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.
A dream is a wish your heart makes.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.
Life without a purpose is a languid, drifting thing , every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves, 'This day let me make a sound beginning
Into the house where joy lives, happiness will gladly come.
Success is not to be pursued ; it is to be attracted by the person you become.
If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.
We have got to have a dream if we are going to make a dream come true.
When you are afraid, do the thing you are afraid of and soon you will lose your fear of it.
Wherever there is danger, there lurks opportunity ; whenever there is opportunity, there lurks danger. The two are inseparable. They go together.
One sure-fire way to stay creative force yourself to learn something new.
I live a very dull life here, indeed I think I am more like a state prisoner than anything else.
Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
If anything is worth trying at all, it's worth trying at least ten times.
The best leader brings out the best in those he has stewardship over.
Never give in -- never, never, never, never.
This one step, choosing a goal and sticking to it, changes everything.
It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.
Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.
Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time, it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.
There may be peace without joy, and joy without peace, but the two combined make happiness
A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.
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.
I have seen him set fire to his wigwam and smooth over the graves of his fathers, clap his hand in silence over his mouth, and take the last look over his fair hunting ground, and turn his face in sadness to the setting sun.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
It is quite possible to work without results, but never will there be results without work.
Life is a do-it yourself project.
Are great things ever done smoothly ? Time, patience, and indomitable will must show.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
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.
You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
The leader has a clear idea of what he wants to do -- professionally and personally -- and the strength to persist in the face of setbacks, even failures.
Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
The great and glorious masterpiece of man is to know how to live to purpose.
Basing our happiness on our ability to control everything is futile.
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead, his eyes are closed.
There was no hope on earth, and god seemed to have forgotten us. Some said they saw the son of god, others did not see him. If he had come, he would do some great things as he had done before. We doubted it because we had seen neither him nor his works.
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
Surprises and reverses can serve as an incentive for great accomplishment. There are no rules here, we're just trying to accomplish something.
Change does not change tradition. It strengthens it. Change is a challenge and an opportunity, not a threat. Change does not necessarily assure progress, but progress implacably requires change. Education is essential to change, for education creates both new wants and the ability to satisfy them.
When asked about clinching a playoff berth for Cleveland Browns during the 2023 NFL regular season - "You don't know how many of these moments you're going to get. Not too many people get the opportunity to have kids as old as mine and that understand what's going on - get to witness this. I'm going to remember this for the rest of my life. And anything that you get to do with people that you love, especially your children, they just make everything that much more special."
As a mother of teenagers, do you know how many times I picked up the phone to apologize to my own mother ?
With malice toward none, with charity for all.
Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.
Never react emotionally to criticism. Analyze yourself to determine whether it is justified. If it is, correct yourself. Otherwise, go on about your business.
Minds are like parachutes, they function only when open.
In life you can never be too kind or too fair ; everyone you meet is carrying a heavy load. When you go through your day expressing kindness and courtesy to all you meet, you leave behind a feeling of warmth and good cheer, and you help alleviate the burdens everyone is struggling with.
If you can't do it today, what makes you think you can do it tomorrow.
Smile ! and the world will smile with you !
Let your imagination release your imprisoned possibilities.
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.
If you only look at what is, you might never attain what could be.
Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far. quotes
Nothing endures but change. Heraclitus Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
In life you need either inspiration or desperation.
My definition of success is to live your life in a way that causes you to feel a ton of pleasure and very little pain - and because of your lifestyle, have the people around you feel a lot more pleasure than they do pain.
Two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the the universe.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
Live with passion !
Things do not change we change.
As long as we are persistence in our pursuit of our deepest destiny, we will continue to grow. We can not choose the day or time when we will fully bloom. It happens in its own time.
Reflection doesn't take anything away from decisiveness, from being a person of action. In fact, it generates the inner toughness that you need to be an effective person of action -- to be a leader. Think of leadership as some of two vectors competence: (your specialty, your skills, your know-howl) and authenticity: (your identity, your character, your attitude) .
In the midst of winter, I found there was within me an invincible summer.
I have seen too much of the vanity of human affairs, to expect felicity from the splendid scenes of public life.
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.
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.
Fundamental progress has to do with the reinterpretation of basic ideas.
Live out of your imagination, not your history.
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.
It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow.
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.
Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.
Unless we think of others and do something for them, we miss one of the greatest sources of happiness.
Nature never deceives us, it is we who deceive ourselves.
It is the marriage of the soul with Nature that makes the intellect fruitful, and gives birth to imagination.
The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.
Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality in your own mind.
If you face a delicate situation, don't go into it wearing your spurs or you'll rip it apart. Instead, dress for the occasion. Cloak yourself in diplomacy. Vest yourself with wisdom, and wear a smile.
Wisdom is knowledge, rightly applied.
You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.
Effective people are not problem-minded , they're opportunity-minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems.
Success is the child of audacity.
Only by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the moment you can grow more surely toward the stars.
One who seeks no friends is his own enemy.
Anything is possible.
When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers.
Hope is like a bird that senses the dawn and carefully starts to sing while it is still dark.
Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression, in order that every man present his views without penalty, there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population.
Goals are not only absolutely necessary to motivate us. They are essential to really keep us alive.
If you want things to be different, perhaps the answer is to become different yourself.