Inspirational Quotes
If money helps a man to do good to others, it is of some value , but if not, it is simply a mass of evil, and the sooner it is got rid of, the better.
Ideas... they have the power
O Captain ! My Captain ! our fearful trip is done.
The measure of a man is what he does with power.
It is the patient building of character, the intense struggle to realize the truth, which alone will tell in the future of humanity.
Be courageous ! Whatever setbacks America has encountered, it has always emerged as a stronger and more prosperous nation. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith and go forward !
One sure-fire way to stay creative force yourself to learn something new.
Where there is no vision, the people perish.
Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.
Remember, there is no situation so completely hopeless that something constructive can not be done about it. When faced with a minus, ask yourself what you can do to make it a plus. A person practicing this attitude will extract undreamed-of outcomes from the most unpromising situations. Realize that there are no hopeless situations, there are only people who take hopeless attitudes.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.
Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting ; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be.
Every time we open our mouths, men look into our minds.
Authentic leaders have absorbed the fundamental fact of existence -- that you can't get around life's inherent contradictions. The leadership mind is spacious. It has ample room for the ambiguities of the world, for conflicting feelings, and for contradictory ideas. I believe that the central leadership attribute is the ability to manage polarity.
Tomorrow will be like today. Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live. Our friends and fellow-workers die off from us.
The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety.
It's a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you often get it.
Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
The whole universe is only the self with variations, one tune made bearable by variations. Sometimes there are discords, but they only make the subsequent harmony more perfect. In this hell of a world one can bring a little joy and peace even for a day into the heart of a single person, that much alone is true, this I have learnt after suffering all my life, all else is mere moonshine.
There may be peace without joy, and joy without peace, but the two combined make happiness
There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.
When I've heard all I need to make a decision, I don't take a vote. I make a decision.
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
If you mean to profit, learn to please.
Pep without purpose is piffle.
It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.
My principal business is giving commercial value to the brilliant - but misdirected - ideas of others.
The power of imagination makes us infinite.
Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration. Accordingly, a 'genius' is often merely a talented person who has done all of his or her homework.
Without the human community one single human being cannot survive.
Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.
There is no chance, no fate, no destiny that can circumvent, or hinder, or control a firm resolve of a determined soul.
The only real valuable thing is intuition.
A good general not only sees the way to victory , he also knows when victory is impossible.
Ideals serve well as our guides. They are like beacons on a journey , they do not permit us to tarry, as though our goal and rest were already contained in them.
Don't fear, just live right.
If we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find we have lost the future.
The best things in life are not things.
He who stops being better stops being good.
The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have or would have done, or what they can't do.
I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than attempting to satisfy them.
Don't say, "If I could, I would". Say, "If I can, I will".
If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us most. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us, it's in all of us. And when we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
There is a great man who makes every man feels small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.
Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
Every artist was first an amateur.
We are ever free if we would only believe it, only have faith enough. You are the soul, free and eternal, ever free, ever blessed. Have faith enough and you will be free in a minute.
Be Here Now.
It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.
The will to prepare is more important than the will to win.
Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold , the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul.
Never stop learning. If you learn one new thing everyday, you will overcome 99% of your competition
Don't go through life, grow through life.
To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable
Are you bored with life ? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.
You are today where your thoughts have brought
Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.
Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
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.
If you are afraid of failure you don’t deserve to be successful!
We must have friendship for all, we must be merciful toward those that are in misery, when people are happy, we ought to be happy, and to the wicked we must be indifferent. These attitudes will make the mind peaceful.
I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.
Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one.
The ready back gets all the loads.
Rough spots sharpen our performance. And more often than not, obstacles can be turned into advantages. You just can't let your disappointment get in the way.
You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
To live a creative life we must lose our fear of being wrong.
The best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
I demolish my bridges behind methen there is no choice but to move forward. Firdtjof Nansen I do not cast my eyes away from my troubles. I pack them in as little compass as I can for myself, and never let them annoy others.
Success is the proper utilization of failure.
In every difficult situation is potential value. Believe this, then begin looking for it.
I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.
Challenges are what make life interesting , overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
There is more to life than increasing its speed.
The man who has no imagination has no wings.
Come forth into the light of things , Let nature be your Teacher.
Know thyself.
Winning isn't everything , it's the only thing.
Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.
Unselfish and noble actions are the most radiant pages in the biography of souls.
Seeing yourself as you want to be is the key to personal growth.
We must be the change we wish to see.
Results come from constantly applying what you know, not just knowing.
Ideas won't keep, something must be done about them.