Inspirational Quotes
He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes. He who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.
No matter how small, acknowledge the achievement.
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.
Do not let what you can not do interfere with what you can do.
Reflection doesn't take anything away from decisiveness, from being a person of action. In fact, it generates the inner toughness that you need to be an effective person of action -- to be a leader. Think of leadership as some of two vectors competence: (your specialty, your skills, your know-howl) and authenticity: (your identity, your character, your attitude) .
I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.
Every man goes down to his death bearing in his hands only that which he has given away.
Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance.
The road to success is lined with many tempting parking spaces.
The stakes are too high for government to be a spectator sport.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
There is no luck except where there is discipline.
Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes.
The time is always right to do what is right.
Four steps to achievement : plan purposely, prepare prayerfully, proceed positively, pursue persistently.
Along with trustworthiness, consistency is the thing to look for when you surround yourself with people who can help you on your quest.
One rule of action more important than all others is consists in never doing anything that someone else can do for you.
When you can't solve the problem, manage it.
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
The man who has no imagination has no wings.
Our limitations and success will be based, most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.
Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.
There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.
If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.
To do great things is difficult, but to command great things is more difficult.
The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
If the student thinks he is the spirit, he will be a better student. If the lawyer thinks he is the spirit, he will be a better lawyer, and so on.
Life without a purpose is a languid, drifting thing , every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves, 'This day let me make a sound beginning
One sure-fire way to stay creative force yourself to learn something new.
Only after you challenge your biases and stereotypes -- what Francis Bacon called the 'idols which beset men's minds' --can you help others do the same.
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.
I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day , I'd rather have one walk beside me than merely point the way.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
I have seen so many of these, and lived with them, and travelled with them, and oftentimes felt as if I should starve to death on an equal allowance, that I am fully convinced I am correct in saying that the North American Indians, taking them in the aggregate, even where they have an abundance to subsist on, eat less than any civilized population of equal numbers, that I have ever travelled amongst.
To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.
Don't wait. The time will never be just right.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
Courage faces fear and thereby masters it.
It is my principle that the will of the majority should always prevail.
The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the world's work, and the power to appreciate life.
It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives.
We have a problem. ''Congratulations. '' But it's a tough problem. ''Then double congratulations. ''
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going!
Just because you make a mistake doesnt mean you are a mistake.
Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
There is no security on this earth, there is only opportunity.
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.
My experience has taught me that a man who has no vices has damned few virtues.
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.
Let's just go and win a (bleeping) game.
Sooner or later the truth comes to light.
When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
Yes, we have to divide up our time like that, between our politics and our equations. But to me our equations are far more important, for politics are only a matter of present concern. A mathematical equation stands forever.
Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else's can shorten it.
It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
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.
You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage -- pleasantly, smilingly, non-apologetically -- to say 'no' to other things. And the way you do that is by having a bigger 'yes' burning inside. The enemy of the 'best' is often the 'good. '
What can be said but not practiced is better not said. What can be practiced but not spoken of is better not done.
Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.
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.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
In prosperity, our friends know us , in adversity, we know our friends.
You owe it to yourself to find your own unorthodox way of succeeding, or sometimes, just surviving.
I am not sure I should have dared to start , but I am sure that I should not have dared to stop.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
After your jump, the net appears.
Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.
Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks.
You must consider the bottom line, but make it integrity before profits.
The most elusive and desired quality of leadership is vision. Vision is the perfume of the mind.
Few people think more than two or three times a year. I have made an international reputation by thinking once or twice a week.
It is never too late to be what we might have been
A dream is a wish your heart makes.
The doctor and the pastor ask about your health, but eternity makes you responsible for your condition.
This too, shall pass.
Some of us have great runways already built for us. If you have one, take off. But if you don't have one, realize it is your responsibility to grab a shovel and build one for yourself and for those who will follow after you.
No, this trick won't work... How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love ?
This is the beginning of a new day.
If one has to submit, it is wasteful not to do so with the best grace possible.
Your children will become what you are, so be what you want them to be.
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.
Those at the top of the mountain didn't fall there.
Basing our happiness on our ability to control everything is futile.
Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the future.
Count it all joy, my brethren, when you meet various trials, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
Don't call me a saint - I don't want to be dismissed that easily.
Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.