Inspirational Quotes
No pain, No gain.
The real test in golf and in life is not in keeping out of the rough, but in getting out after you are in.
I am again fairly settled down to the pleasant duties of an old fashioned Virginia house-keeper, steady as a clock, busy as a bee, and as cheerful as a cricket.
The one thing that separates winners from losers is, winners take action!
Life is change, growth is optional. Choose wisely.
Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.
When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property.
You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this ? And radio operates exactly the same way : you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat.
One of the main reasons people are not rich is that they worry too much about things that might never happen. quotes
Every dog has his day.
Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, really believe, your mind will find the ways to do it. Believing a solution paves the way to solution.
Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them, a desire, a dream, a vision.
Real glory springs from the silent conquest of ourselves.
The history of the world is but the biography of great men.
Someday when I grow up, finish school and get a job, I'll start living my life the way I want someday after the mortgage is paid off, the finances are on track and the kids are grown up, I'll drive that new car and take exciting trips abroad someday, now that I'm 9 about to retire, I'll buy that beautiful motor home and travel across this great country, and see all there is to see someday.
Do it now !
The road to success is always under construction.
The very use of the word savage, as it is applied in its general sense, I am inclined to believe is an abuse of the word, and the people to whom it is applied.
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.
Ideas attract money, time, talents, skills, energy and other complementary ideas that will bring them into reality.
Tomorrow will be like today. Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live. Our friends and fellow-workers die off from us.
Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.
Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.
"Every achiever I have ever met says, 'My life turned around when I began to believe in me.'"
It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.
Seek first to understand, then to be understood.
Boldness, more boldness, and always boldness !
Men are often capable of greater things than they perform. They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.
Optimists are right. So are pessimists. It's up to you to choose which you will be.
Great music and art are earthly wonders, but I think 'cubist' songs and paintings are hideous.
An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't.
Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.
We are made for loving. If we don't love, we will be like plants without water.
Nothing is more validating and affirming than feeling understood. And the moment a person begins feeling understood, that person becomes far more open to influence and change.
Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.
Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands.
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
Don't be hard on yourself. Embrace your journey with kindness and patience, recognizing that every step, even the small ones, is a part of your growth.
In life you need either inspiration or desperation.
Where there is no vision, the people perish.
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
The greater a man is in power above others, the more he ought to excel them in virtue. None ought to govern who is not better than the governed.
Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.
Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else's can shorten it.
If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.
He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning.
Tell me and I forget , show me and I remember , involve me and I understand.
Nature does nothing uselessly.
Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.
The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.
Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.
Many people may listen, but few people actually hear.
Volunteers don't get paid, not because they're worthless, but because they're priceless.
We feel good about ourselves to the exact degree we feel in control of our lives.
Say not, "I have found the truth" but rather, "I have found a truth".
They can because they think they can.
I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to my fellow-creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.
I never read a food column and think 'Wow I value your opinion' because everyone has an opinion now. What makes a columnist an expert? If you stay focused on your own goal, you'll be fine. It's when you start looking too far out that you're going to get lost.
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
A teacher, a really good teacher, is never a giver of truth; he is a guide, a pointer to truth. Therefore, a good teacher, or, more appropriately, a guide, studies each student individually and helps to awaken the student to explore himself, both internally and externally, and ultimately to integrate himself with his being. All in all, a teacher acts as a catalyst, and not only must he have a tremendous understanding; he must also possess a sensitive mind with great flexibility and adaptability.
The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.
Everything is created twice -- first mentally, then physically.
Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.
Happiness can not be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.
The battle is all over except the "shouting" when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be.
A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.
We will find only what we look for, nothing more and nothing less.
That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.
The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.
Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
Wherever there is danger, there lurks opportunity ; whenever there is opportunity, there lurks danger. The two are inseparable. They go together.
So whether or not we can get together, remember well that art lives where absolute freedom is. With all the training thrown to nowhere, with a mind perfectly unaware of its own working, with the self vanishing nowhere the art of JKD attains its perfection.
The grand essentials of happiness are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
Above all, beware of compromises. I do not mean that you are to get into antagonism with anybody, but you have to hold on to your own principles in weal or woe and never adjust them to others "fads" through the greed of getting supporters.
There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying.
They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
The man who has no imagination has no wings.
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
Embrace that it's ok to grow.
The only job where you start at the top, is digging a hole.
Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It's a miracle, and the dance, is a celebration of that miracle.
Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality.
Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.
The sun will come up tomorrow
People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.
Strength is life, weakness is death. Expansion is life, contraction is death. Love is life, hatred is death.
Someday, man will harness the rise and fall of the tides, imprison the power of the sun, and release atomic power.