Inspirational Quotes
You may have to fight a battle more than once to win.
A life lived with integrity -- even if it lacks the trappings of fame and fortune is a shinning star in whose light others may follow in the years to come.
Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
There is no limit to the power of the human mind. The more concentrated it is, the more power is brought to bear on one point.
The greatest sin is to think yourself weak.
The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but reveal to them their own.
Fear is the parent of cruelty.
They can because they think they can.
Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost, that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.
Without continuous personal development, you are now all that you will ever become, and hell starts when the person you are meets the person you could have been.
If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x ; y is play ; and z is keeping your mouth shut.
How we spend our days is of course how we spend our lives.
Never put off to tomorrow what you can do today.
Ideas without action are worthless.
If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think another negative thought.
A gentle hand may lead even an elephant by a single hair.
Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.
Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they shall never cease to be amused.
Try to be happy in this present moment, and put not off being so to a time to come, as though that time should be of another make from this which has already come and is ours.
If you only look at what is, you might never attain what could be.
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.
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.
In the arena of human life the honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action
What the world wants is character. The world is in need of those whose life is one burning love, selfless. That love will make every word tell like a thunderbolt.
Be grateful to the Man you help, think of him as god. Is it not a great privilege to be allowed to worship god by helping our fellow men ?
Go to the people. Learn from them. Live with them. Start with what they know. Build with what they have. The best of leaders when the job is done, when the task is accomplished, the people will say we have done it ourselves.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
Nothing happens unless first we dream.
Hope springs eternal.
We tend to live up to our expectations.
The secret of success is to do common things uncommonly well.
The point is that you can't be too greedy.
Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness , it is generally the by- product of other activities.
This is a great fact : strength is life, weakness is death. Strength is felicity, life eternal, immortal , weakness is constant strain and misery, weakness is death.
It is the level-headed man, the calm man, of good judgment and cool nerves, of great sympathy and love, who does good work and so does good to himself.
Find the good -- and praise it.
Practice does not make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect.
Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.
Nature never deceives us, it is we who deceive ourselves.
Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moments you reject all help, are you free. Fear is death, fear is sin, fear is hell, fear is unrighteousness, and fear is wrong life.
In all things of nature, there is something of the marvelous.
Knowledge is proud that she knows so much , wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.
Embrace that small things lead to big things.
You can have anything you want ? if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose.
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.
Your belief determines your action and your action determines your results, but first you have to believe.
Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory.
Never fear the want of business. A man who qualifies himself well for his calling, never fails of employment.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
Excellence is the result of caring more than others think wise, risking more than other's think safe, dreaming more than others think practical, and expecting more than others think possible.
A human being is a part of a whole, called by us _universe_ , a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest... a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
The individual activity of one man with backbone will do more than a thousand men with a mere wishbone.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
Every man has in himself a continent of undiscovered character. Happy is he who acts as the Columbus to his own soul.
Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world.
Success is a journey not a destination.
In everything the ends well defined are the secret of durable success.
The older I grow, the more everything seems to me to lie in manliness. This is my new gospel.
When love and skill work together expect a masterpiece.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work
The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
We have merely scratched the surface of the store of knowledge which will come to us. I believe that we are now, a-tremble on the verge of vast discoveries - discoveries so wondrously important they will upset the present trend of human thought and start it along completely new lines.
Inch by inch, it's a cinch.
Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend.
There is no chance, no fate, no destiny that can circumvent, or hinder, or control a firm resolve of a determined soul.
He that would be a leader must be a bridge.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own mind.
Live your dreams.
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, " What's in it for me ? ".
Honesty is the best image.
There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because his conscience tells him it is right.
The memory of my mother will always be a blessing to me.
If I'm ever on a life-support system I choose to be unplugged, but not until Im down to a size eight!
There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way.
Keep your business affairs in your own hands. It's the only way to be happy.
If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad.
Good habits are as addictive as bad habits, and a lot more rewarding.
Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.
It is better to have loved and lost than to never have loved.
A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.
The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it open.
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who can not read and write, but those who can not learn, unlearn, and relearn.
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune, but great minds rise above them.
Fundamental progress has to do with the reinterpretation of basic ideas.
In order to accept change and the suffering it brings, we need to find meaning in it
Only when all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.