Inspirational Quotes
If the going is real easy, beware, you may be headed down hill.
A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway.
You could unwrap a Fudgesicle at the first light and never touch the brake lever till you threw away the stick.
All the technology in the world will never replace a positive attitude.
If I am not for myself, who will be for me ? Yet if I am for myself alone, of what good am I ?
There is nothing as remarkable as learning how to think better.
Just smiling can do wonders for your attitude
What really matters is what you do with what you have.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will.
Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.
One had to cram all this stuff into one's mind for the examinations, whether one liked it or not. This coercion had such a deterring effect on me that, after I had passed the final examination, I found the consideration of any scientific problems distasteful to me for an entire year.
Our minds are as different as our faces we are all traveling to one destination, happiness, but few are going by the same road.
It had always amazed me how different things looked in a studio compared to how they appeared on TV. In reality the set was a tiny stage in a giant room of cables, cameras, and monitors, all connected trounced a control room full of other monitors and audio equipment. On TV it looked like two people sitting in an office having a conversation.
What we do not see, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistible power which comes to the rescue of those who fight on in the face of discouragement.
Adventure is worthwhile.
Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited.
You can do what you want to do.
My experience will help, but I insist and maintain that art - true art that is - cannot be handed out. Furthermore, art is never decoration or embellishment. Instead it is a constant process of maturing.
Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but religiously follows the new.
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
The older I grow, the more everything seems to me to lie in manliness. This is my new gospel.
If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have the capacity at the beginning.
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
In the long run, we only hit what we aim at.
Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized ; they die when neglected. Life is a long line of opportunities.
When the going gets tough the tough get going.
How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.
The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
It is no use saying "we are doing our best". You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
Learning acquired in youth is an inscription on stone.
People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Once you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is that most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year - and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade !
When we place blame, we give away our power.
Success is neither magical or mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.
Every shot you don't take is a guaranteed miss.
You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do.
Results ? Why, man, I have gotten lots of results ! If I find ways something won't work, I haven't failed
Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never -- in nothing, great or small, large or petty -- never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.
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.
Live your life and forget your age.
Draw from others the lesson that may profit yourself.
Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life.
Embrace that small things lead to big things.
The rays of happiness, like those of light, are colorless when unbroken.
Better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
Great minds have purposes others have wishes.
A smile is a light in the window of the soul indicating that the heart is at home.
The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity , an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
"I am the thread that runs through all these pearls", and each pearl is a religion or even a sect thereof. Such are the different pearls, and god is the thread that runs through all of them, most people, however, are entirely unconscious of it.
Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do.
First law on holes - when you're in one, stop digging.
Vivacity, leadership, must be had, and we are not allowed to be nice in choosing. We must fetch the pump with dirty water, if clean can not be had.
The grand essentials of happiness are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
Reason is like an open secret that can become known to anyone at any time , it is the quiet space into which everyone can enter through his own thought.
To gain more abundance a person needs more skills and needs to be more creative and cooperative.
I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.
Keep the Faith.
Try to be happy in this present moment, and put not off being so to a time to come, as though that time should be of another make from this which has already come and is ours.
Acting on a good idea is better than just having a good idea.
The real and lasting victories are those of peace and not of war.
We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities.
Find something you love to do and you'll never have to work a day in your life.
If our thoughts and hopes are elsewhere, it is impossible to set our faces steadily toward the work required of us.
Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.
Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it.
There are no secrets to success it is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
Sometimes, all you need to invent something is a good imagination and a pile of junk.
You are the handicap you must face. You are the one who must choose your place. You can make goals for family, relationships, anything.
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
Be happy. It's one way of being wise.
Great music and art are earthly wonders, but I think 'cubist' songs and paintings are hideous.
A mature man is his own judge. In the end, his only form of support is being faithful to his own convictions. The advice of others may be welcomed invaluable, but it does not free him from responsibility.
Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character.
When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.
Fortify yourself with contentment, for this is an impregnable fortress.
The real leader has no need to lead, he is content to point the way.
You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.
You are made from the same energy source that has created the oceans, the forests, the mountains, the valleys and all the stars in the sky. So tell me again, why you don't have the strength and power to create whatever you desire?
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 !
We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.
A life lived in fear is half lived.
The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this ? And radio operates exactly the same way : you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat.
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
Now is the only time there is. Make your now wow, your minutes miracles, and your days pay. Your life will have been magnificently lived and invested, and when you die you will have made a difference.
I always try to turn my personal struggles into something helpful for others.
Accumulate learning by study, understand what you learn by questioning.
If we are to achieve results never before accomplished, we must expect to employ methods never before attempted.