Inspirational Quotes
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you will land among the stars.
It is no use saying "we are doing our best". You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
Only that day dawns to which we are awake.
Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.
Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.
Be the best that you can be.
We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations.
Many hands make light work.
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.
Failure doesn't mean you are a failure, it just means you haven't succeeded yet.
What doesn't kill me, makes me stronger.
I am fond of only what comes from the heart.
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
Live life with passion.
Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you.
If you don't set goals, you can't regret not reaching them.
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is often a step forward.
A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority. There is but little virtue in the action of masses of men.
The idea of working all your life, saving, and putting money into a retirement account is a very slow plan.
It helps to write down half a dozen things which are worrying me. Two of them, say, disappear, about two nothing can be done, so it's no use worrying, and two perhaps can be settled.
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be overcome first.
Man is a creature of hope and invention, both of which belie the idea that things can not be changed.
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.
There is nothing to fear, but fear itself.
Why is it that the more mistakes people make, the more paranoid they become about other people's mistakes ?
The chances are that you have already come to believe that happiness is unattainable. But men have attained it. And they have attained it by realizing that happiness does not spring from the procuring of physical or mental pleasure, but from the development of reason and the adjustment of conduct to principles.
Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
I am again fairly settled down to the pleasant duties of an old fashioned Virginia house-keeper, steady as a clock, busy as a bee, and as cheerful as a cricket.
Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.
The power is detested, and miserable the life, of him who wishes to be feared rather than to be loved.
Trust men and they will be true to you, treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.
What can be said but not practiced is better not said. What can be practiced but not spoken of is better not done.
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
Play for more than you can afford to lose and you will learn the game.
To be a leader, you must stand for something, or fall for anything.
Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
The difficulties and distresses to which we have been exposed during the war must now be forgotten. We must endeavor to let our ways be the way of pleasantness and all our paths peace.
Remember when you see a man at the top of a mountain, he didn't fall there.
Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind, therefore as soon as they are becoming prominent in our minds, we should see a physician, take good food, and rest.
If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always gotten.
You will become as small as your controlling desire, as great as your dominant aspiration.
There is more to life than increasing its speed.
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.
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.
How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg ? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.
The important thing is this, to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are, for what we could become.
My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.
Everything is okay in the end. If it's not okay, then it's not the end.
True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
We came to enjoy, we are being enjoyed. We came to rule, we are being ruled. We came to work, we are being worked. All the time, we find that. And this comes into every detail of our life.
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.
Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word freedom , justice , honor , duty , mercy , hope.
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
As you live your values, your sense of identity, integrity, control, and inner-directedness will infuse you with both exhilaration and peace. You will define yourself from within, rather than by people's opinions or by comparisons to others.
It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.
To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.
He is an atheist who does not believe in himself. The old religions said that he was an atheist who did not believe in god. The new religion says that he is an atheist who does not believe in himself.
Words do two major things : They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness.
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.
The earth is enjoyed by heroes, this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero. Always say, I have no fear.
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, 'What's in it for me?'
He who treads the path of love walks a thousand meters as if it were only one.
When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished by how much the old man had learned in 7 years.
My life is my message.
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective. Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the things around you helping you toward success -- or are they holding you back ?
I know god will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much.
Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.
The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what we want most for what we want at the moment.
Every achiever I have ever met says, My life turned around when I began to believe in me.
Look back on times of adversity with hope for the future, not regret for the past. Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.
Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence.
Enjoy each step, for in every moment there is something to learn.
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.
You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition.
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.
Accept the past for what it was. Acknowledge the present for what it is. Anticipate the future for what it can become.
There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.
The several tribes of indians inhabiting the regions of the upper missouri, and of whom I spoke in my last letter, are undoubtedly the finest looking, best equipped, and most beautifully costumed of any on the continent.
Examine the opportunities, the challenges you've given yourself.
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.
The happiness of life is made up of minute fractionsthe little soon-forgotten charities of a kiss, a smile, a kind look, a heartfelt compliment in the disguise of a playful raillery, and the countless other infinitesimals of pleasurable thought and genial feeling.
I want everyone to be the way I strive to become -- to be himself in his truth. Do not follow me, follow yourself ! is the existential challenge. Self-being awakens self-being but does not force itself on it.
Most people are about as happy as they make up their mind to be.
The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.
It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
The person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image.
You must take personal responsibility. You can not change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.