Inspirational Quotes
Encouragement is oxygen to the soul.
Better late than never.
Never stop dreaming.
You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.
Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but religiously follows the new.
Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.
My parents told me that I could do and be anything I really wanted. I believed them.
You see things and you say, why ? But I dream things that never were and say, why not ?
Optimists are right. So are pessimists. It's up to you to choose which you will be.
If money is your hope for independence, you will never have it. The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.
You have to think anyway, so why not think big ?
Accomplishment of purpose is better than making a profit.
Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence.
Everything you want is on the other side of fear.
Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it for yourself. In giving it, you will accumulate a deposit of joy greater than you ever believed possible.
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.
Reach for the stars.
I maintained my edge by always being a student, you will always have something new to learn.
Faith can move mountains.
You will never find time for anything. You must make it.
A man is not old until regrets start taking place of dreams.
Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
Fundamental progress has to do with the reinterpretation of basic ideas.
Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion
Ability is sexless.
If it is to be it is up to me.
There are no guarantees. From the viewpoint of fear, none are strong enough. From the viewpoint of love, none are necessary.
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.
With malice toward none, with charity for all.
The path to success is to take massive, determined action.
I believe that it is better to learn from the diverse people around us than to try in vain to emulate them, better to be a teacher than a role model. As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.
Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.
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.
Each person's life is a story that is telling itself in the living.
I think there is something, more important than believing : Action ! The world is full of dreamers, there aren't enough who will move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize their vision.
A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance, and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.
World is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.
It is never too late to be what we might have been
Never spend your money before you have it.
People who are afraid to fail can never experience the joys of success.
Do or do not, there is no try.
Advice after the mischief is like medicine after death.
I don't think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners.
Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality in your own mind.
Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.
The only gift is a portion of thyself.
The happiness of life is made up of minute fractionsthe little soon-forgotten charities of a kiss, a smile, a kind look, a heartfelt compliment in the disguise of a playful raillery, and the countless other infinitesimals of pleasurable thought and genial feeling.
The search for someone to blame is always successful.
Sometimes, all you need to invent something is a good imagination and a pile of junk.
Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right.
Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.
I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to my fellow-creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.
One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.
Look at the weaknesses of others with compassion, not accusation. It's not what they're not doing or should be doing that's the issue. The issue is your own chosen response to the situation and what you should be doing. If you start to think the problem is "out there", stop yourself. That thought is the problem.
You are today where your thoughts have brought
"It's Pretty Cool" - on winning Super Bowl XLVII.
Adventure is worthwhile.
Look at every situation as if you were in the future and you were looking back on it.
In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.
The only truly happy man is always a fighting optimist. Optimism includes not only altruism but also social responsibility, social courage and objectivity.
We have only one reality, and that is here and now. What we miss by our evasions will never return, but if we squander ourselves, then too we lose being. Each day is precious a moment can be everything.
We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within
Never say die.
Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
Happiness is not a matter of events, it depends upon the tides of the mind.
In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.
Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.
The main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance but to do what lies clearly at hand.
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.
The dove is my emblem. I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it. I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.
By doing well the duty which is nearest to us, the duty which is in our hands, we make ourselves stronger.
Failure ? I never encountered it. All I ever met were temporary setbacks.
Above all to thine own self be true.
Live out of your imagination, not your history.
I thought that training for the Olympics would be hardest thing I would ever have to do," former Olympic gymnast Jordyn Wieber said in court. "But the hardest thing I've ever had to do is process that I am a victim of Larry Nassar. But even though I'm a victim, I do not and will not live my life as one.
Throughout the centuries there have been men who took the first steps down new roads armed with nothing but their own vision.
An Arabian proverb says there are four sorts of men: He who knows not and knows not he knows not: he is a fool, shun him. He who knows not and knows he knows not: he is simple, teach him. He who knows and knows not he knows: he is asleep--wake him. He who knows and knows he knows: he is wise, follow him.
Well done is better than well said.
if one is unable to assert oneself, one is unable to participate in a genuine relationship.
Because ideas have to be original only with regard to their adaptation to the problem at hand, I am always extremely interested in how others have used used them.
God is to be worshipped as the one beloved, dearer than everything in this and next life.
The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.
Attitude determines altitude.
When you work, work, and when you play, play, dont get the two mixed up
Sooner or later the truth comes to light.
Inspiration and genius -- one and the same.
Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.
In this world a man must either be an anvil or hammer.
No one knows what he can do until he tries.