Inspirational Quotes
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.
He who speaks the loudest is the least heard.
All men dream, but unequally. Those that dream at night in the dusty recesses of their minds awake the next day to find that their dreams were just vanity. But those who dream during the day with their eyes wide open are dangerous men , they act out their dreams to make them reality.
I'm willing when time permits to honestly express or to open myself to you, to act as a sort of sign pole for a traveler.
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.
Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
Self-suggestion makes you master of yourself.
Someday, man will harness the rise and fall of the tides, imprison the power of the sun, and release atomic power.
Love is blind, friendship closes its eyes.
The first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.
The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.
World is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.
The person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.
Sow a thought, and you reap an act , Sow an act, and you reap a habit , Sow a habit, and you reap a character , Sow a character, and you reap a destiny.
There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction.
Most people resist change, so a key part of innovating is convincing other people that your idea is a good one -- by enlisting their help, and, in doing so, by helping them see the usefulness of the idea.
Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable.
Keep away from small people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you too can become great.
Not being able to do everything is no excuse for not doing everything you can.
A strong person and a waterfall always channel their own path.
The best way to find yourself, is to lose yourself in the service of others.
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
Whether or not we realize it each of us has within us the ability to set some kind of example for people. Knowing this would you rather be the one known for being the one who encouraged others, or the one who inadvertently discouraged those around you ?
Be like the turtle. If he didn't stick his neck out, he wouldn't get anywhere at all.
My faith is in the younger generation, the modern generation, out of them will come my workers. They will work out the whole problem, like lions.
Only when all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.
If to do good were easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces.
Wisdom is not like money to be tied up and hidden.
If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you do not try.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work
Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.
Our limitations and success will be based, most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.
A man's dreams are an index to his greatness.
The longer the excuse, the less likely it's the truth.
Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.
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.
Take heed : you do not find what you do not seek.
It's always too soon to quit !
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
Men are often capable of greater things than they perform. They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.
Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.
There is no limit to the power of the human mind. The more concentrated it is, the more power is brought to bear on one point.
Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind.
Knowing is not enough we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
Enjoy each step, for in every moment there is something to learn.
Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.
Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.
Look within, for within is the wellspring of virtue, which will not cease flowing, if you cease not from digging.
The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but reveal to them their own.
Concentration of wealth and power has been built upon other people's money, other people's business, other people's labor. Under this concentration, independent business has been a menace to American society.
The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.
Never put off to tomorrow what you can do today.
Life is the movie you see through your own eyes. It makes little difference what's happening out there. It's how you take it that counts.
Abilities wither under faultfinding, blossom with encouragement.
There are two things to aim at in life, first, to get what you want, and after that to to enjoy it.
For a person to build a rich and rewarding life for himself there are certain qualities and bits of knowledge that he needs to acquire. There are also things, harmful attitudes, superstitions, and emotions that he needs to chip away. A person needs to chip away everything that doesn't look like the person he or she most wants to become.
Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace.
Success comes from taking the initiative and following up... persisting... eloquently expressing the depth of your love. What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life ?
Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life.
Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.
You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
The chances are that you have already come to believe that happiness is unattainable. But men have attained it. And they have attained it by realizing that happiness does not spring from the procuring of physical or mental pleasure, but from the development of reason and the adjustment of conduct to principles.
Your world is a living expression of how you are using and have used your mind
We have a problem. ''Congratulations. '' But it's a tough problem. ''Then double congratulations. ''
Life is a do-it yourself project.
Anything is possible.
The test we must set for ourselves is not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.
Procrastination is the fear of success. People procrastinate because they are afraid of the success that they know will result if they move ahead now. Because success is heavy, carries a responsibility with it, it is much easier to procrastinate and live on the 'someday I'll' philosophy.
This is the first day, of the rest of your life.
To understand your parents love you must raise children yourself.
The best leaders of all, the people know not they exist. They turn to each other and say, We did it ourselves.
The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking.
Some men see things the way they are and ask, Why ? I dream things that never were, and ask Why not ?
The time to make friends is before you need them.
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.
One mistake will never kill you. The same mistake over and over again will.
He who lives without discipline dies without honor.
Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.
You really can change the world if you care enough.
He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.
Change your thoughts and you change your world.
Without the human community one single human being cannot survive.
You may have to fight a battle more than once to win.
Life's blows can not break a person whose spirit is warmed at the fire of enthusiasm.
Obstacles are great incentives.
Effective people are not problem-minded , they're opportunity-minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems.
When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished by how much the old man had learned in 7 years.
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.
When we won't consider suggestions, we reject our own potential - but we have a right to expect people to be tactful.