Inspirational Quotes
The oneness of human beings is the basic ethical thread that holds us together.
Wisdom is supreme , therefore make a full effort to get wisdom. Esteem her and she will exalt you , embrace her and she will honor you. Wise men speak because they have something to say, fools because they have to say something.
Minds are like parachutes, they function only when open.
A fellow doesn't last long on what he has done. He has to keep on delivering.
Private victories precede public victories. You can't invert that process any more than you can harvest a crop before you plant it.
There is time for everything.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.
Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it for yourself. In giving it, you will accumulate a deposit of joy greater than you ever believed possible.
A wise man adapts himself to circumstances as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it.
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
Respect the past in the full measure of its desserts, but do not make the mistake of confusing it with the present nor seek in it the ideals of the future.
For children to take morality seriously they must be in the presence of adults who take morality seriously. And with their own eyes they must see adults take morality seriously.
We must all suffer one of two things : the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.
Believe, when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you to do in the world. So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain.
If you feel you have no faults there's another one.
One only gets to the top rung on the ladder by steadily climbing up one at a time, and suddenly, all sorts of powers, all sorts of abilities which you thought never belonged to you suddenly become within your own possibility and you think, 'Well, I'll have a go, too.'
The first and greatest commandment is, Don't let them scare you.
One of the main reasons people are not rich is that they worry too much about things that might never happen. quotes
The dove is my emblem. I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it. I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.
You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.
Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives : where we focus our attention.
Speak what you think today in words as hard as cannon-balls and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said today.
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
Repeat anything long enough and it will start to become you.
The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor
Better late than never.
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
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.
The worst thing you can try to do is cling to something that is gone, or to recreate it.
Dreams are the reality of tomorrow.
Positive attitudes come in unlimited quantities. Everybody can have one free !
Only in his own way and not in any other can the one who strives perfect himself. He who lays hold of the rung of his companion and lets go of his own rung, through him neither the one nor the other will be realized.
We feel good about ourselves to the exact degree we feel in control of our lives.
Most ball games are lost, not won.
What we can or can not do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. It is more likely a function of our beliefs about who we are.
A ship is safe in harbor, but thats not what ships are for.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
The measure of a man is what he does with power.
Adventure is worthwhile.
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. One man tells a lie, dozens repeat it as the truth.
To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable
The will to prepare is more important than the will to win.
The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel, its poverty by how little.
We will find only what we look for, nothing more and nothing less.
The positive thinker is a hard-headed, tough-minded, and factual realist. He sees all the difficulties clearly... which is more than can be said for the average negative thinker. But he sees more than difficulties -- he tries to see the solutions of those difficulties.
If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the work done.
First get rid of the delusion "I am the body", and then only can we want real knowledge.
Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm. As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands. One for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
If I am not for myself, who will be for me ? Yet if I am for myself alone, of what good am I ?
Above all to thine own self be true.
Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never -- in nothing, great or small, large or petty -- never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.
The most important part of being a leader is maintaining the desire to keep on learning. That means learning about yourself, about your peers, and about the people you serve.
People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.
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.
Sometimes, all you need to invent something is a good imagination and a pile of junk.
To me, at least the way that I teach it, all types of knowledge ultimately means self-knowledge. So, therefore they're coming in and asking me to teach them not so much how to defend themselves or how to do somebody in. Rather, they want to learn to express themselves through some movement, be it anger, be it determination or whatever. So, in other words, they're paying me to show them, in combative form, the art of expressing the human body.
Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress, working together is success.
Motivation is like food for the brain. You can not get enough in one sitting. It needs continual and regular refills.
To live a creative life we must lose our fear of being wrong.
Some say you have to use your five best players, but I found out you win with the five that fit together best as a team
Just because you make a mistake doesnt mean you are a mistake.
When you get right down to the root of the meaning of the word 'succeed', you find it simply means to follow through.
Commit yourself to a dream... Nobody who tries to do something great but fails is a total failure. Why ? Because he can always rest assured that he succeeded in life's most important battle -- he defeated the fear of trying.
Champions are a rare breed. They see beyond the dangers, the risks, the obstacles, and the hardships.
Bygones are bygones. Life's too short. There's so much more we've all got to do.
Impossible situations can become possible miracles.
Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.
You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
You will never find time for anything. You must make it.
Successful people make decisions quickly (as soon as all the facts are available) and change them very slowly (if ever). Unsuccessful people make decisions very slowly, and change them often and quickly.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
First say to yourself what you would be, and then do what you have to do.
Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they shall never cease to be amused.
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
There go the people. I must follow them for I am their leader.
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.
He who stops being better stops being good.
Experience is the best teacher.
I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
No one knows what he can do until he tries.
We have got to have a dream if we are going to make a dream come true.
The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking, the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker.
Man is a goal-seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.
We carry the seeds of happiness with us wherever we go.
Common looking people are the best in the world : that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.
We tend to live up to our expectations.
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
Surprises and reverses can serve as an incentive for great accomplishment. There are no rules here, we're just trying to accomplish something.
Experience is not what happens to a man, it's what a man does with what happens to him.
Once you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is that most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year - and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade !