Inspirational Quotes
Peace can not be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
Knowing means to penetrate through the surface, in order to arrive at the roots, and hence the causes, knowing means to "see" reality in its nakedness. Knowing does not mean to be in the possession of the truth , it means to penetrate the surface and to strive critically and actively in order to approach truth ever more closely.
When one door closes, another opens. But we often look so regretfully upon the closed door that we don't see the one that has opened for us.
The first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.
The only guide to man is his conscience , the only shield to his memory is the rectitude and sincerity of his actions. It is very imprudent to walk through life without this shield, because we are so often mocked by the failure of our hopes and the upsetting of our calculations, but with this shield, however the fates may play, we march always in the ranks of honor.
I always try to turn my personal struggles into something helpful for others.
Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded or how much you have.
To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform.
The show must go on.
A life lived in fear is half lived.
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
Concentration of wealth and power has been built upon other people's money, other people's business, other people's labor. Under this concentration, independent business has been a menace to American society.
Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting ; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be.
No one lives long enough to learn everything they need to learn starting from scratch. To be successful, we absolutely, positively have to find people who have already paid the price to learn the things that we need to learn to achieve our goals.
All things are created twice. There's a mental or first creation, and a physical or second creation of all things. You have to make sure that the blueprint, the first creation, is really what you want, that you've thought everything through. Then you put it into bricks and mortar. Each day you go to the construction shed and pull out the blueprint to get marching orders for the day. You begin with the end in mind.
To ask the hard question is simple.
The life which is unexamined is not worth living
You must consider the bottom line, but make it integrity before profits.
Everyone's life is an object lesson to others.
Every dog has his day.
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.
I have realized god sitting in the temple of every human body, the moment I stand in reverence before every human being and see god in him - that moment I am free from bondage, everything that binds vanishes, and I am free.
Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.
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.
We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations.
You are what you repeatedly do. Excellence is not an event - it is a habit.
Your belief determines your action and your action determines your results, but first you have to believe.
If to do good were easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces.
One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus ; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human experience.
Great changes may not happen right away, but with effort even the difficult may become easy.
If I am not for myself, who will be for me ? Yet if I am for myself alone, of what good am I ?
Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you ; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, this time more wisely.
Kindness is an inner desire that makes us want to do good things even if we do not get anything in return. It is the joy of our life to do them. When we do good things from this inner desire, there is kindness in everything we think, say, want and do.
It's not enough that we do our best, sometimes we have to do what's required.
Don't fall victim to your own melodrama. Keep things in perspective. The odds are that your problem is solvable. Address the solution and don't dwell on the problem to the point at which it paralyzes you.
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.
Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy : true fulfillment.
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
Life can only be understood backwards , but it must be lived forwards.
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.
Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.
The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it.
You don't just stumble into the future you create your own future.
Be grateful to the Man you help, think of him as god. Is it not a great privilege to be allowed to worship god by helping our fellow men ?
Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
Some people enter our lives and leave almost instantly. Others stay, and forge such an impression on our heart and soul, we are changed forever.
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.
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.
Don't be hard on yourself. Embrace your journey with kindness and patience, recognizing that every step, even the small ones, is a part of your growth.
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
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.
Live Well... Laugh Often... Love Much.
All the technology in the world will never replace a positive attitude.
The strength of the heart comes from the soundness of the faith.
A teacher, a really good teacher, is never a giver of truth; he is a guide, a pointer to truth. Therefore, a good teacher, or, more appropriately, a guide, studies each student individually and helps to awaken the student to explore himself, both internally and externally, and ultimately to integrate himself with his being. All in all, a teacher acts as a catalyst, and not only must he have a tremendous understanding; he must also possess a sensitive mind with great flexibility and adaptability.
Most people are about as happy as they make up their mind to be.
Will springs from the two elements of moral sense and self-interest.
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
Hard work pays off.
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
People who worked with me or knew me still called me the 'world's fastest human' because I almost never stopped. I'd found that I could get more done with no regular job or regular hours at all, but by being on my own, flying to speak here, help with a public relations campaign for some client there, tape my regular jazz radio show one morning at 5:00 a.m. before leaving on a plane for another city or another continent three hours later to preside over a major sporting event.
Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying.
All men dream, but unequally. Those that dream at night in the dusty recesses of their minds awake the next day to find that their dreams were just vanity. But those who dream during the day with their eyes wide open are dangerous men , they act out their dreams to make them reality.
All work is empty save when there is love.
A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway.
Rock and roll is the music of America, of youth, of rebellion, and of the common spirit that ties all that together.
The best leaders of all, the people know not they exist. They turn to each other and say, We did it ourselves.
Indecision is the thief of opportunity.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot , but make it hot by striking.
You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.
A ship is safe in harbor, but thats not what ships are for.
Man shapes himself through decisions that shape his environment.
Self delusion is pulling in your stomach when you step on the scales.
I do not resent criticism, even when, for the sake of emphasis, it parts for the time with reality.
Change your thoughts and you change your world.
Action without study is fatal. Study without action is fatal. Mary Beard Actions speak louder than words.
Everything in the world we want to do or get done, we must do with and through people.
Embrace that small things lead to big things.
When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
Let's roll.
Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands.
A wise man adapts himself to circumstances as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it.