Inspirational Quotes
Necessity is the mother of invention.
I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others. I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent.
People will exercise great effort and creativity to make our plan work, and sometimes expend just as much effort and creativity to make your plan fail.
I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.
Let's roll.
Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds.
if one is unable to assert oneself, one is unable to participate in a genuine relationship.
Don't quit.
You will become as small as your controlling desire, as great as your dominant aspiration.
Some say you have to use your five best players, but I found out you win with the five that fit together best as a team
Carpe diem.
When we place blame, we give away our power.
Luck happens when opportunity encounters the prepared mind.
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.
Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him.
It is my principle that the will of the majority should always prevail.
You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time.
Play for more than you can afford to lose and you will learn the game.
If you think you are beaten, you are. If you think you dare not, you don't. If you'd like to win, but think you can't it's almost a cinch you won't. Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man, but sooner or later the man who wins is the one who thinks he can.
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
I deal with the obvious. I present, reiterate and glorify the obvious -- because the obvious is what people need to be told.
There is no education like adversity.
I never read a food column and think 'Wow I value your opinion' because everyone has an opinion now. What makes a columnist an expert? If you stay focused on your own goal, you'll be fine. It's when you start looking too far out that you're going to get lost.
Seek the wisdom of the ages, but look at the world through the eyes of a child.
We always strive after what is forbidden, and desire the things refused us.
Whatever you think that you will be. If you think yourself weak, weak you will be , if you think yourself strong, you will be.
It is impossible to imagine anything which better becomes a ruler than mercy.
One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon- instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today.
No one lives long enough to learn everything they need to learn starting from scratch. To be successful, we absolutely, positively have to find people who have already paid the price to learn the things that we need to learn to achieve our goals.
Feel nothing, know nothing, do nothing, have nothing, give up all to god, and say utterly, 'Thy will be done'. We only dream this bondage. Wake up and let it go.
Tell me and I forget , show me and I remember , involve me and I understand.
Give me a place to stand and I will move the earth.
If you don't like something, change it, if you can't change it, change your attitude.
A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.
The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
Every time we open our mouths, men look into our minds.
When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
Live life to the fullest.
You may be on the right track, but if you just sit there you'll get run over.
How we spend our days is of course how we spend our lives.
There is no security on this earth, there is only opportunity.
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.
A 'No' uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble.
To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
You can often measure a person by the size of his dream.
The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.
Advice is seldom welcome , and those who want it the most always like it the least.
We have a responsibility in our time, as others have had in theirs, not to be prisoners of history but to shape history, a responsibility to fill the role of path-finder, and to build with others a global network of purpose and law.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
Action is the antidote to despair.
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.
A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance, and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.
There is no such thing as failure. There are only results.
You can not shake hands with a clenched fist.
Do not wait for ideal circumstances, nor for the best opportunities, they will never come.
If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.
Level with your child by being honest. Nobody spots a phony quicker than a child.
With vision, every person, organization and country can flourish. The Bible says, 'Without vision we perish.
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is often a step forward.
I never could have done without the habits of punctuality, order and diligence the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time.
You really can change the world if you care enough.
Nothing liberates our greatness like the desire to help, the desire to serve.
They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they kept only one. They promised to take our land, and they did.
if you can't lift the corners, let the middle sag.
There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.
Love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.
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.
Each work has to pass through these stages - ridicule, opposition, and then acceptance. Those who think ahead of their time are sure to be misunderstood.
Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
The entire law is summed up in a single command, Love your neighbor as yourself.
The toughest part of getting to the top of the ladder, is getting through the crowd at the bottom.
Many have encountered and overcome the challenge of homelessness Many men go fishing all their lives not knowing it is not fish they are after.
After your jump, the net appears.
The way to find out about your happiness is to keep your mind on those moments when you feel most happy, when you really are happy -- not excited, not just thrilled, but deeply happy. This requires a little bit of self-analysis. What is it that makes you happy ? Stay with it, no matter what people tell you. This is what I call 'following your bliss'. If you follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. Wherever you are -- if you are following your bliss, you are enjoying that refreshment, that life within you, all the time.
Whenever your present situation, I assure you that you are not your habits. You can replace old patterns of self-defeating behavior with new patterns, new habits of the effectiveness, happiness, and trust-based relationships.
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.
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.
Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.
We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.
Most people who succeed in the face of seemingly impossible conditions are people who simply don't know how to quit.
Believe in yourself.
Be happy. It's one way of being wise.
Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.