Inspirational Quotes
The idea of working all your life, saving, and putting money into a retirement account is a very slow plan.
If you don't first handle fear and desire, and you get rich, you'll be a high pay slave.
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.
If you want to be enthusiastic, act enthusiastic.
You become what you think about.
Live life to the fullest.
Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.
The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it , if you can dream it, you can become it.
It takes a whole village to raise a child.
You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.
Life's blows can not break a person whose spirit is warmed at the fire of enthusiasm.
Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody is watching.
You don't just stumble into the future you create your own future.
The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.
Some make it happen, some watch it happen, and some say, What happened ?
You are today where your thoughts have brought
Courage is a moral quality , it is not a chance gift of nature like an aptitude for games. It is a cold choice between two alternatives, the fixed resolve not to quit , an act of renunciation which must be made not once but many times by the power of the will. Courage is will power.
When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened. Winston Churchill When I want to read a novel, I write one.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.
Take control of your consistent emotions and begin to consciously and deliberately reshape your daily experience of life.
Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.
Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.
It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.
It not knowing what to do, it's doing what you know.
The handgun would not be my choice of weapon if I knew I was going to a fight. ...I'd choose a rifle, a shotgun, an RPG or an atomic bomb instead.
The earth is enjoyed by heroes, this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero. Always say, I have no fear.
Don't fear, just live right.
Happiness is not a matter of events, it depends upon the tides of the mind.
Our first journey is to find that special place for us.
Even though I am nearly deaf, I seem to be gifted with a kind of inner hearing which enables me to detect sounds and noises which the ordinary person does not hear.
We do our best that we know how at the moment, and if it doesn't turn out, we modify it.
To succeed you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
Its obvious that we don't know one millionth of one percent about anything.
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first steps to something better.
Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.
Plan your progress carefully , hour-by hour, day-by-day, month-by-month. Organized activity and maintained enthusiasm are the wellsprings of your power. Planning for happiness is rarely successful. Happiness just happens.
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.
Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.
Commit yourself to a dream nobody who tries to do something great but fails is a total failure. Why ? Because he can always rest assured that he succeeded in life's most important battle -- he defeated the fear of trying.
Keep in mind that you are always saying "no" to something. If it isn't to the apparent, urgent things in your life, it is probably to the most fundamental, highly important things. Even when the urgent is good, the good can keep you from your best, keep you from your unique contribution, if you let it.
The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.
Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.
It is always your next move.
No man or woman is an island. To exist just for yourself is meaningless. You can achieve the most satisfaction when you feel related to some greater purpose in life, something greater than yourself.
There are two things to aim at in life, first, to get what you want, and after that to to enjoy it.
A gentle breeze blowing in the right direction is better than a pair of strong oars.
Almost any idea is good if a man has ability and is willing to work hard. The best idea is worthless if the creator is a loafer and ineffective.
Go as far as you can see and when you get there, you will always be able to see farther.
How different our lives are when we really know what is deeply important to us, and keeping that picture in mind, we manage ourselves each day to be and to do what really matters most.
Indecision is the thief of opportunity.
No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like.
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration
I never had a policy, I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.
Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend.
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.
Watch people do their most common actions, these are indeed the things that will tell you the real character of a great person.
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
You can not step twice into the same river, for other waters are continually flowing on.
I love Ray, and I love how he always spoke from the heart, but if you listened to those speeches, a lot of them didn't even make sense. He meant everything he was saying, but I didn't know what he was talking about 90 percent of the time.
None are homely who smile.
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.
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.
The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.
It is amazing how much people can get done if they do not worry about who gets the credit.
Education is one of the few things a person is willing to pay for and not get.
Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is a freedom.
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
He who dares nothing need hope for nothing.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. -
Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
If you want to be creative in your company, your career, your life, all it takes is one easy stepthe extra one. When you encounter a familiar plan, you just ask one question '' What ELSE could we do ? ''
The several tribes of indians inhabiting the regions of the upper missouri, and of whom I spoke in my last letter, are undoubtedly the finest looking, best equipped, and most beautifully costumed of any on the continent.
If I can line up the people who, back through the ages, have gone at life in ways I greatly admire, then I can feel their strength supporting me, all their standards and values pointing the way in which I am to go.
Knowledge is proud that she knows so much , Wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good, every action that retards it is evil.
An army of lions commanded by a deer will never be an army of lions.
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
If you're not sure where you're going, you'll probably end up somewhere else.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.
In addition to self-awareness, imagination, and conscience, it is the fourth human endowment -- independent will -- that really makes effective self-management possible. It is the ability to make decisions and choices and to act in accordance with them. It is the ability to act rather than to be acted upon, to proactively carry out the program we have developed through the other three endowments. Empowerment comes from learning how to use this great endowment in the decisions we make every day.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
Talent does you no good unless it's recognized by someone else.
The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from Jesud. And I put them in a book. If you don't like their rules whose would you use ?
This is the first day, of the rest of your life.
People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
We are what our thoughts have made us, so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live, they travel far.
Let's roll.
Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.