy dying.
My faith is in the younger generation, the modern generation, out of them will come my workers. They will work out the whole problem, like lions.
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.
Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.
Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
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.
If you raise your children to feel that they can accomplish any goal or task they decide upon, you will have succeeded as a parent and you will have given your children the greatest of all blessings.
We are so lazy, we do not want to do anything ourselves. We want a personal god, a savior or a prophet to do everything for us. Long as we believe ourselves to be even the least different from god, fear remains with us, but when we know ourselves to be the one, fear goes, of what can we be afraid ?
All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.
The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and god will be in them.
Let's not confuse hasty decisions with strength or intelligence. It's important to be decisive - after giving consideration that reflects the time you have and what's at stake.
To love what you do and feel that it matters, how on earth could anything be more fun !
Self-knowledge is the basis of JKD because it is effective, not only for the individuals martial art, but also for his life as a human being.
It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow.
Want to learn to eat a lot ? Here it is : Eat a little. That way, you will be around long enough to eat a lot.
Let your imagination release your imprisoned possibilities.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take
My life is my message.
Fathers are like a lighthouse when there is fog his children can always depend on seeing the light.
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
Nothing is more honorable than enlightenment, nothing is more beautiful than virtue.
You will become as small as your controlling desire ; as great as your dominant aspiration.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Abilities wither under faultfinding, blossom with encouragement.
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
It is impossible to imagine anything which better becomes a ruler than mercy.
It is no sin to attempt and fail. The only sin is to not make the attempt.
Perspective is in the quiet of a walk, the wisdom of a good book, or the harmony of your favorite music. I find it sometimes in the slow peace of fishing.
Let thy words be few.
Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born.
Our minds are as different as our faces we are all traveling to one destination, happiness, but few are going by the same road.
Your self-beliefs either support or undermine you.
We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us.
You must consider the bottom line, but make it integrity before profits.
If you don't first handle fear and desire, and you get rich, you'll be a high pay slave.
The test is to recognize the mistake, admit it and correct it. To have tried to do something and failed is vastly better than to have tried to do nothing and succeeded.
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
It is love that makes the impossible possible.
Unselfish and noble actions are the most radiant pages in the biography of souls.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible - the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.
Only those who are absolutely their true selves in this world can have pervading influence.
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.
Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.
The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at a time.
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have the capacity at the beginning.
Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
He who has great power should use it lightly.
After your jump, the net appears.
Every life form seems to strive to its maximum except human beings. How tall will a tree grow ? As tall as it possibly can. Human beings, on the other hand, have been given the dignity of choice. You can choose to be all or you can choose to be less. Why not stretch up to the full measure of the challenge and see what all you can do ?
No man ever became great without many and great mistakes.
Every time we open our mouths, men look into our minds.
The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from Jesud. And I put them in a book. If you don't like their rules whose would you use ?
Adversity is wont to reveal genius, prosperity to hide it.
Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them.
Seldom does an individual exceed his own expectations.
Never stop dreaming.
He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything.
Happiness is not pleasure, it is victory.
You can do anything you put your mind to.
Accept the past for what it was. Acknowledge the present for what it is. Anticipate the future for what it can become.
The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.
The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions.
Never giving up and pushing forward will unlock all the potential we are capable of.
Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate. So practice happy thinking every day. Cultivate the merry heart, develop the happiness habit, and life will become a continual feast.
Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.
When you become detached mentally from yourself and concentrate on helping other people with their difficulties, you will be able to cope with your own more effectively. Somehow, the act of self-giving is a personal power-releasing factor.
World is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.
If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
Come to the edge. We can't. We're afraid. We can't. We will fall ! Come to the edge. And they came. And he pushed them. And they flew.
It is the patient building of character, the intense struggle to realize the truth, which alone will tell in the future of humanity.
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
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.
Hope is like a bird that senses the dawn and carefully starts to sing while it is still dark.
We don't live in a world of reality, we live in a world of perceptions.
Live with passion.
A time comes when you need to stop waiting for the man you want to become and start being the man you want to be.
I think therefore I am
There are few, if any, jobs in which ability alone is sufficient. Needed, also, are loyalty, sincerity, enthusiasm and team play.
There is no pleasure in life equal to that of the conquest of a vicious habit.
A chain is as strong as its weakest link.
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.
A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline.
The harder I work, the luckier I get.
Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.
God gives us our relatives - thank God we can choose our friends.
When your self-worth goes up, your net worth goes up with it.
It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives.
If you face a delicate situation, don't go into it wearing your spurs or you'll rip it apart. Instead, dress for the occasion. Cloak yourself in diplomacy. Vest yourself with wisdom, and wear a smile.