Inspirational Quotes
Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.
All men are created equal. Government by consent of the governed. Give me liberty or give me death. And those are not just clever words, and those are not just empty theories.
We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.
If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.
Well done is better than well said.
If you're proactive, you don't have to wait for circumstances or other people to create perspective expanding experiences. You can consciously create your own.
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
Only in his own way and not in any other can the one who strives perfect himself. He who lays hold of the rung of his companion and lets go of his own rung, through him neither the one nor the other will be realized.
If a man does his best, what else is there ?
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.
Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success.
Count your blessings.
If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
Children need love, especially when they do not deserve it.
If I'm ever on a life-support system I choose to be unplugged, but not until Im down to a size eight!
Embrace your inner voice.
We don't live in a world of reality, we live in a world of perceptions.
Love conquers all.
The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.
Don't wait. The time will never be just right.
Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good, every action that retards it is evil.
"It's Pretty Cool" - on winning Super Bowl XLVII.
Believe it is possible to solve your problem. Tremendous things happen to the believer. So believe the answer will come. It will.
Know thyself was the inscription over the Oracle at Delphi. And it is still the most difficult task any of us faces. But until you truly know yourself, strengths and weaknesses, know what you want to do and why you want to do it, you can not succeed in any but the most superficial sense of the word. The leader never lies to himself, especially about himself, knows his flaws as well as his assets, and deals with them directly. You are your own raw material. When you know what you consist of and why you want to make of it, then you can invent yourself.
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
Each human organism is conceived with a potential for becoming a complete human being -- as a seed contains the potential for becoming a complete plant. But his becoming may be completed in an infinite variety of ways.
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
Challenges are what make life interesting , overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
You'll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind.
If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
Build a dream and the dream will build you.
Remember the difference between a boss and a leader a boss says "Go ! '' -- a leader says "Let's go ! ''
I'm willing when time permits to honestly express or to open myself to you, to act as a sort of sign pole for a traveler.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all.
And he can make, so say the wise, no claim who makes no sacrifice.
Stopping at third base adds no more runs than striking out.
When it comes to giving, some people stop at nothing.
You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose site of the shore.
Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives : where we focus our attention.
Do or do not, there is no try.
Be courageous ! Whatever setbacks America has encountered, it has always emerged as a stronger and more prosperous nation. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith and go forward !
Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
No general can fight his battles alone. He must depend upon his lieutenants, and his success depends upon his ability to select the right man for the right place.
Who is the happiest of men ? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though'twere his own.
No one can make you jealous, angry, vengeful, or greedy -- unless you let him.
The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.
To me, at least the way that I teach it, all types of knowledge ultimately means self-knowledge. So, therefore they're coming in and asking me to teach them not so much how to defend themselves or how to do somebody in. Rather, they want to learn to express themselves through some movement, be it anger, be it determination or whatever. So, in other words, they're paying me to show them, in combative form, the art of expressing the human body.
When I give a minister an order, I leave it to him to find the means to carry it out.
Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter can not understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.
Unselfish and noble actions are the most radiant pages in the biography of souls.
Motivation is like food for the brain. You can not get enough in one sitting. It needs continual and regular refills.
To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.
When asked about clinching a playoff berth for Cleveland Browns during the 2023 NFL regular season - "You don't know how many of these moments you're going to get. Not too many people get the opportunity to have kids as old as mine and that understand what's going on - get to witness this. I'm going to remember this for the rest of my life. And anything that you get to do with people that you love, especially your children, they just make everything that much more special."
In order to grasp the reality, we must see the possibilities. In the present, a formulation of the possibilities is the area in which I gain uncertainty concerning what I decide, without a vision of the possibilities, I act blindly, only a knowledge of the possibilities enables me to know what I am actually doing.
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.
What ever you are be a good one.
A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds, it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change.
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.
When I asked god for strength He gave me difficult situations to face When I asked god for brain & brawn He gave me puzzles in life to solve When I asked god for happiness He showed me some unhappy people When I asked god for wealth He showed me how to work hard When I asked god for favors He showed me opportunities to work hard When I asked god for peace He showed me how to help others God gave me nothing I wanted He gave me everything I needed
The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.
You can never be happy at the expense of the happiness of others.
One man with courage is a majority.
There's no abiding success without commitment.
Into the hands of every individual is given a marvelous power for good or evil -- the silent, unconscious, unseen influence of his life. This is simply the constant radiation of what man really is, not what he pretends to be.
All successful people men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.
The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
Dare to be free, dare to go as far as your thought leads, and dare to carry that out in your life.
The real and lasting victories are those of peace and not of war.
Even when change is elective, it will disorient you. You may go through anxiety. You will miss aspects of your former life. It doesn't matter. The trick is to know in advance of making any big change that you're going to be thrown off your feet by it. So you prepare for this inevitable disorientation and steady yourself to get through it. Then you take the challenge, make the change, and achieve your dream.
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.
If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.
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.
You are what you repeatedly do. Excellence is not an event - it is a habit.
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
Adventure is worthwhile.
Beliefs have the power to create and the power to destroy. Human beings have the awesome ability to take any experience of their lives and create a meaning that disempowers them or one that can literally save their lives.
Find the good -- and praise it.
You see, when we have the opportunity of working out, you'll see that your way of thinking is definitely not the same as mine. Art, after all, is a means of acquiring personal liberty. Your way is not my way nor mine yours.
There are many who's tongues might govern multitudes, if they could govern their tongues.
He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time he looks at the object beloved, drawing from it with his eyes and his mind those virtues which it possesses.
A chain is as strong as its weakest link.
You are today where your thoughts have brought
Anonymity is your friend. Hmmm.. If someone adds an item to this list without knowing who "Larry" is... Is this still a list of Larryisms?
Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.
Resentment or grudges do no harm to the person against whom you hold these feelings but every day and every night of your life, they are eating at you.
Anything is possible.
Be loyal to people in their absence. Then watch how others begin having more faith and confidence in you, because they know you won't be talking about them behind their backs.
The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at a time.
is the greatest gift of the mind , it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.
Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moments you reject all help, are you free. Fear is death, fear is sin, fear is hell, fear is unrighteousness, and fear is wrong life.
The only time I really become discouraged is when I think of all the things I would like to do and the little time I have in which to do them.
It's your attitude not your aptitude that determines your altitude.