Inspirational Quotes
Predetermine the objectives you want to accomplish. Think big, act big and set out to accomplish big results.
When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers.
Anything that we have to learn we learn by the actual doing of it we become just by performing just acts, temperate by performing temperate ones, brave by performing brave ones.
A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties. No religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.
You may have to fight a battle more than once to win.
I do not believe in styles anymore. I do not believe that there is such a thing as the Chinese way of fighting or the Japanese way of fighting, or any other way of fighting, because unless a human being has three arms and four legs, there can be no different form of fighting. To me, ultimately, martial art means honestly expressing yourself.
Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world.
There is no substitute for hard work.
You are made from the same energy source that has created the oceans, the forests, the mountains, the valleys and all the stars in the sky. So tell me again, why you don't have the strength and power to create whatever you desire?
If we always look back, we lose sight of what's ahead.
Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited.
Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.
If you wish others to believe in you, you must first convince them that you believe in them.
A short saying often contains much wisdom.
Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day.
Between stimulus and response, one has the freedom to choose.
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.
Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.
A man builds a fine house ; and now he has a master, and a task for life ; he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair, the rest of his days.
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
Without continuous personal development, you are now all that you will ever become, and hell starts when the person you are meets the person you could have been.
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
The whole universe is only the self with variations, one tune made bearable by variations. Sometimes there are discords, but they only make the subsequent harmony more perfect. In this hell of a world one can bring a little joy and peace even for a day into the heart of a single person, that much alone is true, this I have learnt after suffering all my life, all else is mere moonshine.
What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
In the arena of human life the honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action
This is no time for ease and comfort. It is the time to dare and endure.
If you don't set goals, you can't regret not reaching them.
Live life to the fullest.
The whole secret of existence is to have no fear.
The idea for Googles search engine came to Page in a dream about downloading the entire web and keeping the links, he told Michigan graduates. When no one else is crazy enough to do it, you have little competition, he said.
There's always free cheese in the mouse traps, but the mice there ain't happy.
Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives : where we focus our attention.
If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the work done.
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration
Some people come into our lives and quickly go, some stay for a while and leave footprints in our hearts, and we are never, ever the same.
Only those who do nothing at all make no mistakes but that would be a mistake.
Talkers are no good doers.
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.
Don't ask yourself what the world needs , ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
Don't call me a saint - I don't want to be dismissed that easily.
Don't water your weeds.
Hope springs eternal.
The first and greatest commandment is, Don't let them scare you.
Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. It is not something to be waited for, but rather something to be achieved.
Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes, and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.
Carpe diem.
Ask for advice but do what you think is best.
Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
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.
Feel nothing, know nothing, do nothing, have nothing, give up all to god, and say utterly, 'Thy will be done'. We only dream this bondage. Wake up and let it go.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
You create your reality.
Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.
Winners never quit and quitters never win !
Was there ever a more horrible blasphemy than the statement that all the knowledge of god is confined to this or that book ? How dare men call god infinite, and yet try to compress him within the covers of a little book !
All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.
Its obvious that we don't know one millionth of one percent about anything.
You'll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind.
Love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.
Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -- how passionately I hate them !
Are we to love only those who deserve our love ? Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you , that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven.
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.
Practice does not make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect.
Tell everyone what you want to do and someone will want to help you do it.
Most people who succeed in the face of seemingly impossible conditions are people who simply don't know how to quit.
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.
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.
Only the educated are free.
All the negative thoughts and ideas that are in the world have proceeded from this evil spirit of fear. Are people so afraid ? The answer is that they have made themselves helpless and dependent on others
The best leader brings out the best in those he has stewardship over.
Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.
How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.
The road to success is always under construction.
If you want to get somewhere you have to know where you want to go and how to get there. Then never, never, never give up.
What the world wants is character. The world is in need of those whose life is one burning love, selfless. That love will make every word tell like a thunderbolt.
Platitudes ? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.
You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.
No fate is worse than a life without a love.
We reap what we sow - we are the makers of our own fate. The wind is blowing, those vessels whose sails are unfurled catch it, and go forward on their way, but those which have their sails furled do not catch the wind. Is that the fault of the wind ? We make our own destiny.
It is always your next move.
Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time
Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.
If anything is worth trying at all, it's worth trying at least ten times.
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
Love sees roses without thorns.
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead. His eyes are closed.
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.
Fortify yourself with contentment, for this is an impregnable fortress.
A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
You pile up enough tomorrows, and you'll find you've collected a lot of empty yesterdays.