Inspirational Quotes
We are what our thoughts have made us, so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live, they travel far.
Whatever you think that you will be. If you think yourself weak, weak you will be , if you think yourself strong, you will be.
The Athenians, alarmed at the internal decay of their Republic, asked Demosthenes what to do. His reply: Do not do what you are doing now.
Am I motivated by what I really want out of life or am I mass-motivated ?
The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it, and the glow from that fire can truly light the world.
In order to be walked on, you have to be lying down.
He is an atheist who does not believe in himself. The old religions said that he was an atheist who did not believe in god. The new religion says that he is an atheist who does not believe in himself.
He who has hope has everything.
Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
The ready back gets all the loads.
Live your dreams.
Nothing succeeds like success.
Results ? Why, man, I have gotten lots of results ! If I find ways something won't work, I haven't failed
Whenever we're afraid, its because we don't know enough. If we understood enough, we would never be afraid.
No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.
In life you need either inspiration or desperation.
We tend to live up to our expectations.
No matter how small, acknowledge the achievement.
Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.
When I look around, I always learn something and that is to be always yourself. And to express yourself. To have faith in yourself. Do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it. Start from the very root of being, which is how can I be me?
We must be bright and cheerful, long faces do not make religion.
No limits are set to the ascent of man, and to each and everyone the highest stands open. Here it is only your personal choice that decides.
A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.
There is no pleasure in life equal to that of the conquest of a vicious habit.
You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success.
Begin with the end in mind.
We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish.
It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.
Was there ever a more horrible blasphemy than the statement that all the knowledge of god is confined to this or that book ? How dare men call god infinite, and yet try to compress him within the covers of a little book !
If this is a blessing, it is certainly very well disguised.
Only the educated are free.
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
Power is not really good or bad , it is neutral. Power itself is not negative or positive, although our feelings about it may be. Power is the potential to influence others for good or evil, to be a blessing or a scourge. Like nuclear energy, it can provide the electricity to light a city, or it can fuel the bomb that destroys it.
Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
The real test in golf and in life is not in keeping out of the rough, but in getting out after you are in.
Friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life.
There is no luck except where there is discipline.
Life does not happen to us, it happens from us.
Our intentions create our reality.
Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying.
Live your life and forget your age.
Seek first to understand, then to be understood.
I have seen so many of these, and lived with them, and travelled with them, and oftentimes felt as if I should starve to death on an equal allowance, that I am fully convinced I am correct in saying that the North American Indians, taking them in the aggregate, even where they have an abundance to subsist on, eat less than any civilized population of equal numbers, that I have ever travelled amongst.
If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
The principal goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done.
If the going is real easy, beware, you may be headed down hill.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Love - the feeling - is a fruit of love, the verb.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it.
If you want things to be different, perhaps the answer is to become different yourself.
Know that although in the eternal scheme of things you are small, you are also unique and irreplaceable, as are all your fellow humans everywhere in the world.
Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.
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.
Use what talent you possess, the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
He who hesitates is lost !
The unique ability to take decisive action while maintaining focus on the ultimate mission is what defines a true leader.
The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.
Practice does not make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect.
The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, this time more wisely.
I was never tired of listening to his wisdom or imparting my own.
The battle is all over except the "shouting" when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be.
This is the beginning of a new day.
Watch people do their most common actions, these are indeed the things that will tell you the real character of a great person.
Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.
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.
You are what you think you are.
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human experience.
It doesn't matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You can not make progress without making decisions.
Giving people a little more than they expect is a good way to get back more than you'd expect.
The strength of the heart comes from the soundness of the faith.
A short saying often contains much wisdom.
My definition of success is to live your life in a way that causes you to feel a ton of pleasure and very little pain - and because of your lifestyle, have the people around you feel a lot more pleasure than they do pain.
In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.
Rely on your own strength of body and soul. Take for your star self-reliance, faith, honesty and industry. Don't take too much advice keep at the helm and steer your own ship, and remember that the great art of commanding is to take a fair share of the work. Fire above the mark you intend to hit. Energy, invincible determination with the right motive, are the levers that move the world.
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.
If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
Most people resist change, so a key part of innovating is convincing other people that your idea is a good one -- by enlisting their help, and, in doing so, by helping them see the usefulness of the idea.
Dreams are the reality of tomorrow.
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.
Success is never wondering what if.
How we spend our days is of course how we spend our lives.
Wisdom is knowing what to do next.
When were the good and the brave ever in a majority ?
The crocodile is only strong in the water.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
It helps to write down half a dozen things which are worrying me. Two of them, say, disappear, about two nothing can be done, so it's no use worrying, and two perhaps can be settled.