Inspirational Quotes
Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.
I never had a policy, I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.
If you think you can, or you think you can't, you're probably right.
There are millions of children today who don't attend school. However, education is the only way to get ahead in this country.
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.
You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective. Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the things around you helping you toward success -- or are they holding you back ?
Never stop learning. If you learn one new thing everyday, you will overcome 99% of your competition
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition.
No one became poor by giving alms.
Happiness is where we find it, but rarely where we seek it.
The real leader has no need to lead, he is content to point the way.
I swore never to be silent whenever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
Imitate until you emulate, match and surpass those who launched you. It's the highest form of thankfulness.
The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.
When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property.
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.
Live life to the fullest.
The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking.
The time is always right to do what is right.
No alibi will save you from accepting the responsibility.
People who look down on other people don't end up being looked up to.
There are no guarantees. From the viewpoint of fear, none are strong enough. From the viewpoint of love, none are necessary.
Those who laugh - last!!
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
Don't say, "If I could, I would". Say, "If I can, I will".
This is the best kind of voyeurism, hearing joy from your neighbors.
Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out.
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true were really true, there would be little hope of advance.
The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.
Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.
He who has hope has everything.
There is nothing as remarkable as learning how to think better.
The will to prepare is more important than the will to win.
First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, "I believe'' three times.
Luck is when opportunity knocks, and you answer.
The only guide to man is his conscience , the only shield to his memory is the rectitude and sincerity of his actions. It is very imprudent to walk through life without this shield, because we are so often mocked by the failure of our hopes and the upsetting of our calculations, but with this shield, however the fates may play, we march always in the ranks of honor.
The hero is no braver than the ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer
Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm.
The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire.
We don't live in a world of reality, we live in a world of perceptions.
Only a fool knows everything. A wise man knows how little he knows.
The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.
We can help others in the world more by making the most of yourself than in any other way.
We tend to live up to our expectations.
Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.
For myself, I am an optimist -- it does not seem to be much use being anything else.
Successful people make decisions quickly (as soon as all the facts are available) and change them very slowly (if ever). Unsuccessful people make decisions very slowly, and change them often and quickly.
Life without a purpose is a languid, drifting thing , every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves, 'This day let me make a sound beginning
Some make it happen, some watch it happen, and some say, What happened ?
I never did anything worth doing entirely by accident... . Almost none of my inventions came about totally by accident. They were achieved by having trained myself to endure and tolerate hard work.
In the arena of human life the honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action
A 'No' uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble.
You can do anything you put your mind to.
Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.
Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
Great minds have purposes others have wishes.
Great changes may not happen right away, but with effort even the difficult may become easy.
If you are afraid of failure you don’t deserve to be successful!
I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among my people the greatest asset I possess, and the way to develop the best in a person is by appreciation and encouragement. I believe in giving people incentive to work. So I am anxious to praise but loath to find fault. I am hearty in my approbation and lavish in my praise.
Self delusion is pulling in your stomach when you step on the scales.
Let thy words be few.
Hell is the knowledge of opportunity lost, the place where the man I am comes face to face with the man I might have been.
Nature never deceives us, it is we who deceive ourselves.
We mustn't let our passions destroy our dreams.
The gem can not be polished without friction, nor man be perfected without trials.
Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them, a desire, a dream, a vision.
You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth.
How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
I know people that got diagnosed with Parkinson's, and they just gave up. Sat in a wheelchair and refused to get up. I'll never give up. Some day this will probably take me, but I'm not going to walk away from life.
Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
Embrace your inner voice.
For a person to build a rich and rewarding life for himself there are certain qualities and bits of knowledge that he needs to acquire. There are also things, harmful attitudes, superstitions, and emotions that he needs to chip away. A person needs to chip away everything that doesn't look like the person he or she most wants to become.
A man is not old until regrets start taking place of dreams.
Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
Dreams are the reality of tomorrow.
The longer the excuse, the less likely it's the truth.
Let's not just transform those in need, we can also find ways to help transform those in power.
All condemnation of others really condemns ourselves. Adjust the microcosm which is in your power to do and the macrocosm will adjust itself for you.
Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress, working together is success.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.
Those at the top of the mountain didn't fall there.
The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.
None of us will every accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.
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.