Inspirational Quotes
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.
He who praises another enriches himself far more than he does the one praised. To praise is an investment in happiness. The poorest human being has something to give that the richest could not buy.
It is no use saying "we are doing our best". You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
You can have everything in life you want if you'll just help enough other people get what they want.
Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.
No man is wise enough by himself.
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.
It's never too late.
Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.
The person who says it can not be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it.
The grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence. Fences have nothing to do with it. The grass is greenest where it is watered. When crossing over fences, carry water with you and tend the grass wherever you may be.
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
The mind has exactly the same power as the hands, not merely to grasp the world, but to change it
Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.
Optimists are right. So are pessimists. It's up to you to choose which you will be.
Man is a ladder placed on the earth and the top of it touches heaven. And all his movements and doings and words leave traces in the upper world.
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.
Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones tend to take care of themselves.
Your decision to be, have and do something out of ordinary entails facing difficulties that are out of the ordinary as well. Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else.
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 chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.
One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus ; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.
I light my candle from their torches.
Those who work at a thing with their whole heart receive help from god. For one, thoroughly believe that no power in the universe can withhold from anyone anything they really deserve.
Results ? Why, man, I have gotten lots of results ! If I find ways something won't work, I haven't failed
The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement.
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
It doesn't matter how much milk you spill as long as you don't lose the cow.
There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.
When you wholeheartedly adopt a 'with all your heart' attitude and go all out with the positive principle, you can do incredible things.
Ideas attract money, time, talents, skills, energy and other complementary ideas that will bring them into reality.
It is no sin to attempt and fail. The only sin is to not make the attempt.
Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.
You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
One man with courage is a majority.
Many of life's failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.
Leaders are people who are able to express themselves fully, they know who they are, what their strengths and weaknesses are, and how to fully deploy their strengths and compensate for their weaknesses. They also know what they want, why they want it, and how to communicate what they want to others, in order to gain compensation and support. Finally, they know how to achieve their goals. The key to full self-expression is understanding one's self and the world, and the key to understanding is learning -- from one's own life and experience.
Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air
You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
When one door closes another opens, but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.
I never could have done without the habits of punctuality, order and diligence the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time.
Fear nothing, for every renewed effort raises all former failures into lessons, all sins into experience.
Make no mistake, my friend, it takes more than money to make men rich.
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.
If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
Children need love, especially when they do not deserve it.
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.
Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Every artist was first an amateur.
This is a great fact : strength is life, weakness is death. Strength is felicity, life eternal, immortal , weakness is constant strain and misery, weakness is death.
One of the strongest motives that lead men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and hopeless dreariness, from the fetters of one's own ever-shifting desires. A finely tempered nature longs to escape from the personal life into the world of objective perception and thought.
Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.
A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you have n't truly decided.
Say not, "I have found the truth" but rather, "I have found a truth".
Feel nothing, know nothing, do nothing, have nothing, give up all to god, and say utterly, 'Thy will be done'. We only dream this bondage. Wake up and let it go.
Don't ask yourself what the world needs , ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
God is to be worshipped as the one beloved, dearer than everything in this and next life.
The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.
The ready back gets all the loads.
You could unwrap a Fudgesicle at the first light and never touch the brake lever till you threw away the stick.
End your day by privately looking directly into your eyes in the mirror and saying, 'I love you ! ' Do this for thirty days and watch how you transform.
The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.
The best things in life are free.
Level with your child by being honest. Nobody spots a phony quicker than a child.
We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities.
The best way out is always through.
Obstacles are what appear when you take your eyes off your dreams.
Whatever it takes !
There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated from right living.
Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be and he will become as he can and should be.
A Crow is known wherever he is met by his beautiful white dress, and his tall and elegant figure. The greater part of the men being six feet high.
The cherokee people are not "my people".
Boldness, more boldness, and always boldness !
Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.
Was there ever a more horrible blasphemy than the statement that all the knowledge of god is confined to this or that book ? How dare men call god infinite, and yet try to compress him within the covers of a little book !
Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources on mastering a single area of our lives.
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.
To catch lots of fish, you must first go to the water. To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.
Many have encountered and overcome the challenge of homelessness Many men go fishing all their lives not knowing it is not fish they are after.
Live out of your imagination, not your history.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
It is not good for all our wishes to be filled , through sickness we recognize the value of health, through evil, the value of good, through hunger, the value of food, through exertion, the value of rest.
Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon- instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today.
When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.