Inspirational Quotes
We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.
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.
Be all you can be.
Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.
A good general not only sees the way to victory , he also knows when victory is impossible.
Procrastination is opportunities natural assassin.
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.
You'll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind.
Like snowflakes, my Christmas memories gather and dance each beautiful, unique and too soon gone.
All things come to those who wait, but when they come they're out of date.
It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, Always do what you are afraid to do.
The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor
Your daily life is your temple and your religion. When you enter into it take with you your all.
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.
The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.
Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It's a miracle, and the dance, is a celebration of that miracle.
He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall , but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles, they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
Growth in personality occurs as a consequence of meeting conflicts and impasses head on, and reconciling them. Interpersonal conflicts and impasses constitute problems which require solutions so that a satisfying relationship may be maintained. Whenever a person encounters a problem in his everyday living, he is obliged to vary his behavior until he discovers some mode of responding which is successful in achieving a solution.
There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.
Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited.
The way to find out about your happiness is to keep your mind on those moments when you feel most happy, when you really are happy -- not excited, not just thrilled, but deeply happy. This requires a little bit of self-analysis. What is it that makes you happy ? Stay with it, no matter what people tell you. This is what I call 'following your bliss'. If you follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. Wherever you are -- if you are following your bliss, you are enjoying that refreshment, that life within you, all the time.
Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers gardens.
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 can imagine it, you can achieve it , if you can dream it, you can become it.
One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything.
Every day in every way I am getting better and better.
Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.
Man is a goal-seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.
Many hands make light work.
Each person's life is a story that is telling itself in the living.
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, and live on that 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.
Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
I'm not here just to make a living, I'm here to make a difference.
A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline.
He who lives without discipline dies without honor.
I want it said of me by those who knew me best ; that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.
If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse , however if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.
When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.
My parents told me that I could do and be anything I really wanted. I believed them.
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who can not read and write, but those who can not learn, unlearn, and relearn.
Let's not confuse hasty decisions with strength or intelligence. It's important to be decisive - after giving consideration that reflects the time you have and what's at stake.
Don't wait for a funeral to pay a compliment. You may not make it in time.
The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.
Every ceiling, when reached, becomes a floor, upon which one walks as a matter of course and prescriptive right.
Everything in the world we want to do or get done, we must do with and through people.
We reap what we sow - we are the makers of our own fate. The wind is blowing, those vessels whose sails are unfurled catch it, and go forward on their way, but those which have their sails furled do not catch the wind. Is that the fault of the wind ? We make our own destiny.
Not being able to do everything is no excuse for not doing everything you can.
No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see the possibilities -- they're always there.
The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature.
The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body. The more efficient your body, the better you feel and the more you will use your talent to produce outstanding results.
Always do right, this will gratify some and astonish the rest.
Action, to be effective, must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
Just because you make a mistake doesnt mean you are a mistake.
You don't get to choose how you're going to die, only how you're going to live.
God does not care about our mathematical difficulties. He integrates empirically.
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.
The best things in life are free.
Don't ask for a light load, but rather ask for a strong back.
Don't fear, just live right.
One of the main reasons people are not rich is that they worry too much about things that might never happen. quotes
There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated from right living.
The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.
Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.
You're on the road to success when you realize that failure is only a detour.
Obstacles are great incentives.
When you can't solve the problem, manage it.
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.
Excellence is more fun than mediocrity.
When the going gets tough the tough get going.
Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.
Life without a purpose is a languid, drifting thing , every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves, 'This day let me make a sound beginning
I am not sure I should have dared to start , but I am sure that I should not have dared to stop.
Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind, therefore as soon as they are becoming prominent in our minds, we should see a physician, take good food, and rest.
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
Never stop dreaming.
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it.
Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.
Great men are not always wise.
May you live all the days of your life.
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.
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.
Yesterday is but a dream, tomorrow but a vision. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore, to this day.
One lie ruins a thousand truths.
How a man plays a game shows something of his character, how he loses shows all of it.
Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying.
Success comes from taking the initiative and following up... persisting... eloquently expressing the depth of your love. What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life ?
Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.
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.
When I give a minister an order, I leave it to him to find the means to carry it out.
Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvelous work. It is fearlessness that brings heaven even in a moment.
Look at every situation as if you were in the future and you were looking back on it.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.