Inspirational Quotes
Seize the day.
You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.
There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.
The way we see the problem is the problem.
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never -- in nothing, great or small, large or petty -- never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.
A human being is a part of a whole, called by us _universe_ , a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest... a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.
The best and most beautiful things in this world can not be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the heart.
Always mistrust a subordinate who never finds fault with his superior.
I'm willing when time permits to honestly express or to open myself to you, to act as a sort of sign pole for a traveler.
Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvelous work. It is fearlessness that brings heaven even in a moment.
Man is a ladder placed on the earth and the top of it touches heaven. And all his movements and doings and words leave traces in the upper world.
It's not enough that we do our best, sometimes we have to do what's required.
Most of the exercise I get is from standing and walking around laboratory tables all day. I derive more benefit and entertainment from this than some of my friends and competitors get from playing games like golf.
High expectations are the key to everything.
First, believe in the world - that there is meaning behind everything.
The atmosphere of expectancy is the breeding ground for miracles.
In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.
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.
Men spend their lives in anticipations, in determining to be vastly happy at some period when they have time. But the present time has one advantage over every otherit is our own. Past opportunities are gone, future have not come. We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock of wine , but if we defer the tasting of them too long, we shall find that both are soured by age.
Don't water your weeds.
Our life is what our thoughts make it.
It is the level-headed man, the calm man, of good judgment and cool nerves, of great sympathy and love, who does good work and so does good to himself.
You see, it's never the environment ; it's never the events of our lives, but the meaning we attach to the events - how we interpret them - that shapes who we are today and who we'll become tomorrow. quotes
In matters of style, swim with the current, in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
Do not wait for ideal circumstances, they will never come, nor for the best opportunities.
When you make a mistake or get ridiculed or rejected, look at mistakes as learning experiences, and ridicule as ignorance. . . . Look at rejection as part of one performance, not as a turn down of the performer.
If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes.
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal, nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
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.
Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
The test is to recognize the mistake, admit it and correct it. To have tried to do something and failed is vastly better than to have tried to do nothing and succeeded.
It's the investor who is risky, not the investment.
There is no pleasure in life equal to that of the conquest of a vicious habit.
Some make it happen, some watch it happen, and some say, What happened ?
I used to think anyone doing anything weird was weird. Now I know that it is the people that call others weird that are weird.
When were the good and the brave ever in a majority ?
Let's not just transform those in need, we can also find ways to help transform those in power.
Real glory springs from the silent conquest of ourselves.
The person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image.
The rays of happiness, like those of light, are colorless when unbroken.
Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the number of apples in a seed.
True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
You're happiest while you're making the greatest contribution.
In the arena of human life the honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action
By asking the question " How can I afford it ? " your brain is put to work.
One joy scatters a hundred griefs.
Your thoughts are the architects of your destiny.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is to try to please everyone.
Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.
Put off for one day and ten days will pass by.
Today... maybe I can take one step on that profoundly complex path to peace.
It doesn't matter how much milk you spill as long as you don't lose the cow.
Be courageous ! Whatever setbacks America has encountered, it has always emerged as a stronger and more prosperous nation. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith and go forward !
When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property.
Every sale has five basic obstacles : no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.
If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade.
What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
I have learned that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Seek first to understand, then be understood
Those convinced against their will are of the same opinion still.
You can have anything you want ? if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose.
Where there's life, there's hope.
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.
Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.
I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.
An error gracefully acknowledged is a victory won.
What can be said but not practiced is better not said. What can be practiced but not spoken of is better not done.
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
We have a problem. ''Congratulations. '' But it's a tough problem. ''Then double congratulations. ''
Friendship doubles joy and halves grief.
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.
Many of life's failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
The only guide to man is his conscience , the only shield to his memory is the rectitude and sincerity of his actions. It is very imprudent to walk through life without this shield, because we are so often mocked by the failure of our hopes and the upsetting of our calculations, but with this shield, however the fates may play, we march always in the ranks of honor.
If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it.
Ideas won't keep, something must be done about them.
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.
It means a great deal to those who are oppressed to know that they are not alone. And never let anyone tell you that what you are doing is insignificant. Bishop
Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good, every action that retards it is evil.
Positive attitudes come in unlimited quantities. Everybody can have one free !
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal ; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
I am not overly impressed by the great names and reputations of those who might be trying to beat me to an invention... . Its their 'ideas' that appeal to me.
It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What's tough is being good every day.
It is better to do the wrong thing than to do nothing.
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going!
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
When a man finds no peace within himself, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.