Inspirational Quotes
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
The mind has exactly the same power as the hands, not merely to grasp the world, but to change it
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
But were we burthen'd with like weight of pain, As much, or more, we should ourselves complain.
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.
Above all to thine own self be true.
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is often a step forward.
Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands.
The rare individual who honestly satisfies this heart-hunger ( praise ) will hold people in the palm of his hand, and even the undertaker will be sorry when he dies.
Happiness is a state of mind.
Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.
Ideals are like stars, you will not succeed in touching them with your hands, but like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them, you reach your destiny.
The further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances, the more certain it seems to me that the path to genuine religiosity does not lie through the fear of life, and the fear of death, and blind faith, but through striving after rational knowledge.
Leadership is a secret ingredient that goes into failure. But it's only kept a secret from the person who fails.
We must never be afraid to go too far, for success lies just beyond.
A man should have any number of little aims about which he should be conscious and for which he should have names, but he should have neither name for, nor consciousness concerning, the main aim of his life.
Never stop dreaming.
It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship.
Follow your dreams.
Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.
You must tolerate that which you can not change.
Don't argue for other people's weaknesses. Don't argue for your own. When you make a mistake, admit it, correct it, and learn from it -- immediately.
You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.
Change yourself, change your fortunes.
If you don't quit, and don't cheat, and don't run home when trouble arrives, you can only win.
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.
Will springs from the two elements of moral sense and self-interest.
You will come to know that what appears today to be a sacrifice will prove instead to be the greatest investment that you will ever make.
A weak man has doubts before a decision, a strong man has them afterwards.
The one thing that separates winners from losers is, winners take action!
Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to conceive.
Only after you challenge your biases and stereotypes-- what Francis Bacon called the 'idols which beset men's minds'--can you help others do the same.
You will become as small as your controlling desire ; as great as your dominant aspiration.
Life is but a moment, death also is but another.
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
I do not think much of a man who does not know more today than he did yesterday.
I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.
No involvement, no commitment.
Just smiling can do wonders for your attitude
Bad friends prevent you from having good friends.
A dream unrealized is a dream imprisoned by that enemy of all enemies - the fear of failure. Set that you will make it happen ! -
Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.
Hunker down.
It is always your next move.
If money is your hope for independence, you will never have it. The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.
The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability and determination to overcome bad luck.
The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.
Nature does nothing uselessly.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
Your neighbor's vision is as true for him as your own vision is true for you.
Today... maybe I can take one step on that profoundly complex path to peace.
Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the number of apples in a seed.
Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
Before we can forgive one another, we must understand one another
To love what you do and feel that it matters, how on earth could anything be more fun !
When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers.
One who seeks no friends is his own enemy.
How we spend our days is of course how we spend our lives.
All knowledge that the world has ever received comes from the mind, the infinite library of the universe is in our own mind.
For children to take morality seriously they must be in the presence of adults who take morality seriously. And with their own eyes they must see adults take morality seriously.
People fascinated by the idea of progress never suspect that every step forward is also a step on the way to the end.
Be happy. It's one way of being wise.
Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof.
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.
We simply assume that the way we see things is the way they really are or the way they should be. And our attitudes and behaviors grow out of these assumptions.
Someday when I grow up, finish school and get a job, I'll start living my life the way I want someday after the mortgage is paid off, the finances are on track and the kids are grown up, I'll drive that new car and take exciting trips abroad someday, now that I'm 9 about to retire, I'll buy that beautiful motor home and travel across this great country, and see all there is to see someday.
Wealth is but dung, useful only when spread about.
A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.
If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.
Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.
When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished by how much the old man had learned in 7 years.
If we always look back, we lose sight of what's ahead.
We can help others in the world more by making the most of yourself than in any other way.
The entire law is summed up in a single command, Love your neighbor as yourself.
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
We are so lazy, we do not want to do anything ourselves. We want a personal god, a savior or a prophet to do everything for us. Long as we believe ourselves to be even the least different from god, fear remains with us, but when we know ourselves to be the one, fear goes, of what can we be afraid ?
Those who work at a thing heart and soul not only achieve success in it but through their absorption in that they also realize the supreme truth - brahman. Those who work at a thing with their whole heart receive help from god.
An executive is a person who always decides , sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides.
Don't wait. The time will never be just right.
The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.
Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds.
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.
No great man ever complains of want of opportunities.
Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt and dance like no one is watching
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
They will rise highest who strive for the highest place.
Time is really the only capital that any human being has and the thing that he can least afford to waste or lose.
Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game. quotes
It is love that makes the impossible possible.
Where there is love there is no darkness.