Inspirational Quotes
Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.
There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.
Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.
Cushion the painful effects of hard blows by keeping the enthusiasm going strong, even if doing so requires struggle.
People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others. I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent.
Nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as true strength.
You only get out what you put in.
Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.
We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do.
Never fear the want of business. A man who qualifies himself well for his calling, never fails of employment.
The glue that holds all relationships together -- including the relationship between the leader and the led is trust, and trust is based on integrity.
The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
They alone live, who live for others.
I have failed over and over again. That is why I succeed.
People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care.
If one advances confidently in the direction of their goals and endeavors to live the life that they have imagined, they'll meet with success unexpected in common hours.
You see, it's never the environment ; it's never the events of our lives, but the meaning we attach to the events - how we interpret them - that shapes who we are today and who we'll become tomorrow. quotes
I live a very dull life here, indeed I think I am more like a state prisoner than anything else.
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing-that's why we recommend it daily.
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
Your thoughts are the architects of your destiny.
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.
Ask for advice but do what you think is best.
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind.
I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot. Men are not superior by reason of the accidents of race or color. They are superior who have the best heart the best brain.
A goal properly set is halfway reached.
Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time.
Acknowledge that you failed, draw your lessons from it, and use it to your advantage to make sure it never happens again.
When I've heard all I need to make a decision, I don't take a vote. I make a decision.
The grand essentials of happiness are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
Without inspiration the best powers of the mind remain dormant, they is a fuel in us which needs to be ignited with sparks.
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.
Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but religiously follows the new.
Children are all foreigners.
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.
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
You must consider the bottom line, but make it integrity before profits.
Know thyself was the inscription over the Oracle at Delphi. And it is still the most difficult task any of us faces. But until you truly know yourself, strengths and weaknesses, know what you want to do and why you want to do it, you can not succeed in any but the most superficial sense of the word. The leader never lies to himself, especially about himself, knows his flaws as well as his assets, and deals with them directly. You are your own raw material. When you know what you consist of and why you want to make of it, then you can invent yourself.
It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.
Passion is the genesis of genius.
Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.
Your talent is god's gift to you.
Live life with passion.
There is a time to let things happen, and a time to make things happen.
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.
The glow of inspiration warms us, it is a holy rapture.
Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.
The United States, and other advanced nations, will someday be able to produce instruments of death so terrible the world will be in abject terror of itself and its ability to end civilization... . Such war-making weapons should be developed - but only for purposes of discovery and experimentation
A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you have n't truly decided.
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.
I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
Be Here Now.
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.
The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.
If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.
Success is the child of audacity.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
When love and skill work together expect a masterpiece.
People are where they are because that's exactly where they really want to be. . . whether they'll admit that or not
The "how" thinker gets problems solved effectively because he wastes no time with futile "ifs".
Unfortunately, most of the students in martial art are conformers. The student seldom learns to depend upon himself for expression. Instead, he faithfully or blindly follows an instructor, the authority figure, and his instructor's imposed pattern. That way, the student feels he is no longer alone and finds security in mass imitation. However, what is nurtured is the dependent mind rather than independent inquiry, which is so essential to genuine understanding. So through daily conditioning a student will probably be skilled according to a pattern, however, he will not come to understand himself.
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
When you are afraid, do the thing you are afraid of and soon you will lose your fear of it.
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body, and be yet thankful.
The buck stops here.
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness.
So many fail because they don't get started -- they don't go. They don't overcome inertia. They don't begin.
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.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
No act of kindness, no matter how small is ever wasted.
Fractures well cured make us more strong.
We have not yet begun to fight.
Boldness, more boldness, and always boldness !
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, 'What's in it for me?'
In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
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.
You can not plough a field by turning it over in your mind.
For changes to be of any true value, they've got to be lasting and consistent.
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.
Character can not be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved
There are few people who can manage more than their own business.
What we can or can not do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. It is more likely a function of our beliefs about who we are.
What we hope to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration.