Inspirational Quotes
People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care.
That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.
God is subtle but he is not malicious.
We must all suffer one of two things : the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.
We will find only what we look for, nothing more and nothing less.
I want everyone to be the way I strive to become -- to be himself in his truth. Do not follow me, follow yourself ! is the existential challenge. Self-being awakens self-being but does not force itself on it.
You will never find time for anything. You must make it.
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 !
Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.
To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.
To solve a problem or to reach a goal, you don't need to know all the answers in advance. But you must have a clear idea of the problem or the goal you want to reach.
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.
If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.
He who never made a mistake never made a discovery.
Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.
Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win -- essential to success.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed We hold these truths to be self-evident , that all men are created equal.
Find something you love to do and you'll never have to work a day in your life.
Misfortunes often sharpen the genius.
The successful man is the average man, focused.
Look within, for within is the wellspring of virtue, which will not cease flowing, if you cease not from digging.
Never stop learning. If you learn one new thing everyday, you will overcome 99% of your competition
Ill can he rule the great that cannot reach the small.
What really matters is what you do with what you have.
The speed of the leader determines the rate of the pack.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it, and the glow from that fire can truly light the world.
If there is something to gain and nothing to lose by asking, by all means ask.
Life is too short to ponder the "what if's " and fear rejection.
And he can make, so say the wise, no claim who makes no sacrifice.
If it is to be it is up to me.
Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.
Remember, there is no situation so completely hopeless that something constructive can not be done about it. When faced with a minus, ask yourself what you can do to make it a plus. A person practicing this attitude will extract undreamed-of outcomes from the most unpromising situations. Realize that there are no hopeless situations, there are only people who take hopeless attitudes.
The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.
Live with passion.
We must be the change we wish to see.
Happiness is a state of mind.
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
A way of life can not be successful so long as it is mere intellectual conviction. It must be deeply felt, deeply believed, dominant even in dreams.
The best leaders of all, the people know not they exist. They turn to each other and say, We did it ourselves.
No, this trick won't work... How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love ?
Sharing is the essence of teaching. It is, I have come to believe, the essence of civilizationWithout it, the imagination is but the echo of the self, trapped in a soundproof chamber, reverberating upon itself until it is spent in exhaustion or futility.
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.
Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.
There is always room for those who can be relied upon to delivery the goods when they say they will.
Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting ; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be.
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
Formal education will make you a living, self education will make you a fortune.
There is no pleasure in life equal to that of the conquest of a vicious habit.
I don't like the man. I must get to know him better.
Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it.
"I am the thread that runs through all these pearls", and each pearl is a religion or even a sect thereof. Such are the different pearls, and god is the thread that runs through all of them, most people, however, are entirely unconscious of it.
Most ball games are lost, not won.
If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
Motivation is like food for the brain. You can not get enough in one sitting. It needs continual and regular refills.
You don't use a hammer to tighten a screw.
It is impossible to imagine anything which better becomes a ruler than mercy.
There is no chance, no fate, no destiny that can circumvent, or hinder, or control a firm resolve of a determined soul.
Hell is the knowledge of opportunity lost, the place where the man I am comes face to face with the man I might have been.
Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying.
Seeds of faith are always within us; sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their growth.
A wise man makes his own decisions , an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
There go the people. I must follow them for I am their leader.
Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.
He didn't get all of those injuries from a fall.
Action may not always bring happiness , but there is no happiness without action.
Whatever is at the center of our life will be the source of our security, guidance, wisdom, and power.
Practice loving people. It is true that this requires effort and continued practice, for some are not very lovable, or so it seems - with emphasis on "seems". Every person has lovable qualities when you really learn to know him.
Before we can forgive one another, we must understand one another
To live a creative life we must lose our fear of being wrong.
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us most. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us, it's in all of us. And when we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Men do less than they ought, unless they do all they can.
Seldom does an individual exceed his own expectations.
As a cure for worrying, work is far better than whiskey. I always found that, if I began to worry, the best thing I could do was focus upon doing something useful and then work very hard at it. Soon, I would forget what was troubling me.
Some people enter our lives and leave almost instantly. Others stay, and forge such an impression on our heart and soul, we are changed forever.
Procrastination is opportunities natural assassin.
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.
Success is never found. Failure is never fatal. Courage is the only thing.
It's the investor who is risky, not the investment.
Adversity is the diamond dust that heaven polishes its jewels with.
The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job.
What is the use of living if it be not to strive for noble causes and to make this muddled world a better place for those who will live in it after we are gone.
For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice. No paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service.
The only gift is a portion of thyself.
The entire law is summed up in a single command, Love your neighbor as yourself.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
I know that many people feel that old age is a time to take it easy, but I compare my life now to being the last runner in a relay race. Would you have me slow down as I near the finish line ?
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
They can because they think they can.
He who speaks the loudest is the least heard.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
We do our best that we know how at the moment, and if it doesn't turn out, we modify it.