Inspirational Quotes
Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.
Your talent is god's gift to you.
The only gift is a portion of thyself.
Results come from constantly applying what you know, not just knowing.
Only by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the moment you can grow more surely toward the stars.
Be like the turtle. If he didn't stick his neck out, he wouldn't get anywhere at all.
Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life.
Success is never wondering what if.
A small house will hold a hundred friends.
We are what our thoughts have made us, so take care about that you think.
Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.
If you don't quit, and don't cheat, and don't run home when trouble arrives, you can only win.
Do not wait for leaders, do it alone, person to person.
One joy scatters a hundred griefs.
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
If you only look at what is, you might never attain what could be.
An avoidance of true communication is tantamount to a relinquishment of my self- being , if I withdraw from it I am betraying not only the other but myself.
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.
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?
Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance.
We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.
We more frequently fail to face the right problem than fail to solve the problem we face.
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.
I want to talk with people who care about things that matter that will make a life- changing difference
God does not care about our mathematical difficulties. He integrates empirically.
Learning karate requires self-control and discipline Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by.
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
If you want to be creative in your company, your career, your life, all it takes is one easy stepthe extra one. When you encounter a familiar plan, you just ask one question '' What ELSE could we do ? ''
The principal goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done.
He is an atheist who does not believe in himself. The old religions said that he was an atheist who did not believe in god. The new religion says that he is an atheist who does not believe in himself.
You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do.
Practice hope. As hopefulness becomes a habit, you can achieve a permanently happy spirit.
Positive attitudes come in unlimited quantities. Everybody can have one free !
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.
He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything.
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
All great truths are simple in final analysis, and easily understood ; if they are not, they are not great truths.
Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win -- essential to success.
The grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence. Fences have nothing to do with it. The grass is greenest where it is watered. When crossing over fences, carry water with you and tend the grass wherever you may be.
Do it now !
After your jump, the net appears.
It's not the events of our lives that shape us, but our beliefs as to what those events mean.
No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an unchartered land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.
Dependent people need others to get what they want. Independent people can get what they want through their own efforts. Interdependent people combine their own efforts with the efforts of others to achieve their greatest success.
Do not wait for ideal circumstances, they will never come, nor for the best opportunities.
No matter how big government gets, and no matter how many services it provides, it can never take the place of volunteers.
There is time for everything.
One had to cram all this stuff into one's mind for the examinations, whether one liked it or not. This coercion had such a deterring effect on me that, after I had passed the final examination, I found the consideration of any scientific problems distasteful to me for an entire year.
If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep.
Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.
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.
Wisdom is knowing what to do next.
There is no point at which you can say 'Well, I'm successful now. I might as well take a nap.'
Ideas become powerful only if they appear in the flesh , an idea which does not lead to action by the individual and by groups remains at best a paragraph or a footnote in a book -- provided the idea is original and relevant. It is like a seed stored in a dry place. If the idea is to have influence, it must be put into the soil, and the soil is people and groups of people.
Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
A life lived in fear is a life half lived.
Come forth into the light of things , Let nature be your Teacher.
When people are like each other they tend to like each other.
People who are afraid to fail can never experience the joys of success.
The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.
Where can we go to find god if we cannot see him in our own hearts and in every living being.
Live out of your imagination, not your history.
There's always free cheese in the mouse traps, but the mice there ain't happy.
Part of being a winner is knowing when enough is enough. Sometimes you have to give up the fight and walk away, and move on to something that's more productive.
Success is never ending, failure is never final.
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.
Yes, you can be a dreamer and a doer too, if you will remove one word from your vocabulary : impossible.
Those who laugh - last!!
One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.
Great men are not always wise.
Nothing succeeds like success.
Don't take no for an answer, never submit to failure. Do not be fobbed off with mere personal success or acceptance. You will make all kinds of mistakes, but as long as you are generous and true, and also fierce, you can not hurt the world or even seriously distress her. She was made to be wooed by youth.
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.
Your world is a living expression of how you are using and have used your mind
In life you need either inspiration or desperation.
The toughest part of getting to the top of the ladder, is getting through the crowd at the bottom.
Joy is the feeling of grinning inside.
Before I learned the art, a punch was just a punch, and a kick, just a kick. After I learned the art, a punch was no longer a punch, a kick, no longer a kick. Now that I understand the art, a punch is just a punch and a kick is just a kick.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.
Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness -- great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.
Many hands make light work.
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 whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.
The United States, and other advanced nations, will someday be able to produce instruments of death so terrible the world will be in abject terror of itself and its ability to end civilization... . Such war-making weapons should be developed - but only for purposes of discovery and experimentation
The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire.
You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
Just smiling can do wonders for your attitude
The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies.
The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability and determination to overcome bad luck.