Inspirational Quotes
It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives.
If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have the capacity at the beginning.
The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized -- never knowing.
Success is never ending, failure is never final.
It's your attitude not your aptitude that determines your altitude.
The dove is my emblem... . I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it... . I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.
Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement
Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.
For things to change you've got to change. Otherwise, nothing much will change
Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
Our schools and are not teaching students to think. It is astonishing how many young people have difficulty in putting their brains definitely and systematically to work.
Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.
The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.
Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God.
Happiness consists of a solid faith, good health, and a bad memory.
It has always been my belief that a man should do his best, regardless of how much he receives for his services, or the number of people he may be serving or the class of people served.
Tough times never last but tough people do.
Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.
Don't look back - forward, infinite energy, infinite enthusiasm, infinite daring, and infinite patience - then alone can great deeds be accomplished.
I have, for many years past, contemplated the noble races of red men who are now spread over these trackless forests and boundless prairies, melting away at the approach of civilization.
Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it.
To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.
The way to find out about your happiness is to keep your mind on those moments when you feel most happy, when you really are happy -- not excited, not just thrilled, but deeply happy. This requires a little bit of self-analysis. What is it that makes you happy ? Stay with it, no matter what people tell you. This is what I call 'following your bliss'. If you follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. Wherever you are -- if you are following your bliss, you are enjoying that refreshment, that life within you, all the time.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope or confidence.
I swore never to be silent whenever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
Open your ears before you open your mouth, it may surprise your eyes !
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success.
If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep.
What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail ?
In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.
If we all did the things we are capable of doing we would literally astound ourselves.
All men dream, but unequally. Those that dream at night in the dusty recesses of their minds awake the next day to find that their dreams were just vanity. But those who dream during the day with their eyes wide open are dangerous men , they act out their dreams to make them reality.
Kindness is a language which the dumb can speak, the deaf can understand.
The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body. The more efficient your body, the better you feel and the more you will use your talent to produce outstanding results.
For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been' .
It is love that makes the impossible possible.
While we may not be able to control all that happens to us, we can control what happens inside us.
Never give an order that can't be obeyed.
In the arena of human life the honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action
Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.
Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.
Commit yourself to a dream nobody who tries to do something great but fails is a total failure. Why ? Because he can always rest assured that he succeeded in life's most important battle -- he defeated the fear of trying.
The only real valuable thing is intuition.
Live out of your imagination, not your history.
The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but reveal to them their own.
I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among my people the greatest asset I possess, and the way to develop the best in a person is by appreciation and encouragement. I believe in giving people incentive to work. So I am anxious to praise but loath to find fault. I am hearty in my approbation and lavish in my praise.
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
Procrastination is the fear of success. People procrastinate because they are afraid of the success that they know will result if they move ahead now. Because success is heavy, carries a responsibility with it, it is much easier to procrastinate and live on the 'someday I'll' philosophy.
If you advance confidently in the direction of your dreams and endeavor to leave the life which you have imagined, you will you will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
Basing our happiness on our ability to control everything is futile.
Everything in the world we want to do or get done, we must do with and through people.
A man should have any number of little aims about which he should be conscious and for which he should have names, but he should have neither name for, nor consciousness concerning, the main aim of his life.
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
Obstacles are those frightful things you can see when you take your eyes off your goal.
The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.
Talent does you no good unless it's recognized by someone else.
Average investors are on the outside trying to look into the inside of the company or property they are investing in.
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not, nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not, unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not, the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
Vivacity, leadership, must be had, and we are not allowed to be nice in choosing. We must fetch the pump with dirty water, if clean can not be had.
Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time.
I never worry about action, but only about inaction.
Where there is a will, there is a way.
Confidence imparts a wonderful inspiration to its possessor.
There are two ways of meeting difficulties you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them.
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though chequered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the grey twilight that knows not victory or defeat.
One of the main reasons people are not rich is that they worry too much about things that might never happen. quotes
I am fond of only what comes from the heart.
A child becomes an adult when he realizes that he has a right not only to be right but also to be wrong.
Be all you can be.
Your current safe boundaries were once unknown frontiers.
Let's just go and win a (bleeping) game.
Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there. Philip Brooks Children are the reward of life.
This is the beginning of a new day.
When I give a minister an order, I leave it to him to find the means to carry it out.
You are what you think you are.
Determine never to be idle... It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.
The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.
It is better to do the wrong thing than to do nothing.
Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration. Accordingly, a 'genius' is often merely a talented person who has done all of his or her homework.
If you want things to be different, perhaps the answer is to become different yourself.
You don't just stumble into the future you create your own future.
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
The most important part of being a leader is maintaining the desire to keep on learning. That means learning about yourself, about your peers, and about the people you serve.
Unless a man undertakes more than he possibly can do, he will never do all that he can.
He that has done nothing has known nothing.
Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain -- and most fools do.
A gentle breeze blowing in the right direction is better than a pair of strong oars.
One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon- instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today.