Inspirational Quotes
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.
Obstacles are those frightful things you can see when you take your eyes off your goal.
Time is really the only capital that any human being has and the thing that he can least afford to waste or lose.
It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated.
Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
The older I grow, the more everything seems to me to lie in manliness. This is my new gospel.
Some say you have to use your five best players, but I found out you win with the five that fit together best as a team
How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young ?
Take heed : you do not find what you do not seek.
If I am not for myself, who will be for me ? Yet if I am for myself alone, of what good am I ?
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, and live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.
The art of choosing men is not nearly so difficult as the art of enabling those one has chosen to attain their full worth.
A short saying often contains much wisdom.
One of the main reasons people are not rich is that they worry too much about things that might never happen. quotes
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity , an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
When the going gets tough the tough get going.
Many have encountered and overcome the challenge of homelessness Many men go fishing all their lives not knowing it is not fish they are after.
You do not lead by hitting people over the head -- that's assault, not leadership.
There are millions of children today who don't attend school. However, education is the only way to get ahead in this country.
He who has never learned to obey can not be a good commander.
The best way out is always through.
Courage is not a virtue of value among other personal values like love or fidelity. It is the foundation that underlies and gives reality to all other virtues and personal values. Without courage our love pales into mere dependency. Without courage our fidelity becomes conformism.
if one is unable to assert oneself, one is unable to participate in a genuine relationship.
If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x ; y is play ; and z is keeping your mouth shut.
The "how" thinker gets problems solved effectively because he wastes no time with futile "ifs" but goes right to work on the creative "how''.
Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.
Service is the rent we pay to be living. It is the very purpose of life and not something you do in your spare time.
Peace can not be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
Unless a man undertakes more than he possibly can do, he will never do all that he can.
A wise man makes his own decisions , an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.
Many of us spend half of our time wishing for things we could have, if we didn't spend half of our time wishing.
Our limitations and success will be based, most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.
Don't quit.
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.
A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
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.
Our limitations and success will be based most often on our own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.
The price of greatness is responsibility.
Nothing happens unless first we dream.
No one lives long enough to learn everything they need to learn starting from scratch. To be successful, we absolutely, positively have to find people who have already paid the price to learn the things that we need to learn to achieve our goals.
Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.
The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret to outward success.
Throughout the centuries there have been men who took the first steps down new roads armed with nothing but their own vision.
A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.
If we all did the things we are capable of doing we would literally astound ourselves.
Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
Not being able to do everything is no excuse for not doing everything you can.
What the world wants is character. The world is in need of those whose life is one burning love, selfless. That love will make every word tell like a thunderbolt.
It's never too late.
Boldness, more boldness, and always boldness !
Insist on yourself, never imitate. Every great man is unique.
Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.
Do not let what you can not do interfere with what you can do.
We imagine that our mind in a mirror, that it is more or less accurately reflecting what is happening outside us. On the contrary, our mind itself is the principal element of creation. The world, while I am perceiving it, is being incessantly created for myself in time and space.
One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never !
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, " What's in it for me ? ".
Happiness is not pleasure, it is victory.
Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.
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.
Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace.
We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.
Be like the turtle. If he didn't stick his neck out, he wouldn't get anywhere at all.
If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.
Immaturity can last a lifetime.
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is often a step forward.
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.
The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.
Whatever you need more of is what you need to tithe some. quotes
Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.
I maintained my edge by always being a student, you will always have something new to learn.
Change does not change tradition. It strengthens it. Change is a challenge and an opportunity, not a threat. Change does not necessarily assure progress, but progress implacably requires change. Education is essential to change, for education creates both new wants and the ability to satisfy them.
The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what we want most for what we want at the moment.
Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep.
We do what we must, and call it by the best names.
I'm not here just to make a living, I'm here to make a difference.
Words do two major things : They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness.
He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning.
When something is finally obvious that should have been obvious years before, we call it common sense.
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
No alibi will save you from accepting the responsibility.
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
If our thoughts and hopes are elsewhere, it is impossible to set our faces steadily toward the work required of us.
You are the handicap you must face. You are the one who must choose your place. You can make goals for family, relationships, anything.
Build a dream and the dream will build you.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
The quality of a man's life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence, regardless of his chosen field of endeavor.
If you want to get the best out of a man, you must look for the best that is in him.
We more frequently fail to face the right problem than fail to solve the problem we face.
The most important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silent chambers of the soul.