Inspirational Quotes
Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
Those at the top of the mountain didn't fall there.
The "how" thinker gets problems solved effectively because he wastes no time with futile "ifs" but goes right to work on the creative "how''.
But inaction itself is a kind of action, and it has consequences. Consistently and absolutely maintained, inaction would necessarily lead to swift ruin , it would be a form of suicide. A refusal to enter into the world is a refusal to meet the challenge of reality which darkly demands that I dare and find out what will happen. In my situation I bear responsibility for what occurs because I do not intervene , if I can do something and I don't do it, I am guilty of the consequences of my inaction.
Believe that you are bigger than your difficulties, for you are, indeed.
God doesn't make junk.
In love beggar and king are equal.
Hardening of the heart ages people faster than hardening of the arteries.
Nature never deceives us, it is we who deceive ourselves.
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.
All men are created equal. Government by consent of the governed. Give me liberty or give me death. And those are not just clever words, and those are not just empty theories.
if one is unable to assert oneself, one is unable to participate in a genuine relationship.
Nothing is predestined The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.
Ideas become powerful only if they appear in the flesh , an idea which does not lead to action by the individual and by groups remains at best a paragraph or a footnote in a book -- provided the idea is original and relevant. It is like a seed stored in a dry place. If the idea is to have influence, it must be put into the soil, and the soil is people and groups of people.
Begin with the end in mind.
Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.
Every hand does its part to hold up the world. Every healthy individual guides his life by a selected motive which takes precedence over all the others. He is the man who maintains his integrity in the midst of change, his individuality in the face of external pressures to conform.
We feel good about ourselves to the exact degree we feel in control of our lives.
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.
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.
Ideas... they have the power
Your belief determines your action and your action determines your results, but first you have to believe.
For hope is but the dream of those that wake.
Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.
It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What's tough is being good every day.
To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.
Leadership is power to endure an ongoing quest for information or influence not just actual triumphs like making profits or achieving stated objectives.
No legacy is so rich as honesty.
Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody is watching.
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though chequered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the grey twilight that knows not victory or defeat.
There is no greatness without a passion to be great, whether it's the aspiration of an athlete or an artist, a scientist, a parent, or a businessperson.
If we are going to teach 'creation science' as an alternative to evolution, then we should also teach the stork theory as an alternative to biological reproduction.
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.
You can never be happy at the expense of the happiness of others.
Don't argue for other people's weaknesses. Don't argue for your own. When you make a mistake, admit it, correct it, and learn from it -- immediately.
In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, though they should fail immediately, they had better aim at something high.
Are you bored with life ? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.
What is tolerance ? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error , let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature.
It is the very essence of good leadership to give away all credit for positive achievement, to identify only team goals and always to refer to them as such.
If the going is real easy, beware, you may be headed down hill.
Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore, Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me I lift me lamp beside the golden door.
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.
Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open.
It is the surmounting of difficulties that make heroes.
Live as if your were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
It's the investor who is risky, not the investment.
Are great things ever done smoothly ? Time, patience, and indomitable will must show.
You will become as small as your controlling desire ; as great as your dominant aspiration.
Be the best that you can be.
Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.
Give all to love; obey thy heart.
A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline.
You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, and live on idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success. tremendous stream is flowing toward the ocean, carrying us all along with it , and though like straws and scraps of paper we may at times float aimlessly about, in the long run we are sure to join the ocean of life and bliss.
Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
Actions speak louder than words.
It is better to bind your children to you by a feeling of respect and by gentleness, than by fear.
You may be on the right track, but if you just sit there you'll get run over.
Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.
Don't fear, just live right.
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.
Time is really the only capital that any human being has and the thing that he can least afford to waste or lose.
No fate is worse than a life without a love.
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do.
My faith is in the younger generation, the modern generation, out of them will come my workers. They will work out the whole problem, like lions.
To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.
Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
Let's not confuse hasty decisions with strength or intelligence. It's important to be decisive - after giving consideration that reflects the time you have and what's at stake.
Knowing is not enough we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
Don't bunt. Aim out of the ballpark.
You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
Obstacles are great incentives.
Advice after the mischief is like medicine after death.
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
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 most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job.
One man with courage is a majority.
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.
Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.
There has never been a statue erected to honor a critic.
I don't think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity , an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Respect the past in the full measure of its desserts, but do not make the mistake of confusing it with the present nor seek in it the ideals of the future.
The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.
Happiness can be defined, in part at least, as the fruit of the desire and ability to sacrifice what we want now for what we want eventually.
Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.
You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition.
No alibi will save you from accepting the responsibility.
When a man comes to a conscious vital realization of those great spiritual forces within himself and begins to use those forces in science, in business, and in life, his progress in the future will be unparalleled.