Inspirational Quotes
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
Grow deep - not just tall.
The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.
Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him.
Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness.
If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all.
Lives most persistent and urgent question is, What are you doing for others ?
, Nobel Peace Prize winner We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.
If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse , however if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.
Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold , the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul.
It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
Opportunity does not knock ; it presents itself when you beat down the door. -
Just because something does n't do what you planned it to do in the first place doesn't mean it's useless.
Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it.
When a man finds no peace within himself, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
No one knows what he can do until he tries.
When I asked god for strength He gave me difficult situations to face When I asked god for brain & brawn He gave me puzzles in life to solve When I asked god for happiness He showed me some unhappy people When I asked god for wealth He showed me how to work hard When I asked god for favors He showed me opportunities to work hard When I asked god for peace He showed me how to help others God gave me nothing I wanted He gave me everything I needed
He didn't get all of those injuries from a fall.
The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while Nature cures the disease
Reach for the stars.
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.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.
The principles you live by create the world you live in ; if you change the principles you live by, you will change your world. -
You must consider the bottom line, but make it integrity before profits.
There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.
The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible.
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
Only a fool knows everything. A wise man knows how little he knows.
When I exercise, I wear all black. Its like a funeral for my fat.
Most people who succeed in the face of seemingly impossible conditions are people who simply don't know how to quit.
The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.
It's a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best. You very often get it.
Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities -- always see them, for they're always there.
Winners never quit and quitters never win !
Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.
If there is a will, there is a way.
An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity, a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity.
Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.
You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do.
No, this trick won't work... How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love ?
You are what you think you are.
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.
Time is free, but it's priceless. You can't own it, but you can use it. You can't keep it, but you can spend it. Once you've lost it, you can never get it back.
A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
Action without study is fatal. Study without action is fatal. Mary Beard Actions speak louder than words.
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.
Relationships are the hallmark of the mature person.
Religion is being and becoming. Religion is the manifestation of the divinity already in man.
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade ?
Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.
He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.
Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow
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.
The way to find out about your happiness is to keep your mind on those moments when you feel most happy, when you really are happy -- not excited, not just thrilled, but deeply happy. This requires a little bit of self-analysis. What is it that makes you happy ? Stay with it, no matter what people tell you. This is what I call 'following your bliss'. If you follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. Wherever you are -- if you are following your bliss, you are enjoying that refreshment, that life within you, all the time.
Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.
You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
Failure doesn't mean you are a failure, it just means you haven't succeeded yet.
Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is a freedom.
Life must be lived on a higher plane. We must go up to a higher platform, to which we are always invited to ascend, there, the whole aspect of things changes.
Every man goes down to his death bearing in his hands only that which he has given away.
Practice makes perfect.
When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property.
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
Great music and art are earthly wonders, but I think 'cubist' songs and paintings are hideous.
How can we remember our ignorance, which our growth requires, when we are using our knowledge all the time ?
The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, learn about them, or even seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.
Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you.
He who praises another enriches himself far more than he does the one praised. To praise is an investment in happiness. The poorest human being has something to give that the richest could not buy.
Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.
If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.
People will exercise great effort and creativity to make our plan work, and sometimes expend just as much effort and creativity to make your plan fail.
You must be the change you want to see in the world.
The maxim "Nothing but perfection" may be spelled "Paralysis".
Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain -- and most fools do.
Goals are not only absolutely necessary to motivate us. They are essential to really keep us alive.
If there is something to gain and nothing to lose by asking, by all means ask.
A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.
Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.
A lie has speed, but truth has endurance.
All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.
You always succeed in producing a result.
If at first you don't succeed skydiving is not for you.
I am fond of only what comes from the heart.
Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.
There is no point at which you can say 'Well, I'm successful now. I might as well take a nap.'
Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you ; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.