Inspirational Quotes
Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.
Never say more than is necessary.
Fathers are like a lighthouse when there is fog his children can always depend on seeing the light.
The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
A leader is a dealer in hope.
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 !
Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
Love cures people, both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.
Practice hope. As hopefulness becomes a habit, you can achieve a permanently happy spirit.
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
Some minds are like concrete, all mixed up and permanently set.
You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.
It's a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you often get it.
Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof.
Find something you love to do and you'll never have to work a day in your life.
We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it.
Do or do not, there is no try.
Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give the world your best anyway.
A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.
Most people are about as happy as they make up their mind to be.
Your family and your love must be cultivated like a garden. Time, effort, and imagination must be summoned constantly to keep any relationship flourishing and growing.
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
Happiness consists of a solid faith, good health, and a bad memory.
Concentration of wealth and power has been built upon other people's money, other people's business, other people's labor. Under this concentration, independent business has been a menace to American society.
Seek the wisdom of the ages, but look at the world through the eyes of a child.
Everything is okay in the end. If it's not okay, then it's not the end.
Let us strive on to finish the work we are in
He who has great power should use it lightly.
Giving people a little more than they expect is a good way to get back more than you'd expect.
Life is a do-it yourself project.
Be the change you want to see in the world Ghandi Be useful where thou livest.
It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.
The person who will not stand for something will fall for anything.
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the world's work, and the power to appreciate life.
A ship is safe in harbor, but thats not what ships are for.
Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence.
If you realize how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought
It is love that makes the impossible possible.
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.
Our intentions create our reality.
It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated.
In order to be walked on, you have to be lying down.
The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it.
Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.
Virtuous and wise he was, but not severe , He still remember'd that he once was young.
Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open.
The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way. quotes
The more credit you give away, the more will come back to you. The more you help others, the more they will want to help you.
The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel, its poverty by how little.
To go fast, row slowly.
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.
You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success.
The best way out is always through.
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.
We must not say every mistake is a foolish one.
Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.
Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.
The vedanta recognizes no sin, it only recognizes error. And the greatest error, says the vedanta is to say that you are weak, that you are a sinner, a miserable creature, and that you have no power and you cannot do this and that.
Seize the day.
You'll find boredom where there is an absence of a good idea.
Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.
Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.
You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time.
The leader has a clear idea of what he wants to do -- professionally and personally -- and the strength to persist in the face of setbacks, even failures.
Go as far as you can see and when you get there, you will always be able to see farther.
The storm also beats on the house that is built on the rock.
Doomed are the hotheads ! Unhappy are they who lose their cool and are too proud to say, ''I'm sorry. ''
I didn't have time to hire half my coaching staff. I didn't know any of the players by sight, but somehow we got through spring ball with the help of a couple of graduate assistants.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.
I demolish my bridges behind methen there is no choice but to move forward. Firdtjof Nansen I do not cast my eyes away from my troubles. I pack them in as little compass as I can for myself, and never let them annoy others.
An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity, a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity.
If this is a blessing, it is certainly very well disguised.
As a principle-centered person you try to stand apart from the emotion of the situation and from other factors that would act on you, and evaluate the options. Looking at the balanced whole -- the work needs, the family needs, the other needs that may be involved, and the possible implications of the various alternatives -- you'll try to come up with the best solution taking all factors into consideration.
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration
Embrace that small things lead to big things.
If we all did the things we are capable of doing we would literally astound ourselves.
We mustn't let our passions destroy our dreams.
Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it.
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.
For a person to build a rich and rewarding life for himself there are certain qualities and bits of knowledge that he needs to acquire. There are also things, harmful attitudes, superstitions, and emotions that he needs to chip away. A person needs to chip away everything that doesn't look like the person he or she most wants to become.
Rather than focusing on things and time, focus on preserving and enhancing relationships and on accomplishing results.
Man is a creature of hope and invention, both of which belie the idea that things can not be changed.
Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.
Silence is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
As you think in your heart, so shall you be.
I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.
Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character.
The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.