Inspirational Quotes
For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.
Procrastination is opportunities natural assassin.
To live for results would be to sentence myself to continuous frustration. My only sure reward is in my actions and not from them.
Be Here Now.
Optimists are right. So are pessimists. It's up to you to choose which you will be.
The unique ability to take decisive action while maintaining focus on the ultimate mission is what defines a true leader.
In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.
Before we can forgive one another, we must understand one another
Live life with passion.
Whoever said anybody has a right to give up ?
Some make it happen, some watch it happen, and some say, What happened ?
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though chequered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the grey twilight that knows not victory or defeat.
Change yourself, change your fortunes.
I am again fairly settled down to the pleasant duties of an old fashioned Virginia house-keeper, steady as a clock, busy as a bee, and as cheerful as a cricket.
The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.
Each action can be the one on which all depends , what is decisive is only the strength and concentration of hallowing with which I do it. To the question of what had been the most essential matter for his late teacher, a disciple answered, 'Always just what he was engaged in at the moment'.
If you want to get somewhere you have to know where you want to go and how to get there. Then never, never, never give up.
Formal education will make you a living, self education will make you a fortune.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost indispensable , and no man is useless while he has a friend.
I do not think much of a man who does not know more today than he did yesterday.
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
Like snowflakes, my Christmas memories gather and dance each beautiful, unique and too soon gone.
We need to embrace that the things that we love come to an end. And to not take them for granted. To step back & make sure we really live in the moments which matter to us. Not just being there as a participant. But to really be there a 100%.
There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group, there is less competition there.
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, and live on idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success. tremendous stream is flowing toward the ocean, carrying us all along with it , and though like straws and scraps of paper we may at times float aimlessly about, in the long run we are sure to join the ocean of life and bliss.
The harder I work, the luckier I get.
Whether or not we realize it each of us has within us the ability to set some kind of example for people. Knowing this would you rather be the one known for being the one who encouraged others, or the one who inadvertently discouraged those around you ?
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a persons determination.
Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness -- great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.
It's nice to be the best, but not when being the best brings out the worst in you.
Live with passion.
He who dares nothing need hope for nothing.
"I am the thread that runs through all these pearls", and each pearl is a religion or even a sect thereof. Such are the different pearls, and god is the thread that runs through all of them, most people, however, are entirely unconscious of it.
If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.
Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.
It's not about the money. It's about what you feel you deserve.
When one door closes another opens, but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice. No paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service.
In the court of basketball, there are no objections only rejections.
Self-suggestion makes you master of yourself.
A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority. There is but little virtue in the action of masses of men.
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.
Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
Remember when you see a man at the top of a mountain, he didn't fall there.
Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to conceive.
We aren't in an information age, we are in an entertainment age.
Failure doesn't mean you are a failure, it just means you haven't succeeded yet.
If you don't first handle fear and desire, and you get rich, you'll be a high pay slave.
It's not what happens to you, it's what you do about it that makes the difference.
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
If I were required to guess off-hand, and without collusion with higher minds, what is the bottom cause of the amazing material and intellectual advancement of the last fifty years, I should guess that it was the modern-born and previously non-existent disposition on the part of men to believe that a new idea can have value.
I pack my trunk, embrace my friends, embark on the sea, and at last wake up in Naples, and there beside me is the Stern Fact, the Sad Self, unrelenting, identical, that I fled from.
They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment.
Every human heart is human.
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity , an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
This one step, choosing a goal and sticking to it, changes everything.
There is no security on this earth ; there is only opportunity.
If you don't quit, and don't cheat, and don't run home when trouble arrives, you can only win.
People are where they are because that's exactly where they really want to be. . . whether they'll admit that or not
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream.
I believe that it is better to learn from the diverse people around us than to try in vain to emulate them, better to be a teacher than a role model. As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.
The Missouri is, perhaps, different in appearance and character from all other rivers in the world. There is a terror in its manner which is sensibly felt, the moment we enter its muddy waters from the Mississippi.
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.
If you want to be enthusiastic, act enthusiastic.
A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
Success isn't magic or hocus-pocus, it's simply learning to focus.
The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.
Unless a man undertakes more than he possibly can do, he will never do all that he can.
Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it.
The currency of success is not money. It’s minutes. What percentage of my life do I spend doing what I want, in the way I want? That’s true success.
There is more to life than increasing its speed.
Listen with regard when others talk. Give your time and energy to others, let others have their own way, do things for reasons other than furthering your own needs.
Are we to love only those who deserve our love ? Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you , that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven.
The beauties of the world are best seen by those who strive to reach them.
Persistence is what makes the impossible possible, the possible likely, and the likely definite.
To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.
Don't wait for a funeral to pay a compliment. You may not make it in time.
The leader has a clear idea of what he wants to do -- professionally and personally -- and the strength to persist in the face of setbacks, even failures.
Teamwork is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the heights of your capabilities or make the money that you want without becoming very good at it.
Whenever I get the energy to exercise, I sit down until it passes.
The strength of the heart comes from the soundness of the faith.
When I've heard all I need to make a decision, I don't take a vote. I make a decision.
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.
An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast, a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.
If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think another negative thought.
Inspiration and genius -- one and the same.