Inspirational Quotes
The significance of a man is not in what he attains but in what he longs to attain.
We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within
This is the beginning of a new day.
The truth is that we can learn to condition our minds, bodies, and emotions to link pain or pleasure to whatever we choose. By changing what we link pain and pleasure to, we will instantly change our behaviors.
Rely on your own strength of body and soul. Take for your star self-reliance, faith, honesty and industry. Don't take too much advice keep at the helm and steer your own ship, and remember that the great art of commanding is to take a fair share of the work. Fire above the mark you intend to hit. Energy, invincible determination with the right motive, are the levers that move the world.
Hope springs eternal.
Wisdom is more precious than rubies.
The price of greatness is responsibility.
To me, at least the way that I teach it, all types of knowledge ultimately means self-knowledge. So, therefore they're coming in and asking me to teach them not so much how to defend themselves or how to do somebody in. Rather, they want to learn to express themselves through some movement, be it anger, be it determination or whatever. So, in other words, they're paying me to show them, in combative form, the art of expressing the human body.
It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.
When I give a minister an order, I leave it to him to find the means to carry it out.
Love is a bird, she needs to fly.
People are like stained glass windows, they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.
You do not lead by hitting people over the head -- that's assault, not leadership.
Sharing is the essence of teaching. It is, I have come to believe, the essence of civilizationWithout it, the imagination is but the echo of the self, trapped in a soundproof chamber, reverberating upon itself until it is spent in exhaustion or futility.
The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.
It is never too late to be what you might have been.
You can not shake hands with a clenched fist.
Don't look back - forward, infinite energy, infinite enthusiasm, infinite daring, and infinite patience - then alone can great deeds be accomplished.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed We hold these truths to be self-evident , that all men are created equal.
First, believe in the world - that there is meaning behind everything.
Difficulties, by bracing the mind to overcome them, assist cheerfulness, as exercise assists digestion.
Leaders are people who are able to express themselves fully, they know who they are, what their strengths and weaknesses are, and how to fully deploy their strengths and compensate for their weaknesses. They also know what they want, why they want it, and how to communicate what they want to others, in order to gain compensation and support. Finally, they know how to achieve their goals. The key to full self-expression is understanding one's self and the world, and the key to understanding is learning -- from one's own life and experience.
No man can stand on top because he is put there.
I never worry about action, but only about inaction.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
Experience is the best teacher.
Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
Winning isn't everything , it's the only thing.
Our real problem is not our strength today ; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure strength tomorrow.
No, this trick won't work... How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love ?
Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend.
We must never be afraid to go too far, for success lies just beyond.
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.
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.
This life is a hard fact, work your way through it boldly, though it may be adamantine, no matter, the soul is stronger. I have seen in life those who are overcautious about themselves fall into dangers at every step, those who are afraid of losing honor and respect, get only disgrace, and those who are always afraid of loss, always lose.
There is nothing as remarkable as learning how to think better.
Only that day dawns to which we are awake.
From success to failure is one step , from failure to success is a long road.
Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction.
Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
As a cure for worrying, work is far better than whiskey. I always found that, if I began to worry, the best thing I could do was focus upon doing something useful and then work very hard at it. Soon, I would forget what was troubling me.
Children need love, especially when they do not deserve it.
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
God does not care about our mathematical difficulties. He integrates empirically.
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made.
Always look at what you have left. Never look at what you have lost.
Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.
Seize the day.
Your thoughts are the architects of your destiny.
Learning karate requires self-control and discipline Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by.
It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives.
Now he has departed from this strange world a little ahead of me. That means nothing. People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.
My experience has taught me that a man who has no vices has damned few virtues.
It is the patient building of character, the intense struggle to realize the truth, which alone will tell in the future of humanity.
World is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.
A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.
You must think of failure and defeat as the spring boards to new achievements, and to the next level of accomplishment.
If opportunity doesn't knock build a door.
Success is having a flair for the thing that you are doing , knowing that is it not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose.
Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.
Man is a creature of hope and invention, both of which belie the idea that things can not be changed.
Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end, an end which was already but too easy to arrive at
Motivation is like food for the brain. You can not get enough in one sitting. It needs continual and regular refills.
I know that many people feel that old age is a time to take it easy, but I compare my life now to being the last runner in a relay race. Would you have me slow down as I near the finish line ?
It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, Always do what you are afraid to do.
The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.
Everyone who achieves success in a great venture, solves each problem as they came to it. They helped themselves. And they were helped through powers known and unknown to them at the time they set out on their voyage. They keep going regardless of the obstacles they met.
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
First say to yourself what you would be , and then do what you have to do.
Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.
The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
If you want to reach a goal, you must see the reaching in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal.
Speak what you think today in words as hard as cannon-balls and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said today.
God doesn't make junk.
Find the good -- and praise it.
I live a very dull life here, indeed I think I am more like a state prisoner than anything else.
If you want to win friends, make it a point to remember them. If you remember my name, you pay me a subtle compliment ; you indicate that I have made an impression on you. Remember my name and you add to my feeling of importance.
Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
Keys to success : Research your ideas, plan for success, expect success, and just do it.
Go forward confidently, energetically attacking problems, expecting favorable outcomes.
Every artist was first an amateur.
The road to success is always under construction.
The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.
The hero is no braver than the ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer