Inspirational Quotes
The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.
Ideas without action are worthless.
I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards.
History does nothing , it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this.
Whenever I get the energy to exercise, I sit down until it passes.
Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.
The idea of working all your life, saving, and putting money into a retirement account is a very slow plan.
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
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
Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities -- always see them, for they're always there.
Never say more than is necessary.
Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives : where we focus our attention.
No fate is worse than a life without a love.
You. too, can determine what you want. You can decide on your major objectives, targets, aims, and destination. quotes
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
It means a great deal to those who are oppressed to know that they are not alone. And never let anyone tell you that what you are doing is insignificant. Bishop
You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective. Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the things around you helping you toward success -- or are they holding you back ?
It's a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best. You very often get it.
Come forth into the light of things , Let nature be your Teacher.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
It doesn't matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You can not make progress without making decisions.
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.
If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man.
We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do.
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 gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.
Excellence is the result of caring more than others think wise, risking more than other's think safe, dreaming more than others think practical, and expecting more than others think possible.
Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human experience.
Obstacles are great incentives.
For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been' .
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
When one door closes another opens. But often we look so long so regretfully upon the closed door that we fail to see the one that has opened for us.
If we all did the things we are capable of doing we would literally astound ourselves.
They alone live, who live for others.
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
Where there is life, there is hope. Where there are hopes, there are dreams. Where there are vivid dreams repeated, they become goals. Goals become the action plans and game plans that winners dwell on in intricate detail, knowing that achievement is almost automatic when the goal becomes an inner commitment. The response to the challenges of life -- purpose -- is the healing balm that enables each of us to face up to adversity and strife.
There are no mistakes, save one, the failure to learn from a mistake.
Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly.
It's not what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you are not.
When you reach for the stars, you may not get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud, either.
Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command.
Even though I am nearly deaf, I seem to be gifted with a kind of inner hearing which enables me to detect sounds and noises which the ordinary listener does not hear. quotes
Fortify yourself with contentment, for this is an impregnable fortress.
Until a person can say deeply and honestly, "I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday'', that person can not say, "I choose otherwise''.
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is to try to please everyone.
It is never too late to be what we might have been
My experience will help, but I insist and maintain that art - true art that is - cannot be handed out. Furthermore, art is never decoration or embellishment. Instead it is a constant process of maturing.
Possibilitizing is overcoming while you're undergoing.
Relationships are the hallmark of the mature person.
You must consider the bottom line, but make it integrity before profits.
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.
Religion is being and becoming. Religion is the manifestation of the divinity already in man.
The mind is a lousy master but a wonderful servant.
I pack my trunk, embrace my friends, embark on the sea, and at last wake up in Naples, and there beside me is the Stern Fact, the Sad Self, unrelenting, identical, that I fled from.
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body, and be yet thankful.
If you are afraid of failure you don’t deserve to be successful!
When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make a lemonade.
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
Formal education will make you a living, self education will make you a fortune.
You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.
Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness -- great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.
When a problem comes along, study it until you are completely knowledgeable. Then find that weak spot, break the problem apart, and the rest will be easy.
Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade ?
We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives.
The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, learn about them, or even seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
Your talent is god's gift to you.
Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.
A dream is simply reality waiting to happen.
Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves ; and under a just God, cannot long retain it.
I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's were the fun is.
The principles you live by create the world you live in ; if you change the principles you live by, you will change your world. -
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.
Hard work often leads to success. No work seldom does.
In order to change we must be sick and tired of being sick and tired.
You are made from the same energy source that has created the oceans, the forests, the mountains, the valleys and all the stars in the sky. So tell me again, why you don't have the strength and power to create whatever you desire?
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is often a step forward.
When you make a mistake or get ridiculed or rejected, look at mistakes as learning experiences, and ridicule as ignorance. . . . Look at rejection as part of one performance, not as a turn down of the performer.
The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
I never read a food column and think 'Wow I value your opinion' because everyone has an opinion now. What makes a columnist an expert? If you stay focused on your own goal, you'll be fine. It's when you start looking too far out that you're going to get lost.
Every artist was first an amateur.
Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace.
The harder I work, the luckier I get.
We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves. If what we are now has been the result of our own past actions, it certainly follows that whatever we wish to be in the future can be produced by our present actions, so we have to know how to act.
You're on the road to success when you realize that failure is only a detour.