Inspirational Quotes
Your self-beliefs either support or undermine you.
Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.
Don't say, "If I could, I would". Say, "If I can, I will".
Never giving up and pushing forward will unlock all the potential we are capable of.
It's easier to remember when you are right than when the other person was right.
In all the other movies that I’ve done, as well as my life. You know, I’ve been tagged. I guess we all have been tagged, right? We’re all alive. Right here, right now! This is happening. We’re alive!
Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
Change your thoughts, change your life.
It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get back up.
Every ceiling, when reached, becomes a floor, upon which one walks as a matter of course and prescriptive right.
Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.
You are made from the same energy source that has created the oceans, the forests, the mountains, the valleys and all the stars in the sky. So tell me again, why you don't have the strength and power to create whatever you desire?
The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible.
Discontent is the source of all trouble, but also of all progress, in individuals and nations.
This is the true joy the being used for a purpose recognized as a might one.
When I look around, I always learn something and that is to be always yourself. And to express yourself. To have faith in yourself. Do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it. Start from the very root of being, which is how can I be me?
Between stimulus and response is our greatest power -- the freedom to choose.
Goals are not only absolutely necessary to motivate us. They are essential to really keep us alive.
You create your reality.
No man ever became great without many and great mistakes.
Silence is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young ?
Your belief determines your action and your action determines your results, but first you have to believe.
Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.
To give away money is an easy matter and in any mans power. But to decide to whom to give it, and how large, and when, and for what purpose and how, is neither in any mans power nor an easy matter
The only gift is a portion of thyself.
Better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.
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.
Failure ? I never encountered it. All I ever met were temporary setbacks.
Respect the past in the full measure of its desserts, but do not make the mistake of confusing it with the present nor seek in it the ideals of the future.
Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.
Your world is a living expression of how you are using and have used your mind
Faith can move mountains.
You can not escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
The positive thinker is a hard-headed, tough-minded, and factual realist. He sees all the difficulties clearly... which is more than can be said for the average negative thinker. But he sees more than difficulties -- he tries to see the solutions of those difficulties.
In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.
The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
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.
Nothing happens unless first we dream.
Tolerance can lead to learning something.
Man is a goal-seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.
True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
Reach for the stars.
He who has hope has everything.
You only get out what you put in.
Life must be lived on a higher plane. We must go up to a higher platform, to which we are always invited to ascend, there, the whole aspect of things changes.
Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress, working together is success.
Whatever you are be a good one.
I have seen so many of these, and lived with them, and travelled with them, and oftentimes felt as if I should starve to death on an equal allowance, that I am fully convinced I am correct in saying that the North American Indians, taking them in the aggregate, even where they have an abundance to subsist on, eat less than any civilized population of equal numbers, that I have ever travelled amongst.
If the going is real easy, beware, you may be headed down hill.
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.
What ever you are be a good one.
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
The fastest way to pass your own expectation is to add passion to your labor.
Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.
Smile ! and the world will smile with you !
If you want things to be different, perhaps the answer is to become different yourself.
Many people seem to think that success in one area can compensate for failure in other areas. But can it really ? True effectiveness requires balance.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
It's a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best. You very often get it.
That which does not kill you makes you stronger.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
The only job where you start at the top, is digging a hole.
Education is one of the few things a person is willing to pay for and not get.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope or confidence.
Men who have attained things worth having in this world have worked while others idled, have persevered while others gave up in despair, have practiced early in life the valuable habits of self-denial, industry, and singleness of purpose. As a result, they enjoy in later life the success so often erroneously attributed to good luck.
Ideals serve well as our guides. They are like beacons on a journey , they do not permit us to tarry, as though our goal and rest were already contained in them.
Nothing succeeds like success.
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
Yes, we have to divide up our time like that, between our politics and our equations. But to me our equations are far more important, for politics are only a matter of present concern. A mathematical equation stands forever.
He didn't get all of those injuries from a fall.
Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.
Any man who selects a goal in life which can be fully achieved has already defined his own limitations.
If people find fault with you and try to put you into bad light, wrongly slandering and vilifying you, just step back and observe yourself. Don't harbor any dislike, don't enter into it any contests, and don't get upset, angry, or resentful. Just cut right through it and be as if you never or saw it. Eventually malevolent pests will disappear of themselves. If you contend with them, then a bad name will bounce back and forth with never an end in sight.
A mature man is his own judge. In the end, his only form of support is being faithful to his own convictions. The advice of others may be welcomed invaluable, but it does not free him from responsibility.
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
Play for more than you can afford to lose and you will learn the game.
Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.
Motherhood qualified me to let the child within come out and play.
The power of imagination makes us infinite.
Every man has in himself a continent of undiscovered character. Happy is he who acts as the Columbus to his own soul.
Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.
We have got to have a dream if we are going to make a dream come true.
Seek first to understand, then to be understood.
Where there is no wealth there is no poverty.
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.
As you live your values, your sense of identity, integrity, control, and inner-directedness will infuse you with both exhilaration and peace. You will define yourself from within, rather than by people's opinions or by comparisons to others.
Fear is the parent of cruelty.
Only a fool knows everything. A wise man knows how little he knows.
Work spares us from three evils boredom, vice, and need.
When you become detached mentally from yourself and concentrate on helping other people with their difficulties, you will be able to cope with your own more effectively. Somehow, the act of self-giving is a personal power-releasing factor.