Inspirational Quotes
Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them go, the sooner the better.
How you react when the joke's on you can reveal your character.
A gentleman can withstand hardships , it is only the small man who, when submitted to them, is swept off his feet.
The oneness of human beings is the basic ethical thread that holds us together.
A good idea is never lost. Even though its originator or possessor may die, it will someday be reborn in the mind of another.
Embrace that small things lead to big things.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Wealth belongs to the person who enjoys it and not to the one who keeps it.
Failure doesn't mean you are a failure, it just means you haven't succeeded yet.
The greatest sin is to think yourself weak.
"It's Pretty Cool" - on winning Super Bowl XLVII.
Kindness is always fashionable.
Dreams are the reality of tomorrow.
Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.
The mind has exactly the same power as the hands, not merely to grasp the world, but to change it
The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.
The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor
When it comes to giving, some people stop at nothing.
Constant dripping hollows out a stone.
To ask the hard question is simple.
I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.
It's a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best. You very often get it.
Success is counted sweetest by those who ne'er succeed.
He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall , but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles, they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it.
Things do not change we change.
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.
That first peak is the best place to pause and look back, to see if you took the easiest route, to learn the lessons from the first climb. And it is the best place to examine the terrain ahead, to change your plans and goals, to take a deep breath and begin climbing again.
The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
Pep without purpose is piffle.
It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.
As a mother of teenagers, do you know how many times I picked up the phone to apologize to my own mother ?
A lie has speed, but truth has endurance.
The happiness of life is made up of minute fractionsthe little soon-forgotten charities of a kiss, a smile, a kind look, a heartfelt compliment in the disguise of a playful raillery, and the countless other infinitesimals of pleasurable thought and genial feeling.
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.
The outer forms of our lives can change in an instant, but the inner reorientation that brings us back into a vital relation to people and activity takes time.
I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel myself infinitely the happier for it.
We do our best that we know how at the moment, and if it doesn't turn out, we modify it.
We have not yet begun to fight.
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.
Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof.
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.
Equations are more important to me, because politics is for the present, but an equation is something for eternity.
Look up and not down, look forward and not back, look out and not in, and lend a hand.
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, " What's in it for me ? ".
Boldness, more boldness, and always boldness !
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.
Once you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is that most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year - and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade !
He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
It is my principle that the will of the majority should always prevail.
Desire, ignorance, and inequality, this is the trinity of bondage.
If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse , however if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.
Hatred stirreth up strifes, but love covereth all sins.
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.
Failures don't plan to fail, they fail to plan.
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not, nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not, unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not, the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
I do not think much of a man who does not know more today than he did yesterday.
For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been' .
Experience is the best teacher.
Some people come into our lives and quickly go, some stay for a while and leave footprints in our hearts, and we are never, ever the same.
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream.
Love sees roses without thorns.
As different streams having different sources all mingle their waters in the sea, so different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to god.
Silence is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
A man is about as big as the things that make him angry.
Your world is a living expression of how you are using and have used your mind
Don't water your weeds.
Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.
Oh, to be free from the stifling pressures of life to rest, a peaceful slumber that will rejuvenate my soul
The Missouri is, perhaps, different in appearance and character from all other rivers in the world. There is a terror in its manner which is sensibly felt, the moment we enter its muddy waters from the Mississippi.
Success is achieved by those who try and keep trying with a positive mental attitude.
The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies.
The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, learn about them, or even seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.
Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do.
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
I am again fairly settled down to the pleasant duties of an old fashioned Virginia house-keeper, steady as a clock, busy as a bee, and as cheerful as a cricket.
You must learn from your past mistakes, but not lean on your past successes.
He who knows all the answers has not yet been asked all the questions.
A 'No' uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks.
Never bring the problem solving stage into the decision making stage. Otherwise, you surrender yourself to the problem rather than the solution.
The ready back gets all the loads.
The important thing is this, to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are, for what we could become.
Whatever you need more of is what you need to tithe some. quotes
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.