Inspirational Quotes
The older I grow, the more everything seems to me to lie in manliness. This is my new gospel.
Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.
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.
People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals - that is, goals that do not inspire them.
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal, nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.
You see, when we have the opportunity of working out, you'll see that your way of thinking is definitely not the same as mine. Art, after all, is a means of acquiring personal liberty. Your way is not my way nor mine yours.
Hell is the knowledge of opportunity lost, the place where the man I am comes face to face with the man I might have been.
Every shot you don't take is a guaranteed miss.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
When you become detached mentally from yourself and concentrate on helping other people with their difficulties, you will be able to cope with your own more effectively. Somehow, the act of self-giving is a personal power-releasing factor.
If we are to have real peace, we must begin with the children.
The best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
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.
Barring serious accidents, if you are not preoccupied with worry and you work hard, you can look forward to a reasonably lengthy existence. Its not the hard work that kills, its the worrying that kills.
With malice toward none, with charity for all.
Happiness itself does not stay -- only moments of happiness do.
You can be greater than anything that can happen to you.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in ; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day ; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense.
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.
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.
We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it.
Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.
I believe that the science of chemistry alone almost proves the existence of an intelligent creator.
It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference.
My main purpose in life is to make money so I can afford to go on creating more inventions.
The miracle power that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application and perseverance, under the promptings of a brave determined spirit.
Abilities wither under faultfinding, blossom with encouragement.
One sure-fire way to stay creative force yourself to learn something new.
The further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances, the more certain it seems to me that the path to genuine religiosity does not lie through the fear of life, and the fear of death, and blind faith, but through striving after rational knowledge.
That which does not kill you makes you stronger.
My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.
If you aren't going all the way, why go at all ?
We are made for loving. If we don't love, we will be like plants without water.
One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made.
It is not the job of the general to be winning. It is his job to win.
If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
Obstacles are great incentives.
You may have to fight a battle more than once to win.
There go the people. I must follow them for I am their leader.
Fortify yourself with contentment, for this is an impregnable fortress.
Whether or not we realize it each of us has within us the ability to set some kind of example for people. Knowing this would you rather be the one known for being the one who encouraged others, or the one who inadvertently discouraged those around you ?
Personal leadership is not a singular experience. It is, rather, the ongoing process of keeping your vision and values before you and aligning your life to be congruent with those most important things.
This is a great fact : strength is life, weakness is death. Strength is felicity, life eternal, immortal , weakness is constant strain and misery, weakness is death.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
If you want to win friends, make it a point to remember them. If you remember my name, you pay me a subtle compliment ; you indicate that I have made an impression on you. Remember my name and you add to my feeling of importance.
Unless we think of others and do something for them, we miss one of the greatest sources of happiness.
You live with your thoughts, so be careful what they are.
I am both pleased but astonished by the fact that mankind has not yet begun to use all the means and devices that are available for destruction. I hope that such weapons are never manufactured in quantity.
To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.
A man should have any number of little aims about which he should be conscious and for which he should have names, but he should have neither name for, nor consciousness concerning, the main aim of his life.
Go as far as you can see and when you get there, you will always be able to see farther.
The death of fear is in doing what you fear to do.
There is no beauty but the beauty of action.
I am not sure I should have dared to start , but I am sure that I should not have dared to stop.
The show must go on.
The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety.
Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.
People can't live with change if there's not a changeless core inside them. The key to the ability to change is a changeless sense of who you are, what you are about and what you value.
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.
Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands.
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us.
When people are like each other they tend to like each other.
In love beggar and king are equal.
He who has hope has everything.
Sometimes, all you need to invent something is a good imagination and a pile of junk.
The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.
Bad friends prevent you from having good friends.
Put your heart, mind, intellect, and soul even to your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.
Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.
God doesn't make junk.
The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.
What the world wants is character. The world is in need of those whose life is one burning love, selfless. That love will make every word tell like a thunderbolt.
Old love does not rust.
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.
People with many interests live, not only longest, but happiest.
Synergy is everywhere in nature. If you plant two plants close together, the roots commingle and improve the quality of soil so that both plants will grow better than if they were separated. If you put two pieces of wood together, they will hold much more weight than the total of the weight held by each separately. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. One plus one equals three or more.
You're on the road to success when you realize that failure is only a detour.
Tell everyone what you want to do and someone will want to help you do it.
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.
Some of us have great runways already built for us. If you have one, take off. But if you don't have one, realize it is your responsibility to grab a shovel and build one for yourself and for those who will follow after you.
A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.
Hard work often leads to success. No work seldom does.
Winning isn't everything , it's the only thing.