Inspirational Quotes
Let he him who would be moved to convince others, be first moved to convince himself.
Life is but a moment, death also is but another.
Your decision to be, have and do something out of ordinary entails facing difficulties that are out of the ordinary as well. Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
Some people come into our lives and quickly go, some stay for a while and leave footprints in our hearts, and we are never, ever the same.
I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.
Excellence is more fun than mediocrity.
There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
Surprises and reverses can serve as an incentive for great accomplishment. There are no rules here, we're just trying to accomplish something.
Our life is what it is as a result of how we think.
Beliefs have the power to create and the power to destroy. Human beings have the awesome ability to take any experience of their lives and create a meaning that disempowers them or one that can literally save their lives.
Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance.
The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement.
Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.
Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression, in order that every man present his views without penalty, there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population.
Whoever said anybody has a right to give up ?
In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.
One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus ; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.
One of the reasons mature people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure.
If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
It's a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you often get it.
Difficulties, by bracing the mind to overcome them, assist cheerfulness, as exercise assists digestion.
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.
I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel myself infinitely the happier for it.
I am fond of only what comes from the heart.
He that would be a leader must be a bridge.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.
Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.
If not us, who, if not now, when ?
The truth is more important than the facts.
Wherever there is danger, there lurks opportunity ; whenever there is opportunity, there lurks danger. The two are inseparable. They go together.
Tomorrow will be like today. Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live. Our friends and fellow-workers die off from us.
There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.
See how nature - trees, flowers, grass - grows in silence , see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence we need silence to be able to touch souls.
He is an atheist who does not believe in himself. The old religions said that he was an atheist who did not believe in god. The new religion says that he is an atheist who does not believe in himself.
The death of fear is in doing what you fear to do.
Never complain about what you permit.
The Crows are very handsome and gentlemanly Indians in their personal appearance and have been always reputed, since the first acquaintance made with them, very civil and friendly.
Never put off to tomorrow what you can do today.
It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do.
Everything you want is on the other side of fear.
Persistence is what makes the impossible possible, the possible likely, and the likely definite.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Better late than never.
Hope springs eternal.
The road to success is always under construction.
Love cures people, both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.
Let's just go and win a (bleeping) game.
Whatever good things we build end up building us.
How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.
The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
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 man who has no imagination has no wings.
Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender , it's holy ground. There's no greater investment.
Men who have attained things worth having in this world have worked while others idled, have persevered while others gave up in despair, have practiced early in life the valuable habits of self-denial, industry, and singleness of purpose. As a result, they enjoy in later life the success so often erroneously attributed to good luck.
No great man ever complains of want of opportunities.
Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.
Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.
Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.
What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first steps to something better.
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
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.
The life which is unexamined is not worth living
In order to succeed you must fail so that you know what not to do the next time.
The "how" thinker gets problems solved effectively because he wastes no time with futile "ifs" but goes right to work on the creative "how''.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
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.
Our minds are as different as our faces we are all traveling to one destination, happiness, but few are going by the same road.
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
The test we must set for ourselves is not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.
Out of need springs desire, and out of desire springs the energy and the will to win.
All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination
All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.
A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority. There is but little virtue in the action of masses of men.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
There's no abiding success without commitment.
If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to my fellow-creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.
Doomed are the hotheads ! Unhappy are they who lose their cool and are too proud to say, ''I'm sorry. ''
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.
You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this ? And radio operates exactly the same way : you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat.
One sure-fire way to stay creative force yourself to learn something new.
The battle is all over except the "shouting" when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be.
Now is the time. Needs are great, but your possibilities are greater.
The time to make friends is before you need them.