Inspirational Quotes
Predetermine the objectives you want to accomplish. Think big, act big and set out to accomplish big results.
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for ?
I feel like a tiny bird with a big song !
The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you don't agree with.
Don't ask for a light load, but rather ask for a strong back.
The only real valuable thing is intuition.
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.
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
One does evil enough when one does nothing good.
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it, begin it now.
Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You deserve delight.
Anyone who thinks the sky is the limit, has limited imagination.
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
If you're proactive, you don't have to wait for circumstances or other people to create perspective expanding experiences. You can consciously create your own.
The memory of my mother will always be a blessing to me.
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.
Keys to success : Research your ideas, plan for success, expect success, and just do it.
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
The real leader has no need to lead, he is content to point the way.
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
Within us all there are wells of thought and dynamos of energy which are not suspected until emergencies arise. Then oftentimes we find that it is comparatively simple to double or treble our former capacities and to amaze ourselves by the results achieved. Quotas, when set up for us by others, are challenges which goad us on to surpass ourselves. The outstanding leaders of every age are those who set up their own quotas and constantly achieve them.
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.
Never, never, never give up.
Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose -- a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel, its poverty by how little.
It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.
To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.
Each work has to pass through these stages - ridicule, opposition, and then acceptance. Those who think ahead of their time are sure to be misunderstood.
Remember happiness doesn't depend on who you are or what you have, it depends solely upon what you think.
The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.
The storm also beats on the house that is built on the rock.
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.
The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.
An Arabian proverb says there are four sorts of men: He who knows not and knows not he knows not: he is a fool, shun him. He who knows not and knows he knows not: he is simple, teach him. He who knows and knows not he knows: he is asleep--wake him. He who knows and knows he knows: he is wise, follow him.
One mistake will never kill you. The same mistake over and over again will.
Keep away from 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.
When I've heard all I need to make a decision, I don't take a vote. I make a decision.
Stand upon the self, only then can we truly love the world. Take a very high stand, knowing our universal nature, we must look with perfect calmness upon all the panorama of the world.
Effective people are not problem-minded , they're opportunity-minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems.
The whole secret of existence is to have no fear.
All work is empty save when there is love.
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal, nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
We will find only what we look for, nothing more and nothing less.
That is a lesson for all life - face the terrible, face it boldly. Like the monkeys, the hardships of life fall back when we cease to flee before them.
Hard work often leads to success. No work seldom does.
Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.
Remember the difference between a boss and a leader a boss says "Go ! '' -- a leader says "Let's go ! ''
I have, for many years past, contemplated the noble races of red men who are now spread over these trackless forests and boundless prairies, melting away at the approach of civilization.
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
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.
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
A man is about as big as the things that make him angry.
Don't water your weeds.
Many of us spend half of our time wishing for things we could have, if we didn't spend half of our time wishing.
Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations
The path to success is to take massive, determined action.
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 !
I know god will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much.
In the court of basketball, there are no objections only rejections.
The battle is all over except the "shouting" when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be.
Dare to be free, dare to go as far as your thought leads, and dare to carry that out in your life.
If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.
Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.
I am both pleased but astonished by the fact that mankind has not yet begun to use all the means and devices that are available for destruction. I hope that such weapons are never manufactured in quantity.
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
Many of life's failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
A gentle breeze blowing in the right direction is better than a pair of strong oars.
Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them, a desire, a dream, a vision.
Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvelous work. It is fearlessness that brings heaven even in a moment.
If we always look back, we lose sight of what's ahead.
Never Quit.
People are where they are because that's exactly where they really want to be. . . whether they'll admit that or not
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.
We must be bright and cheerful, long faces do not make religion.
I never worry about action, but only about inaction.
The greater a man is in power above others, the more he ought to excel them in virtue. None ought to govern who is not better than the governed.
Be like the turtle. If he didn't stick his neck out, he wouldn't get anywhere at all.
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?
Winning is not everything, but the effort to win is.
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.
Keep the Faith.
If there is one word that you find coming out like a bomb from the upanishads, bursting like a bombshell upon masses of ignorance, it is the word fearlessness.
The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.
Live life to the fullest.
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.
I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than attempting to satisfy them.
Pay no attention to what the critics say , no statue has ever been erected to a critic.