Inspirational Quotes
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.
Be the best that you can be.
Example sheds a genial ray which men are apt to borrow, so first improve yourself today, and then your friends tomorrow.
Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.
Live life with passion.
The earth is enjoyed by heroes, this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero. Always say, I have no fear.
A child becomes an adult when he realizes that he has a right not only to be right but also to be wrong.
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.
From success to failure is one step , from failure to success is a long road.
Along with trustworthiness, consistency is the thing to look for when you surround yourself with people who can help you on your quest.
Children are all foreigners.
If a profound gulf separates my neighbor's belief from mine, there is always the golden bridge of tolerance.
If there is something to gain and nothing to lose by asking, by all means ask !
'Wake Me When It's Funny'
I want it said of me by those who knew me best ; that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.
Those at the top of the mountain didn't fall there.
All of the subjects that I've chosen have had to do with isolation. ... The whole idea of [people] gathering ... doesn't really appeal to me.
If you advance confidently in the direction of your dreams and endeavor to leave the life which you have imagined, you will you will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and god will be in them.
Practice hope. As hopefulness becomes a habit, you can achieve a permanently happy spirit.
I feel I have this great creative and spiritual force within me that is greater than faith, greater than ambition, greater than confidence, greater than determination, greater than vision. It is all these combined. Whether it is a godhead or not, I feel this great force, this untapped power, this dynamic something within me. This feeling defies description, and there is no experience with which this feeling may be compared. It is something like a strong emotion mixed with faith, but a lot stronger.
A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.
Barring serious accidents, if you are not preoccupied with worry and you work hard, you can look forward to a reasonably lengthy existence. Its not the hard work that kills, its the worrying that kills.
Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconscious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character
Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.
I do not think much of a man who does not know more today than he did yesterday.
Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm.
Look up and not down, look forward and not back, look out and not in, and lend a hand.
High expectations are the key to everything.
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
When god closes a door, he opens a window.
Without courage, all others virtues lose their meaning.
Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow
If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man.
Persistence is what makes the impossible possible, the possible likely, and the likely definite.
Where there's life, there's hope.
Teamwork is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the heights of your capabilities or make the money that you want without becoming very good at it.
Practice does not make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect.
Stopping at third base adds no more runs than striking out.
Great men are not always wise.
Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations
He that would be a leader must be a bridge.
I am quite correctly described as 'more of a sponge than an inventor'.
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for ?
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
Effective people are not problem-minded , they're opportunity-minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness -- great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.
Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate. So practice happy thinking every day. Cultivate the merry heart, develop the happiness habit, and life will become a continual feast.
It doesn't matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You can not make progress without making decisions.
I am the captain of my soul.
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference.
You live with your thoughts, so be careful what they are.
There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because his conscience tells him it is right.
We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.
Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend.
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, 'What's in it for me?'
That which does not kill you makes you stronger.
The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.
For changes to be of any true value, they've got to be lasting and consistent.
They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.
In the court of basketball, there are no objections only rejections.
There is no education like adversity.
A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline.
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.
The positive thinker is a hard-headed, tough-minded, and factual realist. He sees all the difficulties clearly... which is more than can be said for the average negative thinker. But he sees more than difficulties -- he tries to see the solutions of those difficulties.
Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.
The fastest way to pass your own expectation is to add passion to your labor.
Embrace that it's ok to grow.
To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
Love conquers all.
Most people are about as happy as they make up their mind to be.
The only gift is a portion of thyself.
A mature man is his own judge. In the end, his only form of support is being faithful to his own convictions. The advice of others may be welcomed invaluable, but it does not free him from responsibility.
You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose site of the shore.
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.
Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep.
You may be on the right track, but if you just sit there you'll get run over.
Where can we go to find god if we cannot see him in our own hearts and in every living being.
A short saying often contains much wisdom.
Life can only be understood backwards , but it must be lived forwards.
Time is an equal opportunity employer. Each human being has exactly the same number of hours and minutes every day. Rich people can't buy more hours. Scientists can't invent new minutes. And you can't save time to spend it on another day. Even so, time is amazingly fair and forgiving. No matter how much time you've wasted in the past, you still have an entire tomorrow. quotes
Just because you make a mistake doesnt mean you are a mistake.
In every difficult situation is potential value. Believe this, then begin looking for it.
Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.
Go as far as you can see and when you get there, you will always be able to see farther.
By doing well the duty which is nearest to us, the duty which is in our hands, we make ourselves stronger.
Every time an artist dies, part of the vision of mankind passes with him.
There are no perfect human beings ! My personal judgments are that no perfect human being is possible or even conceivable, but that human beings are far more improvable than most people believe.
You can do anything you put your mind to.
The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety.