Inspirational Quotes
Within us all there are wells of thought and dynamos of energy which are not suspected until emergencies arise. Then oftentimes we find that it is comparatively simple to double or treble our former capacities and to amaze ourselves by the results achieved. Quotas, when set up for us by others, are challenges which goad us on to surpass ourselves. The outstanding leaders of every age are those who set up their own quotas and constantly achieve them.
This above all, To Thine Own Self Be True.
The speed of the leader determines the rate of the pack.
Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but religiously follows the new.
A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.
All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.
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.
Not being able to do everything is no excuse for not doing everything you can.
The best and most beautiful things in this world can not be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the heart.
We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations.
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
If you can't accept losing, you can't win.
We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities.
Our life is what it is as a result of how we think.
Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
Never say more than is necessary.
Constant dripping hollows out a stone.
Seeing yourself as you want to be is the key to personal growth.
Take a chance ! All life is a chance. The man who goes the furthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
Live your life and forget your age.
Hope is like a bird that senses the dawn and carefully starts to sing while it is still dark.
I have failed over and over again. That is why I succeed.
Experience taught me a few things. One is to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper. The second is that you're generally better off sticking with what you know. And the third is that sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make.
Human beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come back home.
Some people dream of success while others wake up and work hard at it.
People fascinated by the idea of progress never suspect that every step forward is also a step on the way to the end.
Never Quit.
A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
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.
Believe that you are bigger than your difficulties, for you are, indeed.
Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.
Remember the difference between a boss and a leader a boss says "Go ! '' -- a leader says "Let's go ! ''
If you would create something, you must be something.
With vision, every person, organization and country can flourish. The Bible says, 'Without vision we perish.
There's no such thing as not enough time if you're doing what you want to do.
The buck stops here.
Ineffective people live day after day with unused potential. They experience synergy only in small, peripheral ways in their lives. But creative experiences can be produced regularly, consistently, almost daily in people's lives. It requires enormous personal security and openness and a spirit of adventure.
Truth fears no questions.
Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.
Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.
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.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
Action without study is fatal. Study without action is fatal. Mary Beard Actions speak louder than words.
Money without brains is always dangerous.
Success is achieved by those who try and keep trying with a positive mental attitude.
We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives.
Never spend your money before you have it.
Men are often capable of greater things than they perform. They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.
Success is counted sweetest by those who ne'er succeed.
One rule of action more important than all others is consists in never doing anything that someone else can do for you.
Do not wait for ideal circumstances, they will never come, nor for the best opportunities.
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 gem can not be polished without friction, nor man be perfected without trials.
Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.
Everything is okay in the end. If it's not okay, then it's not the end.
Reason is like an open secret that can become known to anyone at any time , it is the quiet space into which everyone can enter through his own thought.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
Self delusion is pulling in your stomach when you step on the scales.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
For hope is but the dream of those that wake.
You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this ? And radio operates exactly the same way : you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat.
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
Its obvious that we don't know one millionth of one percent about anything.
Friends are made by many acts and lost by only one.
Knowledge is proud that she knows so much , wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
You're gonna have to learn your cliches. You're gonna have to study them, you're gonna have to learn them, you're gonna have to know them. They're your friends. Write this down: "We gotta play 'em one day at a time."
No one became poor by giving alms.
Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.
This is as true in everyday life as it is in battle we are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live.
I have seen him set fire to his wigwam and smooth over the graves of his fathers, clap his hand in silence over his mouth, and take the last look over his fair hunting ground, and turn his face in sadness to the setting sun.
We aren't in an information age, we are in an entertainment age.
We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves. If what we are now has been the result of our own past actions, it certainly follows that whatever we wish to be in the future can be produced by our present actions, so we have to know how to act.
Kindness is a language which the dumb can speak, the deaf can understand.
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.
Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.
Rock and roll is the music of America, of youth, of rebellion, and of the common spirit that ties all that together.
The greatest part of our happiness depends on our dispositions, not our circumstances.
I deal with the obvious. I present, reiterate and glorify the obvious -- because the obvious is what people need to be told.
Bygones are bygones. Life's too short. There's so much more we've all got to do.
Barring serious accidents, if you are not preoccupied with worry and you work hard, you can look forward to a reasonably lengthy existence. Its not the hard work that kills, its the worrying that kills.
The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
Because I readily absorb ideas from every source - frequently starting where the last person left off - I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it.
Procrastination is the fear of success. People procrastinate because they are afraid of the success that they know will result if they move ahead now. Because success is heavy, carries a responsibility with it, it is much easier to procrastinate and live on the 'someday I'll' philosophy.
Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow
The doctor and the pastor ask about your health, but eternity makes you responsible for your condition.
Everything that is good from others, bring it in, and in your own way absorb it, do not become others.
One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.
Like snowflakes, my Christmas memories gather and dance each beautiful, unique and too soon gone.