Inspirational Quotes
A 'No' uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble.
Build a dream and the dream will build you.
Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours.
Slow but steady wins the race.
The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living that are desired when dying.
Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened. Winston Churchill When I want to read a novel, I write one.
It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What's tough is being good every day.
Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.
The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed, a new continent unexplored, a world of possibilities waiting to be released and channeled toward some great good.
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.
Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible - the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.
If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade.
Whatever happens, take responsibility !
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Spoken about by, radio announcer and good friend : never let a day go by that he didn't learn something new and, in turn pass it on to others. It was his consuming passion.
One rule of action more important than all others is consists in never doing anything that someone else can do for you.
Be grateful to the Man you help, think of him as god. Is it not a great privilege to be allowed to worship god by helping our fellow men ?
It's always too soon to quit !
Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you'll help them to become what they are capable of becoming.
Winning isn't everything , it's the only thing.
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
Believe that you are bigger than your difficulties, for you are, indeed.
If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.
The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions.
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.
Repeat anything long enough and it will start to become you.
The "how" thinker gets problems solved effectively because he wastes no time with futile "ifs" but goes right to work on the creative "how''.
Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy : true fulfillment.
Procrastination is the fear of success. People procrastinate because they are afraid of the success that they know will result if they move ahead now. Because success is heavy, carries a responsibility with it, it is much easier to procrastinate and live on the 'someday I'll' philosophy.
No man is free who is not master of himself.
Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
The man who has no imagination has no wings.
Ideas attract money, time, talents, skills, energy and other complementary ideas that will bring them into reality.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far. quotes
Happiness is a choice.
The unique ability to take decisive action while maintaining focus on the ultimate mission is what defines a true leader.
You must tolerate that which you can not change.
Anything in life worth having is worth working for.
I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
It's not about the money. It's about what you feel you deserve.
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.
Hell is the knowledge of opportunity lost, the place where the man I am comes face to face with the man I might have been.
In the midst of winter, I found there was within me an invincible summer.
In order to accept change and the suffering it brings, we need to find meaning in it
Some men see things the way they are and ask, Why ? I dream things that never were, and ask Why not ?
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Believe in yourself.
Courage is not a virtue of value among other personal values like love or fidelity. It is the foundation that underlies and gives reality to all other virtues and personal values. Without courage our love pales into mere dependency. Without courage our fidelity becomes conformism.
Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind, therefore as soon as they are becoming prominent in our minds, we should see a physician, take good food, and rest.
When I exercise, I wear all black. Its like a funeral for my fat.
There are two kinds of failures. The man who will do nothing he is told, and the man who will do nothing else.
He who stops being better stops being good.
The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
There is more to life than increasing its speed.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. -
We are what our thoughts have made us, so take care about that you think.
Where there is no wealth there is no poverty.
Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.
The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction
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.
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.
An army of a thousand is easy to find, but, ah, how difficult to find a general.
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead. His eyes are closed.
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.
Recognize that transition has a characteristic shape.
Watch people do their most common actions, these are indeed the things that will tell you the real character of a great person.
Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.
Happiness is a state of mind.
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.
What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
The Athenians, alarmed at the internal decay of their Republic, asked Demosthenes what to do. His reply: Do not do what you are doing now.
Thank god, it is over, that I have seen it and am able to tell it to the world.
If a man can realize his divine nature with the help of an image, would it be right to call that a sin ? Nor, even when he has passed that stage, should he call it an error. Man is not traveling from error to truth, but from truth to truth, from lower to higher truth. To him all the religions from the lowest fetishism to the highest absolutism, mean so many attempts of the human soul to grasp and realize the infinite, each determined by the conditions of its birth and association, and each of these marks a stage of progress, and every soul is a young eagle soaring higher and higher, gathering more and more strength till it reaches the glorious sun.
Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You deserve delight.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
You can never be happy at the expense of the happiness of others.
Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father.
A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.
To be a great leader and so always master of the situation, one must of necessity have been a great thinker in action. An eagle was never yet hatched from a goose's egg.
There are no guarantees. From the viewpoint of fear, none are strong enough. From the viewpoint of love, none are necessary.
How we spend our days is of course how we spend our lives.
Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end, an end which was already but too easy to arrive at
One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything.
Always look at what you have left. Never look at what you have lost.