Inspirational Quotes
I never let my subject get in the way of what I want to talk about.
When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened. Winston Churchill When I want to read a novel, I write one.
There are millions of children today who don't attend school. However, education is the only way to get ahead in this country.
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.
When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.
So whether or not we can get together, remember well that art lives where absolute freedom is. With all the training thrown to nowhere, with a mind perfectly unaware of its own working, with the self vanishing nowhere the art of JKD attains its perfection.
A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway.
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body, and be yet thankful.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own mind.
If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man.
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.
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
The question should be, is it worth trying to do, not can it be done.
Don't quit.
"Every achiever I have ever met says, 'My life turned around when I began to believe in me.'"
Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.
Do not wait ; the time will never be "just right". Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.
Anybody can do just about anything with himself that he really wants to and makes up his mind to do. We are all capable of greater things than we realize.
There is no chance, no fate, no destiny that can circumvent, or hinder, or control a firm resolve of a determined soul.
The worst thing you can try to do is cling to something that is gone, or to recreate it.
The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.
If you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it.
There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.
No man is free who is not master of himself.
Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out.
Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
Never put off to tomorrow what you can do today.
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
I have seen him set fire to his wigwam and smooth over the graves of his fathers, clap his hand in silence over his mouth, and take the last look over his fair hunting ground, and turn his face in sadness to the setting sun.
Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.
It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get back up.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character.
My father taught me to work ; he did not teach me to love it.
There are two things to aim at in life, first, to get what you want, and after that to to enjoy it.
Only after you challenge your biases and stereotypes -- what Francis Bacon called the 'idols which beset men's minds' --can you help others do the same.
One of the strongest motives that lead men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and hopeless dreariness, from the fetters of one's own ever-shifting desires. A finely tempered nature longs to escape from the personal life into the world of objective perception and thought.
Its so hard when contemplated in advance, and so easy when you do it.
There's always free cheese in the mouse traps, but the mice there ain't happy.
We get to make a living , we give to make a life.
Ask for advice but do what you think is best.
The main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance but to do what lies clearly at hand.
Reason is like an open secret that can become known to anyone at any time , it is the quiet space into which everyone can enter through his own thought.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Inch by inch, it's a cinch.
If you don't learn from your mistakes, there's no sense making them.
No legacy is so rich as honesty.
You must be the change you want to see in the world.
You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose site of the shore.
It's not what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you are not.
Friendship doubles joy and halves grief.
Our inheritance of well-founded, slowly conceived codes of honor, morals, and manners, the passionate convictions which so many hundreds of millions share together of the principles of freedom and justice, are far more precious to us than anything which scientific discoveries could bestow.
He that would be a leader must be a bridge.
Your attitude determines your altitude.
The doctor and the pastor ask about your health, but eternity makes you responsible for your condition.
One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never !
Failures don't plan to fail, they fail to plan.
One can spend a lifetime assigning blame, find the cause 'out there' for all the troubles that exist. Contrast this with the 'responsible attitude' of confronting the situation, bad or good, and instead of asking, 'What caused the trouble ? Who was to blame ?' asking 'How can I handle this present situation to make the most of it ? What can I salvage here ?'
One rule of action more important than all others is consists in never doing anything that someone else can do for you.
Perfect love can not be without equality.
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration
A mature man is his own judge. In the end, his only form of support is being faithful to his own convictions. The advice of others may be welcomed invaluable, but it does not free him from responsibility.
'Wake Me When It's Funny'
Leadership is much more an art, a belief, a condition of the heart, than a set of things to do. The visible signs of artful leadership are expressed, ultimately, in its practice.
As a mother of teenagers, do you know how many times I picked up the phone to apologize to my own mother ?
To be a great leader and so always master of the situation, one must of necessity have been a great thinker in action. An eagle was never yet hatched from a goose's egg.
There is no limit to the power of the human mind. The more concentrated it is, the more power is brought to bear on one point.
There are essentially two things that will make you wiser the books you read and the people you meet.
The soul is covered with the color of its leisure thoughts.
Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.
And he can make, so say the wise, no claim who makes no sacrifice.
If people find fault with you and try to put you into bad light, wrongly slandering and vilifying you, just step back and observe yourself. Don't harbor any dislike, don't enter into it any contests, and don't get upset, angry, or resentful. Just cut right through it and be as if you never or saw it. Eventually malevolent pests will disappear of themselves. If you contend with them, then a bad name will bounce back and forth with never an end in sight.
There are two kinds of failures. The man who will do nothing he is told, and the man who will do nothing else.
All that is real in me is god. All that is real in god is I. The gulf between god and me is thus bridged. Thus by knowing god, we find that the kingdom of heaven is within us.
The land where humanity has attained its highest towards gentleness, towards generosity, towards purity, towards calmness - it is India.
Our minds are as different as our faces we are all traveling to one destination, happiness, but few are going by the same road.
Go as far as you can see and when you get there, you will always be able to see farther.
There is nothing to fear, but fear itself.
Synergy is everywhere in nature. If you plant two plants close together, the roots commingle and improve the quality of soil so that both plants will grow better than if they were separated. If you put two pieces of wood together, they will hold much more weight than the total of the weight held by each separately. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. One plus one equals three or more.
When we place blame, we give away our power.
We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.
Kindness is a language which the dumb can speak, the deaf can understand.
The leader wonders about everything, wants to learn as much as he can, is willing to take risks, experiment, try new things. He does not worry about failure, but embraces errors, knowing he will learn from them.
People will exercise great effort and creativity to make our plan work, and sometimes expend just as much effort and creativity to make your plan fail.
We will find only what we look for, nothing more and nothing less.
The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.
Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated , you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
Be loyal to people in their absence. Then watch how others begin having more faith and confidence in you, because they know you won't be talking about them behind their backs.
Goals are not only absolutely necessary to motivate us. They are essential to really keep us alive.
Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
Now is the only time there is. Make your now wow, your minutes miracles, and your days pay. Your life will have been magnificently lived and invested, and when you die you will have made a difference.
If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.