Inspirational Quotes
The Athenians, alarmed at the internal decay of their Republic, asked Demosthenes what to do. His reply: Do not do what you are doing now.
Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal
Honesty is the best image.
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.
Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.
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.
Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.
You must learn from your past mistakes, but not lean on your past successes.
Your talent is god's gift to you.
It is not the critic who counts, nor the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again, who knows great enthusiasms, great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.
Only when all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.
He that has done nothing has known nothing.
Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones tend to take care of themselves.
There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.
Happiness is a choice.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
At every moment during our existence we are all called to be leaders, if for no other purpose than to lead ourselves.
We will either find a way or make one.
Success is never ending, failure is never final.
The rays of happiness, like those of light, are colorless when unbroken.
We aren't in an information age, we are in an entertainment age.
The greatest part of our happiness depends on our dispositions, not our circumstances.
It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one's heart rather than out of pity. A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely apologize.
Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the world's work, and the power to appreciate life.
Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed, but not defeated.
The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living that are desired when dying.
You're as old as you behave.
The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.
Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.
It is never too late to be what we might have been
Your children will become what you are, so be what you want them to be.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
A dream is a wish your heart makes.
Hope springs eternal.
Dependent people need others to get what they want. Independent people can get what they want through their own efforts. Interdependent people combine their own efforts with the efforts of others to achieve their greatest success.
The greater the obstacle the more glory.
Above all, beware of compromises. I do not mean that you are to get into antagonism with anybody, but you have to hold on to your own principles in weal or woe and never adjust them to others "fads" through the greed of getting supporters.
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
Rough spots sharpen our performance. And more often than not, obstacles can be turned into advantages. You just can't let your disappointment get in the way.
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you can not do.
You can be greater than anything that can happen to you.
God is merciful to those whom he sees struggling heart and soul for realization. But remain idle, without any struggle, and you will see that his grace will never come.
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.
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
Men are often capable of greater things than they perform. They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.
Man is a goal-seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.
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.
With malice toward none, with charity for all.
Just because we increase the speed of information doesn't mean we can increase the speed of decisions. Pondering, reflecting and ruminating are undervalued skills in our culture.
There's no such thing as coulda, shoulda and woulda. If you shoulda and coulda, you woulda done it.
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is.
When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property.
The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration.
Your decision to be, have and do something out of ordinary entails facing difficulties that are out of the ordinary as well. Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else.
Luck is when opportunity knocks, and you answer.
The one thing that separates winners from losers is, winners take action!
Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.
The heights by great men reached and kept were not obtained by sudden flight. But they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.
Whatever happens, take responsibility !
Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.
The chances are that you have already come to believe that happiness is unattainable. But men have attained it. And they have attained it by realizing that happiness does not spring from the procuring of physical or mental pleasure, but from the development of reason and the adjustment of conduct to principles.
When people are like each other they tend to like each other.
Platitudes ? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.
Whatever we leave to God, God does and blesses us.
Some people dream of success while others wake up and work hard at it.
Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
It is no use saying "we are doing our best". You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
Every life form seems to strive to its maximum except human beings. How tall will a tree grow ? As tall as it possibly can. Human beings, on the other hand, have been given the dignity of choice. You can choose to be all or you can choose to be less. Why not stretch up to the full measure of the challenge and see what all you can do ?
Change comes from within.
Go to the people. Learn from them. Live with them. Start with what they know. Build with what they have. The best of leaders when the job is done, when the task is accomplished, the people will say we have done it ourselves.
If money helps a man to do good to others, it is of some value , but if not, it is simply a mass of evil, and the sooner it is got rid of, the better.
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
Wealth is but dung, useful only when spread about.
There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way.
You may be on the right track, but if you just sit there you'll get run over.
It's not enough that we do our best, sometimes we have to do what's required.
We are the only beings on the planet who lead such rich internal lives that it's not the events that matter most to us, but rather, it's how we interpret those events that will determine how we think about ourselves and how we will act in the future.
You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time.
Until a person can say deeply and honestly, "I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday'', that person can not say, "I choose otherwise''.
Never stop learning. If you learn one new thing everyday, you will overcome 99% of your competition
One who seeks no friends is his own enemy.
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.
Don't ask yourself what the world needs , ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
Our life is what our thoughts make it.
As a principle-centered person you try to stand apart from the emotion of the situation and from other factors that would act on you, and evaluate the options. Looking at the balanced whole -- the work needs, the family needs, the other needs that may be involved, and the possible implications of the various alternatives -- you'll try to come up with the best solution taking all factors into consideration.