Inspirational Quotes
You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this ? And radio operates exactly the same way : you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat.
How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg ? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.
Acknowledge that you failed, draw your lessons from it, and use it to your advantage to make sure it never happens again.
You can have everything in life you want if you'll just help enough other people get what they want.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
While we may not be able to control all that happens to us, we can control what happens inside us.
Between stimulus and response, one has the freedom to choose.
I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among my people the greatest asset I possess, and the way to develop the best in a person is by appreciation and encouragement. I believe in giving people incentive to work. So I am anxious to praise but loath to find fault. I am hearty in my approbation and lavish in my praise.
Never fear the want of business. A man who qualifies himself well for his calling, never fails of employment.
Times of great calamity and confusion have ever been productive of the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace, and the brightest thunderbolt is elicited from the darkest storm.
You will come to know that what appears today to be a sacrifice will prove instead to be the greatest investment that you will ever make.
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.
It not knowing what to do, it's doing what you know.
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.
Follow your dreams.
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
I'm proud to be around these men. Bunch of bosses right here. Bosses on 3!. 1..2..3 Bosses !
Great oaks from little acorns grow
The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety.
Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.
The only truly happy man is always a fighting optimist. Optimism includes not only altruism but also social responsibility, social courage and objectivity.
Happiness is a state of activity.
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.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
A small house will hold a hundred friends.
Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
Build a dream and the dream will build you.
Our limitations and success will be based most often on our own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.
When you are afraid, do the thing you are afraid of and soon you will lose your fear of it.
Don't water your weeds.
Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you will land among the stars.
Love is a bird, she needs to fly.
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.
People who worked with me or knew me still called me the 'world's fastest human' because I almost never stopped. I'd found that I could get more done with no regular job or regular hours at all, but by being on my own, flying to speak here, help with a public relations campaign for some client there, tape my regular jazz radio show one morning at 5:00 a.m. before leaving on a plane for another city or another continent three hours later to preside over a major sporting event.
My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.
Average investors are on the outside trying to look into the inside of the company or property they are investing in.
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.
Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.
He who stops being better stops being good.
Are we to love only those who deserve our love ? Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you , that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven.
The book you don't read cant help.
There's always a way - if you're committed.
Desire, ignorance, and inequality, this is the trinity of bondage.
When I hear somebody sigh, Life is hard, I am always tempted to ask, Compared to what ?
The best leader brings out the best in those he has stewardship over.
The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.
Before I learned the art, a punch was just a punch, and a kick, just a kick. After I learned the art, a punch was no longer a punch, a kick, no longer a kick. Now that I understand the art, a punch is just a punch and a kick is just a kick.
There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated from right living.
Obstacles are what appear when you take your eyes off your dreams.
Minds are like parachutes, they function only when open.
"I can't do it" never accomplished anything ; "I will try" has performed miracles.
Fear is met and destroyed with courage. Again and again, when the struggle seems hopeless and all opportunity lost, some man or women with a little more courage, a little more effort, brings victory.
What ever you are be a good one.
It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.
Man shapes himself through decisions that shape his environment.
Teamwork is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the heights of your capabilities or make the money that you want without becoming very good at it.
Go to the people. Learn from them. Live with them. Start with what they know. Build with what they have. The best of leaders when the job is done, when the task is accomplished, the people will say we have done it ourselves.
Listen with regard when others talk. Give your time and energy to others, let others have their own way, do things for reasons other than furthering your own needs.
A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.
No involvement, no commitment.
Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade ?
We are the only beings on the planet who lead such rich internal lives that it's not the events that matter most to us, but rather, it's how we interpret those events that will determine how we think about ourselves and how we will act in the future.
Why not go out on a limb ? Isn't that where the fruit is ?
When I exercise, I wear all black. Its like a funeral for my fat.
In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.
It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives.
Know thyself.
There are no mistakes, save one, the failure to learn from a mistake.
When you drop a pebble into a pool of water, the pebble starts a series of ripples that expand until they encompass the whole pool. This is exactly what will happen when I give my ideas a definite plan of action. Right now I can project my thoughts into the future. I can see ahead of me. I dream, I am not easily discouraged, readily visualize myself as overcoming obstacles, winning out over setbacks, achieving impossible objectives.
You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.
Recognize that transition has a characteristic shape.
It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.
Anything is possible.
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
The buck stops here.
A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.
Most people are about as happy as they make up their mind to be.
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do.
There may be peace without joy, and joy without peace, but the two combined make happiness
Opportunity does not knock ; it presents itself when you beat down the door. -
Fortify yourself with contentment, for this is an impregnable fortress.
The most common cause of fear of old age is associated with the possibility of poverty.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Most people don't get much praise in daily life, but we all need it very much. I think receiving praise makes us brave. Down deep we really know our worth, but we don't have easy access to that knowledge. We need to hear praise coming from outside ourselves or we won't remember that we deserve it.
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.
Change your thoughts, change your life.
The only gift is a portion of thyself.
Live out of your imagination, not your history.
If you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it.