Inspirational Quotes
The only gift is a portion of thyself.
First comes thought, then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans, then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.
Tomorrow will be like today. Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live. Our friends and fellow-workers die off from us.
Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all.
The best leader brings out the best in those he has stewardship over.
Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.
Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness , it is generally the by- product of other activities.
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
Always mistrust a subordinate who never finds fault with his superior.
Happiness is the indication that man has found the answer to the problem of human existence the productive realization of his potentialities and thus, simultaneously, being one with the world and preserving the integrity of his self.
Stand up, be bold, be strong. Take the whole responsibility on your own shoulders, and know that you are the creator of your own destiny. All the strength and succor you want is within yourself. Therefore, make your own future.
Yesterday is but a dream, tomorrow but a vision. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore, to this day.
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.
Keep in mind that you are always saying "no" to something. If it isn't to the apparent, urgent things in your life, it is probably to the most fundamental, highly important things. Even when the urgent is good, the good can keep you from your best, keep you from your unique contribution, if you let it.
What is tolerance ? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error , let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature.
Growth in personality occurs as a consequence of meeting conflicts and impasses head on, and reconciling them. Interpersonal conflicts and impasses constitute problems which require solutions so that a satisfying relationship may be maintained. Whenever a person encounters a problem in his everyday living, he is obliged to vary his behavior until he discovers some mode of responding which is successful in achieving a solution.
A ship is safe in harbor, but thats not what ships are for.
Happiness is a state of mind.
Better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.
Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.
Education is one of the few things a person is willing to pay for and not get.
When I've heard all I need to make a decision, I don't take a vote. I make a decision.
We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are, whether that view is accurate or not.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination
From success to failure is one step , from failure to success is a long road.
All progress occurs because people dare to be different
For changes to be of any true value, they've got to be lasting and consistent.
Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.
Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence.
We have merely scratched the surface of the store of knowledge which will come to us. I believe that we are now, a-tremble on the verge of vast discoveries - discoveries so wondrously important they will upset the present trend of human thought and start it along completely new lines.
Power is not really good or bad , it is neutral. Power itself is not negative or positive, although our feelings about it may be. Power is the potential to influence others for good or evil, to be a blessing or a scourge. Like nuclear energy, it can provide the electricity to light a city, or it can fuel the bomb that destroys it.
There is no greatness without a passion to be great, whether it's the aspiration of an athlete or an artist, a scientist, a parent, or a businessperson.
One cannot think crooked and walk straight.
Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.
You don't just stumble into the future you create your own future.
The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
Our limitations and success will be based most often on our own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
Average investors are on the outside trying to look into the inside of the company or property they are investing in.
It is not the job of the general to be winning. It is his job to win.
In the midst of winter, I found there was within me an invincible summer.
It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.
There is no luck except where there is discipline.
An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity, a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity.
Much as we may wish to make a new beginning, some part of us resists doing so as though we were making the first step toward disaster.
Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.
First get rid of the delusion "I am the body", and then only can we want real knowledge.
Pretty much everything will come to him who hustles while he waits. I believe that restlessness is discontent, and discontent is merely the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.
I believe that the science of chemistry alone almost proves the existence of an intelligent creator.
The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.
If anything is worth trying at all, it's worth trying at least ten times.
The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.
I never let my subject get in the way of what I want to talk about.
Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind, therefore as soon as they are becoming prominent in our minds, we should see a physician, take good food, and rest.
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.
Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction
Predetermine the objectives you want to accomplish. Think big, act big and set out to accomplish big results.
It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.
Conflict itself is, of course, a sign of relative health as you would know if you ever met really apathetic people, really hopeless people, people who have given up hoping, striving, and coping.
There is no such thing as failure. There are only results.
I feel like a tiny bird with a big song !
If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today.
Every leader needs to have experienced and grown through following -- learning to be dedicated, observant, capable of working with and learning from others, never servile, always truthful. Having located these qualities in himself, he can encourage them in others.
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
Take a chance ! All life is a chance. The man who goes the furthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
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.
My life is my message.
We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within
Knowing means to penetrate through the surface, in order to arrive at the roots, and hence the causes, knowing means to "see" reality in its nakedness. Knowing does not mean to be in the possession of the truth , it means to penetrate the surface and to strive critically and actively in order to approach truth ever more closely.
Be courageous ! Whatever setbacks America has encountered, it has always emerged as a stronger and more prosperous nation. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith and go forward !
Experience is the best teacher.
Boldness in business is the first, second and third thing.
The earth is enjoyed by heroes, this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero. Always say, I have no fear.
Respect the past in the full measure of its desserts, but do not make the mistake of confusing it with the present nor seek in it the ideals of the future.
There's no abiding success without commitment.
We can help others in the world more by making the most of yourself than in any other way.
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.
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.
Live as if your were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
The more alternatives, the more difficult the choice.
He who dares nothing need hope for nothing.
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
I live a very dull life here, indeed I think I am more like a state prisoner than anything else.
A gentleman can withstand hardships , it is only the small man who, when submitted to them, is swept off his feet.
Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives : where we focus our attention.
Volunteers don't get paid, not because they're worthless, but because they're priceless.
In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.
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.
The life which is unexamined is not worth living