Inspirational Quotes
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.
Don't say, "If I could, I would". Say, "If I can, I will".
Everything is created twice -- first mentally, then physically.
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The doctor and the pastor ask about your health, but eternity makes you responsible for your condition.
Rock and roll is the music of America, of youth, of rebellion, and of the common spirit that ties all that together.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all.
Always look at what you have left. Never look at what you have lost.
You're happiest while you're making the greatest contribution.
A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
The key to truth is the next deed, and this key opens the door if one does what one has to do in such a way that the meaning of the action here finds its fulfillment. Thus truth in the world of man is not to be found as the content of knowledge, but only as human existence. One does not express it, one does not perceive it, but one lives it, and receives it as life.
They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment.
Anybody can do just about anything with himself that he really wants to and makes up his mind to do. We are all capable of greater things than we realize.
Everything in the world we want to do or get done, we must do with and through people.
Don't fall victim to your own melodrama. Keep things in perspective. The odds are that your problem is solvable. Address the solution and don't dwell on the problem to the point at which it paralyzes you.
If we always look back, we lose sight of what's ahead.
We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars.
Remember when you see a man at the top of a mountain, he didn't fall there.
First get rid of the delusion "I am the body", and then only can we want real knowledge.
Personally, I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.
The greater the obstacle the more glory.
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.
Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.
The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire.
A life lived with integrity -- even if it lacks the trappings of fame and fortune is a shinning star in whose light others may follow in the years to come.
If to do good were easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces.
If one has to submit, it is wasteful not to do so with the best grace possible.
Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out.
The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.
The outer forms of our lives can change in an instant, but the inner reorientation that brings us back into a vital relation to people and activity takes time.
Whatever you think that you will be. If you think yourself weak, weak you will be , if you think yourself strong, you will be.
Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration. Accordingly, a 'genius' is often merely a talented person who has done all of his or her homework.
It is always your next move.
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
We carry the seeds of happiness with us wherever we go.
Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender , it's holy ground. There's no greater investment.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.
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 ?
I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it.
I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
Take heed : you do not find what you do not seek.
The worst thing you can try to do is cling to something that is gone, or to recreate it.
Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.
Two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the the universe.
Change yourself, change your fortunes.
Confidence imparts a wonderful inspiration to its possessor.
Believe in yourself.
Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly.
It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.
We are what and where we are because we have first imagined it.
Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible - the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.
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.
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.
The further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances, the more certain it seems to me that the path to genuine religiosity does not lie through the fear of life, and the fear of death, and blind faith, but through striving after rational knowledge.
There is no point at which you can say 'Well, I'm successful now. I might as well take a nap.'
Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.
There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction.
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.
No matter how big government gets, and no matter how many services it provides, it can never take the place of volunteers.
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.
By asking the question " How can I afford it ? " your brain is put to work.
Virtuous and wise he was, but not severe , He still remember'd that he once was young.
True success is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful.
Never spend your money before you have it.
The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been.
Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.
One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we can not practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
In all the other movies that I’ve done, as well as my life. You know, I’ve been tagged. I guess we all have been tagged, right? We’re all alive. Right here, right now! This is happening. We’re alive!
The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized -- never knowing.
Believe that you are bigger than your difficulties, for you are, indeed.
The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.
How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these.
Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously.
Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
Average investors are on the outside trying to look into the inside of the company or property they are investing in.
There is no security on this earth, there is only opportunity.
Know that although in the eternal scheme of things you are small, you are also unique and irreplaceable, as are all your fellow humans everywhere in the world.
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.
When something is finally obvious that should have been obvious years before, we call it common sense.
Yesterday is but a dream, tomorrow but a vision. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore, to this day.
My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.
One who seeks no friends is his own enemy.
Only those who do nothing at all make no mistakes but that would be a mistake.
Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God.
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.
Success is predictable.
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly it is dearness only that gives everything its value.
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.
The person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image.
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.