Inspirational Quotes
When we place blame, we give away our power.
Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid.
Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.
Without inspiration the best powers of the mind remain dormant, they is a fuel in us which needs to be ignited with sparks.
The only gift is a portion of thyself.
All power is within you. You can do anything and everything. Believe in that. Do not believe that you are weak, do not believe that you are half-crazy lunatics, as most of us do nowadays. Stand up and express the divinity within you. Truth is eternal.
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.
Action may not always bring happiness , but there is no happiness without action.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow men.
If you aren't going all the way, why go at all ?
I have failed over and over again. That is why I succeed.
Honesty is the best image.
Your level of brilliance will determine the size of your opportunities in life.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
We are so lazy, we do not want to do anything ourselves. We want a personal god, a savior or a prophet to do everything for us. Long as we believe ourselves to be even the least different from god, fear remains with us, but when we know ourselves to be the one, fear goes, of what can we be afraid ?
If you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it.
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.
People who are afraid to fail can never experience the joys of success.
I am the captain of my soul.
Don't ever give up.
At every moment during our existence we are all called to be leaders, if for no other purpose than to lead ourselves.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
There are millions of children today who don't attend school. However, education is the only way to get ahead in this country.
A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
One of the reasons mature people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure.
When you come to the edge of all the light you know and are about to step off into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing one of two things will happen. There will be something solid to stand on or you will be taught to fly.
Whatever we leave to God, God does and blesses us.
It is the level-headed man, the calm man, of good judgment and cool nerves, of great sympathy and love, who does good work and so does good to himself.
It not knowing what to do, it's doing what you know.
There go the people. I must follow them for I am their leader.
Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.
People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care.
I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.
Whether you think you can or think you can't - you are right.
The test we must set for ourselves is not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.
Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.
You can never be happy at the expense of the happiness of others.
When you become detached mentally from yourself and concentrate on helping other people with their difficulties, you will be able to cope with your own more effectively. Somehow, the act of self-giving is a personal power-releasing factor.
The way we see the problem is the problem.
When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.
Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness -- great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.
You are what you think you are.
The man who has no imagination has no wings.
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
Every shot you don't take is a guaranteed miss.
Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace.
Leaders are people who are able to express themselves fully, they know who they are, what their strengths and weaknesses are, and how to fully deploy their strengths and compensate for their weaknesses. They also know what they want, why they want it, and how to communicate what they want to others, in order to gain compensation and support. Finally, they know how to achieve their goals. The key to full self-expression is understanding one's self and the world, and the key to understanding is learning -- from one's own life and experience.
Don't wait. The time will never be just right.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
The "how" thinker gets problems solved effectively because he wastes no time with futile "ifs".
Reach for the stars.
The only time I really become discouraged is when I think of all the things I would like to do and the little time I have in which to do them.
I am speaking now of the highest duty we owe our friends, the noblest, the most sacred that of keeping their own nobleness, goodness, pure and incorrupt. . . . If we let our friend become cold and selfish and exacting without a remonstrance, we are no true lover, no true friend.
You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
There's no such thing as not enough time if you're doing what you want to do.
Rock and roll is the music of America, of youth, of rebellion, and of the common spirit that ties all that together.
I know that many people feel that old age is a time to take it easy, but I compare my life now to being the last runner in a relay race. Would you have me slow down as I near the finish line ?
We are ever free if we would only believe it, only have faith enough. You are the soul, free and eternal, ever free, ever blessed. Have faith enough and you will be free in a minute.
Leadership - The art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
You must be the change you want to see in the world.
Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Begin with the end in mind.
A man never likes you so well as when he leaves your company liking himself.
Misfortunes, untoward events, lay open, disclose the skill of a general, while success conceals his weakness, his weak points.
The price of greatness is responsibility.
Someday, man will harness the rise and fall of the tides, imprison the power of the sun, and release atomic power.
Perspective is in the quiet of a walk, the wisdom of a good book, or the harmony of your favorite music. I find it sometimes in the slow peace of fishing.
You have not lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.
If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse , however if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.
In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.
The true way to soften one's troubles is to solace those of others.
Never stop dreaming.
Great minds have purposes others have wishes.
You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time.
Success is predictable.
The willow knows what the storm does not that the power to endure harm outlives the power to inflict it.
When I was a young man, I found out that if you hurt somebody, they'll leave you alone. When I tried to leave everybody alone and just do my own thing, everybody just wanted to hurt me. Until one day I just decided, well, I've had enough of this picking. And there were like six young men still figuring they were going to mess with my head. And we went to war. To their surprise, I was no longer taking the beating, I was giving it.
It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one's heart rather than out of pity. A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely apologize.
A dream unrealized is a dream imprisoned by that enemy of all enemies - the fear of failure. Set that you will make it happen ! -
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
Give me a place to stand and I will move the earth.
There are times when a man should be content with what he has but never with what he is.
If you want to be creative in your company, your career, your life, all it takes is one easy stepthe extra one. When you encounter a familiar plan, you just ask one question '' What ELSE could we do ? ''
Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind.
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, this time more wisely.
Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.
Never react emotionally to criticism. Analyze yourself to determine whether it is justified. If it is, correct yourself. Otherwise, go on about your business.
Every human heart is human.