Inspirational Quotes
I was never tired of listening to his wisdom or imparting my own.
Every day in every way I am getting better and better.
is the greatest gift of the mind , it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.
The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.
The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
Part of being a winner is knowing when enough is enough. Sometimes you have to give up the fight and walk away, and move on to something that's more productive.
The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity.
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
It's to be expected that you make mistakes when you're breaking new ground.
The toughest part of getting to the top of the ladder, is getting through the crowd at the bottom.
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
Wisdom is not like money to be tied up and hidden.
The three things that are most essential to achievement are common sense, hard work and stick-to-it-iv-ness.
Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.
There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group, there is less competition there.
Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
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.
I don't think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
Sow a thought, and you reap an act , Sow an act, and you reap a habit , Sow a habit, and you reap a character , Sow a character, and you reap a destiny.
People who worked with me or knew me still called me the 'world's fastest human' because I almost never stopped. I'd found that I could get more done with no regular job or regular hours at all, but by being on my own, flying to speak here, help with a public relations campaign for some client there, tape my regular jazz radio show one morning at 5:00 a.m. before leaving on a plane for another city or another continent three hours later to preside over a major sporting event.
Love conquers all.
A man builds a fine house ; and now he has a master, and a task for life ; he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair, the rest of his days.
Do not wait for leaders, do it alone, person to person.
The life which is unexamined is not worth living
Perfect love can not be without equality.
Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.
To freely bloom - that is my definition of success.
There are two ways of meeting difficulties you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them.
"Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance."
There is nothing as remarkable as learning how to think better.
The hero is no braver than the ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer
Ask for advice but do what you think is best.
It is what you learn after you know it all that counts.
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.
Happiness is where we find it, but rarely where we seek it.
Stopping at third base adds no more runs than striking out.
Our limitations and success will be based, most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.
Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.
Tell everyone what you want to do and someone will want to help you do it.
The unexamined life is not worth living.
Whatever you are be a good one.
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.
Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind.
If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all.
If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think another negative thought.
If anything is worth trying at all, it's worth trying at least ten times.
The wisest mind has something yet to learn.
If there is something to gain and nothing to lose by asking, by all means ask.
If you realize how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought
Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father.
Listen with regard when others talk. Give your time and energy to others, let others have their own way, do things for reasons other than furthering your own needs.
The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect appreciation, and then fail to get it.
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.
In life you can never be too kind or too fair ; everyone you meet is carrying a heavy load. When you go through your day expressing kindness and courtesy to all you meet, you leave behind a feeling of warmth and good cheer, and you help alleviate the burdens everyone is struggling with.
Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
I never worry about action, but only about inaction.
It's easier to remember when you are right than when the other person was right.
Every human heart is human.
The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety.
First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, "I believe'' three times.
Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.
How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg ? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.
Kindness is a language which the dumb can speak, the deaf can understand.
The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but reveal to them their own.
Above all to thine own self be true.
If you aren't going all the way, why go at all ?
I want to know God's thoughts ; the rest are details.
One man with courage is a majority.
Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open.
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.'
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
When I hear somebody sigh, life is hard, I am always tempted to ask, compared to what ?
You can't expect people to look eye to eye with you if you are looking down on them.
The art of choosing men is not nearly so difficult as the art of enabling those one has chosen to attain their full worth.
Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
The vedanta recognizes no sin, it only recognizes error. And the greatest error, says the vedanta is to say that you are weak, that you are a sinner, a miserable creature, and that you have no power and you cannot do this and that.
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.
I am fond of only what comes from the heart.
Hard work pays off.
The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies.
The point is that you can't be too greedy.
Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm.
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.
Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.
Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it.
You learn as much from those who have failed as from those who have succeeded.
Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.
No matter how big government gets, and no matter how many services it provides, it can never take the place of volunteers.