Inspirational Quotes
Let's not just transform those in need, we can also find ways to help transform those in power.
The battle is all over except the "shouting" when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
, Nobel Peace Prize winner We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.
Advice is seldom welcome , and those who want it the most always like it the least.
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.
Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.
A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
No fate is worse than a life without a love.
Giving people a little more than they expect is a good way to get back more than you'd expect.
If you want things to be different, perhaps the answer is to become different yourself.
Equations are more important to me, because politics is for the present, but an equation is something for eternity.
You must consider the bottom line, but make it integrity before profits.
'Wake Me When It's Funny'
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
If you don't first handle fear and desire, and you get rich, you'll be a high pay slave.
Love sees roses without thorns.
There is more to life than increasing its speed.
Between stimulus and response, one has the freedom to choose.
Make the second effort your second nature.
The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.
It's your attitude not your aptitude that determines your altitude.
One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.
When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems you cannot hold on a minute longer, never give up then for that is just the place and time the tide will turn.
Failure ? I never encountered it. All I ever met were temporary setbacks.
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, and live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.
Human beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come back home.
Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.
If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, then we did it. If anything goes really good, then you did it.
What is a friend ? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough ! You must take action.
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.
God is merciful to those whom he sees struggling heart and soul for realization. But remain idle, without any struggle, and you will see that his grace will never come.
Whenever I get the energy to exercise, I sit down until it passes.
Whatever we leave to God, God does and blesses us.
How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young ?
The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for his competitors, for it is that which all are practicing every day while they live.
How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.
Happiness consists of a solid faith, good health, and a bad memory.
Most of the exercise I get is from standing and walking around laboratory tables all day. I derive more benefit and entertainment from this than some of my friends and competitors get from playing games like golf.
We will either find a way or make one.
Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless it's a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.
Great minds have purpose, others have wishes.
Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.
I am speaking now of the highest duty we owe our friends, the noblest, the most sacred that of keeping their own nobleness, goodness, pure and incorrupt. . . . If we let our friend become cold and selfish and exacting without a remonstrance, we are no true lover, no true friend.
Cushion the painful effects of hard blows by keeping the enthusiasm going strong, even if doing so requires struggle.
Let thy words be few.
Just because you make a mistake doesnt mean you are a mistake.
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.
Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate. So practice happy thinking every day. Cultivate the merry heart, develop the happiness habit, and life will become a continual feast.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
I deal with the obvious. I present, reiterate and glorify the obvious -- because the obvious is what people need to be told.
In life you can never be too kind or too fair ; everyone you meet is carrying a heavy load. When you go through your day expressing kindness and courtesy to all you meet, you leave behind a feeling of warmth and good cheer, and you help alleviate the burdens everyone is struggling with.
Be strong ! You talk of ghosts and devils. We are the living devils. The sign of life is strength and growth. The sign of death is weakness. Whatever is weak, avoid ! It is death. If it is strength, go down into hell and get hold of it ! There is salvation only for the brave. "None but the brave deserves the fair". None but the bravest deserves salvation.
Hardening of the heart ages people faster than hardening of the arteries.
It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.
Every day in every way I am getting better and better.
If I were required to guess off-hand, and without collusion with higher minds, what is the bottom cause of the amazing material and intellectual advancement of the last fifty years, I should guess that it was the modern-born and previously non-existent disposition on the part of men to believe that a new idea can have value.
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
Don't be hard on yourself. Embrace your journey with kindness and patience, recognizing that every step, even the small ones, is a part of your growth.
I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel myself infinitely the happier for it.
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A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.
Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
The soul is covered with the color of its leisure thoughts.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results
Let him that would move the world first move himself.
Be all you can be.
My father taught me to work ; he did not teach me to love it.
Wisdom is more precious than rubies.
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.
No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see the possibilities -- they're always there.
The foundation my parents laid down with our faith continues to be my core.
Don't wait for a funeral to pay a compliment. You may not make it in time.
Life is a great story. It's just that sometimes we forget we are the author and can write it however we want.
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you'll help them to become what they are capable of becoming.
Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell'em, Certainly I can ! - and get busy and find out how to do it
How different our lives are when we really know what is deeply important to us, and keeping that picture in mind, we manage ourselves each day to be and to do what really matters most.
Everything that is good from others, bring it in, and in your own way absorb it, do not become others.
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, " What's in it for me ? ".
A Crow is known wherever he is met by his beautiful white dress, and his tall and elegant figure. The greater part of the men being six feet high.
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is.