They can because they think they can.
There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
To live for results would be to sentence myself to continuous frustration. My only sure reward is in my actions and not from them.
The grand essentials of happiness are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
You must tolerate that which you can not change.
Success is the proper utilization of failure.
A dream unrealized is a dream imprisoned by that enemy of all enemies - the fear of failure. Set that you will make it happen ! -
Anything in life worth having is worth working for.
Love sees roses without thorns.
No man ever became great without many and great mistakes.
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.
The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel, its poverty by how little.
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
We aren't in an information age, we are in an entertainment age.
What you are is god's gift to you, what you become is your gift to god.
Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
A good general not only sees the way to victory , he also knows when victory is impossible.
We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.
Dwell not on the past. Use it to illustrate a point, then leave it behind. Nothing really matters except what you do now in this instant of time. From this moment onwards you can be an entirely different person, filled with love and understanding, ready with an outstretched hand, uplifted and positive in every thought and deed.
To be a leader, you must stand for something, or fall for anything.
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.
We shall neither fail nor falter, we shall not weaken or tire. Give us the tools and we will finish the job.
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
Look within, for within is the wellspring of virtue, which will not cease flowing, if you cease not from digging.
People are like stained glass windows, they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
It's easier to prepare and prevent, than to repair and repent.
All knowledge that the world has ever received comes from the mind, the infinite library of the universe is in our own mind.
Cushion the painful effects of hard blows by keeping the enthusiasm going strong, even if doing so requires struggle.
A dream is simply reality waiting to happen.
The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.
Practice hope. As hopefulness becomes a habit, you can achieve a permanently happy spirit.
The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking, the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker.
Personal leadership is not a singular experience. It is, rather, the ongoing process of keeping your vision and values before you and aligning your life to be congruent with those most important things.
Some make it happen, some watch it happen, and some say, What happened ?
Let's not just transform those in need, we can also find ways to help transform those in power.
When you do the wrong thing, knowing it is wrong, you do so because you have n't developed the habit of effectively controlling or neutralizing strong inner urges that tempt you, or because you have established the wrong habit and don't know how to eliminate them effectively.
The real test in golf and in life is not in keeping out of the rough, but in getting out after you are in.
Stand as a rock , you are indestructible. You are the Self ( atman ) , the god of the universe.
Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game. quotes
Platitudes ? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing-that's why we recommend it daily.
He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything.
The person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image.
Knowledge is proud that she knows so much , Wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.
The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while Nature cures the disease
If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.
Was there ever a more horrible blasphemy than the statement that all the knowledge of god is confined to this or that book ? How dare men call god infinite, and yet try to compress him within the covers of a little book !
You can not escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
Let him that would move the world first move himself.
Silence is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
Believe that the loose ball that you are chasing has your name on it.
In order to grasp the reality, we must see the possibilities. In the present, a formulation of the possibilities is the area in which I gain uncertainty concerning what I decide, without a vision of the possibilities, I act blindly, only a knowledge of the possibilities enables me to know what I am actually doing.
Not being able to do everything is no excuse for not doing everything you can.
The time is always right to do what is right.
There are no guarantees. From the viewpoint of fear, none are strong enough. From the viewpoint of love, none are necessary.
In order to form an immaculate member of a flock of sheep one must, above all, be a sheep.
Don't ever give up.
If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
Do not let what you can not do interfere with what you can do.
War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow men.
Fathers are like a lighthouse when there is fog his children can always depend on seeing the light.
When I hear somebody sigh, Life is hard, I am always tempted to ask, Compared to what ?
Where old age is evil, youth can learn no good.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. -
It is always your next move.
It is impossible to imagine anything which better becomes a ruler than mercy.
The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration.
You'll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind.
Believe that you are bigger than your difficulties, for you are, indeed.
You can have everything in life you want if you'll just help enough other people get what they want.
The more you venture to live greatly, the more you will find within you what it takes to get on top of things and stay there.
No man or woman is an island. To exist just for yourself is meaningless. You can achieve the most satisfaction when you feel related to some greater purpose in life, something greater than yourself.
To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.
It doesn't matter how much milk you spill as long as you don't lose the cow.
Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open.
The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human body, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.
A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
It takes a whole village to raise a child.
We are still masters of our fate. We are still captains of our souls.
You become what you think about.
End your day by privately looking directly into your eyes in the mirror and saying, 'I love you ! ' Do this for thirty days and watch how you transform.
When you can't solve the problem, manage it.
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
Success is counted sweetest by those who ne'er succeed.
A Native American grandfather was talking to his grandson about how he felt. He said, 'I feel as if I have two wolves fighting in my heart. One wolf is the vengeful, violent one, the other wolf is the loving compassionate one.' The grandson asked him, 'Which wolf will win the fight in your heart?' The grandfather answered, 'The one I feed.'
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 are few, if any, jobs in which ability alone is sufficient. Needed, also, are loyalty, sincerity, enthusiasm and team play.
Success in the affairs of life often serves to hide one's abilities, whereas adversity frequently gives one an opportunity to discover them.