Inspirational Quotes
Your world is a living expression of how you are using and have used your mind
Let us strive on to finish the work we are in
A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it.
Children are all foreigners.
I have failed over and over again. That is why I succeed.
Without the human community one single human being cannot survive.
My experience has taught me that a man who has no vices has damned few virtues.
All resources are not obvious, great managers find and develop available talent.
My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.
To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.
So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost indispensable , and no man is useless while he has a friend.
"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.
There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction.
Success is achieved by those who try and keep trying with a positive mental attitude.
You will become as small as your controlling desire, as great as your dominant aspiration.
Peace can not be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
I am resolved that I will not through my humility become the devil's attorney. I will endeavor to speak a good word for the truth.
Silence is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
This is the first day, of the rest of your life.
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
Courage is a moral quality , it is not a chance gift of nature like an aptitude for games. It is a cold choice between two alternatives, the fixed resolve not to quit , an act of renunciation which must be made not once but many times by the power of the will. Courage is will power.
Where there is no wealth there is no poverty.
They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.
You must take personal responsibility. You can not change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.
Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt and dance like no one is watching
Actions speak louder than words.
I always try to turn my personal struggles into something helpful for others.
In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.
People with goals succeed because they know where they're going.
The beauties of the world are best seen by those who strive to reach them.
Great and glorious events which dazzle the beholder are represented by politicians as the outcome of grand designs whereas they are usually products of temperaments and passions.
There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.
All condemnation of others really condemns ourselves. Adjust the microcosm which is in your power to do and the macrocosm will adjust itself for you.
Above all, beware of compromises. I do not mean that you are to get into antagonism with anybody, but you have to hold on to your own principles in weal or woe and never adjust them to others "fads" through the greed of getting supporters.
A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
Life is but a moment, death also is but another.
Honesty is the best image.
Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day.
Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.
Life is change, growth is optional. Choose wisely.
The greater a man is in power above others, the more he ought to excel them in virtue. None ought to govern who is not better than the governed.
The strength of the heart comes from the soundness of the faith.
Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously.
Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality in your own mind.
Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
Don't quit.
I'm proud to be around these men. Bunch of bosses right here. Bosses on 3!. 1..2..3 Bosses !
Nothing is more validating and affirming than feeling understood. And the moment a person begins feeling understood, that person becomes far more open to influence and change.
Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow
Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence.
Unfortunately, there seems to be far more opportunity out there than ability... . We should remember that good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation.
If parents pass enthusiasm along to their children, they will leave them an estate of incalculable value.
We will find only what we look for, nothing more and nothing less.
I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day , I'd rather have one walk beside me than merely point the way.
All men are created equal. Government by consent of the governed. Give me liberty or give me death. And those are not just clever words, and those are not just empty theories.
Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender , it's holy ground. There's no greater investment.
This attachment of love to god is indeed one that does not bind the soul but effectively breaks all its bondages.
Hard work pays off.
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.
Discontent is the source of all trouble, but also of all progress, in individuals and nations.
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it.
Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them.
There is no substitute for hard work.
Slow but steady wins the race.
The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.
Seek first to understand, then to be understood.
We have got to have a dream if we are going to make a dream come true.
Words do two major things : They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness.
Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker.
No man is happy who does not think himself so.
An avoidance of true communication is tantamount to a relinquishment of my self- being , if I withdraw from it I am betraying not only the other but myself.
You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time.
Let's not just transform those in need, we can also find ways to help transform those in power.
The way to happiness : keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Fill your life with love. Scatter sunshine. Forget self, think of others. Do as you would be done by. Try this for a week and you will be surprised.
Love like you've never been hurt, dance like no one is watching, live as though heaven is on earth.
A dream is a wish your heart makes.
Everyone's life is an object lesson to others.
Who indeed can harm you if you are committed deeply to doing what is right ?
What is the use of living if it be not to strive for noble causes and to make this muddled world a better place for those who will live in it after we are gone.
The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.
Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father.
Only those who do nothing at all make no mistakes but that would be a mistake.
Never stop learning. If you learn one new thing everyday, you will overcome 99% of your competition
You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective. Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the things around you helping you toward success -- or are they holding you back ?
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.
To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.