Inspirational Quotes
To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says Leave no stone unturned.
You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.
Action may not always bring happiness , but there is no happiness without action.
People will exercise great effort and creativity to make our plan work, and sometimes expend just as much effort and creativity to make your plan fail.
Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
We have only one reality, and that is here and now. What we miss by our evasions will never return, but if we squander ourselves, then too we lose being. Each day is precious a moment can be everything.
Fortify yourself with contentment, for this is an impregnable fortress.
The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect appreciation, and then fail to get it.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear. Ambrose Redmoon Courage is the first of the human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all the others.
The brain and muscles must develop simultaneously. Iron nerves with an intelligent brain - and the whole world is at your feet.
Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them, a desire, a dream, a vision.
We can not always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.
They can because they think they can.
It's easier to prepare and prevent, than to repair and repent.
Success comes from taking the initiative and following up... persisting... eloquently expressing the depth of your love. What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life ?
You're as old as you behave.
Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.
It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow.
There is no chance, no fate, no destiny that can circumvent, or hinder, or control a firm resolve of a determined soul.
Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.
Don't say, "If I could, I would". Say, "If I can, I will".
Knowing means to penetrate through the surface, in order to arrive at the roots, and hence the causes, knowing means to "see" reality in its nakedness. Knowing does not mean to be in the possession of the truth , it means to penetrate the surface and to strive critically and actively in order to approach truth ever more closely.
If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
Many of life's failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold , the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul.
Success is never ending, failure is never final.
Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.
Never giving up and pushing forward will unlock all the potential we are capable of.
What really matters is what you do with what you have.
I never read a food column and think 'Wow I value your opinion' because everyone has an opinion now. What makes a columnist an expert? If you stay focused on your own goal, you'll be fine. It's when you start looking too far out that you're going to get lost.
Where there is no wealth there is no poverty.
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world. The unreasonable man adapts the world to himself. All progress depends upon the unreasonable man.
Be like a postage stamp. Stick to it until you get there.
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it.
It takes a strong fish to swim against the current. Even a dead one can float with it.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret to outward success.
The person who will not stand for something will fall for anything.
Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations
Remember the difference between a boss and a leader a boss says "Go ! '' -- a leader says "Let's go ! ''
As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.
No one is more definite about the solution than the one who doesn't understand the problem.
The measure of a man is what he does with power.
A life lived in fear is half lived.
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
Our intentions create our reality.
The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
We have to go back to philosophy to treat things as they are. We are suffering from our own karma. It is not the fault of god. What we do is our own fault, nothing else. Why should god be blamed ?
I was never tired of listening to his wisdom or imparting my own.
We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do.
If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards.
We must not say every mistake is a foolish one.
To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people And the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure The betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.
Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.
Four steps to achievement : plan purposely, prepare prayerfully, proceed positively, pursue persistently.
What you can do, or dream you can, begin it, boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
It is the patient building of character, the intense struggle to realize the truth, which alone will tell in the future of humanity.
If you can't accept losing, you can't win.
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.
The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.
The life which is unexamined is not worth living
Self-suggestion makes you master of yourself.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.
Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves.
No man can stand on top because he is put there.
There are two kinds of failures. The man who will do nothing he is told, and the man who will do nothing else.
Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born.
It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.
Truth is nobody's property, no race, no individual can lay any exclusive claim to it. Truth is the nature of all souls.
Trust men and they will be true to you, treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.
Kindness is always fashionable.
No man is happy who does not think himself so.
The secret of success is to do common things uncommonly well.
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
The hero is no braver than the ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer
Perfect love can not be without equality.
I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the number of apples in a seed.
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It's as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer.
This attachment of love to god is indeed one that does not bind the soul but effectively breaks all its bondages.
The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability and determination to overcome bad luck.
The wisest mind has something yet to learn.
Your belief determines your action and your action determines your results, but first you have to believe.
The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature.
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time, and it annoys the pig
Where can we go to find god if we cannot see him in our own hearts and in every living being.