Inspirational Quotes
The person who says it can not be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it.
If we are going to teach 'creation science' as an alternative to evolution, then we should also teach the stork theory as an alternative to biological reproduction.
It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one's heart rather than out of pity. A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely apologize.
Embrace that it's ok to grow.
We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.
Commit yourself to a dream... Nobody who tries to do something great but fails is a total failure. Why ? Because he can always rest assured that he succeeded in life's most important battle -- he defeated the fear of trying.
Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.
Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.
May you live all the days of your life.
There is no substitute for hard work.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated.
Wherever we look upon this earth, the opportunities take shape within the problems.
All power is within you. You can do anything and everything. Believe in that. Do not believe that you are weak, do not believe that you are half-crazy lunatics, as most of us do nowadays. Stand up and express the divinity within you. Truth is eternal.
Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they kept only one. They promised to take our land, and they did.
The first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.
Sow a thought, and you reap an act , Sow an act, and you reap a habit , Sow a habit, and you reap a character , Sow a character, and you reap a destiny.
Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconscious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character
Take control of your consistent emotions and begin to consciously and deliberately reshape your daily experience of life.
In order to accept change and the suffering it brings, we need to find meaning in it
But inaction itself is a kind of action, and it has consequences. Consistently and absolutely maintained, inaction would necessarily lead to swift ruin , it would be a form of suicide. A refusal to enter into the world is a refusal to meet the challenge of reality which darkly demands that I dare and find out what will happen. In my situation I bear responsibility for what occurs because I do not intervene , if I can do something and I don't do it, I am guilty of the consequences of my inaction.
Admission of ignorance is often the first step in our education.
Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender , it's holy ground. There's no greater investment.
Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance.
Keep your business affairs in your own hands. It's the only way to be happy.
Action may not always bring happiness , but there is no happiness without action.
We have merely scratched the surface of the store of knowledge which will come to us. I believe that we are now, a-tremble on the verge of vast discoveries - discoveries so wondrously important they will upset the present trend of human thought and start it along completely new lines.
For things to change you've got to change. Otherwise, nothing much will change
To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people And the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure The betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded
How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg ? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.
You only get out what you put in.
In life you need either inspiration or desperation.
Kindness is a language which the dumb can speak, the deaf can understand.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
Nothing is predestined The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.
You're happiest while you're making the greatest contribution.
Busier than a cat covering up shit on a tile floor!
If at first you don't succeed skydiving is not for you.
Go to the people. Learn from them. Live with them. Start with what they know. Build with what they have. The best of leaders when the job is done, when the task is accomplished, the people will say we have done it ourselves.
Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world.
Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.
The miracle is this the more we share, the more we have.
What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness ?
Level with your child by being honest. Nobody spots a phony quicker than a child.
To be a champion, you have to believe in yourself when nobody else will.
It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get back up.
Love is blind, friendship closes its eyes.
The whole universe is only the self with variations, one tune made bearable by variations. Sometimes there are discords, but they only make the subsequent harmony more perfect. In this hell of a world one can bring a little joy and peace even for a day into the heart of a single person, that much alone is true, this I have learnt after suffering all my life, all else is mere moonshine.
I am fond of only what comes from the heart.
Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm.
Encouragement is oxygen to the soul.
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.
if one is unable to assert oneself, one is unable to participate in a genuine relationship.
Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.
Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.
Equations are more important to me, because politics is for the present, but an equation is something for eternity.
The speed of the leader determines the rate of the pack.
You. too, can determine what you want. You can decide on your major objectives, targets, aims, and destination. quotes
Without the human community one single human being cannot survive.
Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.
You can have anything you want ? if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose.
You are today where your thoughts have brought
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
Don't hide your light under a bushel.
The test we must set for ourselves is not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.
Remember the difference between a boss and a leader a boss says "Go ! '' -- a leader says "Let's go ! ''
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
Know that although in the eternal scheme of things you are small, you are also unique and irreplaceable, as are all your fellow humans everywhere in the world.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Courage is a moral quality , it is not a chance gift of nature like an aptitude for games. It is a cold choice between two alternatives, the fixed resolve not to quit , an act of renunciation which must be made not once but many times by the power of the will. Courage is will power.
We have not yet begun to fight.
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you do not try.
Give all to love; obey thy heart.
If our thoughts and hopes are elsewhere, it is impossible to set our faces steadily toward the work required of us.
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.
We are made for loving. If we don't love, we will be like plants without water.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
Knowledge is proud that she knows so much , Wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
The struggle of the mind to keep itself free from every sort of bondage -- to remain curious, open, unsatiated in all its relations with nature -- is tenfold more difficult than the cultivation of a stable, satisfying point of view, but a thousandfold more precious.
Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habits. Watch your habits, they become character.Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.
You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.
Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.
Above all, beware of compromises. I do not mean that you are to get into antagonism with anybody, but you have to hold on to your own principles in weal or woe and never adjust them to others "fads" through the greed of getting supporters.
I didn't have time to hire half my coaching staff. I didn't know any of the players by sight, but somehow we got through spring ball with the help of a couple of graduate assistants.
I want to know God's thoughts ; the rest are details.
A time comes when you need to stop waiting for the man you want to become and start being the man you want to be.
Success is never found. Failure is never fatal. Courage is the only thing.
Lives of great men all remind us we can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us footprints in the sands of time.
As a cure for worrying, work is far better than whiskey. I always found that, if I began to worry, the best thing I could do was focus upon doing something useful and then work very hard at it. Soon, I would forget what was troubling me.