Inspirational Quotes
Wealth is the product of man's ability to think.
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid.
A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
When you drop a pebble into a pool of water, the pebble starts a series of ripples that expand until they encompass the whole pool. This is exactly what will happen when I give my ideas a definite plan of action. Right now I can project my thoughts into the future. I can see ahead of me. I dream, I am not easily discouraged, readily visualize myself as overcoming obstacles, winning out over setbacks, achieving impossible objectives.
I am not sure I should have dared to start , but I am sure that I should not have dared to stop.
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
Hard work pays off.
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
Every human heart is human.
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
It's always darkest before the dawn.
This is as true in everyday life as it is in battle we are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live.
Excellence is more fun than mediocrity.
Repeat anything long enough and it will start to become you.
What is tolerance ? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error , let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature.
Now, gentlemen, let us do something today which the world may talk of hereafter.
Yes, we have to divide up our time like that, between our politics and our equations. But to me our equations are far more important, for politics are only a matter of present concern. A mathematical equation stands forever.
Whatever happens, take responsibility !
The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.
Concentration of wealth and power has been built upon other people's money, other people's business, other people's labor. Under this concentration, independent business has been a menace to American society.
The longer the excuse, the less likely it's the truth.
All misfortune is but a stepping stone to fortune.
Thank god, it is over, that I have seen it and am able to tell it to the world.
You could unwrap a Fudgesicle at the first light and never touch the brake lever till you threw away the stick.
Happiness can be defined, in part at least, as the fruit of the desire and ability to sacrifice what we want now for what we want eventually.
If you are afraid of failure you don’t deserve to be successful!
The Missouri is, perhaps, different in appearance and character from all other rivers in the world. There is a terror in its manner which is sensibly felt, the moment we enter its muddy waters from the Mississippi.
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.
Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless it's a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.
This is the best kind of voyeurism, hearing joy from your neighbors.
When you are afraid, do the thing you are afraid of and soon you will lose your fear of it.
Be the best that you can be.
The United States, and other advanced nations, will someday be able to produce instruments of death so terrible the world will be in abject terror of itself and its ability to end civilization... . Such war-making weapons should be developed - but only for purposes of discovery and experimentation
Sometimes I lie awake at night and ask, Where have I gone wrong ? Then a voice says to me, This is going to take more than one night.
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.
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time, and it annoys the pig
Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.
You can not plough a field by turning it over in your mind.
It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What's tough is being good every day.
You can be greater than anything that can happen to you.
Religion is being and becoming. Religion is the manifestation of the divinity already in man.
Wisdom is not like money to be tied up and hidden.
What is a friend ? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
He who speaks the loudest is the least heard.
If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
All of us, in the flow of feeling we have pleased, want to do more to please.
Those who work at a thing heart and soul not only achieve success in it but through their absorption in that they also realize the supreme truth - brahman. Those who work at a thing with their whole heart receive help from god.
What we hope to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.
Look within, for within is the wellspring of virtue, which will not cease flowing, if you cease not from digging.
The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking.
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.
All work is empty save when there is love.
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you do not try.
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
If you feel you have no faults there's another one.
I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it.
The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions.
Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.
The important thing is this, to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are, for what we could become.
In imagination, there's no limitation.
Believe that the loose ball that you are chasing has your name on it.
Many people seem to think that success in one area can compensate for failure in other areas. But can it really ? True effectiveness requires balance.
People begin to become successful the minute they decide to be.
There are no secrets to success it is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
If you would create something, you must be something.
He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
There is no security on this earth, there is only opportunity.
Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.
To go fast, row slowly.
Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement
Great music and art are earthly wonders, but I think 'cubist' songs and paintings are hideous.
Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -- how passionately I hate them !
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
How we spend our days is of course how we spend our lives.
One does evil enough when one does nothing good.
The most common cause of fear of old age is associated with the possibility of poverty.
We feel good about ourselves to the exact degree we feel in control of our lives.
Failure ? I never encountered it. All I ever met were temporary setbacks.
This too, shall pass.
That which does not kill you makes you stronger.
The intelligent man is one who has successfully fulfilled many accomplishments, and is still willing to learn more.
Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.
We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities.
You are never a loser until you quit trying.
Life does not happen to us, it happens from us.
You must do the things you think you cannot do.