Inspirational Quotes
For those who have seen the Earth from space, and for the hundreds and perhaps thousands more who will, the experience most certainly changes your perspective. The things that we share in our world are far more valuable than those which divide us.
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.
Deep down inside of all of us is the power to accomplish what we want to, if we'll just stop looking elsewhere.
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
A dream is simply reality waiting to happen.
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be overcome first.
Grow deep - not just tall.
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.
First law on holes - when you're in one, stop digging.
Reach for the stars.
We do what we must, and call it by the best names.
It is in the small decisions you and I make every day that create our destiny.
Efficiency is doing things right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing.
Happiness consists of a solid faith, good health, and a bad memory.
Misfortunes often sharpen the genius.
One of the greatest moments in anybody's developing experience is when he no longer tries to hide from himself but determines to get acquainted with himself as he really is.
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
There is no chance, no fate, no destiny that can circumvent, or hinder, or control a firm resolve of a determined soul.
If one has to submit, it is wasteful not to do so with the best grace possible.
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it, begin it now.
I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel myself infinitely the happier for it.
The oneness of human beings is the basic ethical thread that holds us together.
All misfortune is but a stepping stone to fortune.
There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way.
Anyone who thinks the sky is the limit, has limited imagination.
Your decision to be, have and do something out of ordinary entails facing difficulties that are out of the ordinary as well. Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.
No great man ever complains of want of opportunities.
What we can or can not do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. It is more likely a function of our beliefs about who we are.
Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it.
Motherhood qualified me to let the child within come out and play.
If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
One lie ruins a thousand truths.
He who dares nothing need hope for nothing.
I am convinced that He ( God ) does not play dice.
Resentment or grudges do no harm to the person against whom you hold these feelings but every day and every night of your life, they are eating at you.
In every difficult situation is potential value. Believe this, then begin looking for it.
Self-knowledge is the basis of JKD because it is effective, not only for the individuals martial art, but also for his life as a human being.
You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage -- pleasantly, smilingly, non-apologetically -- to say 'no' to other things. And the way you do that is by having a bigger 'yes' burning inside. The enemy of the 'best' is often the 'good. '
People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care.
From Freud we learned that the past exists now in the person. Now we must learn, from growth theory and self-actualization theory that the future also now exists in the person in the form of ideals, hopes, duties, tasks, plans, goals, unrealized potentials, mission, fate, destiny, etc. One for whom no future exists is reduced to the concrete, to hopelessness, to emptiness.
Some things have to be believed to be seen.
It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look farther than you can see.
Don't think it, ink it.
You must motivate yourself every day.
Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners.
I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
Love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.
Admission of ignorance is often the first step in our education.
Each action can be the one on which all depends , what is decisive is only the strength and concentration of hallowing with which I do it. To the question of what had been the most essential matter for his late teacher, a disciple answered, 'Always just what he was engaged in at the moment'.
Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there. Philip Brooks Children are the reward of life.
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
I'm a bit of a P.T Barnum. I make stars out of everyone.
To succeed you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
Watch people do their most common actions, these are indeed the things that will tell you the real character of a great person.
How we spend our days is of course how we spend our lives.
The several tribes of indians inhabiting the regions of the upper missouri, and of whom I spoke in my last letter, are undoubtedly the finest looking, best equipped, and most beautifully costumed of any on the continent.
When you are afraid, do the thing you are afraid of and soon you will lose your fear of it.
It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.
He who has never learned to obey can not be a good commander.
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.
There are essentially two things that will make you wiser the books you read and the people you meet.
In the midst of winter, I found there was within me an invincible summer.
Never give in -- never, never, never, never.
I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day , I'd rather have one walk beside me than merely point the way.
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
Use what talent you possess, the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.
There is no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit.
One who seeks no friends is his own enemy.
Life is change, growth is optional. Choose wisely.
The only gift is a portion of thyself.
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.
When I look around, I always learn something and that is to be always yourself. And to express yourself. To have faith in yourself. Do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it. Start from the very root of being, which is how can I be me?
Live your dreams.
Tolerance can lead to learning something.
Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.
The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
Almost any idea is good if a man has ability and is willing to work hard. The best idea is worthless if the creator is a loafer and ineffective.
Things do not change we change.
Kindness is tenderness. Kindness is love, but perhaps greater than loveKindness is good will. Kindness says, I want you to be happy.
Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes, and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.
Times of great calamity and confusion have ever been productive of the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace, and the brightest thunderbolt is elicited from the darkest storm.
Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm. As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands. One for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.
This attachment of love to god is indeed one that does not bind the soul but effectively breaks all its bondages.
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
I have noticed that folks are generally about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Stopping at third base adds no more runs than striking out.
Silence is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.