Inspirational Quotes
Great music and art are earthly wonders, but I think 'cubist' songs and paintings are hideous.
It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among my people the greatest asset I possess, and the way to develop the best in a person is by appreciation and encouragement. I believe in giving people incentive to work. So I am anxious to praise but loath to find fault. I am hearty in my approbation and lavish in my praise.
A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.
This is as true in everyday life as it is in battle we are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live.
Our limitations and success will be based most often on our own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.
For hope is but the dream of those that wake.
Someday, man will harness the rise and fall of the tides, imprison the power of the sun, and release atomic power.
It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.
There are essentially two things that will make you wiser the books you read and the people you meet.
To ask the hard question is simple.
Every man goes down to his death bearing in his hands only that which he has given away.
The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.
There are so many things that we wish we had done yesterday, so few that we feel like doing today.
The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job.
Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.
Build a dream and the dream will build you.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
You must tolerate that which you can not change.
Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.
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 !
Some people plant in the spring and leave in the summer. If you're signed up for a season, see it through. You don't have to stay forever, but at least stay until you see it through.
The life which is unexamined is not worth living
Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed, but not defeated.
There is only one person who could ever make you happy, and that person is you.
If you are afraid of failure you don’t deserve to be successful!
Much as we may wish to make a new beginning, some part of us resists doing so as though we were making the first step toward disaster.
Live life with passion.
Friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life.
Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.
The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.
Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources on mastering a single area of our lives.
Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead.
You. too, can determine what you want. You can decide on your major objectives, targets, aims, and destination. quotes
I am not overly impressed by the great names and reputations of those who might be trying to beat me to an invention... . Its their 'ideas' that appeal to me.
What ever you are be a good one.
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.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake.
Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the number of apples in a seed.
The rare individual who honestly satisfies this heart-hunger ( praise ) will hold people in the palm of his hand, and even the undertaker will be sorry when he dies.
First say to yourself what you would be, and then do what you have to do.
I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it.
The unique ability to take decisive action while maintaining focus on the ultimate mission is what defines a true leader.
First get rid of the delusion "I am the body", and then only can we want real knowledge.
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration ?
Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is.
Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
Give a man a fish and he will eat for the day, teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.
If you don't quit, and don't cheat, and don't run home when trouble arrives, you can only win.
There is no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit.
Change yourself, change your fortunes.
In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.
Love is a bird, she needs to fly.
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
If you don't know where you are going, you'll end up someplace else.
We need to embrace that the things that we love come to an end. And to not take them for granted. To step back & make sure we really live in the moments which matter to us. Not just being there as a participant. But to really be there a 100%.
Every artist was first an amateur.
Use your gifts faithfully, and they shall be enlarged , practice what you know, and you shall attain to higher knowledge.
Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.
People who exercise their embryonic freedom day after day, little by little, expand that freedom. People who do not will find that it withers until they are literally 'being lived'. They are acting out scripts written by parents, associates and society.
Let's roll.
If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.
Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.
Success leaves clues.
It's your attitude not your aptitude that determines your altitude.
Time is really the only capital that any human being has and the thing that he can least afford to waste or lose.
If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad.
Opportunity does not knock ; it presents itself when you beat down the door. -
Having all the money in the world isn't much good if you can hardly get out of bed in the morning to enjoy it
Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones tend to take care of themselves.
We will either find a way or make one.
Every hand does its part to hold up the world. Every healthy individual guides his life by a selected motive which takes precedence over all the others. He is the man who maintains his integrity in the midst of change, his individuality in the face of external pressures to conform.
There are no secrets to success it is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you have n't truly decided.
Just smiling can do wonders for your attitude
Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.
We are ever free if we would only believe it, only have faith enough. You are the soul, free and eternal, ever free, ever blessed. Have faith enough and you will be free in a minute.
This life is a hard fact, work your way through it boldly, though it may be adamantine, no matter, the soul is stronger. I have seen in life those who are overcautious about themselves fall into dangers at every step, those who are afraid of losing honor and respect, get only disgrace, and those who are always afraid of loss, always lose.
He who speaks the loudest is the least heard.
God gives nothing to those who keep their arms crossed.
Winning isn't everything , it's the only thing.
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
You are never a loser until you quit trying.
Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender , it's holy ground. There's no greater investment.
It is not the critic who counts, nor the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again, who knows great enthusiasms, great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
Keep away from small people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you too can become great.
Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain -- and most fools do.