Inspirational Quotes
Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Great minds have purposes others have wishes.
The idea for Googles search engine came to Page in a dream about downloading the entire web and keeping the links, he told Michigan graduates. When no one else is crazy enough to do it, you have little competition, he said.
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.
This too, shall pass.
If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Every hero becomes a bore at last.
Great minds have purpose, while others just have wishes.
If at first you don't succeed skydiving is not for you.
As a cure for worrying, work is far better than whiskey. I always found that, if I began to worry, the best thing I could do was focus upon doing something useful and then work very hard at it. Soon, I would forget what was troubling me.
Bad friends prevent you from having good friends.
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
The will to prepare is more important than the will to win.
Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender , it's holy ground. There's no greater investment.
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
Life's most soothing things are a child's goodnight and sweet music.
The best things in life are free.
Example sheds a genial ray which men are apt to borrow, so first improve yourself today, and then your friends tomorrow.
Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.
If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster.
If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
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.
Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is.
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 interesting to notice how some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage, and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.
There was no hope on earth, and god seemed to have forgotten us. Some said they saw the son of god, others did not see him. If he had come, he would do some great things as he had done before. We doubted it because we had seen neither him nor his works.
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
Four steps to achievement : plan purposely, prepare prayerfully, proceed positively, pursue persistently.
A life lived in fear is half lived.
The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies.
When our actions do not, our fears make us traitors.
Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else's can shorten it.
Fear nothing, for every renewed effort raises all former failures into lessons, all sins into experience.
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.
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to my fellow-creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.
Fathers are like a lighthouse when there is fog his children can always depend on seeing the light.
If one advances confidently in the direction of their goals and endeavors to live the life that they have imagined, they'll meet with success unexpected in common hours.
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
Honesty is the best image.
Be the best that you can be.
You have the power to think what you want. No matter what the circumstance.
It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.
Kind words conquer.
How we spend our days is of course how we spend our lives.
Basing our happiness on our ability to control everything is futile.
Courage faces fear and thereby masters it.
The real leader has no need to lead, he is content to point the way.
What is tolerance ? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error , let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature.
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity , an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Many people may listen, but few people actually hear.
Much as we may wish to make a new beginning, some part of us resists doing so as though we were making the first step toward disaster.
Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -- how passionately I hate them !
Strength is life, weakness is death. Expansion is life, contraction is death. Love is life, hatred is death.
Be the change you want to see in the world Ghandi Be useful where thou livest.
You become what you think about.
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is to try to please everyone.
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.
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
Success is the child of audacity.
To solve a problem or to reach a goal, you don't need to know all the answers in advance. But you must have a clear idea of the problem or the goal you want to reach.
If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true were really true, there would be little hope of advance.
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
Be happy. It's one way of being wise.
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.
It means a great deal to those who are oppressed to know that they are not alone. And never let anyone tell you that what you are doing is insignificant. Bishop
Friendship is not born of words alone.
It's easier to prepare and prevent, than to repair and repent.
The gulf between god and me is thus bridged. Thus by knowing god, we find that the kingdom of heaven is within us.
Seize the day.
Learning acquired in youth is an inscription on stone.
One had to cram all this stuff into one's mind for the examinations, whether one liked it or not. This coercion had such a deterring effect on me that, after I had passed the final examination, I found the consideration of any scientific problems distasteful to me for an entire year.
With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.
Some people plant in the spring and leave in the summer. If you're signed up for a season, see it through. You don't have to stay forever, but at least stay until you see it through.
If you don't learn from your mistakes, there's no sense making them.
The only job where you start at the top, is digging a hole.
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.
Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
Never say anything about yourself you do not want to come true.
Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.
First, believe in the world - that there is meaning behind everything.
The harder I work, the luckier I get.
, Nobel Peace Prize winner We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.
It is love that makes the impossible possible.