Inspirational Quotes
Faith can move mountains.
Our limitations and success will be based most often on our own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.
Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed, but not defeated.
Minds are like parachutes, they function only when open.
The ability to concentrate and to use your time well is everything if you want to succeed in business or in anything else, for that matter.
The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.
Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.
A good general not only sees the way to victory , he also knows when victory is impossible.
I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed We hold these truths to be self-evident , that all men are created equal.
What we do not see, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistible power which comes to the rescue of those who fight on in the face of discouragement.
Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.
Be patient with your enemies and forgiving of your friends.
The storm also beats on the house that is built on the rock.
If you want to be creative in your company, your career, your life, all it takes is one easy stepthe extra one. When you encounter a familiar plan, you just ask one question '' What ELSE could we do ? ''
Hatred stirreth up strifes, but love covereth all sins.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot , but make it hot by striking.
Remember when you see a man at the top of a mountain, he didn't fall there.
Nothing liberates our greatness like the desire to help, the desire to serve.
Be the change you want to see in the world.
If I am not for myself, who will be for me ? Yet if I am for myself alone, of what good am I ?
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
Feel the fear and do it anyway.
It's never too late.
You learn as much from those who have failed as from those who have succeeded.
What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune, but great minds rise above them.
We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish.
Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end, an end which was already but too easy to arrive at
Ability is sexless.
Don't say, "If I could, I would". Say, "If I can, I will".
Don't take no for an answer, never submit to failure. Do not be fobbed off with mere personal success or acceptance. You will make all kinds of mistakes, but as long as you are generous and true, and also fierce, you can not hurt the world or even seriously distress her. She was made to be wooed by youth.
The point is that you can't be too greedy.
Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.
A 'No' uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble.
For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice. No paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service.
I do not think there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
Talent does you no good unless it's recognized by someone else.
If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.
The toughest part of getting to the top of the ladder, is getting through the crowd at the bottom.
Confidence imparts a wonderful inspiration to its possessor.
When one door closes another opens, but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.
This attachment of love to god is indeed one that does not bind the soul but effectively breaks all its bondages.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
Surprises and reverses can serve as an incentive for great accomplishment. There are no rules here, we're just trying to accomplish something.
The history of the world is but the biography of great men.
They are able because they think they are able.
Whatever is at the center of our life will be the source of our security, guidance, wisdom, and power.
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.
Cease trying to work everything out with your minds. It will get you nowhere. Live by intuition and inspiration and let your whole life be a revelation.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
When you work, work, and when you play, play, dont get the two mixed up
There is no education like adversity.
They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment.
Once you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is that most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year - and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade !
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
The way we see the problem is the problem.
Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open.
To succeed... you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
That is a lesson for all life - face the terrible, face it boldly. Like the monkeys, the hardships of life fall back when we cease to flee before them.
The best leaders of all, the people know not they exist. They turn to each other and say, We did it ourselves.
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.
Where there is no vision, the people perish.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
The unexamined life is not worth living.
Success often comes to those who dare to act. It seldom goes to the timid who are ever afraid of the consequences.
It's your attitude not your aptitude that determines your altitude.
Almost any idea is good if a man has ability and is willing to work hard. The best idea is worthless if the creator is a loafer and ineffective.
Nothing is more validating and affirming than feeling understood. And the moment a person begins feeling understood, that person becomes far more open to influence and change.
Everyone who achieves success in a great venture, solves each problem as they came to it. They helped themselves. And they were helped through powers known and unknown to them at the time they set out on their voyage. They keep going regardless of the obstacles they met.
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.
Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game. quotes
Oh, to be free from the stifling pressures of life to rest, a peaceful slumber that will rejuvenate my soul
For things to change you've got to change. Otherwise, nothing much will change
We must have friendship for all, we must be merciful toward those that are in misery, when people are happy, we ought to be happy, and to the wicked we must be indifferent. These attitudes will make the mind peaceful.
It's always too soon to quit !
No one became poor by giving alms.
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.
Most people don't get much praise in daily life, but we all need it very much. I think receiving praise makes us brave. Down deep we really know our worth, but we don't have easy access to that knowledge. We need to hear praise coming from outside ourselves or we won't remember that we deserve it.
A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.
When you make a mistake or get ridiculed or rejected, look at mistakes as learning experiences, and ridicule as ignorance. . . . Look at rejection as part of one performance, not as a turn down of the performer.
You can not do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.
Honesty is the best image.