Inspirational Quotes
My parents told me that I could do and be anything I really wanted. I believed them.
People begin to become successful the minute they decide to be.
If I'm ever on a life-support system I choose to be unplugged, but not until Im down to a size eight!
Your children will become what you are, so be what you want them to be.
Great changes may not happen right away, but with effort even the difficult may become easy.
Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.
Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.
It's not what happens to you, it's what you do about it that makes the difference.
Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.
In life you need either inspiration or desperation.
Your daily life is your temple and your religion. When you enter into it take with you your all.
We will either find a way or make one.
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
Seek the wisdom of the ages, but look at the world through the eyes of a child.
Where there's life, there's hope.
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for ?
In order to be walked on, you have to be lying down.
In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.
You know when you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend.
Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going!
When I look around, I always learn something and that is to be always yourself. And to express yourself. To have faith in yourself. Do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it. Start from the very root of being, which is how can I be me?
Anonymity is your friend. Hmmm.. If someone adds an item to this list without knowing who "Larry" is... Is this still a list of Larryisms?
Don't sweat the small stuff.
The United States, and other advanced nations, will someday be able to produce instruments of death so terrible the world will be in abject terror of itself and its ability to end civilization... . Such war-making weapons should be developed - but only for purposes of discovery and experimentation
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.
We don't live in a world of reality, we live in a world of perceptions.
How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg ? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.
People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
In love beggar and king are equal.
Ability is sexless.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.
To succeed you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
Where there is no wealth there is no poverty.
Let thy words be few.
The show must go on.
He who treads the path of love walks a thousand meters as if it were only one.
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing-that's why we recommend it daily.
We do what we must, and call it by the best names.
All great truths are simple in final analysis, and easily understood ; if they are not, they are not great truths.
Well done is better than well said.
Friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life.
He who knows all the answers has not yet been asked all the questions.
I believe that it is better to learn from the diverse people around us than to try in vain to emulate them, better to be a teacher than a role model. As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.
The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work
The worst thing you can try to do is cling to something that is gone, or to recreate it.
Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed We hold these truths to be self-evident , that all men are created equal.
There go the people. I must follow them for I am their leader.
The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but reveal to them their own.
Until we take how we see ourselves (and how we see others) into account, we will be unable to understand how others see and feel about themselves and their world. Unaware, we will project our intentions on their behavior and call ourselves objective.
The Crows are very handsome and gentlemanly Indians in their personal appearance and have been always reputed, since the first acquaintance made with them, very civil and friendly.
The important thing is this, to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are, for what we could become.
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.
The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been.
World is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.
Be the change you want to see in the world.
A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake.
There may be peace without joy, and joy without peace, but the two combined make happiness
He who lives without discipline dies without honor.
Happiness is a state of mind.
For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been' .
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.
A short saying often contains much wisdom.
The beginning is the half of every action.
Before we can forgive one another, we must understand one another
People with many interests live, not only longest, but happiest.
Relationships are the hallmark of the mature person.
Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconscious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
The harder I work, the luckier I get.
The atmosphere of expectancy is the breeding ground for miracles.
If one has to submit, it is wasteful not to do so with the best grace possible.
You only get out what you put in.
A small house will hold a hundred friends.
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
"I am the thread that runs through all these pearls", and each pearl is a religion or even a sect thereof. Such are the different pearls, and god is the thread that runs through all of them, most people, however, are entirely unconscious of it.
To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan, you should wear it inside, where it functions best.
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.
I am convinced that He ( God ) does not play dice.
Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.
Nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as true strength.
One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.
It's nice to be the best, but not when being the best brings out the worst in you.
There is a time to let things happen, and a time to make things happen.
A coward gets scared and quits. A hero gets scared, but still goes on.
Live with passion.
For children to take morality seriously they must be in the presence of adults who take morality seriously. And with their own eyes they must see adults take morality seriously.