Inspirational Quotes
Ill can he rule the great that cannot reach the small.
Well done is better than well said.
We must all suffer one of two things : the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Challenges are what make life interesting , overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
Unless a man undertakes more than he possibly can do, he will never do all that he can.
The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but reveal to them their own.
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".
The secret of success is to do common things uncommonly well.
A person starts to live when he can live outside himself.
You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth.
We more frequently fail to face the right problem than fail to solve the problem we face.
Some of us have great runways already built for us. If you have one, take off. But if you don't have one, realize it is your responsibility to grab a shovel and build one for yourself and for those who will follow after you.
Wisdom is knowledge, rightly applied.
The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability and determination to overcome bad luck.
You can not do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
Every time we open our mouths, men look into our minds.
Failure ? I never encountered it. All I ever met were temporary setbacks.
In order to grasp the reality, we must see the possibilities. In the present, a formulation of the possibilities is the area in which I gain uncertainty concerning what I decide, without a vision of the possibilities, I act blindly, only a knowledge of the possibilities enables me to know what I am actually doing.
Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers gardens.
No man can stand on top because he is put there.
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.
The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.
Boldness in business is the first, second and third thing.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.
One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never !
Inch by inch, it's a cinch.
Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead.
When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.
The will to prepare is more important than the will to win.
Love is a bird, she needs to fly.
If I can line up the people who, back through the ages, have gone at life in ways I greatly admire, then I can feel their strength supporting me, all their standards and values pointing the way in which I am to go.
Wisdom is supreme , therefore make a full effort to get wisdom. Esteem her and she will exalt you , embrace her and she will honor you. Wise men speak because they have something to say, fools because they have to say something.
Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvelous work. It is fearlessness that brings heaven even in a moment.
It is no use saying "we are doing our best". You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
Impossible situations can become possible miracles.
I'm not here just to make a living, I'm here to make a difference.
I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it.
Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.
The aims and ideals that move us are generated by imagination. But they are not made out of imaginary stuff. They are made out of the hard stuff of the world of physical and social experience.
If the student thinks he is the spirit, he will be a better student. If the lawyer thinks he is the spirit, he will be a better lawyer, and so on.
Life is a great story. It's just that sometimes we forget we are the author and can write it however we want.
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune, but great minds rise above them.
There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated from right living.
Only that day dawns to which we are awake.
Whenever I get the energy to exercise, I sit down until it passes.
You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you had to overcome to reach your goals.
People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in the world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can't find them, make them.
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous, you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
Into the hands of every individual is given a marvelous power for good or evil -- the silent, unconscious, unseen influence of his life. This is simply the constant radiation of what man really is, not what he pretends to be.
If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, then we did it. If anything goes really good, then you did it.
We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars.
Kindness is an inner desire that makes us want to do good things even if we do not get anything in return. It is the joy of our life to do them. When we do good things from this inner desire, there is kindness in everything we think, say, want and do.
Life without a purpose is a languid, drifting thing , every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves, 'This day let me make a sound beginning
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.
Effective people are not problem-minded , they're opportunity-minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems.
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is often a step forward.
For changes to be of any true value, they've got to be lasting and consistent.
You'll find boredom where there is an absence of a good idea.
One does evil enough when one does nothing good.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness ?
The successful man is the average man, focused.
If you would create something, you must be something.
If you know peace, then you thrive , if you know contentment, then you are rich.
Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds.
To catch lots of fish, you must first go to the water. To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.
Living a life of integrity is one of the greatest missions we can undertake.
Procrastination is opportunities natural assassin.
You will come to know that what appears today to be a sacrifice will prove instead to be the greatest investment that you will ever make.
Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.
I do not resent criticism, even when, for the sake of emphasis, it parts for the time with reality.
Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
The only truly happy man is always a fighting optimist. Optimism includes not only altruism but also social responsibility, social courage and objectivity.
If there is one word that you find coming out like a bomb from the upanishads, bursting like a bombshell upon masses of ignorance, it is the word fearlessness.
Just because you make a mistake doesnt mean you are a mistake.
A fellow doesn't last long on what he has done. He has to keep on delivering.
Reach for the stars.
Why hesitate? Upon the plains of hesitation are the bleached bones of countless millions, who on the threshold of victory sat down to wait, and in waiting they died.
Who is the happiest of men ? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though'twere his own.
The gulf between god and me is thus bridged. Thus by knowing god, we find that the kingdom of heaven is within us.
Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.
Sacrifice is giving up something good for something better.
The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from Jesud. And I put them in a book. If you don't like their rules whose would you use ?
"I can't do it" never accomplished anything ; "I will try" has performed miracles.
We are ever free if we would only believe it, only have faith enough. You are the soul, free and eternal, ever free, ever blessed. Have faith enough and you will be free in a minute.
I never did anything worth doing entirely by accident... . Almost none of my inventions came about totally by accident. They were achieved by having trained myself to endure and tolerate hard work.
The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body. The more efficient your body, the better you feel and the more you will use your talent to produce outstanding results.