Inspirational Quotes
An Arabian proverb says there are four sorts of men: He who knows not and knows not he knows not: he is a fool, shun him. He who knows not and knows he knows not: he is simple, teach him. He who knows and knows not he knows: he is asleep--wake him. He who knows and knows he knows: he is wise, follow him.
You are what you are and you are where you are because of what has gone into your mind. You change what you are and you change where you are by changing what goes into your mind.
Our minds are as different as our faces we are all traveling to one destination, happiness, but few are going by the same road.
Wisdom is supreme , therefore make a full effort to get wisdom. Esteem her and she will exalt you , embrace her and she will honor you. Wise men speak because they have something to say, fools because they have to say something.
Let us strive on to finish the work we are in
If we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find we have lost the future.
Things do not change we change.
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.
Constant dripping hollows out a stone.
A person's true wealth is the good he or she does in the world.
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.
The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.
You can observe a lot just by watching.
You can not shake hands with a clenched fist.
It is impossible to imagine anything which better becomes a ruler than mercy.
Life is a do-it yourself project.
Look within, for within is the wellspring of virtue, which will not cease flowing, if you cease not from digging.
Each action can be the one on which all depends , what is decisive is only the strength and concentration of hallowing with which I do it. To the question of what had been the most essential matter for his late teacher, a disciple answered, 'Always just what he was engaged in at the moment'.
In each man there is a priceless treasure that is in no other. Every man's foremost task is the actualization of his unique, unprecedented and never-recurring potentialities, and not the repetition of something that another, and be it even the greatest, has already achieved.
If you're proactive, you don't have to wait for circumstances or other people to create perspective expanding experiences. You can consciously create your own.
Some people enter our lives and leave almost instantly. Others stay, and forge such an impression on our heart and soul, we are changed forever.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
A good general not only sees the way to victory , he also knows when victory is impossible.
But were we burthen'd with like weight of pain, As much, or more, we should ourselves complain.
You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time.
When one door closes another opens. But often we look so long so regretfully upon the closed door that we fail to see the one that has opened for us.
Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose -- a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.
Life must be lived on a higher plane. We must go up to a higher platform, to which we are always invited to ascend, there, the whole aspect of things changes.
All condemnation of others really condemns ourselves. Adjust the microcosm which is in your power to do and the macrocosm will adjust itself for you.
The first requisite for success is to develop the ability to focus and apply your mental and physical energies to the problem at hand - without growing weary. Because such thinking is often difficult, there seems to be no limit to which some people will go to avoid the effort and labor that is associated with it.
Every man goes down to his death bearing in his hands only that which he has given away.
Wisdom is knowing what to do next.
The leader has a clear idea of what he wants to do -- professionally and personally -- and the strength to persist in the face of setbacks, even failures.
There comes a moment when you have to stop revving up the car and shove it into gear.
Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born.
The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body, and be yet thankful.
Indecision is the seedling of fear.
You're as old as you behave.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.
He who hesitates is lost.
Time is free, but it's priceless. You can't own it, but you can use it. You can't keep it, but you can spend it. Once you've lost it, you can never get it back.
You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.
Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.
Everything that is good from others, bring it in, and in your own way absorb it, do not become others.
is the greatest gift of the mind , it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.
The key to truth is the next deed, and this key opens the door if one does what one has to do in such a way that the meaning of the action here finds its fulfillment. Thus truth in the world of man is not to be found as the content of knowledge, but only as human existence. One does not express it, one does not perceive it, but one lives it, and receives it as life.
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 !
He who praises another enriches himself far more than he does the one praised. To praise is an investment in happiness. The poorest human being has something to give that the richest could not buy.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
You will become as small as your controlling desire ; as great as your dominant aspiration.
Friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life.
Yesterday ended last night. Every day is a new beginning. Learn the skill of forgetting. And move on.
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human body, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.
He who lends to the poor gets his interest from God.
The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.
There are no guarantees. From the viewpoint of fear, none are strong enough. From the viewpoint of love, none are necessary.
Thank god, it is over, that I have seen it and am able to tell it to the world.
It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake.
There is no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all.
Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain -- and most fools do.
Those who are fired with an enthusiastic idea and who allow it to take hold and dominate their thoughts find that new worlds open for them. As long as enthusiasm holds out, so will new opportunities.
To catch lots of fish, you must first go to the water. To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.
When you reach for the stars, you may not get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud, either.
We have only one reality, and that is here and now. What we miss by our evasions will never return, but if we squander ourselves, then too we lose being. Each day is precious a moment can be everything.
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going!
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities.
It's just about playing fundamental, physical football and playing a full 60 minutes. And no matter what's going on at the moment, being able to keep the blinders on and keep moving forward.
Every shot you don't take is a guaranteed miss.
My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.
Misfortunes, untoward events, lay open, disclose the skill of a general, while success conceals his weakness, his weak points.
Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.
Life is but a moment, death also is but another.
It had always amazed me how different things looked in a studio compared to how they appeared on TV. In reality the set was a tiny stage in a giant room of cables, cameras, and monitors, all connected trounced a control room full of other monitors and audio equipment. On TV it looked like two people sitting in an office having a conversation.
A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.
The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.
In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.
If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad.
Rather than focusing on things and time, focus on preserving and enhancing relationships and on accomplishing results.
The rare individual who honestly satisfies this heart-hunger ( praise ) will hold people in the palm of his hand, and even the undertaker will be sorry when he dies.
A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway.
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
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.
You. too, can determine what you want. You can decide on your major objectives, targets, aims, and destination. quotes
Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.