Inspirational Quotes
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.
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.
The art of choosing men is not nearly so difficult as the art of enabling those one has chosen to attain their full worth.
Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid.
People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.
There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction.
The harder I work, the luckier I get.
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
People can't live with change if there's not a changeless core inside them. The key to the ability to change is a changeless sense of who you are, what you are about and what you value.
Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command.
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, " What's in it for me ? ".
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.
Men are often capable of greater things than they perform. They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.
He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
Between stimulus and response is our greatest power -- the freedom to choose.
Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.
Every artist was first an amateur.
You are made from the same energy source that has created the oceans, the forests, the mountains, the valleys and all the stars in the sky. So tell me again, why you don't have the strength and power to create whatever you desire?
But were we burthen'd with like weight of pain, As much, or more, we should ourselves complain.
People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
No, this trick won't work... How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love ?
Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it.
Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks.
Believe that you are bigger than your difficulties, for you are, indeed.
Security is a kind of death.
Tolerance can lead to learning something.
Rather than focusing on things and time, focus on preserving and enhancing relationships and on accomplishing results.
All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination
Bad friends prevent you from having good friends.
A goal properly set is halfway reached.
Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated , you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
The toughest part of getting to the top of the ladder, is getting through the crowd at the bottom.
Will springs from the two elements of moral sense and self-interest.
Reflection doesn't take anything away from decisiveness, from being a person of action. In fact, it generates the inner toughness that you need to be an effective person of action -- to be a leader. Think of leadership as some of two vectors competence: (your specialty, your skills, your know-howl) and authenticity: (your identity, your character, your attitude) .
Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend.
Life's most soothing things are a child's goodnight and sweet music.
Think and grow rich.
It is absurd that a man should rule others, who can not rule himself.
It's your attitude not your aptitude that determines your altitude.
The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking, the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker.
There go the people. I must follow them for I am their leader.
Unless a man undertakes more than he possibly can do, he will never do all that he can.
Misfortunes often sharpen the genius.
Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression, in order that every man present his views without penalty, there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population.
Wealth is but dung, useful only when spread about.
It is amazing how much people can get done if they do not worry about who gets the credit.
If it is to be it is up to me.
The heart is wiser than the intellect.
Now, gentlemen, let us do something today which the world may talk of hereafter.
Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.
That which does not kill you makes you stronger.
The power is detested, and miserable the life, of him who wishes to be feared rather than to be loved.
It had always amazed me how different things looked in a studio compared to how they appeared on TV. In reality the set was a tiny stage in a giant room of cables, cameras, and monitors, all connected trounced a control room full of other monitors and audio equipment. On TV it looked like two people sitting in an office having a conversation.
I thought that training for the Olympics would be hardest thing I would ever have to do," former Olympic gymnast Jordyn Wieber said in court. "But the hardest thing I've ever had to do is process that I am a victim of Larry Nassar. But even though I'm a victim, I do not and will not live my life as one.
Unfortunately, most of the students in martial art are conformers. The student seldom learns to depend upon himself for expression. Instead, he faithfully or blindly follows an instructor, the authority figure, and his instructor's imposed pattern. That way, the student feels he is no longer alone and finds security in mass imitation. However, what is nurtured is the dependent mind rather than independent inquiry, which is so essential to genuine understanding. So through daily conditioning a student will probably be skilled according to a pattern, however, he will not come to understand himself.
Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world.
The chances are that you have already come to believe that happiness is unattainable. But men have attained it. And they have attained it by realizing that happiness does not spring from the procuring of physical or mental pleasure, but from the development of reason and the adjustment of conduct to principles.
Except and expect positive things and that is what you will receive.
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean , if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
You can not step twice into the same river, for other waters are continually flowing on.
"Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance."
Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.
It's always darkest before the dawn.
We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.
Every time an artist dies, part of the vision of mankind passes with him.
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
An army of lions commanded by a deer will never be an army of lions.
The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.
Resentment or grudges do no harm to the person against whom you hold these feelings but every day and every night of your life, they are eating at you.
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it.
You'll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind.
Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day.
What you are is god's gift to you, what you become is your gift to god.
The death of fear is in doing what you fear to do.
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.
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.
A life lived in fear is half lived.
Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.
A man's dreams are an index to his greatness.
We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities.
My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.
If I can line up the people who, back through the ages, have gone at life in ways I greatly admire, then I can feel their strength supporting me, all their standards and values pointing the way in which I am to go.
Who is the happiest of men ? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though'twere his own.
Seeing yourself as you want to be is the key to personal growth.
The only gift is a portion of thyself.
As a mother of teenagers, do you know how many times I picked up the phone to apologize to my own mother ?
Example sheds a genial ray which men are apt to borrow, so first improve yourself today, and then your friends tomorrow.
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.
All things come to those who wait, but when they come they're out of date.
My experience has taught me that a man who has no vices has damned few virtues.