Inspirational Quotes
Great minds have purpose, while others just have wishes.
A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance, and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.
The heart is wiser than the intellect.
He who joyfully marches to music rank and file, has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is ; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action. It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.
I never could have done without the habits of punctuality, order and diligence the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time.
What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it.
Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.
Perfect love can not be without equality.
Men spend their lives in anticipations, in determining to be vastly happy at some period when they have time. But the present time has one advantage over every otherit is our own. Past opportunities are gone, future have not come. We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock of wine , but if we defer the tasting of them too long, we shall find that both are soured by age.
We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish.
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
There is no chance, no fate, no destiny that can circumvent, or hinder, or control a firm resolve of a determined soul.
You can have anything you want ? if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose.
Your decision to be, have and do something out of ordinary entails facing difficulties that are out of the ordinary as well. Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else.
They are able because they think they are able.
What you can do, or dream you can, begin it, boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
Until we take how we see ourselves (and how we see others) into account, we will be unable to understand how others see and feel about themselves and their world. Unaware, we will project our intentions on their behavior and call ourselves objective.
Learning karate requires self-control and discipline Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by.
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it.
Only in his own way and not in any other can the one who strives perfect himself. He who lays hold of the rung of his companion and lets go of his own rung, through him neither the one nor the other will be realized.
Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.
No one is so poor as an ignorant person.
How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.
We must have friendship for all, we must be merciful toward those that are in misery, when people are happy, we ought to be happy, and to the wicked we must be indifferent. These attitudes will make the mind peaceful.
Be the best that you can be.
Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch-what make you go beyond the norm.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
It is no sin to attempt and fail. The only sin is to not make the attempt.
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
You may be on the right track, but if you just sit there you'll get run over.
Common looking people are the best in the world : that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.
Remember when you see a man at the top of a mountain, he didn't fall there.
Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.
Anything is possible.
Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources on mastering a single area of our lives.
Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
We get to make a living , we give to make a life.
Advice is seldom welcome , and those who want it the most always like it the least.
Besides the short catnaps I take each day, I average about four to five hours of sleep per night.
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
For things to change you've got to change. Otherwise, nothing much will change
Just because something does n't do what you planned it to do in the first place doesn't mean it's useless.
It's always too soon to quit !
Live out of your imagination, not your history.
If we always look back, we lose sight of what's ahead.
Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.
If you want to be enthusiastic, act enthusiastic.
Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves ; and under a just God, cannot long retain it.
Most ball games are lost, not won.
Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless it's a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.
The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor
Laughter is the best medicine.
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal, nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
We have a problem. ''Congratulations. '' But it's a tough problem. ''Then double congratulations. ''
If we are to achieve results never before accomplished, we must expect to employ methods never before attempted.
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
It is in the small decisions you and I make every day that create our destiny.
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.
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.
Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born.
Life's most soothing things are a child's goodnight and sweet music.
Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it for yourself. In giving it, you will accumulate a deposit of joy greater than you ever believed possible.
The best things in life are not things.
Always bear in mind, that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other thing.
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is often a step forward.
Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.
Your family and your love must be cultivated like a garden. Time, effort, and imagination must be summoned constantly to keep any relationship flourishing and growing.
Some minds are like concrete, all mixed up and permanently set.
Optimists are right. So are pessimists. It's up to you to choose which you will be.
And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
Living a life of integrity is one of the greatest missions we can undertake.
Impossible situations can become possible miracles.
Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.
Above all to thine own self be true.
Why not go out on a limb ? Isn't that where the fruit is ?
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.
There is no education like adversity.
As you think in your heart, so shall you be.
We aren't in an information age, we are in an entertainment age.
It's nice to be the best, but not when being the best brings out the worst in you.
If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.
If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today.
From success to failure is one step , from failure to success is a long road.
Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.
The greater the obstacle the more glory.