Inspirational Quotes
The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way. quotes
Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.
A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.
Sometimes I lie awake at night and ask, Where have I gone wrong ? Then a voice says to me, This is going to take more than one night.
Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success.
All the negative thoughts and ideas that are in the world have proceeded from this evil spirit of fear. Are people so afraid ? The answer is that they have made themselves helpless and dependent on others
Be who you are in every situation.
Feel the fear and do it anyway.
Stopping at third base adds no more runs than striking out.
When you do the wrong thing, knowing it is wrong, you do so because you have n't developed the habit of effectively controlling or neutralizing strong inner urges that tempt you, or because you have established the wrong habit and don't know how to eliminate them effectively.
If you don't quit, and don't cheat, and don't run home when trouble arrives, you can only win.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time.
Your world is a living expression of how you are using and have used your mind
If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth.
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.
Where old age is evil, youth can learn no good.
Everything is okay in the end. If it's not okay, then it's not the end.
Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.
Busier than a cat covering up shit on a tile floor!
My life is my message.
Many people seem to think that success in one area can compensate for failure in other areas. But can it really ? True effectiveness requires balance.
Just because you make a mistake doesnt mean you are a mistake.
He who lives without discipline dies without honor.
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.
Every dog has his day.
Character can not be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved
Flacco when asked whether fourth quarter performance defines a quarterback - "I have no idea. If we win the Super Bowl, I guess it will be".
You must think of failure and defeat as the spring boards to new achievements, and to the next level of accomplishment.
Change your thoughts and you change your world.
Barring serious accidents, if you are not preoccupied with worry and you work hard, you can look forward to a reasonably lengthy existence. Its not the hard work that kills, its the worrying that kills.
For a person to build a rich and rewarding life for himself there are certain qualities and bits of knowledge that he needs to acquire. There are also things, harmful attitudes, superstitions, and emotions that he needs to chip away. A person needs to chip away everything that doesn't look like the person he or she most wants to become.
Winning isn't everything , it's the only thing.
Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it.
The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.
The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.
Kind words conquer.
Inspiration and genius -- one and the same.
One had to cram all this stuff into one's mind for the examinations, whether one liked it or not. This coercion had such a deterring effect on me that, after I had passed the final examination, I found the consideration of any scientific problems distasteful to me for an entire year.
You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.
Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners.
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in ; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day ; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense.
Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.
Be strong ! You talk of ghosts and devils. We are the living devils. The sign of life is strength and growth. The sign of death is weakness. Whatever is weak, avoid ! It is death. If it is strength, go down into hell and get hold of it ! There is salvation only for the brave. "None but the brave deserves the fair". None but the bravest deserves salvation.
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.
If you're not sure where you're going, you'll probably end up somewhere else.
If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true were really true, there would be little hope of advance.
Accept challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
Life can only be understood backwards , but it must be lived forwards.
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 !
Roll with the punches.
I am both pleased but astonished by the fact that mankind has not yet begun to use all the means and devices that are available for destruction. I hope that such weapons are never manufactured in quantity.
From success to failure is one step , from failure to success is a long road.
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.
It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.
If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.
Personally, I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.
Hunker down.
Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities.
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal ; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
Follow humbly wherever and to whatever abyss Nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.
The book you don't read cant help.
Adversity is wont to reveal genius, prosperity to hide it.
Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating.
Give all to love; obey thy heart.
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, " What's in it for me ? ".
You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time.
There is no such thing as failure. There are only results.
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
Service is the rent we pay to be living. It is the very purpose of life and not something you do in your spare time.
Motivation is like food for the brain. You can not get enough in one sitting. It needs continual and regular refills.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
No man is happy who does not think himself so.
The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
You may have to fight a battle more than once to win.
Formal education will make you a living, self-education will make you a fortune.
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.
He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall , but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles, they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.
It's always too soon to quit !
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.
Keep your business affairs in your own hands. It's the only way to be happy.