Inspirational Quotes
Hardening of the heart ages people faster than hardening of the arteries.
A life lived in fear is half lived.
And now here is my secret, a very simple secret. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Nothing is predestined The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.
Inspiration and genius -- one and the same.
When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.
Success is achieved by those who try and keep trying with a positive mental attitude.
Kindness is always fashionable.
To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan, you should wear it inside, where it functions best.
There is no limit to the power of the human mind. The more concentrated it is, the more power is brought to bear on one point.
It's easier to prepare and prevent, than to repair and repent.
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
Stopping at third base adds no more runs than striking out.
If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Men spend their lives in anticipations, in determining to be vastly happy at some period when they have time. But the present time has one advantage over every otherit is our own. Past opportunities are gone, future have not come. We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock of wine , but if we defer the tasting of them too long, we shall find that both are soured by age.
Volunteers don't get paid, not because they're worthless, but because they're priceless.
They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.
Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.
The more you venture to live greatly, the more you will find within you what it takes to get on top of things and stay there.
What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
Happiness can not be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.
Our inheritance of well-founded, slowly conceived codes of honor, morals, and manners, the passionate convictions which so many hundreds of millions share together of the principles of freedom and justice, are far more precious to us than anything which scientific discoveries could bestow.
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
Friendship is not born of words alone.
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
It is possible to fail in many ways while to succeed is possible only in one way.
There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group, there is less competition there.
For those who have seen the Earth from space, and for the hundreds and perhaps thousands more who will, the experience most certainly changes your perspective. The things that we share in our world are far more valuable than those which divide us.
The more credit you give away, the more will come back to you. The more you help others, the more they will want to help you.
Men do less than they ought, unless they do all they can.
Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.
You can not plough a field by turning it over in your mind.
If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.
It's just about playing fundamental, physical football and playing a full 60 minutes. And no matter what's going on at the moment, being able to keep the blinders on and keep moving forward.
A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake.
A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.
Children are all foreigners.
Happiness is a state of mind.
The only job where you start at the top, is digging a hole.
To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.
The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.
Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.
Be happy. It's one way of being wise.
Some men see things the way they are and ask, Why ? I dream things that never were, and ask Why not ?
When something is finally obvious that should have been obvious years before, we call it common sense.
All knowledge that the world has ever received comes from the mind, the infinite library of the universe is in our own mind.
Along with trustworthiness, consistency is the thing to look for when you surround yourself with people who can help you on your quest.
The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting, by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth.
Only when all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.
As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for ?
The ancestor of every action is a thought.
To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.
Each work has to pass through these stages - ridicule, opposition, and then acceptance. Those who think ahead of their time are sure to be misunderstood.
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
The life which is unexamined is not worth living
Action may not always bring happiness , but there is no happiness without action.
The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement.
When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property.
Fractures well cured make us more strong.
Acting on a good idea is better than just having a good idea.
The greatest sin is to think yourself weak.
You really can change the world if you care enough.
Fear nothing, for every renewed effort raises all former failures into lessons, all sins into experience.
A gentleman can withstand hardships , it is only the small man who, when submitted to them, is swept off his feet.
If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true were really true, there would be little hope of advance.
First get rid of the delusion "I am the body", and then only can we want real knowledge.
Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else's can shorten it.
There are so many things that we wish we had done yesterday, so few that we feel like doing today.
Men who have attained things worth having in this world have worked while others idled, have persevered while others gave up in despair, have practiced early in life the valuable habits of self-denial, industry, and singleness of purpose. As a result, they enjoy in later life the success so often erroneously attributed to good luck.
Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.
It's your attitude not your aptitude that determines your altitude.
Obstacles are those frightful things you can see when you take your eyes off your goal.
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is.
Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves ; and under a just God, cannot long retain it.
Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.
Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose -- a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.
This life is a hard fact, work your way through it boldly, though it may be adamantine, no matter, the soul is stronger. I have seen in life those who are overcautious about themselves fall into dangers at every step, those who are afraid of losing honor and respect, get only disgrace, and those who are always afraid of loss, always lose.
Every ceiling, when reached, becomes a floor, upon which one walks as a matter of course and prescriptive right.
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
It ain't over till it's over.
Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.
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.
The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.
Don't call me a saint - I don't want to be dismissed that easily.
Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.