Inspirational Quotes
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
Work spares us from three evils boredom, vice, and need.
A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.
Live as if your were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.
No man is wise enough by himself.
Nothing happens unless first we dream.
Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there. Philip Brooks Children are the reward of life.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.
There is no limit to the power of the human mind. The more concentrated it is, the more power is brought to bear on one point.
To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
Whether or not we realize it each of us has within us the ability to set some kind of example for people. Knowing this would you rather be the one known for being the one who encouraged others, or the one who inadvertently discouraged those around you ?
The idea of working all your life, saving, and putting money into a retirement account is a very slow plan.
Hard work often leads to success. No work seldom does.
Love is a daily, mutual exchange of value.
It is amazing how much people can get done if they do not worry about who gets the credit.
Results come from constantly applying what you know, not just knowing.
I believe that it is better to learn from the diverse people around us than to try in vain to emulate them, better to be a teacher than a role model. As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.
First say to yourself what you would be, and then do what you have to do.
I know god will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much.
If we are to have real peace, we must begin with the children.
It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get back up.
Champions are a rare breed. They see beyond the dangers, the risks, the obstacles, and the hardships.
There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group, there is less competition there.
Obstacles are great incentives.
If anything is worth trying at all, it's worth trying at least ten times.
Be like a postage stamp. Stick to it until you get there.
A man never likes you so well as when he leaves your company liking himself.
In order to be walked on, you have to be lying down.
The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
There's no abiding success without commitment.
A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.
If there is one word that you find coming out like a bomb from the upanishads, bursting like a bombshell upon masses of ignorance, it is the word fearlessness.
Do not wait for ideal circumstances, nor for the best opportunities, they will never come.
To live happily with other people, ask of them only what they can give.” Tristan Bernard
Inch by inch, it's a cinch.
To succeed, you need to take that gut feeling in what you believe and act on it with all of your heart.
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
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.
Life is but a moment, death also is but another.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
The greatest sin is to think yourself weak.
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.
It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, Always do what you are afraid to do.
Words do two major things : They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness.
I have failed over and over again. That is why I succeed.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
If you employed study, thinking, and planning time daily, you could develop and use the power that can change the course of your destiny.
Every ceiling, when reached, becomes a floor, upon which one walks as a matter of course and prescriptive right.
I never did anything worth doing entirely by accident... . Almost none of my inventions came about totally by accident. They were achieved by having trained myself to endure and tolerate hard work.
I feel I have this great creative and spiritual force within me that is greater than faith, greater than ambition, greater than confidence, greater than determination, greater than vision. It is all these combined. Whether it is a godhead or not, I feel this great force, this untapped power, this dynamic something within me. This feeling defies description, and there is no experience with which this feeling may be compared. It is something like a strong emotion mixed with faith, but a lot stronger.
Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give the world your best anyway.
And now here is my secret, a very simple secret. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.
I demolish my bridges behind methen there is no choice but to move forward. Firdtjof Nansen I do not cast my eyes away from my troubles. I pack them in as little compass as I can for myself, and never let them annoy others.
The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been.
It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
The true way to soften one's troubles is to solace those of others.
Your most expensive advice is the free advice you receive from your financially struggling friends and relatives.
Within us all there are wells of thought and dynamos of energy which are not suspected until emergencies arise. Then oftentimes we find that it is comparatively simple to double or treble our former capacities and to amaze ourselves by the results achieved. Quotas, when set up for us by others, are challenges which goad us on to surpass ourselves. The outstanding leaders of every age are those who set up their own quotas and constantly achieve them.
A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.
Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.
Immaturity can last a lifetime.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.
It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.
The secret to happiness is not in doing what one likes to do, but in liking what one has to do.
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.
Adversity is the diamond dust that heaven polishes its jewels with.
When you drop a pebble into a pool of water, the pebble starts a series of ripples that expand until they encompass the whole pool. This is exactly what will happen when I give my ideas a definite plan of action. Right now I can project my thoughts into the future. I can see ahead of me. I dream, I am not easily discouraged, readily visualize myself as overcoming obstacles, winning out over setbacks, achieving impossible objectives.
If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.
Admission of ignorance is often the first step in our education.
Great minds have purpose, others have wishes.
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.
Unfortunately, most of the students in martial art are conformers. The student seldom learns to depend upon himself for expression. Instead, he faithfully or blindly follows an instructor, the authority figure, and his instructor's imposed pattern. That way, the student feels he is no longer alone and finds security in mass imitation. However, what is nurtured is the dependent mind rather than independent inquiry, which is so essential to genuine understanding. So through daily conditioning a student will probably be skilled according to a pattern, however, he will not come to understand himself.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Success is achieved by those who try and keep trying with a positive mental attitude.
Great minds have purposes others have wishes.
If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.
When I asked god for strength He gave me difficult situations to face When I asked god for brain & brawn He gave me puzzles in life to solve When I asked god for happiness He showed me some unhappy people When I asked god for wealth He showed me how to work hard When I asked god for favors He showed me opportunities to work hard When I asked god for peace He showed me how to help others God gave me nothing I wanted He gave me everything I needed
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
It is the patient building of character, the intense struggle to realize the truth, which alone will tell in the future of humanity.
A leader is a dealer in hope.
It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated.
For children to take morality seriously they must be in the presence of adults who take morality seriously. And with their own eyes they must see adults take morality seriously.
Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.
Look back on times of adversity with hope for the future, not regret for the past. Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.