Inspirational Quotes
Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.
Whatever happens, take responsibility !
Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones tend to take care of themselves.
The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
Success based on anything but internal fulfillment is bound to be empty. - Dr
I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others. I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized ; they die when neglected. Life is a long line of opportunities.
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called present.
The hero is no braver than the ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer
The more we grow in love, virtue and holiness, the more we see love, virtue and holiness outside.
The truth is that we can learn to condition our minds, bodies, and emotions to link pain or pleasure to whatever we choose. By changing what we link pain and pleasure to, we will instantly change our behaviors.
Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.
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.
Love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.
Until a person can say deeply and honestly, "I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday'', that person can not say, "I choose otherwise''.
No one became poor by giving alms.
Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them.
I think there is something, more important than believing : Action ! The world is full of dreamers, there aren't enough who will move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize their vision.
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.
People who exercise their embryonic freedom day after day, little by little, expand that freedom. People who do not will find that it withers until they are literally 'being lived'. They are acting out scripts written by parents, associates and society.
Take heed : you do not find what you do not seek.
If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
Bygones are bygones. Life's too short. There's so much more we've all got to do.
Always mistrust a subordinate who never finds fault with his superior.
God gives nothing to those who keep their arms crossed.
In every difficult situation is potential value. Believe this, then begin looking for it.
The book you don't read cant help.
It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference.
It is better to bind your children to you by a feeling of respect and by gentleness, than by fear.
People are like stained glass windows, they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
Success doesn't come to you, you go to it.
The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.
Lives most persistent and urgent question is, What are you doing for others ?
Life is not accountable to us. We are accountable to life.
Men stumble over the truth from time to time but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.
I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.
Great minds have purpose, others have wishes.
A weak man has doubts before a decision, a strong man has them afterwards.
Every sale has five basic obstacles : no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.
If you realize how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought
Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality in your own mind.
Seek first to understand, then be understood
It's a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best. You very often get it.
The difficulties and distresses to which we have been exposed during the war must now be forgotten. We must endeavor to let our ways be the way of pleasantness and all our paths peace.
The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.
Life can only be understood backwards , but it must be lived forwards.
True success is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful.
Excellence is the result of caring more than others think wise, risking more than other's think safe, dreaming more than others think practical, and expecting more than others think possible.
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.
The greatest part of our happiness depends on our dispositions, not our circumstances.
When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.
Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.
Without a general an army is lost.
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.
Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time
Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.
Intelligence without ambition is like a bird without wings.
We carry the seeds of happiness with us wherever we go.
If anything is worth trying at all, it's worth trying at least ten times.
An Arabian proverb says there are four sorts of men: He who knows not and knows not he knows not: he is a fool, shun him. He who knows not and knows he knows not: he is simple, teach him. He who knows and knows not he knows: he is asleep--wake him. He who knows and knows he knows: he is wise, follow him.
We will find only what we look for, nothing more and nothing less.
Nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as true strength.
Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind.
The only gift is a portion of thyself.
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.
One does evil enough when one does nothing good.
If money helps a man to do good to others, it is of some value , but if not, it is simply a mass of evil, and the sooner it is got rid of, the better.
Pretty much everything will come to him who hustles while he waits. I believe that restlessness is discontent, and discontent is merely the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.
Let your imagination release your imprisoned possibilities.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
A man should have any number of little aims about which he should be conscious and for which he should have names, but he should have neither name for, nor consciousness concerning, the main aim of his life.
To be a leader, you must stand for something, or fall for anything.
But we can not avoid conflict, conflict with society, other individuals and with oneself. Conflicts may be the sources of defeat, lost life and a limitation of our potentiality but they may also lead to greater depth of living and the birth of more far-reaching unities, which flourish in the tensions that engender them.
Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.
As a principle-centered person you try to stand apart from the emotion of the situation and from other factors that would act on you, and evaluate the options. Looking at the balanced whole -- the work needs, the family needs, the other needs that may be involved, and the possible implications of the various alternatives -- you'll try to come up with the best solution taking all factors into consideration.
The person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.
Good habits are as addictive as bad habits, and a lot more rewarding.
The point is that you can't be too greedy.
The daily grind of hard work gets a person polished.
Accept the past for what it was. Acknowledge the present for what it is. Anticipate the future for what it can become.
My definition of success is to live your life in a way that causes you to feel a ton of pleasure and very little pain - and because of your lifestyle, have the people around you feel a lot more pleasure than they do pain.
You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.
My parents told me that I could do and be anything I really wanted. I believed them.
It doesn't matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You can not make progress without making decisions.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own mind.
Anybody can do just about anything with himself that he really wants to and makes up his mind to do. We are all capable of greater things than we realize.
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.