Inspirational Quotes
Pay no attention to what the critics say , no statue has ever been erected to a critic.
Come forth into the light of things , Let nature be your Teacher.
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.
Fundamental progress has to do with the reinterpretation of basic ideas.
Sometimes you gotta create what you want to be a part of.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
If the going is real easy, beware, you may be headed down hill.
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
Slow but steady wins the race.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed We hold these truths to be self-evident , that all men are created equal.
We are made for loving. If we don't love, we will be like plants without water.
A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties. No religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
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.
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not, nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not, unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not, the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
I know that many people feel that old age is a time to take it easy, but I compare my life now to being the last runner in a relay race. Would you have me slow down as I near the finish line ?
A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.
It is not good for all our wishes to be filled , through sickness we recognize the value of health, through evil, the value of good, through hunger, the value of food, through exertion, the value of rest.
I'm proud to be around these men. Bunch of bosses right here. Bosses on 3!. 1..2..3 Bosses !
The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at a time.
The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.
We must all suffer one of two things : the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.
The storm also beats on the house that is built on the rock.
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
Growth in personality occurs as a consequence of meeting conflicts and impasses head on, and reconciling them. Interpersonal conflicts and impasses constitute problems which require solutions so that a satisfying relationship may be maintained. Whenever a person encounters a problem in his everyday living, he is obliged to vary his behavior until he discovers some mode of responding which is successful in achieving a solution.
No act of kindness, no matter how small is ever wasted.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
Our minds are as different as our faces we are all traveling to one destination, happiness, but few are going by the same road.
The path to success is to take massive, determined action.
Know thyself.
There is no one giant step that does it. It's a lot of little steps.
First get rid of the delusion "I am the body", and then only can we want real knowledge.
Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
When you reach for the stars, you may not get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud, either.
Never giving up and pushing forward will unlock all the potential we are capable of.
Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
Who indeed can harm you if you are committed deeply to doing what is right ?
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.
Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.
If you employed study, thinking, and planning time daily, you could develop and use the power that can change the course of your destiny.
Live your life and forget your age.
Nature abhors a vacuum, and if I can only walk with sufficient carelessness I am sure to be filled.
When you can't solve the problem, manage it.
Action may not always bring happiness , but there is no happiness without action.
Give a man a fish and he will eat for the day, teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.
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.
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.
What is strength without a double share of wisdom ?
Great minds have purposes others have wishes.
I don't think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvelous work. It is fearlessness that brings heaven even in a moment.
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
You can never be happy at the expense of the happiness of others.
Trust men and they will be true to you, treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.
You will never find time for anything. You must make it.
Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell'em, Certainly I can ! - and get busy and find out how to do it
Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. It is not something to be waited for, but rather something to be achieved.
Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.
I am speaking now of the highest duty we owe our friends, the noblest, the most sacred that of keeping their own nobleness, goodness, pure and incorrupt. . . . If we let our friend become cold and selfish and exacting without a remonstrance, we are no true lover, no true friend.
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.
Some people dream of success while others wake up and work hard at it.
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.
Our limitations and success will be based most often on our own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.
All great truths are simple in final analysis, and easily understood ; if they are not, they are not great truths.
The truth is that we can learn to condition our minds, bodies, and emotions to link pain or pleasure to whatever we choose. By changing what we link pain and pleasure to, we will instantly change our behaviors.
Every dog has his day.
Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
You control your future, your destiny. What you think about comes about. By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to be. Put your future in good hands -- your own.
All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.
Some things have to be believed to be seen.
I have, for many years past, contemplated the noble races of red men who are now spread over these trackless forests and boundless prairies, melting away at the approach of civilization.
There are two kinds of failures. The man who will do nothing he is told, and the man who will do nothing else.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
Live Well... Laugh Often... Love Much.
Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly.
The question should be, is it worth trying to do, not can it be done.
Synergy is everywhere in nature. If you plant two plants close together, the roots commingle and improve the quality of soil so that both plants will grow better than if they were separated. If you put two pieces of wood together, they will hold much more weight than the total of the weight held by each separately. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. One plus one equals three or more.
Experience taught me a few things. One is to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper. The second is that you're generally better off sticking with what you know. And the third is that sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make.
Every leader needs to have experienced and grown through following -- learning to be dedicated, observant, capable of working with and learning from others, never servile, always truthful. Having located these qualities in himself, he can encourage them in others.
Wisdom is knowledge, rightly applied.
They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.
Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory.
Wealth is but dung, useful only when spread about.
It's the investor who is risky, not the investment.
Motherhood qualified me to let the child within come out and play.