Inspirational Quotes
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing-that's why we recommend it daily.
To be a leader, you must stand for something, or fall for anything.
To ask the hard question is simple.
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.
Barring serious accidents, if you are not preoccupied with worry and you work hard, you can look forward to a reasonably lengthy existence. Its not the hard work that kills, its the worrying that kills.
Whatever you think that you will be. If you think yourself weak, weak you will be , if you think yourself strong, you will be.
Times of great calamity and confusion have ever been productive of the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace, and the brightest thunderbolt is elicited from the darkest storm.
This too, shall pass.
The cherokee people are not "my people".
Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.
All the technology in the world will never replace a positive attitude.
Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender , it's holy ground. There's no greater investment.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving ; they make mistakes, but they do not quit.
Practice loving people. It is true that this requires effort and continued practice, for some are not very lovable, or so it seems - with emphasis on "seems". Every person has lovable qualities when you really learn to know him.
Cushion the painful effects of hard blows by keeping the enthusiasm going strong, even if doing so requires struggle.
Why hesitate? Upon the plains of hesitation are the bleached bones of countless millions, who on the threshold of victory sat down to wait, and in waiting they died.
Come forth into the light of things , Let nature be your Teacher.
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.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
"Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance."
I do not think there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.
If there is something to gain and nothing to lose by asking, by all means ask.
Spoken about by, radio announcer and good friend : never let a day go by that he didn't learn something new and, in turn pass it on to others. It was his consuming passion.
Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness -- great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.
Life's blows can not break a person whose spirit is warmed at the fire of enthusiasm.
The buck stops here.
Above all, beware of compromises. I do not mean that you are to get into antagonism with anybody, but you have to hold on to your own principles in weal or woe and never adjust them to others "fads" through the greed of getting supporters.
A Native American grandfather was talking to his grandson about how he felt. He said, 'I feel as if I have two wolves fighting in my heart. One wolf is the vengeful, violent one, the other wolf is the loving compassionate one.' The grandson asked him, 'Which wolf will win the fight in your heart?' The grandfather answered, 'The one I feed.'
Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.
Living a life of integrity is one of the greatest missions we can undertake.
Effective people are not problem-minded , they're opportunity-minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems.
Well done is better than well said.
Practice hope. As hopefulness becomes a habit, you can achieve a permanently happy spirit.
The life which is unexamined is not worth living
You must take personal responsibility. You can not change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.
The secret to happiness is not in doing what one likes to do, but in liking what one has to do.
"It's Pretty Cool" - on winning Super Bowl XLVII.
The oneness of human beings is the basic ethical thread that holds us together.
Old love does not rust.
A leader is a dealer in hope.
Abilities wither under faultfinding, blossom with encouragement.
You know when you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend.
I have, for many years past, contemplated the noble races of red men who are now spread over these trackless forests and boundless prairies, melting away at the approach of civilization.
When love and skill work together expect a masterpiece.
The soul is covered with the color of its leisure thoughts.
You don't get to choose how you're going to die, only how you're going to live.
Seeing yourself as you want to be is the key to personal growth.
Never stop dreaming.
The purpose of life is not to be happy but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you have lived at all.
You can have everything in life you want if you'll just help enough other people get what they want.
He that has done nothing has known nothing.
The best effect of fine persons is felt after we have left their presence.
Bad friends prevent you from having good friends.
Practice makes perfect.
The very use of the word savage, as it is applied in its general sense, I am inclined to believe is an abuse of the word, and the people to whom it is applied.
Success is having a flair for the thing that you are doing , knowing that is it not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose.
When you are afraid, do the thing you are afraid of and soon you will lose your fear of it.
All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination
It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference.
Accomplishment of purpose is better than making a profit.
Why is it that the more mistakes people make, the more paranoid they become about other people's mistakes ?
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
The person who says it can not be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it.
In everything the ends well defined are the secret of durable success.
It's a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you often get it.
People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going!
I think there is something, more important than believing : Action ! The world is full of dreamers, there aren't enough who will move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize their vision.
Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them ?
The dove is my emblem. I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it. I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work
When you drop a pebble into a pool of water, the pebble starts a series of ripples that expand until they encompass the whole pool. This is exactly what will happen when I give my ideas a definite plan of action. Right now I can project my thoughts into the future. I can see ahead of me. I dream, I am not easily discouraged, readily visualize myself as overcoming obstacles, winning out over setbacks, achieving impossible objectives.
Kindness is a language which the dumb can speak, the deaf can understand.
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.
It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.
You're happiest while you're making the greatest contribution.
Where old age is evil, youth can learn no good.
Why is it that we spend so much of our time preparing for when we can do what we want, instead of just doing what we want right now.
A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.
The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.
The mind, ever the willing servant, will respond to boldness, for boldness, in effect, is a command to deliver mental resources.
Man is a goal-seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
People with goals succeed because they know where they're going.
I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant.
If a profound gulf separates my neighbor's belief from mine, there is always the golden bridge of tolerance.
The successful man is the average man, focused.
Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.
I do not believe in styles anymore. I do not believe that there is such a thing as the Chinese way of fighting or the Japanese way of fighting, or any other way of fighting, because unless a human being has three arms and four legs, there can be no different form of fighting. To me, ultimately, martial art means honestly expressing yourself.
The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
I am not overly impressed by the great names and reputations of those who might be trying to beat me to an invention... . Its their 'ideas' that appeal to me.