Inspirational Quotes
I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it.
Reason is like an open secret that can become known to anyone at any time , it is the quiet space into which everyone can enter through his own thought.
The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
The first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.
It not knowing what to do, it's doing what you know.
Live your life and forget your age.
Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special and always significant and remarkable point at which the world's phenomena intersect, only once in this way, and never again.
Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.
Your daily life is your temple and your religion. When you enter into it take with you your all.
And he can make, so say the wise, no claim who makes no sacrifice.
A life lived in fear is a life half lived.
You are today where your thoughts have brought
Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to ; all they need is one reason why they can.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow
Speak what you think today in words as hard as cannon-balls and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said today.
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
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.
Believe, when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you to do in the world. So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain.
Fear nothing, for every renewed effort raises all former failures into lessons, all sins into experience.
Nothing happens unless first we dream.
Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion
If I were required to guess off-hand, and without collusion with higher minds, what is the bottom cause of the amazing material and intellectual advancement of the last fifty years, I should guess that it was the modern-born and previously non-existent disposition on the part of men to believe that a new idea can have value.
There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying things which are beyond the power of our will.
Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited.
It doesn't matter how much milk you spill as long as you don't lose the cow.
Wisdom is knowing what to do next.
You have the power to think what you want. No matter what the circumstance.
One man with courage is a majority.
The miracle is this the more we share, the more we have.
A short saying often contains much wisdom.
Love like you've never been hurt, dance like no one is watching, live as though heaven is on earth.
It's not enough that we do our best, sometimes we have to do what's required.
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.
When it comes to giving, some people stop at nothing.
Men do less than they ought, unless they do all they can.
I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.
One of the greatest moments in anybody's developing experience is when he no longer tries to hide from himself but determines to get acquainted with himself as he really is.
Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.
The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.
We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do.
I don't like the man. I must get to know him better.
There is a great man who makes every man feels small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.
"Every achiever I have ever met says, 'My life turned around when I began to believe in me.'"
Wealth is the product of man's ability to think.
Always do right, this will gratify some and astonish the rest.
Make the second effort your second nature.
The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.
A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.
Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.
Lives most persistent and urgent question is, What are you doing for others ?
Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.
Where there is no vision, the people perish.
What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail ?
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream.
There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.
If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a persons determination.
What is strength without a double share of wisdom ?
The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability and determination to overcome bad luck.
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
Great changes may not happen right away, but with effort even the difficult may become easy.
Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch-what make you go beyond the norm.
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 ? ''
When a man finds no peace within himself, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.
This is no time for ease and comfort. It is the time to dare and endure.
Champions are a rare breed. They see beyond the dangers, the risks, the obstacles, and the hardships.
We shall neither fail nor falter, we shall not weaken or tire. Give us the tools and we will finish the job.
A good idea is never lost. Even though its originator or possessor may die, it will someday be reborn in the mind of another.
One can spend a lifetime assigning blame, find the cause 'out there' for all the troubles that exist. Contrast this with the 'responsible attitude' of confronting the situation, bad or good, and instead of asking, 'What caused the trouble ? Who was to blame ?' asking 'How can I handle this present situation to make the most of it ? What can I salvage here ?'
Difficulties strengthen the mind, as well as labor does the body.
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.
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you can not do.
We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
All men are created equal. Government by consent of the governed. Give me liberty or give me death. And those are not just clever words, and those are not just empty theories.
Out of need springs desire, and out of desire springs the energy and the will to win.
Don't say, "If I could, I would". Say, "If I can, I will".
We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.
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.
A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake.
When love and skill work together expect a masterpiece.
Volunteers don't get paid, not because they're worthless, but because they're priceless.
Without courage, all others virtues lose their meaning.
Wisdom is knowledge, rightly applied.
Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds.