Inspirational Quotes
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for ?
We are like tea bags - we don't know our own strength until we're in hot water.
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Am I motivated by what I really want out of life or am I mass-motivated ?
We mustn't let our passions destroy our dreams.
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.
We have a responsibility in our time, as others have had in theirs, not to be prisoners of history but to shape history, a responsibility to fill the role of path-finder, and to build with others a global network of purpose and law.
A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway.
We need to embrace that the things that we love come to an end. And to not take them for granted. To step back & make sure we really live in the moments which matter to us. Not just being there as a participant. But to really be there a 100%.
Seeds of faith are always within us; sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their growth.
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though chequered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the grey twilight that knows not victory or defeat.
If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.
I never had a policy, I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own mind.
This one step, choosing a goal and sticking to it, changes everything.
Your self-beliefs either support or undermine you.
Formal education will make you a living, self-education will make you a fortune.
If there is a will, there is a way.
Keep away from small 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.
Goals give you more than a reason to get up in the morning, they are an incentive to keep you going all day. Goals tend to tap the deeper resources and draw the best out of life.
The thing I lose patience with the most is the clock. Its hands move too fast.
Actions speak louder than words.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
If you face a delicate situation, don't go into it wearing your spurs or you'll rip it apart. Instead, dress for the occasion. Cloak yourself in diplomacy. Vest yourself with wisdom, and wear a smile.
The greater a man is in power above others, the more he ought to excel them in virtue. None ought to govern who is not better than the governed.
Thou love life ? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff that life is made of.
In order to grasp the reality, we must see the possibilities. In the present, a formulation of the possibilities is the area in which I gain uncertainty concerning what I decide, without a vision of the possibilities, I act blindly, only a knowledge of the possibilities enables me to know what I am actually doing.
Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open.
Where there is no wealth there is no poverty.
I assume everybody thinks they're a top-five quarterback. I think I'm the best. I don't think I'm top five, I think I'm the best. I don't think I'd be very successful at my job if I didn't feel that way.
One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus ; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.
You can be greater than anything that can happen to you.
A life lived in fear is half lived.
I do not believe in styles anymore. I do not believe that there is such a thing as the Chinese way of fighting or the Japanese way of fighting, or any other way of fighting, because unless a human being has three arms and four legs, there can be no different form of fighting. To me, ultimately, martial art means honestly expressing yourself.
Embrace that it's ok to grow.
There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.
Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.
When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make a lemonade.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
I have noticed that folks are generally about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Respect the past in the full measure of its desserts, but do not make the mistake of confusing it with the present nor seek in it the ideals of the future.
If you realize how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought
Whoever is open, loyal, true ; of humane and affable demeanour, honourable himself, and in his judgement of others, faithful to his word as to law, and faithful alike to God and man... .such a man is a true gentleman.
I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant.
People can't live with change if there's not a changeless core inside them. The key to the ability to change is a changeless sense of who you are, what you are about and what you value.
It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship.
Someday, man will harness the rise and fall of the tides, imprison the power of the sun, and release atomic power.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.
Some people plant in the spring and leave in the summer. If you're signed up for a season, see it through. You don't have to stay forever, but at least stay until you see it through.
Most people who succeed in the face of seemingly impossible conditions are people who simply don't know how to quit.
Our minds are as different as our faces we are all traveling to one destination, happiness, but few are going by the same road.
If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the work done.
If we are to achieve results never before accomplished, we must expect to employ methods never before attempted.
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
Obstacles are those frightful things you can see when you take your eyes off your goal.
Let us strive on to finish the work we are in
Well done is better than well said.
Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade.
I never could have done without the habits of punctuality, order and diligence the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time.
Be who you are in every situation.
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
Never fear the want of business. A man who qualifies himself well for his calling, never fails of employment.
Men who have attained things worth having in this world have worked while others idled, have persevered while others gave up in despair, have practiced early in life the valuable habits of self-denial, industry, and singleness of purpose. As a result, they enjoy in later life the success so often erroneously attributed to good luck.
Whenever we're afraid, its because we don't know enough. If we understood enough, we would never be afraid.
Procrastination is opportunities natural assassin.
Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes, and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.
What you can do, or dream you can, begin it, boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
No man ever became great without many and great mistakes.
Do what you love and the money will follow
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.
Having all the money in the world isn't much good if you can hardly get out of bed in the morning to enjoy it
Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.
Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter can not understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
Whenever I get the energy to exercise, I sit down until it passes.
The doctor and the pastor ask about your health, but eternity makes you responsible for your condition.
No matter how small, acknowledge the achievement.
An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't.
We aren't in an information age, we are in an entertainment age.
Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.
What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it.
We are ever free if we would only believe it, only have faith enough. You are the soul, free and eternal, ever free, ever blessed. Have faith enough and you will be free in a minute.
There is no substitute for hard work.
You can do anything you put your mind to.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
The real test in golf and in life is not in keeping out of the rough, but in getting out after you are in.
Men are often capable of greater things than they perform. They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.
If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.
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.