Inspirational Quotes
We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations.
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
Procrastination is opportunities natural assassin.
You'll find boredom where there is an absence of a good idea.
One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we can not practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
Change your thoughts, change your life.
Go as far as you can see and when you get there, you will always be able to see farther.
If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
The brain and muscles must develop simultaneously. Iron nerves with an intelligent brain - and the whole world is at your feet.
In all things of nature, there is something of the marvelous.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
The "how" thinker gets problems solved effectively because he wastes no time with futile "ifs" but goes right to work on the creative "how''.
Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.
The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
Each human organism is conceived with a potential for becoming a complete human being -- as a seed contains the potential for becoming a complete plant. But his becoming may be completed in an infinite variety of ways.
The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.
It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference.
Are we to love only those who deserve our love ? Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you , that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven.
Remember the difference between a boss and a leader a boss says "Go ! '' -- a leader says "Let's go ! ''
Where there is love there is no darkness.
Anything in life worth having is worth working for.
No limits are set to the ascent of man, and to each and everyone the highest stands open. Here it is only your personal choice that decides.
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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.
Character is higher than intellect... A great soul will be strong to live, as well as to think.
Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good, every action that retards it is evil.
The best and most beautiful things in this world can not be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the heart.
The greater the obstacle the more glory.
Embrace your inner voice.
The most common cause of fear of old age is associated with the possibility of poverty.
Get into a line that you will find to be a deep personal interest, something you really enjoy spending twelve to fifteen hours a day working at, and the rest of the time thinking about.
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.
Happiness itself does not stay -- only moments of happiness do.
I am not overly impressed by the great names and reputations of those who might be trying to beat me to an invention... . Its their 'ideas' that appeal to me.
If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to my fellow-creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.
Challenges are what make life interesting , overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
Whenever I get the energy to exercise, I sit down until it passes.
Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.
Ideas attract money, time, talents, skills, energy and other complementary ideas that will bring them into reality.
If you want to get somewhere you have to know where you want to go and how to get there. Then never, never, never give up.
There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
The currency of success is not money. It’s minutes. What percentage of my life do I spend doing what I want, in the way I want? That’s true success.
The gem can not be polished without friction, nor man be perfected without trials.
You can have everything in life you want if you'll just help enough other people get what they want.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
Where there is no vision, the people perish.
Advice is seldom welcome , and those who want it the most always like it the least.
If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.
Where old age is evil, youth can learn no good.
The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
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.
In order to be walked on, you have to be lying down.
It is possible to fail in many ways while to succeed is possible only in one way.
No involvement, no commitment.
Let he him who would be moved to convince others, be first moved to convince himself.
The best effect of fine persons is felt after we have left their presence.
Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time
Why should a man be moral ? Because this strengthens his will.
Believe it is possible to solve your problem. Tremendous things happen to the believer. So believe the answer will come. It will.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
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.
Service is the rent we pay to be living. It is the very purpose of life and not something you do in your spare time.
As you live your values, your sense of identity, integrity, control, and inner-directedness will infuse you with both exhilaration and peace. You will define yourself from within, rather than by people's opinions or by comparisons to others.
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
In the arena of human life the honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action
A chain is as strong as its weakest link.
Only when all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success.
Do not let what you can not do interfere with what you can do.
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal, nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
Never say more than is necessary.
Every man has in himself a continent of undiscovered character. Happy is he who acts as the Columbus to his own soul.
Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else's can shorten it.
Above all, beware of compromises. I do not mean that you are to get into antagonism with anybody, but you have to hold on to your own principles in weal or woe and never adjust them to others "fads" through the greed of getting supporters.
Out of need springs desire, and out of desire springs the energy and the will to win.
He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall , but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles, they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
Sooner or later the truth comes to light.
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, and live on idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success. tremendous stream is flowing toward the ocean, carrying us all along with it , and though like straws and scraps of paper we may at times float aimlessly about, in the long run we are sure to join the ocean of life and bliss.
We came to enjoy, we are being enjoyed. We came to rule, we are being ruled. We came to work, we are being worked. All the time, we find that. And this comes into every detail of our life.
Never say anything about yourself you do not want to come true.
The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.
You become what you think about.
The mind, ever the willing servant, will respond to boldness, for boldness, in effect, is a command to deliver mental resources.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
Our real problem is not our strength today ; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure strength tomorrow.
Encouragement is oxygen to the soul.
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.