Inspirational Quotes
An executive is a person who always decides , sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides.
Anything is possible.
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
, Nobel Peace Prize winner We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.
It is never too late to be what we might have been
Volunteering is not a choice, it's a responsibility.
Happiness itself does not stay -- only moments of happiness do.
When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems you cannot hold on a minute longer, never give up then for that is just the place and time the tide will turn.
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
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.
You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition.
The true way to soften one's troubles is to solace those of others.
He who has great power should use it lightly.
A 'No' uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble.
A man's dreams are an index to his greatness.
If you look at what you have in life, You'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, You'll never have enough.
Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.
Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.
The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed, a new continent unexplored, a world of possibilities waiting to be released and channeled toward some great good.
Are you fit company for the person you wish to become ?
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.
We carry the seeds of happiness with us wherever we go.
To succeed... you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.
Words do two major things : They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness.
An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.
Kindness is a language which the dumb can speak, the deaf can understand.
No general can fight his battles alone. He must depend upon his lieutenants, and his success depends upon his ability to select the right man for the right place.
If you don't know where you are going, you'll end up someplace else.
It ain't over till it's over.
Live your life and forget your age.
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.
When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished by how much the old man had learned in 7 years.
If one advances confidently in the direction of their goals and endeavors to live the life that they have imagined, they'll meet with success unexpected in common hours.
Your most expensive advice is the free advice you receive from your financially struggling friends and relatives.
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose -- a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.
It is not our purpose to become each other , it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is.
The storm also beats on the house that is built on the rock.
What can be said but not practiced is better not said. What can be practiced but not spoken of is better not done.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.
The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.
The oneness of human beings is the basic ethical thread that holds us together.
Your thoughts are the architects of your destiny.
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
We reap what we sow - we are the makers of our own fate. The wind is blowing, those vessels whose sails are unfurled catch it, and go forward on their way, but those which have their sails furled do not catch the wind. Is that the fault of the wind ? We make our own destiny.
Live out of your imagination, not your history.
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.
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.
When you reach for the stars, you may not get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud, either.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Embrace that small things lead to big things.
Don't think it, ink it.
But inaction itself is a kind of action, and it has consequences. Consistently and absolutely maintained, inaction would necessarily lead to swift ruin , it would be a form of suicide. A refusal to enter into the world is a refusal to meet the challenge of reality which darkly demands that I dare and find out what will happen. In my situation I bear responsibility for what occurs because I do not intervene , if I can do something and I don't do it, I am guilty of the consequences of my inaction.
Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy : true fulfillment.
Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.
The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration.
For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been' .
We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing.
I always try to turn my personal struggles into something helpful for others.
There are two things to aim at in life, first, to get what you want, and after that to to enjoy it.
Thou love life ? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff that life is made of.
Never Quit.
You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune, but great minds rise above them.
Enjoy each step, for in every moment there is something to learn.
Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion
Constant dripping hollows out a stone.
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.
He who dares nothing need hope for nothing.
Love is a daily, mutual exchange of value.
You can do anything you put your mind to.
Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours.
It takes a whole village to raise a child.
A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
A goal properly set is halfway reached.
One mistake will never kill you. The same mistake over and over again will.
Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.
There are no secrets to success it is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
Reflection doesn't take anything away from decisiveness, from being a person of action. In fact, it generates the inner toughness that you need to be an effective person of action -- to be a leader. Think of leadership as some of two vectors competence: (your specialty, your skills, your know-howl) and authenticity: (your identity, your character, your attitude) .
And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
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.
One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.