Inspirational Quotes
Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the world's work, and the power to appreciate life.
Wisdom is knowing what to do next.
Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.
Success in the affairs of life often serves to hide one's abilities, whereas adversity frequently gives one an opportunity to discover them.
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.
The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
Follow your dreams.
Roll with the punches.
What the world wants is character. The world is in need of those whose life is one burning love, selfless. That love will make every word tell like a thunderbolt.
Learning acquired in youth is an inscription on stone.
A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority. There is but little virtue in the action of masses of men.
Your thoughts are the architects of your destiny.
One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never !
When you become detached mentally from yourself and concentrate on helping other people with their difficulties, you will be able to cope with your own more effectively. Somehow, the act of self-giving is a personal power-releasing factor.
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.
Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.
To be a champion, you have to believe in yourself when nobody else will.
When you wholeheartedly adopt a 'with all your heart' attitude and go all out with the positive principle, you can do incredible things.
Look within, for within is the wellspring of virtue, which will not cease flowing, if you cease not from digging.
It is what you learn after you know it all that counts.
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.
Whoever is open, loyal, true ; of humane and affable demeanour, honourable himself, and in his judgement of others, faithful to his word as to law, and faithful alike to God and man... .such a man is a true gentleman.
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.
Know that although in the eternal scheme of things you are small, you are also unique and irreplaceable, as are all your fellow humans everywhere in the world.
Believe in yourself.
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.
We must all suffer one of two things : the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.
Old love does not rust.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.
An Indian's dress of deer skins, which is wet a hundred times upon his back, dries soft; and his lodge also, which stands in the rains, and even through the severity of winter, is taken down as soft and as clean as when it was first put up.
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 ?
Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
I think there is something, more important than believing : Action ! The world is full of dreamers, there aren't enough who will move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize their vision.
You have to think anyway, so why not think big ?
It takes a strong fish to swim against the current. Even a dead one can float with it.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Flacco when asked whether fourth quarter performance defines a quarterback - "I have no idea. If we win the Super Bowl, I guess it will be".
He who has hope has everything.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
Only a fool knows everything. A wise man knows how little he knows.
Because ideas have to be original only with regard to their adaptation to the problem at hand, I am always extremely interested in how others have used used them.
Peace can not be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
Be Here Now.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. -
Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners.
Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.
Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.
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.
Even though I am nearly deaf, I seem to be gifted with a kind of inner hearing which enables me to detect sounds and noises which the ordinary person does not hear.
Be like the turtle. If he didn't stick his neck out, he wouldn't get anywhere at all.
If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, then we did it. If anything goes really good, then you did it.
Use what talent you possess, the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.
Nothing succeeds like success.
Plan your progress carefully , hour-by hour, day-by-day, month-by-month. Organized activity and maintained enthusiasm are the wellsprings of your power. Planning for happiness is rarely successful. Happiness just happens.
Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.
Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to ; all they need is one reason why they can.
Even when change is elective, it will disorient you. You may go through anxiety. You will miss aspects of your former life. It doesn't matter. The trick is to know in advance of making any big change that you're going to be thrown off your feet by it. So you prepare for this inevitable disorientation and steady yourself to get through it. Then you take the challenge, make the change, and achieve your dream.
Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.
The past does not equal the future.
Wisdom is supreme , therefore make a full effort to get wisdom. Esteem her and she will exalt you , embrace her and she will honor you. Wise men speak because they have something to say, fools because they have to say something.
There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying things which are beyond the power of our will.
My faith is in the younger generation, the modern generation, out of them will come my workers. They will work out the whole problem, like lions.
It is possible to fail in many ways while to succeed is possible only in one way.
An error gracefully acknowledged is a victory won.
It is quite possible to work without results, but never will there be results without work.
First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, "I believe'' three times.
The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care.
We have no simple problems or easy decisions after kindergarten.
Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves.
I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
Adversity is wont to reveal genius, prosperity to hide it.
The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been.
Believe, when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you to do in the world. So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain.
He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning.
Love is a daily, mutual exchange of value.
Life is a great story. It's just that sometimes we forget we are the author and can write it however we want.
It doesn't matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You can not make progress without making decisions.
If you mean to profit, learn to please.
Live your dreams.
Enjoy each step, for in every moment there is something to learn.
If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.
Never give an order that can't be obeyed.
There are no guarantees. From the viewpoint of fear, none are strong enough. From the viewpoint of love, none are necessary.
Know thyself was the inscription over the Oracle at Delphi. And it is still the most difficult task any of us faces. But until you truly know yourself, strengths and weaknesses, know what you want to do and why you want to do it, you can not succeed in any but the most superficial sense of the word. The leader never lies to himself, especially about himself, knows his flaws as well as his assets, and deals with them directly. You are your own raw material. When you know what you consist of and why you want to make of it, then you can invent yourself.
Luck happens when opportunity encounters the prepared mind.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed We hold these truths to be self-evident , that all men are created equal.