Inspirational Quotes
A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.
Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration ?
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.
The dove is my emblem... . I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it... . I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.
Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations
Life is a do-it yourself project.
They can because they think they can.
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
Personal leadership is not a singular experience. It is, rather, the ongoing process of keeping your vision and values before you and aligning your life to be congruent with those most important things.
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made.
A dream is a wish your heart makes.
Do it now !
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune, but great minds rise above them.
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.
Every artist was first an amateur.
All resources are not obvious, great managers find and develop available talent.
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.
I do not think there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
Most people resist change, so a key part of innovating is convincing other people that your idea is a good one -- by enlisting their help, and, in doing so, by helping them see the usefulness of the idea.
He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything.
Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.
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.
Do not let what you can not do interfere with what you can do.
Rock and roll is the music of America, of youth, of rebellion, and of the common spirit that ties all that together.
The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at a time.
Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow
If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.
Intelligence without ambition is like a bird without wings.
It is not enough to have a good mind, the main thing is to use it well.
Luck happens when opportunity encounters the prepared mind.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
You will become as small as your controlling desire ; as great as your dominant aspiration.
Great minds have purposes others have wishes.
You can never be happy at the expense of the happiness of others.
I maintained my edge by always being a student, you will always have something new to learn.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
Go forward confidently, energetically attacking problems, expecting favorable outcomes.
An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity, a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity.
If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep.
To love what you do and feel that it matters, how on earth could anything be more fun !
Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never -- in nothing, great or small, large or petty -- never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.
It's not what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you are not.
Whatever good things we build end up building us.
Don't ever give up.
I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.
Not many people are willing to give failure a second opportunity. They fail once and it is all over. The bitter pill of failure is often more than most people can handle. If you are willing to accept failure and learn from it, if you are willing to consider failure as a blessing in disguise and bounce back, you have got the essential of harnessing one of the most powerful success forces.
We must not say every mistake is a foolish one.
Formal education will make you a living, self education will make you a fortune.
Successful people make decisions quickly (as soon as all the facts are available) and change them very slowly (if ever). Unsuccessful people make decisions very slowly, and change them often and quickly.
The stakes are too high for government to be a spectator sport.
Success is not to be pursued ; it is to be attracted by the person you become.
if one is unable to assert oneself, one is unable to participate in a genuine relationship.
Believe it is possible to solve your problem. Tremendous things happen to the believer. So believe the answer will come. It will.
I am both pleased but astonished by the fact that mankind has not yet begun to use all the means and devices that are available for destruction. I hope that such weapons are never manufactured in quantity.
When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.
If one has to submit, it is wasteful not to do so with the best grace possible.
For children to take morality seriously they must be in the presence of adults who take morality seriously. And with their own eyes they must see adults take morality seriously.
A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.
Joy can be real only if people look on their life as a service, and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness.
Action, to be effective, must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
Seldom does an individual exceed his own expectations.
The person who will not stand for something will fall for anything.
A lie has speed, but truth has endurance.
To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself : First, what could I do ? Second, what could I read ? And third, who could I ask ?
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
You can do anything you put your mind to.
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.
Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.
Sooner or later the truth comes to light.
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.
Nothing is more honorable than enlightenment, nothing is more beautiful than virtue.
He who treads the path of love walks a thousand meters as if it were only one.
You must consider the bottom line, but make it integrity before profits.
We feel good about ourselves to the exact degree we feel in control of our lives.
The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed, a new continent unexplored, a world of possibilities waiting to be released and channeled toward some great good.
The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.
I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.
To be a great leader and so always master of the situation, one must of necessity have been a great thinker in action. An eagle was never yet hatched from a goose's egg.
In love beggar and king are equal.
You must motivate yourself every day.
Many of life's failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Even though I am nearly deaf, I seem to be gifted with a kind of inner hearing which enables me to detect sounds and noises which the ordinary person does not hear.
The difficulties and distresses to which we have been exposed during the war must now be forgotten. We must endeavor to let our ways be the way of pleasantness and all our paths peace.
Success isn't magic or hocus-pocus, it's simply learning to focus.
I assume everybody thinks they're a top-five quarterback. I think I'm the best. I don't think I'm top five, I think I'm the best. I don't think I'd be very successful at my job if I didn't feel that way.
Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence.