Inspirational Quotes
Commit yourself to a dream nobody who tries to do something great but fails is a total failure. Why ? Because he can always rest assured that he succeeded in life's most important battle -- he defeated the fear of trying.
The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.
It is possible to fail in many ways while to succeed is possible only in one way.
Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.
Some things have to be believed to be seen.
After your jump, the net appears.
People with many interests live, not only longest, but happiest.
It takes a whole village to raise a child.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
This one step, choosing a goal and sticking to it, changes everything.
Constant dripping hollows out a stone.
What really matters is what you do with what you have.
It ain't over till it's over.
Always mistrust a subordinate who never finds fault with his superior.
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not, nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not, unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not, the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have the capacity at the beginning.
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.
He who treads the path of love walks a thousand meters as if it were only one.
When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems you cannot hold on a minute longer, never give up then for that is just the place and time the tide will turn.
Hardening of the heart ages people faster than hardening of the arteries.
Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.
There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.
Life's blows can not break a person whose spirit is warmed at the fire of enthusiasm.
Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter can not understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.
Success doesn't come to you, you go to it.
I light my candle from their torches.
The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.
I do not think much of a man who does not know more today than he did yesterday.
The longer the excuse, the less likely it's the truth.
Open your ears before you open your mouth, it may surprise your eyes !
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.
Whatever happens, take responsibility !
I have seen so many of these, and lived with them, and travelled with them, and oftentimes felt as if I should starve to death on an equal allowance, that I am fully convinced I am correct in saying that the North American Indians, taking them in the aggregate, even where they have an abundance to subsist on, eat less than any civilized population of equal numbers, that I have ever travelled amongst.
You. too, can determine what you want. You can decide on your major objectives, targets, aims, and destination. quotes
The best effect of fine persons is felt after we have left their presence.
Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm. As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands. One for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.
Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us.
Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never -- in nothing, great or small, large or petty -- never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.
Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.
One can spend a lifetime assigning blame, find the cause 'out there' for all the troubles that exist. Contrast this with the 'responsible attitude' of confronting the situation, bad or good, and instead of asking, 'What caused the trouble ? Who was to blame ?' asking 'How can I handle this present situation to make the most of it ? What can I salvage here ?'
If you don't first handle fear and desire, and you get rich, you'll be a high pay slave.
You know when you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend.
One man with courage is a majority.
Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
The strongest among the weak is the one who doesn't forget his weaknesses.
The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way. quotes
Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.
if you can't lift the corners, let the middle sag.
In prosperity, our friends know us , in adversity, we know our friends.
Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.
The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at a time.
Curse ruthless time ! Curse our mortality. How cruelly short is the allotted span for all we must cram into it.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it.
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
When you put faith, hope and love together, you can raise positive kids in a negative world.
Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.
No man is wise enough by himself.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Boldness in business is the first, second and third thing.
My friends are my estate.
If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.
Almost any idea is good if a man has ability and is willing to work hard. The best idea is worthless if the creator is a loafer and ineffective.
What happens to a man is less significant than what happens within him.
Only when all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.
You haven't failed until you quit trying.
Because I readily absorb ideas from every source - frequently starting where the last person left off - I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it.
My experience will help, but I insist and maintain that art - true art that is - cannot be handed out. Furthermore, art is never decoration or embellishment. Instead it is a constant process of maturing.
Only in his own way and not in any other can the one who strives perfect himself. He who lays hold of the rung of his companion and lets go of his own rung, through him neither the one nor the other will be realized.
Never stop dreaming.
One hundred percent of the shots you don't take don't go in.
Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
Those who work at a thing with their whole heart receive help from god. For one, thoroughly believe that no power in the universe can withhold from anyone anything they really deserve.
Don't let your fears stand in the way of your dreams !
To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.
You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
An avoidance of true communication is tantamount to a relinquishment of my self- being , if I withdraw from it I am betraying not only the other but myself.
You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough ! You must take action.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
None are homely who smile.
This world will always continue to be a mixture of good and evil. Our duty is to sympathize with the weak and to love even the wrongdoer.
Possibilitizing is overcoming while you're undergoing.
We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.
Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.
The broadest, and maybe the most meaningful definition of volunteering - Doing more than you have to because you want to, in a cause you consider good.
The real leader has no need to lead, he is content to point the way.
Let's not just transform those in need, we can also find ways to help transform those in power.
People who are afraid to fail can never experience the joys of success.