Inspirational Quotes
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.
Never discourage anyonewho continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
If there is a will, there is a way.
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.
Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.
Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs.
No one knows what he can do until he tries.
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.
What ever you are be a good one.
Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality in your own mind.
In all things of nature, there is something of the marvelous.
Each person's life is a story that is telling itself in the living.
Love sees roses without thorns.
Ideals serve well as our guides. They are like beacons on a journey , they do not permit us to tarry, as though our goal and rest were already contained in them.
Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open.
When I look around, I always learn something and that is to be always yourself. And to express yourself. To have faith in yourself. Do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it. Start from the very root of being, which is how can I be me?
We must not say every mistake is a foolish one.
It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.
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.
We are what our thoughts have made us, so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live, they travel far.
Between stimulus and response, one has the freedom to choose.
The person who will not stand for something will fall for anything.
Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt and dance like no one is watching
If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.
The earth is enjoyed by heroes, this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero. Always say, I have no fear.
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.
Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvelous work. It is fearlessness that brings heaven even in a moment.
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
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.
The miracle power that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application and perseverance, under the promptings of a brave determined spirit.
It's never too late.
He who has hope has everything.
Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.
Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.
In order to change we must be sick and tired of being sick and tired.
Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life.
Never say die.
The most important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silent chambers of the soul.
Only in his own way and not in any other can the one who strives perfect himself. He who lays hold of the rung of his companion and lets go of his own rung, through him neither the one nor the other will be realized.
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though chequered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the grey twilight that knows not victory or defeat.
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
Only when all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.
One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus ; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.
Draw from others the lesson that may profit yourself.
They are able because they think they are able.
That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.
We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.
They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment.
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.
The road to success is always under construction.
In the midst of winter, I found there was within me an invincible summer.
It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, Always do what you are afraid to do.
It means a great deal to those who are oppressed to know that they are not alone. And never let anyone tell you that what you are doing is insignificant. Bishop
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.
While we may not be able to control all that happens to us, we can control what happens inside us.
We come to beginnings only at the end.
Success comes from taking the initiative and following up... persisting... eloquently expressing the depth of your love. What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life ?
God is subtle but he is not malicious.
Common looking people are the best in the world : that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.
The hero is no braver than the ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer
A strong person and a waterfall always channel their own path.
Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.
For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been' .
The foundation my parents laid down with our faith continues to be my core.
Happiness is a state of activity.
Hard work often leads to success. No work seldom does.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will.
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
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.
It is not our purpose to become each other , it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is.
Whenever we're afraid, its because we don't know enough. If we understood enough, we would never be afraid.
Those convinced against their will are of the same opinion still.
I never worry about action, but only about inaction.
Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
Trust in yourself. Your perceptions are often far more accurate than you are willing to believe.
I challenge you to make your life a masterpiece. I challenge you to join the ranks of those people who live what they teach, who walk their talk.
The wisest mind has something yet to learn.
This is no time for ease and comfort. It is the time to dare and endure.
All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination
Give all to love; obey thy heart.
Deep down inside of all of us is the power to accomplish what we want to, if we'll just stop looking elsewhere.
When you reach for the stars, you may not get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud, either.
Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.
We must never be afraid to go too far, for success lies just beyond.
I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.
The most elusive and desired quality of leadership is vision. Vision is the perfume of the mind.
They will rise highest who strive for the highest place.
Even when change is elective, it will disorient you. You may go through anxiety. You will miss aspects of your former life. It doesn't matter. The trick is to know in advance of making any big change that you're going to be thrown off your feet by it. So you prepare for this inevitable disorientation and steady yourself to get through it. Then you take the challenge, make the change, and achieve your dream.
Our real problem is not our strength today ; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure strength tomorrow.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
The glow of inspiration warms us, it is a holy rapture.
Reach for the stars.