Inspirational Quotes
We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.
High expectations are the key to everything.
While we pursue happiness, we flee from contentment.
People fascinated by the idea of progress never suspect that every step forward is also a step on the way to the end.
When I give a minister an order, I leave it to him to find the means to carry it out.
Obstacles are those frightful things you can see when you take your eyes off your goal.
Oh, to be free from the stifling pressures of life to rest, a peaceful slumber that will rejuvenate my soul
Want to learn to eat a lot ? Here it is : Eat a little. That way, you will be around long enough to eat a lot.
Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs.
The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.
From what we get, we can make a living, what we give, however makes a life.
Keep your business affairs in your own hands. It's the only way to be happy.
Look at the weaknesses of others with compassion, not accusation. It's not what they're not doing or should be doing that's the issue. The issue is your own chosen response to the situation and what you should be doing. If you start to think the problem is "out there", stop yourself. That thought is the problem.
It's just about playing fundamental, physical football and playing a full 60 minutes. And no matter what's going on at the moment, being able to keep the blinders on and keep moving forward.
Everything is okay in the end. If it's not okay, then it's not the end.
I used to think anyone doing anything weird was weird. Now I know that it is the people that call others weird that are weird.
If you think you can, or you think you can't, you're probably right.
The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel, its poverty by how little.
I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.
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.
People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in the world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can't find them, make them.
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.
To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.
Action is the antidote to despair.
Some people enter our lives and leave almost instantly. Others stay, and forge such an impression on our heart and soul, we are changed forever.
You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time.
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.
Great and glorious events which dazzle the beholder are represented by politicians as the outcome of grand designs whereas they are usually products of temperaments and passions.
Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win -- essential to success.
Private victories precede public victories. You can't invert that process any more than you can harvest a crop before you plant it.
Relationships are the hallmark of the mature person.
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
You always succeed in producing a result.
He who has hope has everything.
There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.
Learning karate requires self-control and discipline Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by.
It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one's heart rather than out of pity. A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely apologize.
Optimists are right. So are pessimists. It's up to you to choose which you will be.
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing.
The will to prepare is more important than the will to win.
It's never too late.
Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.
Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.
Our limitations and success will be based most often on our own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.
Repeat anything long enough and it will start to become you.
When you put faith, hope and love together, you can raise positive kids in a negative world.
To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan, you should wear it inside, where it functions best.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take
To freely bloom - that is my definition of success.
Pep without purpose is piffle.
The soul is covered with the color of its leisure thoughts.
When you reach for the stars, you may not get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud, either.
For with god all things are possible.
He who stops being better stops being good.
The individual activity of one man with backbone will do more than a thousand men with a mere wishbone.
You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.
Failure ? I never encountered it. All I ever met were temporary setbacks.
The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living that are desired when dying.
It is no use saying "we are doing our best". You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
Kindness is an inner desire that makes us want to do good things even if we do not get anything in return. It is the joy of our life to do them. When we do good things from this inner desire, there is kindness in everything we think, say, want and do.
When I hear somebody sigh, life is hard, I am always tempted to ask, compared to what ?
Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.
Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.
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 not to be pursued ; it is to be attracted by the person you become.
Slow but steady wins the race.
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.
Immaturity can last a lifetime.
There's always a way - if you're committed.
Having all the money in the world isn't much good if you can hardly get out of bed in the morning to enjoy it
Desire, ignorance, and inequality, this is the trinity of bondage.
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 purpose of life is not to be happy but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you have lived at all.
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
Your most expensive advice is the free advice you receive from your financially struggling friends and relatives.
I have seen too much of the vanity of human affairs, to expect felicity from the splendid scenes of public life.
Into the hands of every individual is given a marvelous power for good or evil -- the silent, unconscious, unseen influence of his life. This is simply the constant radiation of what man really is, not what he pretends to be.
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.
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.
How you react when the joke's on you can reveal your character.
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
It's easier to remember when you are right than when the other person was right.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. -
Your daily life is your temple and your religion. When you enter into it take with you your all.
Every life form seems to strive to its maximum except human beings. How tall will a tree grow ? As tall as it possibly can. Human beings, on the other hand, have been given the dignity of choice. You can choose to be all or you can choose to be less. Why not stretch up to the full measure of the challenge and see what all you can do ?
And now here is my secret, a very simple secret. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.
The whole secret of existence is to have no fear.
The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it.
The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.
With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.
When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always gotten.