Inspirational Quotes
No one is so poor as an ignorant person.
Remember the difference between a boss and a leader a boss says "Go ! '' -- a leader says "Let's go ! ''
You may be on the right track, but if you just sit there you'll get run over.
We tend to live up to our expectations.
It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work
Don't think it, ink it.
There are few, if any, jobs in which ability alone is sufficient. Needed, also, are loyalty, sincerity, enthusiasm and team play.
There are no mistakes, save one, the failure to learn from a mistake.
There are two things to aim at in life, first, to get what you want, and after that to to enjoy it.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.
Begin with the end in mind.
All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.
Volunteers don't get paid, not because they're worthless, but because they're priceless.
We need to embrace that the things that we love come to an end. And to not take them for granted. To step back & make sure we really live in the moments which matter to us. Not just being there as a participant. But to really be there a 100%.
The harder you fall the higher you bounce.
Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
Never give an order that can't be obeyed.
There is no such thing as failure. There are only results.
The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
You must do the things you think you cannot do.
And he can make, so say the wise, no claim who makes no sacrifice.
The art of choosing men is not nearly so difficult as the art of enabling those one has chosen to attain their full worth.
When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life.
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
Power is not really good or bad , it is neutral. Power itself is not negative or positive, although our feelings about it may be. Power is the potential to influence others for good or evil, to be a blessing or a scourge. Like nuclear energy, it can provide the electricity to light a city, or it can fuel the bomb that destroys it.
Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special and always significant and remarkable point at which the world's phenomena intersect, only once in this way, and never again.
We shall neither fail nor falter, we shall not weaken or tire. Give us the tools and we will finish the job.
Obstacles are those frightful things you can see when you take your eyes off your goal.
Don't fall victim to your own melodrama. Keep things in perspective. The odds are that your problem is solvable. Address the solution and don't dwell on the problem to the point at which it paralyzes you.
Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting ; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be.
I don't like the man. I must get to know him better.
Live your life and forget your age.
It is the patient building of character, the intense struggle to realize the truth, which alone will tell in the future of humanity.
Tell everyone what you want to do and someone will want to help you do it.
if one is unable to assert oneself, one is unable to participate in a genuine relationship.
Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.
Never put off to tomorrow what you can do today.
The leader has a clear idea of what he wants to do -- professionally and personally -- and the strength to persist in the face of setbacks, even failures.
Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the number of apples in a seed.
I pack my trunk, embrace my friends, embark on the sea, and at last wake up in Naples, and there beside me is the Stern Fact, the Sad Self, unrelenting, identical, that I fled from.
Well done is better than well said.
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.
Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds.
Rather than focusing on things and time, focus on preserving and enhancing relationships and on accomplishing results.
Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
You must think of failure and defeat as the spring boards to new achievements, and to the next level of accomplishment.
There is no limit to the power of the human mind. The more concentrated it is, the more power is brought to bear on one point.
Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.
You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who can not read and write, but those who can not learn, unlearn, and relearn.
Our real problem is not our strength today ; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure strength tomorrow.
The man who has no imagination has no wings.
Busier than a cat covering up shit on a tile floor!
People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals - that is, goals that do not inspire them.
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
Don't bunt. Aim out of the ballpark.
Wherever we look upon this earth, the opportunities take shape within the problems.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.
The greater a man is in power above others, the more he ought to excel them in virtue. None ought to govern who is not better than the governed.
When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.
Honesty characterizes the person and enables him to create an identity, to communicate a real presence, and to establish authentic bonds with others. The individual increasingly comes to know who he is through the stand he takes when he expresses his ideas, values, beliefs, and convictions, and through the declaration and ownership of his feelings.
Because ideas have to be original only with regard to their adaptation to the problem at hand, I am always extremely interested in how others have used used them.
I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards.
Conflict itself is, of course, a sign of relative health as you would know if you ever met really apathetic people, really hopeless people, people who have given up hoping, striving, and coping.
Many have encountered and overcome the challenge of homelessness Many men go fishing all their lives not knowing it is not fish they are after.
My experience will help, but I insist and maintain that art - true art that is - cannot be handed out. Furthermore, art is never decoration or embellishment. Instead it is a constant process of maturing.
We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insolvuble problems.
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.
Happiness is a choice.
If I am not for myself, who will be for me ? Yet if I am for myself alone, of what good am I ?
God is subtle but he is not malicious.
Leadership - The art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
Look at every situation as if you were in the future and you were looking back on it.
How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these.
Dare to be free, dare to go as far as your thought leads, and dare to carry that out in your life.
Do not let what you can not do interfere with what you can do.
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human body, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.
In matters of style, swim with the current, in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
One does evil enough when one does nothing good.
Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success.
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.
If you don't know where you are going, you'll end up someplace else.