Inspirational Quotes
If opportunity doesn't knock build a door.
What we do not see, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistible power which comes to the rescue of those who fight on in the face of discouragement.
We need to embrace that the things that we love come to an end. And to not take them for granted. To step back & make sure we really live in the moments which matter to us. Not just being there as a participant. But to really be there a 100%.
We do our best that we know how at the moment, and if it doesn't turn out, we modify it.
If you know peace, then you thrive , if you know contentment, then you are rich.
There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.
The power of imagination makes us infinite.
It takes a strong fish to swim against the current. Even a dead one can float with it.
It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.
We are at our very best, and we are happiest, when we are fully engaged in work we enjoy on the journey toward the goal we've established for ourselves. It gives meaning to our time off and comfort to our sleep. It makes everything else in life so wonderful, so worthwhile.
Every achiever I have ever met says, My life turned around when I began to believe in me.
To succeed, you need to take that gut feeling in what you believe and act on it with all of your heart.
It's a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best. You very often get it.
Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands.
There is no substitute for hard work.
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.
The time is always right to do what is right.
From Freud we learned that the past exists now in the person. Now we must learn, from growth theory and self-actualization theory that the future also now exists in the person in the form of ideals, hopes, duties, tasks, plans, goals, unrealized potentials, mission, fate, destiny, etc. One for whom no future exists is reduced to the concrete, to hopelessness, to emptiness.
If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all.
There are two kinds of failures. The man who will do nothing he is told, and the man who will do nothing else.
I pack my trunk, embrace my friends, embark on the sea, and at last wake up in Naples, and there beside me is the Stern Fact, the Sad Self, unrelenting, identical, that I fled from.
In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.
The Crows are very handsome and gentlemanly Indians in their personal appearance and have been always reputed, since the first acquaintance made with them, very civil and friendly.
Knowledge is proud that she knows so much , Wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
Man is a goal-seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.
The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting, by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth.
The hero is no braver than the ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer
A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline.
People are where they are because that's exactly where they really want to be. . . whether they'll admit that or not
A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.
While we may not be able to control all that happens to us, we can control what happens inside us.
I am the captain of my soul.
There are no gains without pains.
What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first steps to something better.
Busier than a cat covering up shit on a tile floor!
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.
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.
The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what we want most for what we want at the moment.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
It is not good for all our wishes to be filled , through sickness we recognize the value of health, through evil, the value of good, through hunger, the value of food, through exertion, the value of rest.
When you can't solve the problem, manage it.
Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
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.
A good general not only sees the way to victory , he also knows when victory is impossible.
Hardening of the heart ages people faster than hardening of the arteries.
The test is to recognize the mistake, admit it and correct it. To have tried to do something and failed is vastly better than to have tried to do nothing and succeeded.
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.
Look at every situation as if you were in the future and you were looking back on it.
Persistence is what makes the impossible possible, the possible likely, and the likely definite.
Recognize that transition has a characteristic shape.
The toughest part of getting to the top of the ladder, is getting through the crowd at the bottom.
Be loyal to people in their absence. Then watch how others begin having more faith and confidence in you, because they know you won't be talking about them behind their backs.
To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable
You can not step twice into the same river, for other waters are continually flowing on.
Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is.
Self-knowledge is the basis of JKD because it is effective, not only for the individuals martial art, but also for his life as a human being.
To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself : First, what could I do ? Second, what could I read ? And third, who could I ask ?
The only gift is a portion of thyself.
Peace can not be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes. He who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.
At every moment during our existence we are all called to be leaders, if for no other purpose than to lead ourselves.
Only when all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.
There is a time to let things happen, and a time to make things happen.
If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x ; y is play ; and z is keeping your mouth shut.
If you look at what you have in life, You'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, You'll never have enough.
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability and determination to overcome bad luck.
Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
Between stimulus and response is our greatest power -- the freedom to choose.
In order to accept change and the suffering it brings, we need to find meaning in it
Inch by inch, it's a cinch.
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.
Love conquers all.
If you can't accept losing, you can't win.
Every leader needs to have experienced and grown through following -- learning to be dedicated, observant, capable of working with and learning from others, never servile, always truthful. Having located these qualities in himself, he can encourage them in others.
To love what you do and feel that it matters, how on earth could anything be more fun !
It ain't over till it's over.
As a man thinketh in his heart so is he.
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
Success is not to be pursued ; it is to be attracted by the person you become.
I demolish my bridges behind methen there is no choice but to move forward. Firdtjof Nansen I do not cast my eyes away from my troubles. I pack them in as little compass as I can for myself, and never let them annoy others.
A kind speech and forgiveness is better than alms followed by injury.
What is a friend ? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
Where there is life, there is hope. Where there are hopes, there are dreams. Where there are vivid dreams repeated, they become goals. Goals become the action plans and game plans that winners dwell on in intricate detail, knowing that achievement is almost automatic when the goal becomes an inner commitment. The response to the challenges of life -- purpose -- is the healing balm that enables each of us to face up to adversity and strife.
Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
Ideas without action are worthless.
Look back on times of adversity with hope for the future, not regret for the past. Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.
When one door closes another opens, but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
What ever you are be a good one.
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.
The greatest sin is to think yourself weak.