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Inspirational Quotes

He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.

Benjamin Franklin

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.

Stephen Covey

Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.

William Feather

Besides the short catnaps I take each day, I average about four to five hours of sleep per night.

Thomas Edison

The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking.

Robert H. Schuller

The cherokee people are not "my people".

Chief John Ross

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.

Margaret Mead

Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality in your own mind.

Bruce Lee

You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this ? And radio operates exactly the same way : you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat.

Albert Einstein

We reap what we sow - we are the makers of our own fate. The wind is blowing, those vessels whose sails are unfurled catch it, and go forward on their way, but those which have their sails furled do not catch the wind. Is that the fault of the wind ? We make our own destiny.

Swami Vivekananda

In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.

Dalai Lama

True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.

St. Francis

An error gracefully acknowledged is a victory won.

Caroline L. Gascoigne

People who are afraid to fail can never experience the joys of success.

Pete Zafra

Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.

Thomas Jefferson

If you face a delicate situation, don't go into it wearing your spurs or you'll rip it apart. Instead, dress for the occasion. Cloak yourself in diplomacy. Vest yourself with wisdom, and wear a smile.

Anne Mackay Thompson

The chances are that you have already come to believe that happiness is unattainable. But men have attained it. And they have attained it by realizing that happiness does not spring from the procuring of physical or mental pleasure, but from the development of reason and the adjustment of conduct to principles.

Arnold Bennett

Today... maybe I can take one step on that profoundly complex path to peace.

Mary Anne Radmacher

We aren't in an information age, we are in an entertainment age.

Anthony Robbins

Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.

Unknown

That is a lesson for all life - face the terrible, face it boldly. Like the monkeys, the hardships of life fall back when we cease to flee before them.

Swami Vivekananda

In the midst of winter, I found there was within me an invincible summer.

Albert Careb

I know god will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much.

Mother Teresa

The earth is enjoyed by heroes, this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero. Always say, I have no fear.

Swami Vivekananda

We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us.

Albert Einstein

Except and expect positive things and that is what you will receive.

Lori Hard

When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.

Albert Einstein

Boldness in business is the first, second and third thing.

English Proverb

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.

William Edward Hickson

Live with passion !

Anthony Robbins

The only gift is a portion of thyself.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.

John Davidson Rockefeller

Rely on your own strength of body and soul. Take for your star self-reliance, faith, honesty and industry. Don't take too much advice keep at the helm and steer your own ship, and remember that the great art of commanding is to take a fair share of the work. Fire above the mark you intend to hit. Energy, invincible determination with the right motive, are the levers that move the world.

Noah Porter

Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities -- always see them, for they're always there.

Norman Vincent Peale

When I asked god for strength He gave me difficult situations to face When I asked god for brain & brawn He gave me puzzles in life to solve When I asked god for happiness He showed me some unhappy people When I asked god for wealth He showed me how to work hard When I asked god for favors He showed me opportunities to work hard When I asked god for peace He showed me how to help others God gave me nothing I wanted He gave me everything I needed

Swami Vivekananda

You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.

Dale Carnegie

Personal leadership is not a singular experience. It is, rather, the ongoing process of keeping your vision and values before you and aligning your life to be congruent with those most important things.

Stephen Covey

Luck happens when opportunity encounters the prepared mind.

Dennis Waitley

The way to happiness : keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Fill your life with love. Scatter sunshine. Forget self, think of others. Do as you would be done by. Try this for a week and you will be surprised.

Norman Vincent Peale

The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.

Albert Einstein

Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.

Tacitus

We will either find a way or make one.

Hannibal

The first and greatest commandment is, Don't let them scare you.

Elmer Davis

When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

Helen Keller

In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.

Anthony Robbins

Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.

Dale Carnegie

Seldom does an individual exceed his own expectations.

Anonymous

A man never likes you so well as when he leaves your company liking himself.

Anonymous

Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it for yourself. In giving it, you will accumulate a deposit of joy greater than you ever believed possible.

Norman Vincent Peale

If you can imagine it, you can achieve it , if you can dream it, you can become it.

William Arthur Ward

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.

Hermann Hesse

People begin to become successful the minute they decide to be.

Harvey Mackay

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.

Albert Camus

I want it said of me by those who knew me best ; that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.

Abraham Lincoln

Man is a goal-seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.

Aristotle

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

George Bernard Shaw

The person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image.

Brian Tracy

Two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the the universe.

Albert Einstein

The toughest part of getting to the top of the ladder, is getting through the crowd at the bottom.

Anonymous

The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.

Malcolm X

We are the only beings on the planet who lead such rich internal lives that it's not the events that matter most to us, but rather, it's how we interpret those events that will determine how we think about ourselves and how we will act in the future.

Anthony Robbins

It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.

Robert H. Schuller

Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise.

Woodrow Wilson

Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, this time more wisely.

Anonymous

It is not length of life, but depth of life.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The book you don't read cant help.

Jim Rohn

Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.

Theodore Roosevelt

Strike while the iron is hot.

Proverb

Some people plant in the spring and leave in the summer. If you're signed up for a season, see it through. You don't have to stay forever, but at least stay until you see it through.

Jim Rohn

It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look farther than you can see.

Winston Churchill

Begin with the end in mind.

Stephen Covey

When I hear somebody sigh, life is hard, I am always tempted to ask, compared to what ?

Sydney Harris

Unfortunately, there seems to be far more opportunity out there than ability... . We should remember that good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation.

Thomas Edison

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

Martin Luther King Jr.

As a cure for worrying, work is far better than whiskey. I always found that, if I began to worry, the best thing I could do was focus upon doing something useful and then work very hard at it. Soon, I would forget what was troubling me.

Thomas Edison

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called present.

Unknown

Opportunity does not knock ; it presents itself when you beat down the door. -

Kyle Chandler

The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body. The more efficient your body, the better you feel and the more you will use your talent to produce outstanding results.

Anthony Robbins

When I give a minister an order, I leave it to him to find the means to carry it out.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Draw from others the lesson that may profit yourself.

Publius Terence

Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot , but make it hot by striking.

William B. Sprague

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.

Henry David Thoreau

People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals - that is, goals that do not inspire them.

Anthony Robbins

To me, the idea and expectation that the day is slowly and surely coming when we will be able to honestly say we are our brother's keeper and not his oppressor is very beautiful.

Thomas Edison

Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.

Danny Thomas

The most important part of being a leader is maintaining the desire to keep on learning. That means learning about yourself, about your peers, and about the people you serve.

Brian Koval

That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.

Abraham Lincoln

Men do less than they ought, unless they do all they can.

Thomas Carlyle

You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.

Brian Tracy

You haven't failed until you quit trying.

Anonymous

All things come to those who wait, but when they come they're out of date.

Anonymous

Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker.

Zig Ziglar