Inspirational Quotes
This too, shall pass.
Every ceiling, when reached, becomes a floor, upon which one walks as a matter of course and prescriptive right.
Life is a do-it yourself project.
Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.
The person who will not stand for something will fall for anything.
First, believe in the world - that there is meaning behind everything.
The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while Nature cures the disease
To go fast, row slowly.
Feel the fear and do it anyway.
Happiness is not pleasure, it is victory.
Pretty much everything will come to him who hustles while he waits. I believe that restlessness is discontent, and discontent is merely the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.
Never put off to tomorrow what you can do today.
Anything that we have to learn we learn by the actual doing of it we become just by performing just acts, temperate by performing temperate ones, brave by performing brave ones.
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. One man tells a lie, dozens repeat it as the truth.
In the arena of human life the honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action
All that is real in me is god. All that is real in god is I. The gulf between god and me is thus bridged. Thus by knowing god, we find that the kingdom of heaven is within us.
Until we take how we see ourselves (and how we see others) into account, we will be unable to understand how others see and feel about themselves and their world. Unaware, we will project our intentions on their behavior and call ourselves objective.
We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.
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.
I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself : First, what could I do ? Second, what could I read ? And third, who could I ask ?
Acknowledge that you failed, draw your lessons from it, and use it to your advantage to make sure it never happens again.
A person starts to live when he can live outside himself.
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost, that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.
If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Sometimes I lie awake at night and ask, Where have I gone wrong ? Then a voice says to me, This is going to take more than one night.
Who is blind ? He who can see no other world. Who is dumb ? He who can say nothing pleasant about his lot. Who is poor ? He who is troubled with too many desires. Who is rich ? He who is happy with his lot.
The only gift is a portion of thyself.
The best effect of fine persons is felt after we have left their presence.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
A man's dreams are an index to his greatness.
Success is predictable.
Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far. quotes
The power is detested, and miserable the life, of him who wishes to be feared rather than to be loved.
The path to success is to take massive, determined action.
Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them, a desire, a dream, a vision.
When you can't solve the problem, manage it.
There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.
The person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image.
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
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.
Some men see things the way they are and ask, Why ? I dream things that never were, and ask Why not ?
You must think of failure and defeat as the spring boards to new achievements, and to the next level of accomplishment.
You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.
Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them go, the sooner the better.
Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness -- great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.
You must do the things you think you cannot do.
A fellow doesn't last long on what he has done. He has to keep on delivering.
Misfortunes, untoward events, lay open, disclose the skill of a general, while success conceals his weakness, his weak points.
Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time.
There are two things to aim at in life , first to get what you want, and after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind has achieved the second.
If you would create something, you must be something.
Learning karate requires self-control and discipline Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by.
Be courageous ! Whatever setbacks America has encountered, it has always emerged as a stronger and more prosperous nation. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith and go forward !
I don't think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
Wealth is but dung, useful only when spread about.
If you are afraid of failure you don’t deserve to be successful!
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.
The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives.
It's easier to prepare and prevent, than to repair and repent.
Never, never, never give up.
The point is that you can't be too greedy.
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
You are what you repeatedly do. Excellence is not an event - it is a habit.
We feel good about ourselves to the exact degree we feel in control of our lives.
You can not escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
When it comes to giving, some people stop at nothing.
A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds, it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change.
Was there ever a more horrible blasphemy than the statement that all the knowledge of god is confined to this or that book ? How dare men call god infinite, and yet try to compress him within the covers of a little book !
What can be said but not practiced is better not said. What can be practiced but not spoken of is better not done.
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
Dreams are the reality of tomorrow.
For changes to be of any true value, they've got to be lasting and consistent.
Know thyself was the inscription over the Oracle at Delphi. And it is still the most difficult task any of us faces. But until you truly know yourself, strengths and weaknesses, know what you want to do and why you want to do it, you can not succeed in any but the most superficial sense of the word. The leader never lies to himself, especially about himself, knows his flaws as well as his assets, and deals with them directly. You are your own raw material. When you know what you consist of and why you want to make of it, then you can invent yourself.
The principles you live by create the world you live in ; if you change the principles you live by, you will change your world. -
When your self-worth goes up, your net worth goes up with it.
Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moments you reject all help, are you free. Fear is death, fear is sin, fear is hell, fear is unrighteousness, and fear is wrong life.
The individual activity of one man with backbone will do more than a thousand men with a mere wishbone.
Now he has departed from this strange world a little ahead of me. That means nothing. People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time, and it annoys the pig
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.
Giving people a little more than they expect is a good way to get back more than you'd expect.
Go as far as you can see and when you get there, you will always be able to see farther.
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
Many people may listen, but few people actually hear.
There comes a moment when you have to stop revving up the car and shove it into gear.
It is quite possible to work without results, but never will there be results without work.