Inspirational Quotes
Take a chance ! All life is a chance. The man who goes the furthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
See how nature - trees, flowers, grass - grows in silence , see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence we need silence to be able to touch souls.
Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born.
You can do what you want to do.
Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habits. Watch your habits, they become character.Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.
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.
A life lived with integrity -- even if it lacks the trappings of fame and fortune is a shinning star in whose light others may follow in the years to come.
Live out of your imagination, not your history.
The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
Everything that is good from others, bring it in, and in your own way absorb it, do not become others.
It's nice to be the best, but not when being the best brings out the worst in you.
A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
Do not wait for leaders, do it alone, person to person.
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.
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.
It is love that makes the impossible possible.
A good general not only sees the way to victory , he also knows when victory is impossible.
All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination
Impossible situations can become possible miracles.
You can not do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
The road to success is always under construction.
There is no chance, no fate, no destiny that can circumvent, or hinder, or control a firm resolve of a determined soul.
No matter how big government gets, and no matter how many services it provides, it can never take the place of volunteers.
To be a leader, you must stand for something, or fall for anything.
Happiness is not a matter of events, it depends upon the tides of the mind.
Four steps to achievement : plan purposely, prepare prayerfully, proceed positively, pursue persistently.
Anybody can do just about anything with himself that he really wants to and makes up his mind to do. We are all capable of greater things than we realize.
Be Here Now.
, Nobel Peace Prize winner We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.
Change your thoughts and you change your world.
Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them, a desire, a dream, a vision.
Now, gentlemen, let us do something today which the world may talk of hereafter.
The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.
Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement
Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness -- great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.
Talent does you no good unless it's recognized by someone else.
In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.
Wealth is the product of man's ability to think.
Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going!
Unfortunately, most of the students in martial art are conformers. The student seldom learns to depend upon himself for expression. Instead, he faithfully or blindly follows an instructor, the authority figure, and his instructor's imposed pattern. That way, the student feels he is no longer alone and finds security in mass imitation. However, what is nurtured is the dependent mind rather than independent inquiry, which is so essential to genuine understanding. So through daily conditioning a student will probably be skilled according to a pattern, however, he will not come to understand himself.
Motherhood qualified me to let the child within come out and play.
The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
Success leaves clues.
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 past does not equal the future.
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
Adventure is worthwhile.
Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference.
Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.
Unless we think of others and do something for them, we miss one of the greatest sources of happiness.
Whoever is open, loyal, true ; of humane and affable demeanour, honourable himself, and in his judgement of others, faithful to his word as to law, and faithful alike to God and man... .such a man is a true gentleman.
The most elusive and desired quality of leadership is vision. Vision is the perfume of the mind.
If people find fault with you and try to put you into bad light, wrongly slandering and vilifying you, just step back and observe yourself. Don't harbor any dislike, don't enter into it any contests, and don't get upset, angry, or resentful. Just cut right through it and be as if you never or saw it. Eventually malevolent pests will disappear of themselves. If you contend with them, then a bad name will bounce back and forth with never an end in sight.
Let thy words be few.
Do not wait for ideal circumstances, they will never come, nor for the best opportunities.
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called present.
Condemn none. If you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way.
Our life is what it is as a result of how we think.
Religion is being and becoming. Religion is the manifestation of the divinity already in man.
Before I learned the art, a punch was just a punch, and a kick, just a kick. After I learned the art, a punch was no longer a punch, a kick, no longer a kick. Now that I understand the art, a punch is just a punch and a kick is just a kick.
Never give an order that can't be obeyed.
Discontent is the source of all trouble, but also of all progress, in individuals and nations.
Why should a man be moral ? Because this strengthens his will.
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.
Never bring the problem solving stage into the decision making stage. Otherwise, you surrender yourself to the problem rather than the solution.
Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting ; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be.
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
I never did anything worth doing entirely by accident... . Almost none of my inventions came about totally by accident. They were achieved by having trained myself to endure and tolerate hard work.
If one advances confidently in the direction of their goals and endeavors to live the life that they have imagined, they'll meet with success unexpected in common hours.
Anything is possible.
In order to form an immaculate member of a flock of sheep one must, above all, be a sheep.
With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.
Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.
When I exercise, I wear all black. Its like a funeral for my fat.
The "how" thinker gets problems solved effectively because he wastes no time with futile "ifs".
If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.
Remember the difference between a boss and a leader a boss says "Go ! '' -- a leader says "Let's go ! ''
I swore never to be silent whenever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
Those who are fired with an enthusiastic idea and who allow it to take hold and dominate their thoughts find that new worlds open for them. As long as enthusiasm holds out, so will new opportunities.
It's always darkest before the dawn.
Tough times never last but tough people do.
From what we get, we can make a living, what we give, however makes a life.
Success often comes to those who dare to act. It seldom goes to the timid who are ever afraid of the consequences.
In each man there is a priceless treasure that is in no other. Every man's foremost task is the actualization of his unique, unprecedented and never-recurring potentialities, and not the repetition of something that another, and be it even the greatest, has already achieved.
When something is finally obvious that should have been obvious years before, we call it common sense.
That which does not kill you makes you stronger.
If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.