Inspirational Quotes
The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.
The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human body, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.
Challenges are what make life interesting , overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
There's no such thing as not enough time if you're doing what you want to do.
Excellence is more fun than mediocrity.
All of the subjects that I've chosen have had to do with isolation. ... The whole idea of [people] gathering ... doesn't really appeal to me.
Only the educated are free.
If we are to have real peace, we must begin with the children.
The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.
Average investors are on the outside trying to look into the inside of the company or property they are investing in.
Everyone who achieves success in a great venture, solves each problem as they came to it. They helped themselves. And they were helped through powers known and unknown to them at the time they set out on their voyage. They keep going regardless of the obstacles they met.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid.
Do not let what you can not do interfere with what you can do.
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
You may be on the right track, but if you just sit there you'll get run over.
Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.
I do not think there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.
The successful man is the average man, focused.
It takes a strong fish to swim against the current. Even a dead one can float with it.
Live as if your were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
In order to accept change and the suffering it brings, we need to find meaning in it
The earth is enjoyed by heroes, this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero. Always say, I have no fear.
Doomed are the hotheads ! Unhappy are they who lose their cool and are too proud to say, ''I'm sorry. ''
Confidence imparts a wonderful inspiration to its possessor.
When our actions do not, our fears make us traitors.
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 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.
When love and skill work together expect a masterpiece.
God doesn't make junk.
The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
He who speaks the loudest is the least heard.
All power is within you. You can do anything and everything. Believe in that. Do not believe that you are weak, do not believe that you are half-crazy lunatics, as most of us do nowadays. Stand up and express the divinity within you. Truth is eternal.
They are able because they think they are able.
One cannot think crooked and walk straight.
An army of lions commanded by a deer will never be an army of lions.
If there is a will, there is a way.
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.
I have failed over and over again. That is why I succeed.
The whole universe is only the self with variations, one tune made bearable by variations. Sometimes there are discords, but they only make the subsequent harmony more perfect. In this hell of a world one can bring a little joy and peace even for a day into the heart of a single person, that much alone is true, this I have learnt after suffering all my life, all else is mere moonshine.
First law on holes - when you're in one, stop digging.
Come forth into the light of things , Let nature be your Teacher.
The crocodile is only strong in the water.
Find and use your passion, and you'll have a great career. Don't do it, you won't. It's as simple as that.
Great minds have purposes others have wishes.
In the space age the most important space is between the ears.
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.
Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy : true fulfillment.
When a man finds no peace within himself, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.
This one step, choosing a goal and sticking to it, changes everything.
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
Life is the movie you see through your own eyes. It makes little difference what's happening out there. It's how you take it that counts.
Never give in -- never, never, never, never.
if one is unable to assert oneself, one is unable to participate in a genuine relationship.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.
It is not length of life, but depth of life.
There is no substitute for hard work.
Success is never found. Failure is never fatal. Courage is the only thing.
Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence.
Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.
Talent does you no good unless it's recognized by someone else.
We must be the change we wish to see.
The first and greatest commandment is, Don't let them scare you.
The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
You are today where your thoughts have brought
Rely on your own strength of body and soul. Take for your star self-reliance, faith, honesty and industry. Don't take too much advice keep at the helm and steer your own ship, and remember that the great art of commanding is to take a fair share of the work. Fire above the mark you intend to hit. Energy, invincible determination with the right motive, are the levers that move the world.
He is an atheist who does not believe in himself. The old religions said that he was an atheist who did not believe in god. The new religion says that he is an atheist who does not believe in himself.
Always bear in mind, that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other thing.
Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes.
You're as old as you behave.
Science may have found a cure for most evils , but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all -- the apathy of human beings.
The broadest, and maybe the most meaningful definition of volunteering - Doing more than you have to because you want to, in a cause you consider good.
Do not wait ; the time will never be "just right". Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.
Time is really the only capital that any human being has and the thing that he can least afford to waste or lose.
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
It is the very essence of good leadership to give away all credit for positive achievement, to identify only team goals and always to refer to them as such.
Let he him who would be moved to convince others, be first moved to convince himself.
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.
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.
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.
Well done is better than well said.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
The beginning is the half of every action.
The truth is more important than the facts.